John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 9/30/24

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Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Monday, September 30th. The Ravens approved a 2-2 on Sunday after taking down the Buffalo Bills 35-10. It was a complete victory for the Ravens. The offense really relied on running back Derek Henry on the ground game. Henry had 199 rushing yards at a pair of touchdowns. And the Ravens finished with 271 total rushing yards in the game. The Ravens showed everyone that they are one of the very best teams in football by taking down Buffalo, who was undefeated coming into this game. Today, we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh. Here's what he had to say during his weekly press conference with the media.

John Harbaugh (2:12)

All right. Good to see everybody. Appreciate you being here.

Let's go, Os. Let's go. Can't wait for that game tomorrow afternoon at Camden Yards. Got to be honest, I probably won't be watching it, but be monitoring it very closely. So support those guys. We're excited for them and can't wait to see them go get after it in the playoffs.

Excited about our win last night. As you look at it, we did many good things and things that we improved on. We're building. I think we're growing as a football team. We're kind of in that building phase still, trying to stack practices and good plays every day and improvement. But yet we have so many things that we can get better at, that we need to get better at, so many things that you like to have back from the game and do better that we'll try our best to learn from. We will learn from them just like we have in the past games before this. So that's what we're working on right now, trying to put all this stuff together so we can get our guys in here and have a great week of practice and get ready for the Bengals. What questions do you have?

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John, Derek Henry again had another massive game. There was a lot of questions with him being 30 years old and the track record for running back today. Why do you think he is still being so productive at this age when a lot of running backs just are?

John Harbaugh (3:31)

Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, I'm sure it's different for every single person, but there's a lot of things about Derek that make him unique. Talent is one of them for sure, and work ethic is another one for sure. He's a very, very, just tough human being for sure. But proof is in the results, and you kind of go by what you see. So when we're evaluating the possibility of bringing him in here, I think we just looked at how he's been playing, and to see that continue on obviously is great, but we did expect him to play this way, and we're excited about it.

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Coach, there's not a season with two losses, two wins.

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You're talking about staying even-keeled. You know, it's a marathon, a season. How do you get your players, players can be a little more emotional than coaches. How do you get them to buy into that sort of philosophy and that strategy?

John Harbaugh (4:18)

Yeah, you know, the players are pros, too. You know, and I think at this level, I think there's a real collaboration between coaches and players, especially nowadays and in the NFL. You know, these are grown men. You know, these are guys that are professionals. They take their careers very seriously. It means a lot to them. And they understand how the season works. And we'll let the players, we do wise words and the players talk to the team. We have different captains every week. They talk to the guys. They say brilliant things. They say things that are spot on. You know, and we have that kind of a kind of leadership, that kind of a culture where where it's kind of grown from within, nurtured from within. Those are the guys that set the tone. That's what you want.