John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 12/15/25

SPEAKER_1 (0:02)

Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens have proved a 7-7 on the season after a 24-0 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Today, we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh during his Monday afternoon press conference.

John Harbaugh (0:21)

Okay, good to see everybody. Really appreciate you being here. We're excited about the upcoming challenge. And Sunday Night Football in Baltimore is always something to get up for. So we're looking forward to it. It's a very, very worthy and good opponent. 11-3 team, obviously, fighting for the number one seed. So we're fighting for what we're fighting for as well. So the opportunity to play a very meaningful game late in December is well earned in this league. So we're ready and we'll be preparing all week for that challenge. What questions do you have?

SPEAKER_3 (0:57)

John, do you have an update with Teddy Buchanan?

John Harbaugh (0:59)

Yeah, he has an ACL. He'll be out for the rest of the year.

SPEAKER_4 (1:06)

John, Teddy is someone who has improved a lot from the spring until now. Roughly 70% of your staff's in the league. How do you fill the void as part of what he was able to do for your defense?

John Harbaugh (1:18)

Yeah, Teddy did a great job, you know, just to see his progress, you know, see him grow as a player. Defense and special teams has just been really fun. I mean, nobody's into it more than he is, you know, he's just great and he's going to be back next year. He should be back hopefully for training camp, ready to go and ready to kind of build on what he's done. So it's an unfortunate, disappointing. It'll be part of his story, you know, going forward, obviously. But Trent Simpson will take that role. Trent had a really good game, played well, has been practicing great. And every time he's been playing, he's been playing well, too. So expect Trent to come in there and just build on what Teddy's been doing so far and also what Trent's been doing.

SPEAKER_5 (2:01)

What have you seen from Trent in terms of improvements in progress and so forth to kind of step back into that role? And secondly, how much is being able to move Kyle Hamilton around to help as well?

John Harbaugh (2:14)

Yeah, I mean, it doesn't really affect Kyle. Trent plays a real linebacker spot in certain personnel groups, and I think he's done really well. You know, like I said, he's played great. He played good against the run, played good against the pass, the reps he's had. You know, really not worried about it at all.

SPEAKER_6 (2:34)

John, just from a bigger picture scale for Darius Washington to get back in seven months from a killing stare and play in a huge game that you guys needed to win. How did you think he came through, and I think he played about 15 snaps, and how meaningful was it to even see him out there knowing how much he cares?

John Harbaugh (2:54)

Yeah, no doubt. That's actually right. Absolutely how I saw it. I was excited for him. He and I had a conversation on the sideline sometime in the third quarter, just about that very thing, you know, and how meaningful and how cool it was that he was out there playing and he's playing really well and flying around making tackles, you know, doing what AD does. I just always have loved the way he plays. So it's a big boost for us, you know, it gives us another, another playmaker on defense, another high energy guy, I fly around and do what he does.

SPEAKER_7 (3:27)

There was a lot made of it, revisiting the facility last week. I don't know how much inspiration you provided. I think it was after you spoke, Marlon had said something about, had commented on the junk food in the meeting rooms or something like that. I thought you had changed the whole health kick around here.

John Harbaugh (3:46)

Is that a question or what? Oh, I'm not, please, you know, elaborate on the question.

SPEAKER_7 (3:51)

What were you referring to about with the junk food?

John Harbaugh (3:55)

I have no idea what you're talking about. I have no idea what you're talking about. There's snacks around here and there. I mean, yeah, whatever. You got junk, you got snacks in your house?

SPEAKER_7 (4:04)

Yeah, I don't play in the NFL. I have a lot of junk food. A lot of junk food.

John Harbaugh (4:08)

I can tell. I eat junk food too. I had a Snickers bar today already. It was great. Post-lunch. Like a dessert kind of. It was amazing.