Post-Week 9: Ravens Press Conferences 11/5/26

SPEAKER_1 (0:03)

We're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens fell to the Jacksonville Jaguars 33 to 10 Thursday night at M&T Bay Stadium. After the game, we heard from head coach Jesse Minter.

Jesse Minter (0:17)

Give credit to the Jags, came in here, did what they needed to do.

You know, I do give, obviously, a tough situation for our guys.

But, you know, I just told them, like, there's no excuses, there's no whatever. We don't have this guy, we don't have that guy. We got to make a decision, again, over this break, got a little bit of a break for the guys to kind of mentally reset and come back and seek improvement, really, in all three phases. That's what we'll be after. But again, credit to the Jags, good football team, credit to our guys for fighting. But that's obviously a bare minimum. So questions.

SPEAKER_3 (0:58)

Jesse, I know again, you are missing some guys, no excuses, but third straight game, losing by 20 or more points. How do you try to keep the morale?

Jesse Minter (1:08)

Yeah, I mean, it's, it's, I thought, I thought, the guys had a good week and felt, we were in a tough spot. Everybody kind of realized where we were at with the quarterback situation. And so I thought the team was ready to play. And from a competitive standpoint, I really think the explosive play before the half really kind of broke the game open. But at the same time was trying to be really aggressive there because you almost felt like a score might, you know, with the offensive situation, a score there, you know, puts it in a tough spot. We're not really, you know, maybe built in tonight's game to be able to chuck the ball and throw it down, throw it all over the yard and come back. So try to play that situation, probably a little aggressive to keep the score where it was at. That was the goal there. They made a nice play.

And then the second half, you know, we just got in our own way. We're turning the ball over a couple of times in a row. Defense was out there, felt like the whole half, thought they battled and fought and did a decent job in the second half. But obviously the results are not acceptable for us and what we're after.

SPEAKER_4 (2:17)

That's how frustrating are the pre snap penalties? And I'm sure you've been working on that.

Jesse Minter (2:22)

Yeah, it's very frustrating. Again, it's just ownership.

It's ownership of players and coaches of it keeps happening. And so we can we can say that it's, you know, it's a ninth game. So there's no, you know, we haven't done this, we haven't done that or whatever. We got a new guy in there. He's been here all season, been here all training camp. So the pre snap penalties are unacceptable.

SPEAKER_5 (2:44)

Jesse, is it is it a fixable problem when you see the same mistakes happening game after game after game?

Jesse Minter (2:51)

It's fixable if you, you either, you know, there's a definition of insanity, right? Of like, keep doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results.

So to me, it's finding solutions to keep it from happening. And that could mean a lot of different things, of ways to different use, different things, different approaches, different cadences, different things like that. But obviously it keeps happening.

SPEAKER_6 (3:13)

Jesse, why do you think the pass rush has been as consistent as you might have wanted it to be?

Jesse Minter (3:19)

You know, I think I got one guy really kind of playing through, having really one free hand.

And then the last few games, look, the situations of the games sort of dictate the offenses that we're seeing. And that doesn't mean that they don't stay aggressive a little bit, but when you're playing, you know, the score and the offense of what it is for the last couple of games, you know, you're kind of getting, I would say, more protective offense, you know, and more runs and different play actions, and not necessarily just drop them back and throw in the ball that much from that perspective. So I think a little bit, all that kind of goes into it.

SPEAKER_7 (4:00)

Jesse, there have been many reports that you guys are finalizing a trade for Jacobi Percet. Do you feel that bringing in a player at that position could give you a shot in the arm?

Jesse Minter (4:10)

Yeah, I won't speak it specifically to anything. I know that our front office and ownership are going to do what's necessary to give us a chance, you know?