John Harbaugh & Lamar Jackson: Ravens Practice 12/27 Press Conferences

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SPEAKER_4 (1:13)

Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Wednesday, December 27th, and the Ravens are getting ready to play the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.

This is a match in between two of the best teams in the NFL. If the Ravens win this game, then they secure the top spot in the AFC. And that top seed comes with a first round bye, as well as home field advantage throughout the playoffs. So there's a lot at stake in this game. And today we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (1:43)

Okay, good to see everybody. Really appreciate you being here. We're dug in deep in our preparations for a very good Miami Dolphins team.

A great football team, a challenge in so many ways, all three phases. A very talented team, a very tough team, a very physical team, a very fast team, very well coached team, and they execute at the highest level. So we've got the biggest challenge we've had so far this year, and we're excited about it, and we're looking forward to the game. What questions do you have?

Yeah, it's an exciting situation to be in. I think you get in this type of time of the year, you play yourself into these kind of games, where you have an opportunity, where the games mean so much, where winning one game brings such a big reward because of what you've done up until this point. That's a well-earned thing, and the Dolphins have earned the same thing, so it's that kind of a game.

SPEAKER_6 (2:45)

Schematically, does it help you playing them, or are they different animals?

John Harbaugh (2:48)

You know, they're the same in some ways and different in other ways. The passing game is kind of a lot different in the way they're structured and organized, the way the reads work.

But the level is very similar, and a lot of the plays are the same. I mean, really across the NFL, they are, but also within the system, there's a lot of similarities. I think the level of execution is very similar. The physicality is very similar. The timing is very similar.

Well, yeah, I mean, we got fast guys, and they run as fast as they can. So that's kind of how we do it.

SPEAKER_7 (3:24)

John Kyle Hamilton, which means that he becomes a player of the week, specifically on the second interception, when he got blocked. What do you watch when you watch that play again?

John Harbaugh (3:34)

Yeah, well, we just watched again this morning with the team. I noticed when he was down there, he kind of laid there for a minute. So, you know, I don't know if he was playing possum or what. Maybe that was it. Maybe that's why he got the interception. But yeah, he came all out on a blitz. They high load him as a good call, got up and pursued. That's kind of what I make of it. I think the defense is playing at a really high level in terms of effort.

And everybody's been running to the ball at really the highest level. And that's kind of how that happened.

SPEAKER_8 (3:59)

John, we saw you this season on the business today.

SPEAKER_9 (4:01)

Who's that?

SPEAKER_8 (4:02)

Kyle, any updates on his chances to play on Sunday?

John Harbaugh (4:06)

Yeah, we're less than 48 hours from the game, so we're just kind of working through all those kind of things right now.

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