Bengals-Ravens Week 11 Postgame Press Conference 11/16

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Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens took down the Bengals 34 to 20 at M&T Bank Stadium to improve to 8 and 3 on the season and maintain their spot.

In first place of the AFC North. This was a big win for this team. And afterwards, here's what head coach John Harbaugh had to say.

John Harbaugh (1:31)

A couple things. First of all, I want to give glory to God and glory to God. We appreciate the opportunity to play in a game like this and for the opportunity to be victorious. And also want to give credit to the fans.

Our fans were really great. I mean, our fans were loud. They had to take the late games. They had a tough time communicating out there.

They couldn't get lined up numerous times as a result of the crowd noise. I mean, our fans were there. It was fun. It was a great environment to be in. The stadium people that put the stadium together and all the fireworks and lights and everything else and darkness, it was really just an amazing, amazing night. It was just a fun night in Baltimore. So our team played exceptionally well, and I'm proud of them for finding a way to win this game and play their best football. I do have one injury announcement to make. Unfortunately, on the negative side, Mark Andrews has a very serious ankle injury. It looks like a season-ending injury. So our prayers will be with Mark. Nobody cares more about the team and being there for the guys and Mark Andrews. So this is going to be hard for him, but we're going to be there for him all the way.

Okay, what questions do you have?

SPEAKER_5 (2:42)

John, it also looked like that Lamar was battling through an ankle injury.

John Harbaugh (2:53)

Very impressive. I mean, the ankle over there in the sideline when that deal happened, and the bounce back and play the way he did, and still have some mobility, but hanging there and make those throws, it was impressive.

We have a Purple Heart Award. There will probably be two of them, probably be Mark and probably be Lamar for getting through that injury for Lamar.

SPEAKER_6 (3:12)

John, obviously Mark is such a key part of this franchise, this offense.

That being said, what the receivers kind of did tonight after he left so early in the game, what did you kind of see out of that? Is there a basis for building off of that?

John Harbaugh (3:28)

Yeah, exactly. I mean, those are the guys who played really well. It's going to be, you know, you say next man up, it's not just the next player in that position, it's all the men. It's all the players stepping up and filling that. To replace a player like Mark Andrews, it's going to take everybody. It's going to take a team to do it.

And our guys will be up for the challenge, but those receivers are obviously going to be a big part of that. They played really well. I thought offensively, what happened there, the two drives to end the first half, the two drives to start the second half, touchdown, touchdown, field goal, field goal, and I think they had a field goal in that span. That's really what turned the game.

And then the one drive where we overcame the holding penalty down there and still got the touchdown with the Nelson play, that was a huge drive. So, you guys did a great job.