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Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens

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approved a four and two on the season after a

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thirty to twenty three victory over the Washington

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Commanders. After the game, we heard from head coach

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John Harbaugh.

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Okay, appreciate everybody being here.

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Heck of a game, heck of an environment, playoff

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feel out there with the crowd and everything fans

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from both teams. A loud, very

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tough, physical game against a tough physical

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football team that was playing at the high

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has been and did play at the highest level. Very

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I guess the ultimate team win. You know, all three phases

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contributed to the win when they had to overcame

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adversity. Long drives on offense,

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big stops on defense, particularly on third down,

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would say, with the number one third down offense in the

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league going into this thing, and I thought our front

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did a great job of containing the quarterback. So we're

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just appreciative and grateful and humble and

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hungry for the for the

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next challenge. But that's a big win and proud of

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the guys and and we

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got prospered. We got prospered on that

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that victory.

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So what question do you have.

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John how Well, was the mare throwing the ball.

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These days, I thought them are a

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great game, you know, I mean it's uh he he was

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on point against man coverage.

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They were.

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They were loading the box up against the run and

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playing a lot of man coverage which had not done a

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lot of.

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Throughout the course.

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We had a lot of first and second down play action passes

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up guys like Zay running crossing routes

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and sale routes waiting those guys, and

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they were on our guys. But enough separation,

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lamar dot it. These guys made contested catches

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on the run and then made guys miss with the

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h after the.

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Catch as well.

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So I just proud of all those Guysay, Mark,

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Isaiah Bait, everybody did

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a good job.

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So yard receiving.

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It's kind of what kind of weapons he turned after you.

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Guys, Yeah, I mean exactly

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the weapon.

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We absolutely knew he was and would be

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and has been, to be honest with you, I mean, he's been there

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all along, and the opportunities

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came up today. You know, sometimes the defense doesn't allow

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it, sometimes the ball doesn't come your way for whatever

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reason. But today the opportunity showed

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up and we had to have those catches had

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to be made. I mean, those passing, those those

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plays had to be made in the pass game, and Zay

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made him. That was the difference probably in the game. We

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were moving the ball. I think we had we had six drives

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to end the game that scored and then the last

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one was the one that closed the game out, you know, with the big

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run by Derek and the block by Pat. So

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that was pretty impressive. We go down right down

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the field, we get to pick defense comes up with a

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stop, we go down and score a touchdown. I mean,

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it's guy's answer today in a lot of ways.

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How happy are you?

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You know teams are going to try to take away

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the run you lamar, Derek Kerry Steel ran

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the ball well today. But you mentioned Zay

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in the first half we had and then the second half

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it's a lot of Mark Andrews, a lot of her shot.

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Maybe just how impressed you to see you

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your offense be able to click and both to run

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the.

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Handle past game.

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Yeah, I definitely think that's the offensive story of the game.

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You know, absolutely, the fact that they did

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that. We expected that.

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We didn't know if they were gonna play a lot of man or not.

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But they did, and I understand why they did with

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all the quarterback and the run game stuff. They felt

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like they had to. They know how to stop that stuff. It's

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our if they run that those plays and for

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Lamar to put those passes where he did and for the guys to

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make those plays was the.

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Game that's

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up is quarterback Lamar Jackson.

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Lamar, you know a lot of expectations

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and talk about this game, a lot of hype coming into this game.

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Do you guys feel like you can prove that there the best

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offense in the NFL right now? Nah?

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We just proven we can win games just

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playing raven football right now. I don't think that really proved

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anything like we we the best offense. You

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know, Uh, there's always room for improvement.

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It's only like the what fifth, sixth game? Sixth

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game? There's always room for improvement

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though, cause it was still in means happening out there.

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You know, we still had tries, well, we

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we shoulda put points on the board, the interception stuff

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like that.

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Do you feel like this is the most balanced offense

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you've had here in Baltimore?

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Mm

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mmmm somewhat in a way

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you can say, yeah, Cause twenty nineteen

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we we was pretty balancing to gods, like you know, went

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down at the end of the season.

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But uh yeah, you can say.

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That, Well, why are you talk about like you

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can for all the gas in games and you guys

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said it scoring five straight posessions before closing

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their hoality?

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What did it need to be able to just consistently

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put up in what this rack?

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This game?

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I I really feel like we just proved ourselves right, you

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know, instead of just talking about it. We we was about

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it today, just putting points

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on the board. We started off slow. Even

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when we was sc scoring on those drives, I still

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felt like we was kind of off some

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way. But uh, like I said, it's a room for improvement.

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We just gotta keep stacking.

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H y, Well, there's so much, so much about

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Jane Daniels this week.

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I know you always say, I.

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Don't play against the other quarterback, I play against their defense.

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Are you motivated by.

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That by all the hype about

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Jane Daniels coming into this building?

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Nah?

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I I believe he deserved all the hype he's getting. You

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know, he played a tremendous game out there. They

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just came up short and he's been proving

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it. You know, uh his rookie season, first

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six games, he he's been playing amazing more.

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Two two ninety plus yard touchdown

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drives.

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It's not very common in the same game. What's

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the mentality when you take care of there

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in New York deep in your net.

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Well the get from my backs against the wall,

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or just get positive yards and try to

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finish with some points on the board.

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And that's pretty much what we did those two jobs

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the mall.

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We heard what they thought.

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You know, when he sees man coverage, he thinks, when

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what what is it in your mind when you see man

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coverage kind of across the ball with these weapons

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that you have.

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Who I'm gonna throw it to?

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Cause I know once uh, whoever get

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the ball on that uh play, somebody

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gonna come back and be like I was open.

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It's like bruthers on it. One football like.

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I I can't throw throw like this like

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you know, so like just

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pretty much is getting into our Uh one

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of my guys, one of my guys, let them.

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Do works

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in the spad uh double digit league

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center in the fourth quarter, win with one fourteen

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points that never gets relinquished

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cause it's like you were eventually previously

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that scoring and the fourth was important for.

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You guys, and we're able did that today.

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Just what's the satisfaction of there?

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Uh, not just scoring in the fourth, you know, Uh,

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just every opportunity we out there on that field.

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Uh, my offense, we just tryna put points on the board.

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We don't like coming up short. You know, we bust

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out behind and practice you know against our our

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scout team, first team, I don't really matter. Tryna

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put points on the board so we get in the game. It's

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like we're not seeing these guys every day. We should be

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able to move the ball and find little hiccups in

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their defense to put points on the board.

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And that's what we did.

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Mar, guy, is that d having Derek Henry increase

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your confidence of when you have to eat clock

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and and have those game ending drives?

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I always got confidence, but definitely,

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uh, definitely, Man, we

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just know he just need a lane. Uh

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he gonna do the rest, man, And every time it's like a

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little crease. He always just

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go forward for us and just get get many rs.

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Mar, How after the uh interception

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on the first drive and the un characteristics

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skap like Tyler on the second three, what

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do you sending to your guys on the sideline. Mo, what

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was it a frustrated sideline for for a minute

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there or.

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I mean, we know we just gonna have to deal with it. When we

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watching film, we gonna get on each other like

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that was some bs right there. But uh, we

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was good, you know. But we didn't blink at all. We was

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you know, we gonna get an opportunity. We just gotta put points on the

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board out defense stopped him. We went down and

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execute it. We just gotta keep doing that without

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the Uh it means to the mistakes Mark

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side, he.

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Wants to give Mark Andrew's involved in the office

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and that, oh it was dope.

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Uh.

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I told him, La, last week he's supposed to score.

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I threw a bad ball. I threw a bad ball.

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He was open on to the left side of Cincinnati,

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and I told him, I'm like, bruh, I gotta get you in the end zone next

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week. You know, I w I was ticked off of myself.

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He was mad at me too, but he didn't say

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nothing about it though, he like, he like we good. Like he told

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me, he was like, I'll mad at you at first, Like bruh,

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I was mad at my damnself like y he ain't gonna be mad

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than me, you know, but uh, it was dope to get.

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Him in the en zone.

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Man.

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He hasn't been there since what like week

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ten of last year something, But it

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was dope.

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Man.

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It's many more, many more to come.

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Oh, Mar you know you're the now

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the second leading rusher Russian

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QB in NFL history. It's only Michael Vick

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ahead of you.

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I know you grew up.

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Really liking Mike. What does

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that mean to kind of it's it's

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just the two of you at the top of that particular leader board.

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I mean it's dope.

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Uh not just because you know it's Mike vic

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Uh, number one, but it's like all the great guys who

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I'm in great company with, you know, Cam Newton

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and stuff like that. Uh, Stephen McNair, like all those

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great guys and who was before me is

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it's just great to be in discussion with those guys.

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You do two more?

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But why did you come into today feel like it could be a big.

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Yet versus flowers?

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I come in feel like any god can have a big dayg I'm

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not gonna lie to you.

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Uh, we just got that type of that type of mentality

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and the guys who's around.

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Us llabar what's to say about

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this offensive?

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Say you had what night for one thirty in the first dap, you're

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gonna catch a ball on the second half, But you guys didn't.

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Slow down at all. It's a picky

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poison offense.

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That's That's pretty much what I've been saying, uh since

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camp when we uh got there hearing and stuff like

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that. Then we got Mark Zay, I

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say, a likely Bateman, Uh

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Nelly Charlie, uh

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Patrick Carr, Like we got all these got Tylan Wallace,

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We got all these guys on our offense.

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Justice here, I can't forget about justice in our office

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line, you know, the whole unit. It's like, we got we got

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guys who who's who wanna work, who wanna

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win, and that they're just pretty much what is shown up.

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Thanks so much.

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We also heard from wide receiver Zay Flowers,

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supposed to a career high one hundred and

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thirty two receiving yards on nine

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catches.

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Yeah, I think it's what is the

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mentality when you see the commanders playing as.

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Much man and man as they were.

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I mean, it's just win.

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I feel like that's that should be the mentality

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for all of us, and that was the mentality for all of us today

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to just go in because we've been doing so well running

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the ball that they gotta pack the box

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and we gotta go in. So I'm

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glad we'll be able to show that we can win.

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See how could It's this offense trick.

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Were real good, but I feel like we can we

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can get better. We could keep getting better as a year

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ago and just at everything we

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do. So I think we

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won the best We won the best office in the

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league.

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So you have one hundred and.

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Thirty two yards on the first half. Just what's

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that feel like after having, you know, a career

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high last game with one hundred eleven and we

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do all that more just the first

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half of this game.

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I mean, it's those guys, It's like it's l

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it's there, it's bait cause you

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gotta respect all of us.

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So they helping me get open.

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And Rashat Bay been doing a great job of

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making his players when they come in his way. Mark

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Andrews getting better and better every week. You

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everybody know Isaiah gonna do what he do.

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So it's just all the guys around me that help me

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get open and help me do what I do.

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Say, what's you.

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Guys have two drives ninety three yards ninety

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four yards?

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H help big?

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Where those just as an offense to kind of

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keep things moving and and kind of did

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you feel.

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Like that sort of I would say broke

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the will?

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But what the impact did that?

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I have?

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Yeah?

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I feel like I feel like we needed those drives to set

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the tone or like that

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this offense gonna keep going all game and we just gonna

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keep scoring either running or passing. So

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I feel like those two drives right there was much needed

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and we should We needed that and

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we show what we needed to do it.

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I know it is it was last summer of this training

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camp and this is a game and all that, But the

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way that you practiced against the standards

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and the joint rags last year and you were just getting there

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all the time, yup mentally, did that at

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all roll.

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Into this game for you?

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Uh?

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Not really cause it was joint practice. But I

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knew, like I knew what they

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do, what they did, like what type of man

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they ran, what type of zones. So I was able

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to get a film for him for that from Joint

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practices and able to run my routes

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off that, so it helped a little.

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So what what is the connection like with Lamar

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right now?

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And then what do you think is gone into it?

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To advance what you guys, I

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just gotta keep earning his trust on catching the ball

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when it needed to be contested, catches no

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matter where it's at, and you know, just keep

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playing football the way I am.

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Za how much is Lamar hitting you and stride

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allowing you to do some of the things you can do.

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After you make it kipt?

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I mean every time, every ball, every ball today was

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in shot and I was able to pick up

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more after So we

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we been working on that a lot.

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Is it?

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Is it still an adjustment as a playmaker to

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say, well, maybe I won't

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see the ball for a quarter or a half,

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but that doesn't matter if the

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working Yeah.

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Yeah, that's absolutely because you know, Dereck

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Hearry, you gotta feed him the ball like, no matter

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what, no matter who you got at receivers, no matter

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who you got at tight end, like, you gotta get that man

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the ball. So I just I just

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wanted to wait, just wait, and I knew he was gonna

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open it up for us. Now we able to do both running

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in passy.

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The Ravens have seen so many different kind of

12:21

defenses over the years to

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try to combat with you guys and lamar to

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the past. Do you feel like you guys are nearing

12:27

the stage or you have an answer or pretty much whatever

12:30

the uh opposing defense turns to.

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I mean, I just feel like we we good at we

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good at what we gotta do. Like, if we gotta run

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the ball, we gonna run the ball. If we gotta pass

12:39

it, that's what we gonna do. And if we gotta do both like

12:41

we did today, then that's what we gotta do.

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So if you hit the uh

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the spin move after the catch when the

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defender's trailing, you think twice you

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might have done even more than that. Just continue

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to get the gartage?

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Is it?

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S I what's your mentality?

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Would you keep using the same move

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to get open and to separate from somebody

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you're making the catch and trust

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that it's going to keep working instead of them kind

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of taking up on that.

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I mean, like, it's not not like I'm

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saying, oh, I'm about to spend right here. It's just a

13:09

feel for it. It's just a feel for how fast they running

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in front of me or the type of angle they

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got on me. I'm just I'm just trying to go get some more

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yards and do what I.

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Do in

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the locker room. Today we also heard from running back Dereck

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Henry, who put up a pair of touchdowns

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and topped one hundred yards.

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Again.

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Just obviously a big win today. With what

13:31

was working so well for you guys as an offense.

13:33

As a whole, I felt like everything was working.

13:36

It's kind of like pick your poison. Everybody

13:38

did a great job being locked in and executing,

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you know, just hats off everybody on offense

13:44

of you know, of putting plays together and

13:46

be able to fill in the drives to put

13:48

ourselves in a position to win.

13:50

There there's been multiple times that you've

13:52

iced the game with last drive runs.

13:55

How does it feel to be able to put the team in position to

13:57

finish at it strong after a big runs like today

13:59

and a couple of weeks ago.

14:00

Yeah, I mean probably about thirty twenty

14:03

thirty minutes ago. I was just thanking the office of line. Mean, it's

14:05

all those guys doing a great job of

14:07

me blocking making my job easier.

14:08

You know.

14:08

I just had to get the ball, make a read, getting north

14:11

and south, and you know, finish runs. So

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credit goes to the old line tight ends,

14:16

uh, fullback receivers blocking, doing a great

14:18

job, being unselfish for me to be able to have success

14:21

there.

14:21

How much pride do you take and being the

14:23

closer? I mean you've been that way your whole

14:25

career to help ice games.

14:27

Yeah, I mean yeah, definitely wanna be able

14:29

to close the game so

14:31

so we can win and everybody's happy and everybody's

14:33

high five in the locker room. So y

14:36

y you you know, you gotta take pride in that to

14:38

be able to finish games and you

14:40

know, uh, how the ball last.

14:42

When you guys Gota talking about picking poison, that's kind

14:44

of a common phrase amongst the offense. How does that affect

14:46

things when you have so many different weapons you can.

14:48

Get it, dug Well, I just think it's it's great.

14:50

You got so many guys that can make plays. A

14:52

lot of guys are getting chances to get the ball and

14:56

be able to you know, showcase their talents.

14:58

That's that's what you want those offenses, everybody

15:00

being dynamic, having played makers who can

15:02

make plays on any any

15:07

side of the field and Mark

15:10

they they had one hundred yards in the in the first

15:12

half. I was like, Boa, he's going crazy

15:15

and you know, l finding guys bait.

15:17

I mean, Nelly, It's just it's just been

15:20

fun and glad to see everybody reaping

15:22

the benefits of the hard work.

15:23

When you guys are closing those games out.

15:24

You know, a lot of said about, you know, wearing

15:27

teams down when you run the ball.

15:28

Can you feel defenses kind of being

15:30

worn down?

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No, I don't think we try to make about them

15:32

and being worn down. I think it's us

15:34

just being locked in and making sure we all focused.

15:37

You know, it takes all eleven and just keeping rinding

15:39

each other while we were in the huddle, you know, when we're on offense.

15:41

The toss, you

15:43

know, it's kind of the ice icing run

15:45

there at the end of this game, it seems.

15:47

Like it's having a lot of.

15:50

I don't know what you're talking about. I

15:52

don't know what you're talking about.

15:53

I think I think it was a handoff, wasn't

15:56

How good?

15:56

How good is this offense?

15:57

R announce?

15:59

I mean, we're not, like

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coach said at when

16:03

we came in here, We're we're humble, being

16:05

humble, take 'em one week at a time, and you

16:08

know, approaching every week of focus

16:10

on being wanted to know, keep pushing each other,

16:12

keep working hard and let this trans to

16:14

the game.

16:15

But it's humble approach for sureship.

16:17

Do you feel like this?

16:18

How offense is huh?

16:19

How versable?

16:20

Do you feel like the r being humble? Guys?

16:24

Uh?

16:25

Making plays?

16:26

Great?

16:26

To see you guys being able to get

16:29

up and catch the.

16:29

Ball and officer lint.

16:31

Everybody's doing a great job. And you know we're wanna contique

16:33

continue to do that, and you

16:35

know, and we know it starts, you know, early throughout

16:37

the week to be able to have success on Sundays and

16:39

then that's been the main focus here.

16:43

Is this what you had in mind when you came here being

16:45

humble?

16:47

You know what I mean? I just wanna come in and be

16:49

an adding piece and help this offense

16:52

have success, cause they've always been

16:54

dynamic and been one of the top offenses. So

16:56

I'm glad I'm able to do that, and you know,

16:58

hopefully keep it going and you change to work

17:01

and chane to do my best to help this team.

17:03

I know you've been one of the best of this job for

17:05

a long time.

17:06

But but how does playing with Lamar

17:08

and backfield facts?

17:09

Yeah, what you see from defenses in a fact, how

17:12

easy it is to do what you did.

17:14

Yeah, I think you gotta respect him.

17:16

I mean there's it's no question. I

17:18

mean, Lamar is Lamar, and every

17:21

team knows that. I mean even

17:23

playing against him, I mean we knew what the

17:25

camp playing was. You gotta you gotta

17:27

stop him to be able to give your supposition

17:30

to win. And I think that's always approaches different

17:33

teams. You know, he's two time MVP

17:35

for a reason, and I'm

17:37

glad I'm on his team now. And you know, it's been fun,

17:39

Derek.

17:40

When you're getting to the red zone, everybody in

17:42

the stadium news.

17:42

You're gonna get the ball?

17:44

Stop?

17:45

Yeah, I mean what are you to

17:47

score? Credit to everybody

17:49

blocking? That make my job easily. I mean that's

17:52

I mean, it's it's not just me. I can't get the ball

17:54

run through eleven people. I mean everybody's been

17:56

doing their job blocking and me getting.

17:58

To his own.

17:58

So I'll give a credit to everybody blocking.

18:00

Man, for sure, How

18:03

impress.

18:04

Watch who say?

18:07

Yeah?

18:14

Yeah, I mean there's no shock to me or nobody on this team

18:16

and we see it all the time, so you

18:18

know, we knew was coming. I told him, you know it's it's

18:21

coming, and you know he's been. He's been

18:23

getting off and doing a great job getting open. They

18:25

can plays with the ball every time

18:27

he catch it. I mean, I don't never think he's going down when

18:29

he catches. He's here and there, there that that way.

18:32

So that's just who that is. You know, Florida

18:34

boy is different.

18:34

So we

18:39

also heard from better linebacker Roquan

18:41

Smith, what was it

18:43

like to.

18:43

See Travis Shuns get that first sack.

18:46

And how big has he been?

18:49

Yeah, yeah,

18:51

it was pretty sweet to see him get that sack.

18:53

The guy's a animal, as we all know.

18:56

Just sometimes you know, the sacks you may not see him,

18:58

but his presence throughout the game and just the impact

19:00

that he has throughout the game is

19:03

not taken for granted. So I definitely appreciate

19:05

him a lot and the way he busts his tail

19:08

day in and day out and the type of person

19:10

he is. But yeah, so I'm just I'm a big fan of Travis

19:12

Dick Jones and yeah.

19:14

What'd you think of Jayson Daniels.

19:15

Look like he had a couple of welcome to the NFL.

19:17

Hits on him.

19:18

He no, I think man, uh

19:21

Washington is in uh good hands

19:23

with him. I think the guy's a he's

19:25

the truth for sure. Like you know, he can run it, he

19:27

can throw it, you know, whatever you want. And

19:29

for him to come into a hostile environment

19:31

and perform the way he did, I got much respect

19:34

for him. And he took some licks to so like the co I

19:36

heard he was tough as nails anyway, and even from watching

19:38

him in college at a couple of games, like but

19:40

he showed that. So like much respect and love for

19:42

that guy. And yeah, Washington, good hands.

19:45

Bro.

19:45

How would you describe the game plan against him today?

19:47

It seems like you guys didn't send a whole lot of extra

19:49

rushers.

19:49

I mean he kind of made him play target practice

19:52

against the secondary.

19:52

I mean, how would you describe it?

19:53

How did you feel like it worked?

19:55

Uh?

19:55

Yeah, we we definitely had a good game plan versus

19:57

those guys, and uh, you know, definitely they're

19:59

pro, they're in the league, They're gonna make plays. There's definitely

20:02

some plays that we would all want back, including

20:04

myself, and like you know, there's definitely things throughout

20:06

the game, but that's why you're in the lab and you try to get better

20:09

day in and day out. But you know, it was a

20:11

tough, tough, fought game and we knew it wouldn't be easy.

20:13

So that's what it's all about.

20:15

That Jaydens took

20:18

a lot of guys have been hits for you guys in this game.

20:20

How much with physicality is something that you guys talked

20:23

about. I think you always want to be physical, but seemed like this

20:25

game.

20:26

Yeah, no, absolutely.

20:27

I think the Ravens in general, well before

20:29

I got here and it'll be the way well after I'm gone.

20:32

Like Breede itself on physicality, and

20:34

that's just something that we pride ourselves

20:36

on and just knowing that it's a rookie quarterback

20:38

and like you gotta lay the hits on him and try

20:40

to affect him because most of the time when you hit

20:43

people in a nasty way, you definitely

20:45

affect them. But the guy's toughest nails,

20:47

he hopped right back up and kept it going. So much

20:50

respect to him that south to him was

20:52

the.

20:52

Offense is rolling right now? You know Laura has the offense

20:54

rolling. How much does that affect things for you guys

20:56

as a defense though, with the offense, is there.

20:58

Oh, that's awesome. That a lot of respect for the

21:00

offense, every single person on that side

21:02

of the ball and the head of the snake lamar.

21:05

So you know, when those guys are rolling, is

21:07

definitely great. But as a defense,

21:09

we can't focus on that. We have to focus on ourselves

21:12

and getting stops throughout the game and getting

21:14

those guys the ball back as much as

21:16

we can because we know if we do that,

21:19

we're in good hands. So we just got

21:21

to keep improving defense, offense,

21:23

and like all together and like we

21:25

just getting started.

21:26

Did you feel like you guys took a step forward from last week?

21:29

Yeah?

21:29

Yeah, I felt like we definitely all took the stuff forward. I felt

21:32

like there's always plays throughout each and every

21:34

game throughout the league, like we're chasing perfection,

21:36

but we're humans at the end of the day. So that

21:38

was definitely. Like in the first half, I remember, can't really recall

21:40

the second half, there was like two or three plays that

21:42

those guys got, but it was just like, you know, two

21:45

really good scheme that plays and you know, heats off to the OC

21:48

and Danie's for finding those holds

21:50

and stuff. And yeah, so you just got

21:52

to get back in the lab, get better, and that's

21:54

all we can continue to do. And we're definitely

21:56

gonna do.

21:57

That talk

22:00

with center title Liderbomb.

22:05

I mean, isn't that special? I mean that's awesome, you

22:08

know, just finding a role, you know, I

22:11

mean, he's the biggest human being I've ever seen. So it's

22:14

it's incredible that, you know, just going there. I as

22:16

first or second game.

22:17

At that noticed.

22:19

Okay, he might have played last week.

22:20

I can't remember, Okay, but it's

22:23

crazy.

22:24

I'm proud of him just to be able to you

22:26

know, find find a role on the team. And that's a

22:28

crucial block that he had, you

22:31

know, kind of it set the tempo

22:33

going into that second half.

22:35

But yeah, just proud of him.

22:37

Coffee, you guys can well you can attack teams to run

22:39

the ball. They stacked the bucks and you throw the ball.

22:41

How much coffee did you guys playing when you could beat

22:43

the first several ways?

22:45

Yeah, I mean that's a that's the goal to

22:48

be efficient like that, you know, if they stack the box, you know,

22:50

being able to throw the ball easier said than done.

22:52

But you know, I thought we'd get it, did a

22:54

good job of that today. I

22:56

was just trying to be efficient as possible. When

22:58

the runs are there, take it, and

23:01

when the throws are there, take it as well.

23:02

How does defect the mentality in the fourth quarter when

23:04

you know you have Derrick Henry that you can give it to, and that's

23:06

what he seems.

23:07

To be at his best.

23:08

Yeah, he's a special back. He's a Hall of Famer back. So

23:10

it's our drop to block for him, and he's gonna make

23:13

one or two guys miss. He's certainly, just

23:15

his size and speed, he's gonna wear down people. So it's

23:18

our our drib just the block as long as possible.

23:20

Does it give you a different mentality that that you

23:22

can close out games when you have him in the

23:24

background.

23:25

Yeah, I think you know teams ppreciate all the time. But I

23:28

mean, he's certainly a guy that absolutely

23:30

does it just with his size and speed. You

23:33

know, he's a fun player to play with. And then you know,

23:35

just have an eight back there as well. You know,

23:37

it's it's challenging for defenses. How much confidence

23:39

so you guys playing with right now?

23:41

It's an offense?

23:42

Yeah, continue to improve. You

23:45

know, it's it's it's better to be on the winning side

23:47

and learn from things then to be on the losing side and learn

23:49

from things. So just got to keep getting better,

23:51

keep getting better, keep improving. Yeah,

23:55

but just keep stacking wins is the main goal

23:57

and then learn from it.

24:00

That's heard from defensive lineman

24:03

Travis Jones, who came up with a sack in

24:05

this game.

24:07

And now you guys have four straight wins. What

24:09

have you guys shown in each of those wins now.

24:12

I'm just saying shows that going through adversity

24:14

the first two games and not being a bounce back

24:17

from that, and we got just gotta keep going.

24:19

The defense, the communication, Where do you

24:21

feel like that level of communication is right

24:23

now?

24:23

After this win?

24:24

I feel like the defense we are going through

24:26

the six weeks, we're starting to jail together

24:29

and play together and play for one one on each other.

24:31

What have you seen from Nate Wiggins?

24:33

It seems like he was everywhere.

24:34

Him and Marlin Humphrey who was flying around.

24:36

Yeah, Nate just a young fund guy. A

24:38

lot of energies been bowling.

24:40

Out inside too. Then you see

24:42

Roquan Smith getting after guys, great

24:44

rush defense, from you guys. How does it feel after

24:46

a game like that where you keep them real locked

24:49

in?

24:49

Yeah?

24:49

I thought the whole week we was talking about keeping

24:51

him in the pockets because most of the rushing girls

24:54

coming from scrambling. So I feel like we went out there and executed

24:56

at a high level.

24:57

I'm sure it's another day where you guys shut down the

24:59

ground, the tackle your

25:01

opportunities in there. I said you

25:03

were the candidate for the breakout year. How much do you

25:05

put that on? You feel like that's on your shoulders.

25:07

I don't pay I don't pay too much attention to

25:09

like people saying breakout here and stuff. But that's why I've out

25:11

there doing my job to the highest.

25:13

Levaca, you were doing that as

25:15

bed as well as any d tackle in the game. What is

25:17

anything change? Like you just got a little slower

25:20

for you or you should what's a little different this

25:22

year?

25:22

I'm starting to see things a little slower and going

25:24

to my third year on my body and stronger.

25:27

Game.

25:27

Used to throwing guys around.

25:30

Off against the quarterback. You've throwing Josh Allen

25:32

down there and then you're getting on jam Ns

25:34

are not like bigger guys

25:36

than course but you're throwing them down. Yeah,

25:39

you feel like you're putting a lot of pressure on them.

25:41

I feel them getting when when I get to a quarback,

25:43

I want to make sure you feel me for sure.

25:49

And lastly, we heard from pass rusher Yannique

25:52

and got Way, who came up with a sack, his

25:54

first sack of the season for the Ravens,

25:58

a big.

25:58

Game like this, just second back

26:00

to his team. Take us through that a little bit.

26:02

I mean, I'm a big believer in God. I'll give him all the praise.

26:04

Everything happens for a reason. I've been I wanted to be here,

26:06

you know, week one, but you know, things had to happen for me

26:08

to be able to ultimately join the roster. So you

26:11

know, I'm just thankful for the opportunity, thankful to

26:13

the organization, uh, the front office.

26:15

So just blessed to be here.

26:16

When you come into the situation where now it's a four game

26:18

win Street, you guys are playing some exceptional football.

26:21

Just feels like the title wave going forward.

26:23

Huh absolutely, I mean we're

26:25

just rolling with him, man. You know, like you said, four game win

26:27

streak, everybody's having a more cohesiveness.

26:30

We just I could just put the energy on all three phases special

26:33

teams, defense and offense.

26:34

We're just clicking the.

26:35

Kid over there on the other side playing quarterback.

26:37

He was for a hookie.

26:38

He didn't sure even look like.

26:39

It about him.

26:41

He's going to be special, you know what I mean. He's still young.

26:44

He has more time to grow, you know what I mean

26:46

before somebody of his age and somebody

26:48

of his youthfulness. You know, it's great to see him

26:50

do those kinds of things. And this guy's a limit phone.

26:53

Appreciate you that.

26:54

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26:57

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27:08

John Harble.