John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 11/18/24

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, losing 18 to 16 to drop them to 7 and 4 on the season. On Monday, we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh during his standard weekly presser.

John Harbaugh (0:26)

No updates right now, we're just monitoring it as we go here, and he'll be working to get ready for the game.

SPEAKER_4 (0:34)

After looking at the film, what did you see from the two-point version of Tempt therapy that it seemed like these Steelers were saying afterwards that they knew that the play was going in the direction it was?

John Harbaugh (0:47)

Well, it didn't work, you know. I think anytime you got a play that didn't work, you kind of look at it very critically. I mean, we're disappointed in that play. You want to have a better play up there, a better play call, a better executed play, everything along those lines. So I think, you know, in every game, whether you win or lose, but especially when you lose, and especially when it's an opportunity to tie the game at the end after a hard-fought game like that, you got to look at those plays really hard. And that's one we'd like to have back just across the board.

SPEAKER_5 (1:15)

John, maybe not a rent person, per se, but along those lines, not having Derrick on the field for that play, how difficult does it need to do things, I guess?

John Harbaugh (1:28)

Yeah, I don't know, really, I'm not sure about the question. I just think there are plays where guys are on the field for specific types of plays, you know, and depends on the type of play, whether Mark's out there, or Isaiah's out there, or Zay's out there, or Bates out there, or whoever.

Derek Henry is a great football player, and you want him out there situational, but he's not out there for every play. So like I said after the game, that's the play that was called, you know. That's the personnel group that it was set up in through a lot of game planning. I mean, coaches are, they're in early and they're home late. And they try to put the best, we all try to put the best plan we can together and come up with the best plays. And when it doesn't work out, you know, it hurts. It's bad. And you really feel, you feel disappointed about it because it's your job, and it's what you want to get done well. So all the little nuances within that are all things that disappoint you. But every player is not on the field for every play. I'd like to have had a better play there, you know, and I'd like to have had a successful play. So you look back on it, and that's how you feel about it. You feel bad about it.

SPEAKER_1 (2:28)

John, obviously, Jared Henry's been a big part of the ranking for you guys this year. He's been successful in it. Was there any thoughts of maybe seeing Keaton? He wasn't very involved offensively yesterday. Was there ever a thought just to see what a different look with him in there? I know he brings such a different dynamic.

John Harbaugh (2:46)

Well, the way you're asking it is just to be like experimental. No, there's no thought to experiment in that game right there. Keaton's a guy we want to get involved for sure. He's only been back for two weeks, you know, coming back from a knee injury. The way the game went, we only got Derek 12 carries as it was, 13 carries as it was.

So, you want to get him more, you know. We only had like 52 or 53 offensive plays. We didn't have as many throws or runs or anything else that we wanted. So, now to try to get a specific player in the game, you could say the same thing about any other player. You want to get him more reps, more opportunities. You probably need more plays. And to get more plays, you need more successful plays, more first downs, more yards. We were off the field a couple of times real quick. I think two of our series were off the field in two or three plays. So, it just cuts down the opportunities for everybody.

SPEAKER_6 (3:33)

John, you made the change in safety with Ardarius Washington replacing Marcus Williams. What have you seen from Ardarius up into this point for him to earn this opportunity? And then how do you think he played? I mean, he played every snap. He was the only guy who did that.