Ravens-49ers Week 16 Postgame Press Conferences 12/25

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:41)

Hey, guys, back at the playground again, huh?

SPEAKER_1 (0:44)

Yep.

SPEAKER_3 (0:45)

You know what this playground could use?

Roquan Smith (0:47)

A wine country.

SPEAKER_1 (0:49)

Heck yeah.

SPEAKER_5 (0:49)

And some waves.

SPEAKER_1 (0:51)

So we could go surfing. A redwood forest would be cool.

SPEAKER_3 (0:58)

Ski slopes!

SPEAKER_7 (1:03)

Did we just invent California?

SPEAKER_3 (1:05)

Discover why California is the ultimate playground.

SPEAKER_8 (1:13)

Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens took down the San Francisco 49ers 33 to 19 on Christmas night. This was a game to remember for the Ravens, a two score victory to continue their spot as the first place team in the AFC. This was an all hands on deck when everybody got involved in the action of Lamar Jackson showed everybody across the country in this prime time game that he should be the leading candidate in the MVP conversation after the game. And we had a chance to hear from Lamar, so let's kick things off with him.

Lamar Jackson (2:01)

I don't even look at it based off divisions or anything like that. I really don't know, we just study a lot out of film, just playin stuff back. And then as I'm watchin film, I picture myself out there on the field versus the defense.

And I don't know, God on our side, our defense, playing light side, officer line blocking, they tell off, running backs doing what they do, receivers doing what they do, tight ends doing what they do.

All phases, special teams as well, Tyler had a great run. I don't know, I don't know why we played good, our record good against NFC. Just pray it keep being that way.

SPEAKER_2 (2:46)

How big was it for you guys with this win?

Lamar Jackson (2:54)

I mean, I really don't care about the favorites, that's a great team though.

You don't take anything away from them, defense, offense and special team as well. But I pretty much like it that way, just being the underdogs. I don't want people looking at us like, oh, we need them to go and do this and that. You know, I like playing as the underdog, and I feel like we have more success being there.

SPEAKER_10 (3:16)

Lamar, John said this was an MVP-like performance for you. I know you said you didn't really care about this thing, you just want to win, but I'm curious how you felt about it, if you thought of yourself, what kind of performance it was for you.

Lamar Jackson (3:34)

We got the dub. You know, I really don't care about the performance, I just wanted to win, and that's what happened tonight. You know, on Christmas, that was my gift. You know, they asked me at an interview a couple weeks ago, like, what would I want for Christmas? And my wish got granted, you know. You just need to keep going, keep staying locked in, and keep staying focused, because, you know, we know what it was, 2019 You know, we was playing against guys like this, winning games, winning regular season games.

And when the time came, we didn't finish the season, so we just gonna keep taking it a day at a time, practice at a time, and a game at a time.

That's all I'm focused on right now.

SPEAKER_10 (4:13)

There were a number of times where you extended plays or made plays, you know, the end of the first half, they're at the long run, the drive where you hit Hagelord for the touchdown. What's going through your mind as you're, you know, extending and getting away from defenders and trying to make a play there?

Lamar Jackson (4:36)

Make something happen, you know. Just keep the ball in our favor, protect the ball, and that's pretty much what we did. Nelly did a great move, you know, man coverage, and he made a wonderful play, caught the ball, scored, line gave me pretty much a great time.

That's all it was.

SPEAKER_11 (4:58)

Lamar, what does it say about this team? Not only are you beating the best teams out there, but you're beating them by double digits or more than that. What does it say about the margin of victory you're beating these good teams at?