1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge, presented by DraftKings. It's a size 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: them up Saturday. We're going to the AFC Championship. Babe, 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: Ravens beat the Houston Texans thirty four to ten. A 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: little nerve racking there in the first half at halftime. 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: I don't know how people felt out there, but golly, 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: I feel good right now. 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I mean, this is an epic day in Baltimore. 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 2: It was an awesome game, especially in the second half. 9 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson delivered an unforgettable performance. I mean, this was 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 2: one for the ages, and this team played great defense. 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: They showed once again, as they have done for the 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: last four or five, six, seven weeks, that this is 13 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: the best team in football. They put that on display 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 2: today and now as a result, they're going to host 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: the first AFC Championship in Baltimore Ravens history, which is 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: really even just getting to that point, I think is 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: a historic accomplishment for this team and this organization, and 18 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: it's something to be celebrated. 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of talk coming into this 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: game about well, this isn't the Week one Texans. 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 3: You know, CJ. 22 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: Stroud's a better quarterback and all that stuff. Well, the 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: Ravens won by sixteen points in Week one. Let me 24 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: check the scoreboard. They won by twenty four tonight. I mean, 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: I did not expect a blot like this. I don't know, Well, 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: can I you know what, all week I have to 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: kind of a saying. 28 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: We're gonna kick their butt. 29 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: All week, but still twenty four and delay it on 30 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: the way they did in the second half was pretty unbelievable. 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, you weren't saying that at halftime. 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 3: I was not saying that at halftime. 33 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: I was. 34 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: I was not a happy camper at halftime. I mean, look, 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: let's just go through it. The Ravens offense came out 36 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: and it was cold. I'm not gonna use the R word, 37 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: the rusty word. Well I just used the word. But uh, 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if you can attribute it 39 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: to that, I don't. I don't think it was that really. 40 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: I thought it was more just lack of execution. The 41 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: Texans got a lot of pressure on the Ravens in 42 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: the first half. They had longer developing routes down the field. 43 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: They were trying to hit some big plays. It wasn't there. 44 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: They were getting a lot of pressure and then in 45 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: the second half and in halftime they made adjustments on 46 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: offense that made a huge difference. And you know, when 47 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: you go in the halftime, it's tied ten to ten, 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: you just gave up a punt return for a touchdown, 49 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: and the first half ended with you getting sacked on 50 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: back to back plays and driving me out of a 51 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: chance to score at the end of the half. No, 52 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: you're not feeling great, but I'll tell you this team's 53 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: ability to just pour it on teams, including really good teams, 54 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: Like think about the forty nine Ers game, the Dolphins 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: game and tonight's game, where all right, it's kind of close, 56 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: it's kind of close, you're in a slug fest. This 57 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: is this is gonna be a dog fight. 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 3: And then you're blowing them out. 59 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, all of a sudden, the third quarter happens and 60 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 2: it's and you're like, okay, this game is in hand, right. 61 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: That's what happens when you have an offense that can 62 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: just ignite and a suffocating defense. You put those two 63 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: things together. When both sides of the ball are clicking 64 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: like that, they can pull away from people lickety split. 65 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, because when this defense is playing the way that 66 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: they have the way they did today, you feel like 67 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: a two score lead is basically safe, especially if you're 68 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 2: in the second half, You're like, Okay, they're up fourteen, 69 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: this game's over. And that's just the confidence of the 70 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: defense plays with. And then I think that spreads itself 71 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: on offense. You know, I know, you the whole rust thing, Like, 72 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: I know, there was a lot of talk about that, 73 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: and you said that you don't think it's that. I 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 2: think there might have been a little bit of that, 75 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: And talking to some guys today, you know, Kevin Zeitler, 76 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: talking to him in the locker room, he kind of 77 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: said that that may have been a factor early on 78 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: in this game. And you know, so I think some 79 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: of the players felt like there may have been some rusts. 80 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: It's been a long time since this offense played together, 81 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: three weeks basically since they played as a unit, and 82 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: so yeah, I think there could have been a little 83 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: bit of that early in this game. 84 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: The offense march nine plays and kicked the field goal 85 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: in the opening drives, So like, you know, what does 86 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: the rust extend for the entire first half? 87 00:03:59,120 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 3: I don't know. 88 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: I more think that it's just execution and if it 89 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: was Russ then whatever, I'm still not in the player starters, 90 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: you know, in week eighteen in a meaningless game camp. 91 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: So anyway, besides the point, let's talk about more fun 92 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: stuff than Russ because we know that storyline's done. 93 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 3: All right, it's done. 94 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: Here's the fun thing I want to talk about is 95 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: Lamar A. Jackson. All Right, all the talk coming into 96 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: this game was one in three in the playoffs. It 97 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: was kind of the last crutch that his critics still had, right, 98 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: they're hobbling along well in. 99 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 3: The playoffs on a wound. 100 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 2: Yo, can Lamar Jackson Hackett? 101 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: He made history today. He became the first quarterback, first 102 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: player in NFL history this is regular season or postseason 103 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: to run for two touchdowns, throw for two touchdowns, run 104 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: for one hundred yards, and have one hundred passer rating. 105 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, so basically. 106 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: You're saying from basically you're saying it's the best dual 107 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: threat quarterback performance of all time. 108 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: Any Well, I've said probably six or seven times this 109 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: year that I think that that was the best game 110 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson's played. I'll go ahead and say it once 111 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:13,679 Speaker 2: again once again. I just keeping but no, Lamar was 112 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 2: was excellent and and you know, the playoff thing and 113 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 2: the record in the playoffs and the performance in the playoffs. 114 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: You know, I think that I think that I get 115 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 2: tired of the questions around Lamar and all that stuff, 116 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 2: and I think that he's obviously answered all of those questions. 117 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: But I do think that it was a real thing 118 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: with the playoffs. So I think that it's something that 119 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: he is very well aware of, for sure, the lack 120 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 2: of playoff success up to this point, and he was 121 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: determined to change that. And to me, honestly, from the 122 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 2: very beginning of the game, even when things weren't going 123 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: great for the offense, I saw a player who was 124 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: incredibly determined and focused and basically not messing around out there. 125 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 2: I just saw that from the very beginning. He was 126 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: tucking the ball and running when he felt like he 127 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: needed to. He was taking contact, he was fighting for 128 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,559 Speaker 2: extra yards, he was challenging his teammates when he felt 129 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: like they needed to elevate, and based on what he 130 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: and everybody said in the locker room, he challenged that 131 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 2: offense in a big way at halftime. 132 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. 133 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about how Lamar Jackson has become 134 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: a more vocal leader this season, and teammates saw that. 135 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: At halftime, Lamar Jackson told me, I asked him, what 136 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: was it like in there? 137 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: What were you feeling? What was said? 138 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: He said, it will be inappropriate to tell you what 139 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: I said at halftime. Later said, yeah, there's a lot 140 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: of cursing going on in there. You know, this dude 141 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: he is he's about that business, and he is locked. 142 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 3: In and he wants it really, really bad. And I'm 143 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: not surprised that he let him have it a little bit. 144 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: You know, he was not protected well in that first half, 145 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: and beyond that, you know, you can say all that stuff. 146 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: It took real adjustments also to make the change right. 147 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: It's not like you get cussed out and you're like. 148 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 3: Oh, you know what, Yeah, I should start playing better. 149 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:01,479 Speaker 1: But his intensity definitely rubs off on teammate. I think 150 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: that it keeps them dialed in, obviously stresses the importance 151 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: of this. And then the actual tangible changes that the 152 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: Ravens made, in particular, shorter routes, not as long, developing 153 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: plays get the ball of Lamar's hands faster. You saw 154 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: that on the Ravens opening drive. They moved down the field, 155 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: scored a touchdown on the first drive, set up by 156 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: the way by a nice long kick return by Devin 157 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: d Rene. Yeah, and that was just a huge touchdown 158 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: drive coming out of half bang bang, bang, get the 159 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: ball la Mar's hands. You're in the end zone, and 160 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, all right, you're feeling a whole 161 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: lot better. Six places, fifty five yards. You're in the 162 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: end zone and that started the runaway. 163 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that drive really was kind of a collective exhale. 164 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: I think for the team in M ANDT Bank Stadium, 165 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, it's like, okay, this offense now 166 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: they're rolling, They're in a groove now. And I asked 167 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: a bunch of players in the locker room basically like 168 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: what was the message and what did you take from it? 169 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: And the message, you know, with some colorful language mixed in, 170 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: was basically locker That was basically the message from Lamar 171 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 2: like quit screwing around. We're not doing our job offensively, 172 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: and we need to focus and take advantage of this situation. 173 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: That was basically the message. It was locked in with 174 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: probably a few f bombs thrown around there, and and 175 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: you know, it was interesting talking with Nelson Aguilar, who 176 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: has won a Super Bowl, scored a touchdown today, and 177 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: he basically just said, we all know like this team 178 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 2: goes as Lamargo's and when you see your quarterback who 179 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 2: is challenging players and basically stressing to the entire team, 180 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: particularly on offense, this is we need to elevate what 181 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: we're doing right now, like this is not good enough. 182 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 2: We are not executing well. Especially he takes notice of. 183 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: That, especially when you see the defense playing as well 184 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: as as it is right defense is playing tonight, like 185 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: we had to held up our end of the bargain. 186 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 3: That was kind of Lamar's. 187 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: Message afterwards, and they did you know, I mean, it 188 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: was back to back drives in the third quarter. You 189 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: go down there, like I said, the first drive of 190 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: the second half six plays, fifty five yards and then 191 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: it's a twelve plays, a ninety three yard backbreaker that 192 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: ends in the end zone for the Ravens. The Lamar 193 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: Jackson fifteen yard pass to Isaiah Likely which he lost 194 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: another guy this ear he's because he's just just renamed 195 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: this man Randy Moss. And that really fourteen point lead 196 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: at that point, with the way the defense is playing, 197 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: it was good night. 198 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 2: Well there's two things that stand out to me about 199 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: that try one. And when you look at the course 200 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 2: of a game and you see a thirty four to 201 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: ten victory, some of these decisions kind of get lost. 202 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: But the decision fourth and one at midfield, you're at 203 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: the forty nine yard line, John Harrible decides to go 204 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: for it. They looks like they dial up. They got 205 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 2: all the big boys in there, and then they run 206 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson naked play action, naked bootleg and he picks 207 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 2: up fourteen yards and then the Ravens continue ultimately end 208 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 2: up scoring. Like you said on the Isaiah Likely play, 209 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: I think that that was a great decision obviously by 210 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: John Harbaugh and this offense. And then I really love 211 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: the play call, and then the execution was great. When 212 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: you see Ronnie Stanley out there running in the secondary 213 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: and with a chance to block some of these dbs, 214 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: it's like, all right, I like that matchup. 215 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 3: You immediately knew that it was just wide. 216 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 2: Well got if you were getting the first down, and 217 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 2: it's like, how far is this thing going to go? 218 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: Exactly. 219 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 2: The other thing I thought was actually really interesting is 220 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: Isaiah Likely. Earlier in the game, there was the play 221 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 2: before Lamar's touchdown Ryne where he tried to zip it 222 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 2: into Isaiah Likely and it almost got picked. 223 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was almost a touchdown, almost a pick it, but. 224 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 2: It was incomplete, and Isaiah Likely told Lamar after that, 225 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: play throw it up, throw it up, don't just try 226 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: to zip it in there. Throw it up and I'll 227 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,439 Speaker 2: go get it. So we basically call it a shot. 228 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: And then Lamar put it up there for him and 229 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 2: he went and lost the guy on that touchdown. 230 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 3: There singing Junior, by the way, their best corner. 231 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, who was the number three overall pick last year. 232 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 2: I think so got. I think that Isaiah likely has 233 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: been playing awesome. I know there was you know, Mark 234 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 2: Andrews wasn't activating. There's all sorts of excitement. We're excited 235 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: too about when Mark Andrews comes back to practice. But 236 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: the way I likely is playing this tight end, these 237 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 2: tight ends are awesome. I mean, he's he has been awesome. 238 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 2: And when you add Mark back, hopefully potentially next week, 239 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: that just gives these defenses, whoever they end up playing, 240 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 2: even more to think about exactly. 241 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 3: I want to talk a little bit. 242 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: I mean the Houston Texans, I want to hear from 243 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: them on why Lamar Jackson was allowed to run for 244 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: one hundred yards. 245 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 3: I mean, did they not remember? 246 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: I know that Lamar's made great strides as a passer 247 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, and he made some great throws 248 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: in this game, Like, look, he only threw for one 249 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two yards, right, but there are some 250 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: big time throws, including in the first half. I'm like, 251 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: sideline throws to Zay Flowers is one that jumps to mind. 252 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: That moved the chains in the first half of that game, right, 253 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: But Lamar running for one hundred yards, I just think 254 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: that he did a lot of damage against them with 255 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: his legs, and I'll be curious to see why that 256 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: was the case. They left the middle of the field 257 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: wide open in the first half. 258 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 2: Honestly, I've been saying all year long that I feel 259 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 2: like Lamar running more in the playoffs is something that 260 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: I could see because I just feel like that is 261 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: something that is always there to a certain extent. It's 262 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 2: like really hard to defend that he's the best running 263 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 2: quarterback to ever play the game, So it's really hard 264 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 2: to take that away. He was doing less of it 265 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 2: in the regular season for a number of reasons, but 266 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 2: one of them I think was self preservation. The Ravens 267 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: wanted to run him less, he wanted to run less. 268 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 2: But in these playoffs, again like going back to the 269 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 2: very beginning of the game, it just felt to me 270 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 2: like he was so determined. He was willing to talk it, 271 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: to run and take hits if he needed to. And 272 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 2: sometimes I'm like, I don't take that hit, but like 273 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: he was doing everything he could, and I think that 274 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: showed how much it meant. And then this is like 275 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 2: a small thing going back to like just his mindset 276 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 2: and mentality, and like, I don't know that anybody will 277 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 2: make anything of us, but I don't think it's nothing 278 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 2: like Lamar is a Florida guy who is very clearly 279 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 2: said on many occasions doesn't love the cold. Okay, he 280 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: didn't wear sleeves today, Like I don't think that was 281 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: not like this is a guy that like hates the 282 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 2: cold and was out here and sleevegate, no go sleeve gate. 283 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 2: I just think they're like that. I think it was. 284 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: I think it's a mental thing, Like he's like I 285 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 2: am locked in. I'm not gonna let the cold. I'm 286 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: not gonna let the weather affect me like, I am 287 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: incredibly focused and I'm not even gonna wear sleeves because 288 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 2: and to me, that was like a subtle statement that 289 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: was that was not it was not nothing. 290 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, all right. 291 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: I think what's more impressive than sleeve gate is Lamar 292 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: Jackson faced a career high seventy five percent blitz, right, 293 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: the Texans blitz the snot out of him. Right. He 294 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: went for one hundred and twenty yards and two touchdowns 295 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: against that blitz. That tells you something about the maturity 296 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: of Lamar Jackson being able to handle different looks, different 297 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: things that a defense throws at you. Those edge rushers 298 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: and that front of the Texans is pretty darn good. 299 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: Jonathan Greener, Will Anderson, those guys can get after it. 300 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: And for Lamar to handle the blitz the way he 301 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,239 Speaker 1: did tonight, I think really speaks to the overall maturity 302 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: that he's that he's had as a passer in a full, 303 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: well rounded quarterback. 304 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. I mean, he was he was remarkable, He 305 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 2: really was. He. I think that we have said many 306 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: times over the course of the season that his command 307 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: of the offense has really been on display. And I 308 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 2: think we saw that to an even greater level tonight, 309 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: both run and pass the Ravens end up. You know, 310 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 2: you look at the final stat line, they carry the 311 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 2: ball forty two times, two hundred and twenty nine yards 312 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 2: on the ground. Lamar had one hundred of them. Justice 313 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: Hill thirteen for sixty six, Gus had ten for forty 314 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: and then Dalvin Cook gets eight for twenty three. 315 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 3: They ran the ball a lot, and they ran. 316 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: The ball basically, you know, especially in that late in 317 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 2: the third and into the fourth quarter, it was kind 318 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: of a run the clock during the clock situation. 319 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: Fourth quarter was pretty much run, run, run, run run. 320 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 321 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: So Dalvin Cook, how Dalvin Cook with a nineteen yarder 322 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: on his first carry as a Raven. 323 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he comes in there, he makes a play. 324 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: And Justice and Justice Hill I thought ran really well tonight. 325 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: Thirteen carries sixty six yards. You know, Justice is don't 326 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: sleep on Justice, I thought. 327 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: I thought all. 328 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: Season when he's held on to the ball, the fumble 329 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: were an issue earlier in the year, but when he's 330 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: held onto the ball, Justice Hill has looked really good. 331 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, I thought Justice had a great night. I 332 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 2: mean I think that he's catching the ball out of 333 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 2: the backfield. He's got some good juice. Like I'm really 334 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 2: encouraged by what I've seen from Justice, so really really 335 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 2: strong showing from him. 336 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: All right, let's after this, let's turn it to the defense. 337 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: All right, I don't want to forget about them. Didn't 338 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: let them in the end zone. 339 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: We gave up three points all night on defense. 340 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's talk about this after we take a break. 341 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: All are we coming to you from the Sea Geek Studio. 342 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 2: We want to give a shout out to our friends 343 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: a Draftking Sportsbook, which is an official sports betting partner 344 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: of the Baltimore Ravens. They've got a limited time offer 345 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: you don't want to miss. Download the Draftking Sportsbook app today. 346 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: Use the promo code flock, or if you're a new user, 347 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 2: you can get a deposit bonus up to one thousand dollars. 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You hold them to just one 366 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five passing yards nineteen to thirty three. 367 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 3: A week after he shredded the Cleveland Browns defense. 368 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: This was a dominant defensive performance by the Ravens. 369 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally, I mean it really was. I think that 370 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 2: this defense has been great all year. They think that 371 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 2: they are the best defense in the league. I think, 372 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: you know, Dafey Oway said in the locker room. You know, 373 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: He's like, I know, there's been a lot of great 374 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 2: defenses here and we feel like we're the best. And like, 375 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 2: I just think that, like that's the that's the confidence 376 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 2: that this defense carries itself with and their habit. Defense 377 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 2: of football is a standard here. There's a standard of excellence, 378 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 2: and this group is more than living up to that billing. 379 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: Well, they really set the tone right away. I mean 380 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: it was the first drive they were hitting. I mean 381 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton, some of the hits that he put on 382 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary tonight, He's Singletary is going to remember those. Yeah, 383 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: And I thought that they just came out like their 384 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: hair was on fire and really did send a message. 385 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: Early in this game, the Texans ran fourteen times for 386 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: thirty eight yards. 387 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, there was nothing going there. 388 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 3: Nothing going. 389 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: It was they were slamming their head against a brick wall. 390 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: But what really stood out to me about this defensive performances. Look, 391 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: they've kind of feasted on big plays in recent weeks 392 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers, against the Dolphins. Turnovers, sacks, 393 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: they led the league in both categories. They got neither tonight. 394 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: They didn't have one sack, not one turnover, and they 395 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: held the Texans offense to three points. So that's pretty incredible. 396 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 2: I know. 397 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: There's a question this week by a colleague of ours, 398 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: Jonas Shaeffer, calling out Jonas on the pod. He asked 399 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: Mike McDonald, you know, do you think you guys kind 400 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: of might be living a little bit too much on 401 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: the turnovers? You know, kind of live or die by 402 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: the turns. And Mike was like, Nah, I don't think 403 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: we're living in dying by the turnovers. Like that's not 404 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: how I see it. Yeah, they've proved it tonight. 405 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 2: Well, that is the thing. It's like it's almost more 406 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 2: satisfying in certain ways to just completely kind of break 407 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: a team's will and just dominate them exactly. 408 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: You want the sacks, you want the turnovers. Yeah, Kyle 409 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: Hamilton had one on his head. 410 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: Yeah you should have had that pick. 411 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: They had a lot of near sacks, right, but yeah, 412 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: to not get any of those splash plays and still 413 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: shut them down really just kind of speaks to this 414 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: is not just a big play defense. 415 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: This can be and is a suffocating defense. 416 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: Well, I thought, like you look at the numbers and 417 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: you're like no sacks on Stroud at pass rush probably 418 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 2: didn't have much of an impact, but he was running. 419 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: He was flushed out of the pocket a lot. He's 420 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 2: really good running out of the pocket and pretty elusive, 421 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 2: so he does a good job of getting on the move, 422 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 2: but this defense just kept him from being comfortable back there. 423 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: I literally can't remember a pass that he threw from 424 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: the pocket. I mean it was almost every single play 425 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: that he was flushed rolling out of the pocket. Some 426 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: of that was by design by the Texans, and a 427 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: lot of it was because of pressure, and he was 428 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: on the move all the time, and then it was 429 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: kind of looking down on the field and chucking it up. 430 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, and he. 431 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 2: Completed some yeah, some of them were completed. 432 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 3: Some of them were completed. 433 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: But that that's gonna happen, right, even if you're playing 434 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: tight coverage. You know, the long completion on one of 435 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: their earlier drives against Patrick Queen Queen was peaky, was 436 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: right there, just completed it right, and like he I thought, 437 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: the Ravens did a really good job of getting him 438 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: off his spot. 439 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 3: You have a rookie. 440 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: Quarterback who's now running from a barrage of pass rushers. 441 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: I get I don't even know what's going through his head. 442 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: I know that he's a cool customer and he gets 443 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: a lot of credit for, you know, how he's handled 444 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: the handling the game. 445 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 3: And nothing's too big for CJ. 446 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: Stroud when you're running for your life out there, things 447 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: changed for a rookie quarterback in a hostile environment like 448 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: it was tonight, empty Banks. 449 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, like I thought Straud was like I still thought 450 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 2: he played well. I don't think that I don't think 451 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: he seemed I don't think he seemed flustered. I thought 452 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 2: that Ravens defense was just like suffocating is the right word. 453 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 2: Like it was hard to. 454 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: Get every he didn't have many options. 455 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 2: Every answer was a fight, like they did. They were 456 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: they were good in coverage, they were good on pressure, 457 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,479 Speaker 2: they were good at disguising things, and like he just 458 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: they're they're every giving of anything was a fight and 459 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: it was a total domination effort. I mean, rookwand Smith, 460 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: let's talk about Robot. 461 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 3: I was gonna fans about Rokwan Smith after the game. 462 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 2: I mean, you know this guy is this guy is 463 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: his confidence. I think has really been the tone setter 464 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 2: for this team. Like in every way, I and like he. 465 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: He look, look, everybody can the two thousand defense is 466 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: the best of all time. Right, So, like you sound 467 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: crazy whenever you compare this defense to that rookwand Smith 468 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 1: has major ray Lewis energy. When Ray in two thousand 469 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: major ray Lewis energy. I mean the guy is unafraid 470 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: to say anything, talks back to anybody, is looking to 471 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: rip your head off on every single play, Like that's 472 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: who he is. So reminiscent of Ray it's crazy, yea. 473 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 2: And everybody just follows suit like that's the thing. He 474 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 2: sets a tone. Everybody else follows suit, just like it 475 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 2: was with Ray Lewis. And he like he was doing 476 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 2: that today, like he was hit man, Like he never 477 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 2: makes a tackle and it's like a soft tackle, Like 478 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 2: every time he makes tackle he crushes somebody. 479 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: Right every time led the team with seven tackles, two 480 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: for loss tonight And after the game, you know, he 481 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: was wearing a very interesting outfit. 482 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 3: It was kind of he was denim dan in there. 483 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: It was the full head to toe denim with like 484 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: this green and blue like snake skin shoulder kind of 485 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: thing going on. 486 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 3: The black cowboy hat. 487 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: And he said, you know, I was gonna wear this 488 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: earlier this year, this outfit, because. 489 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 3: He's got some outfits. He's he's got some nice looks 490 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 3: this year. 491 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: And he said, but I didn't get around to it, 492 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: but then I figured i'd wear it today. You know 493 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: they're from Houston, the Texans and all that stuff. Well, 494 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: guess what, I'm your daddy. 495 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: And those are the quotes, just like, oh my god, 496 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 2: those are the quotes he's been delivering all year long, 497 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 2: and like and and he was also asked, like, you know, 498 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 2: do you have a preference. You know that's gonna be 499 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: what you know for the next twenty four hours here 500 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: Ravens fans are debating, do you have it? Would you 501 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 2: rather see the Bills or the Chiefs? Roque? I don't care. 502 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 2: I do not care. Like I don't care if I'm 503 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 2: playing my little cousin, my grandma. They come into the bank, 504 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 2: they're gonna get dealt with. And that's how I feel 505 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 2: about this team coming in here. Whoever it is like 506 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: and I just I really I don't think it's lip service. 507 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: I think it is a genuine feeling. And when the 508 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 2: defense plays with that mindset, I think that it. The 509 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 2: thing that I love about this team is that all 510 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 2: these things are working together. The defense is carrying itself 511 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 2: that way. That's giving the offense confidence and the ability 512 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 2: to play somewhat free. Especially in the second half. Lamar 513 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 2: is so focused and dialing in that nobody feels like 514 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: they can slack in any way. And so then the 515 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 2: offense is like, all right, well the defense is gonna 516 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 2: they're gonna handle things. We need to pick things up. 517 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden, the offense has all 518 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 2: this firepower they're making plays. The defense then it gets 519 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 2: even hungrier because they can just go feast when teams 520 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 2: are trying to come back. Yea, all this is like 521 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 2: the ultimate complimentary football. 522 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, just want to shout out a few other 523 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: guys on defense. I thought Arthur Mollett played really good game. 524 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: Some of his pressures off the edge were difference makers. 525 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton set the tone early in this game, as 526 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: did Jadevion Clowney. Going against his former team, the team 527 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: that picked him number one overall, his first playoff game 528 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: against them. The veteran was getting after it early in 529 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: this game, so props to him, and then of course 530 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Queen also five tackles. 531 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 3: Dudes always bring. 532 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 2: It it was funny with Jjay mcclowney because he was like, 533 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 2: you know, asked him about the win and he's like, yeah, 534 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 2: you know, first tea. You know, I used to play there, 535 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 2: so it was big to beat them. Then I was like, well, 536 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 2: earlier this week you said you didn't care about playing them. 537 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 2: He's like, yeah, but it. 538 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: Always changes after That's always the case. 539 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, well it did matter a little bit. 540 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh I remember, you know, he played a bunch 541 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: of his former teams this year. He played the Titans, 542 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: he played the Seahawks. He played the Browns twice. Yeah, 543 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: Andans and now Texans twice. Before the second game against 544 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: the Browns, I said, hey, man, you've already completed this 545 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: weep against your former teams. Not nah, I got one more. 546 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: You got one more to go. I gotta beat the Rounds. 547 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: Both times didn't get it done. Well, he got this 548 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: one done against the Texas. 549 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think he'd rather this one. So he's playing 550 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 2: great ball. So just quickly looking ahead to the AFC Championship. 551 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: Well, we do need to talk a little bit about 552 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: you can't be giving up any more punk return touchdowns. 553 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a screw. That was a bad GAF 554 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 2: that was that was bad and it didn't hurt the 555 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 2: Ravens ultimately, but you can't be given up sixty seven 556 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 2: yard punk return touchdown to the playoffs. 557 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: John Harball after the game said, it really wasn't. It 558 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: wasn't the punt that they had drawn up. It was 559 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: supposed to be a punt to the left side. It 560 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: went basically right down the middle, and they just took 561 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: it right up the middle. The Ravens were schemed to 562 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: play that up the left sideline. Yeah, and so not 563 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: a great punt, you know, one that Jordan sat would 564 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: like to have back. But special teams redeemed itself with 565 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: the Devons do today kick return to Devon's first game 566 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: back from ir that really did kick off the second 567 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: half in the best possible way. 568 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. So next week the Raves will host the 569 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: AFC Championship Mt Bak Stadium three o'clock. They're ables will 570 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 2: get the winner of the Bills and Chiefs, who play 571 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 2: Sunday at six pm. 572 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 3: Oh god, it's be so fun to watch that. 573 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: No, and oh yeah, this is Oh it's the best 574 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 2: getting playing the first game of the weekend and winning. 575 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 2: Now you just get to enjoy everything the rest of 576 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: the weekend. It's incredible. But this is the first time 577 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 2: there's been a lot of great Ravens teams. This is 578 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 2: the first AFC Championship the Ravens have ever hosted, So 579 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 2: I think that says something. 580 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: Any Look, early thoughts, here's my closing thought and early thought. Okay, 581 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: this is the best Ravens team in Ravens history. Okay, 582 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 1: the best, and I think it's better than two thousand Ravens. 583 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: I think it's better than twenty twelve Ravens. Look, winning 584 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: the title, of course makes you an all time team, right, 585 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: of course, they can never take that away from you. 586 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: The twenty eleven team, everybody says, including John Harball, basically 587 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: that was a better team than the twenty twelve team 588 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: that won all. So if you're taking winning it all 589 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: out of the equation, you're just saying, who's the best team. 590 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty three Ravens are the best team. 591 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 3: Well, the twenty. 592 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: Twenty offense was didn't hold couldn't held a candle to 593 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: this offense. The twenty twelve they got hot, but they 594 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: weren't as good as this team on both sides of 595 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: the ball. Yeah, this is the best team in Ravens' history. Folks, 596 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: let's go win it all. 597 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: Let's just go win it all. 598 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 2: I like that. I like the sound of that. Well, 599 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 2: in order to do that, they got to win next weekend. 600 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 2: Whether it's the Bills, whether it's the Chiefs. I think 601 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 2: this team is gonna feel good going into that game. 602 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 2: So enjoy this one. These are the wins that you 603 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: remember for a long time, So enjoy this. 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