John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 10/13/25

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass Podcasts this Monday, October 13th. The Ravens dropped to 1-5 after losing to the LA. Rams 17-3 on Sunday. It's now the team's bye week, and head coach John Harbaugh will talk with the media on Monday about the areas of focus and what the Ravens need to do to turn their season around.

John Harbaugh (0:24)

Okay, good seeing you, everybody. Appreciate you being here once again, and a lot of work. And we want to do a bye week now. Our focus going forward and what we can accomplish for the next 11 games and try to earn our way into the playoffs, which obviously, as pointed out last night, has not been done very often with the record we have, but we still believe we can do it. And really, all the focus goes to really two things.

The bye week and working through every aspect and issue that we can, find every way we can be at our best going forward with the players we have. It's going to be good to get players back. And then how we organize ourselves and craft our schemes, and then also how we work on them for the next two days in training camp, or in the bye week. Like, I guess you treat it like a training camp maybe, but in the bye week to build those things into our offense, defense, and special teams, and then focus on the Bears game, you know, and being the best team we can be to win that game. What questions do you have?

SPEAKER_1 (1:29)

John, as far as the pass rush, now that, you know, Adafia has traded and Tavius has hurt, you know, how big of a challenge is it going to be to generate some pressure coming off the edges now?

John Harbaugh (1:41)

Well, I mean, it's been a challenge all year to generate pressure. So, you know, we're going to have to manufacture pressure. I think we talked about that the last couple of weeks. But also our guys are going to have to step up and create pressure on the four-man rush. We do it with simulated pressures, too. A lot of times we did that in the game. We were able to move Stafford out of the pocket a few times and hurry him up a few times, which I thought was really good, even with four-man rushes and sims. But we also had a few blitzes in there, too, that were good. So we've got to build off those things and and do the job with the guys that we have.

SPEAKER_4 (2:10)

John, I know you said that Tavius' foot is broken. Is that a season-ending injury? Can he come back?

John Harbaugh (2:16)

Thanks for that. No, it's not. We found out it's going to be six to eight weeks, very similar to Isaiah likely. So he will be back during the season. Yes.

SPEAKER_5 (2:26)

John, related to that whole situation, is there an update on Adisa Isaac or what hit? Is he season for the Adisa Isaac? Is he a, I know he had a surgery on his elbow or something. Is he finished for the year?

John Harbaugh (2:36)

He's not finished for the year. They're talking about maybe mid-November. Late-November for Isaac possibly.

SPEAKER_6 (2:43)

Coach, the schedule for the bye week is the guys will remain around for a couple of days, and then you'll set them free. Is that different or is that standard from past years?

John Harbaugh (2:52)

It's been different, different years. You know, we're going to be practicing. It's an early bye week this year, but we'll be going Tuesday, and Wednesday we'll practice. We'll also be doing our studies all through the week, as coaches, and working really hard.

SPEAKER_5 (3:09)

John, do you sense that, I mean, with the injury to Robinson and an 0-8 traded, you've only got three guys, three outside linebackers, on the 53 Do you anticipate looking outside of your organization, promoting from within, and I assume you won't go forward with just three?

John Harbaugh (3:25)

Yeah, all the above, I would say. We have a couple of guys that we like on the practice squad right now that are doing really well, so I wouldn't mind giving those guys a shot, one of those guys at least.

So that's no option number one, the most obvious option, and then there's the other options you're talking about, are certainly on the table.

SPEAKER_1 (3:45)

Last year, as far as goal to go situations, you guys were among the most efficient. This year, not so much. What do you feel has been the biggest change from, because it's so extreme, what biggest change from last year to this year?