Ravens at Steelers Week 11 Postgame Press Conferences

Cassie Cherigo (0:02)

Welcome back to Ravens Press Pass. I'm Cassie Cherigo. It's November 17th, and the Ravens were just defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, 18 to 16 at Acresure Stadium. Head Coach John Harbaugh and Ravens players discussed the loss. First up, hear from John Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (0:18)

What question do you have?

SPEAKER_3 (0:20)

John, Ravens have been doing so well throughout the whole season. What do you think, what was the difficulty, what was Pittsburgh doing to create so many difficulties?

John Harbaugh (0:29)

The biggest thing was the, we just got into second and long too much. Second and long then ends up being third and long too often. Penalties have set us back too much.

SPEAKER_4 (0:37)

John, what's it going to take for this team to cut down on penalties? I mean, it has been an area of weakness this year.

John Harbaugh (0:42)

It's definitely something we got to do, and we got to cut down on the penalties. That's very important. We've done it before on offense. We haven't had a lot of those in some of our big offensive games. But today, that was a big problem.

SPEAKER_5 (0:53)

Is it a communication issue, a discipline thing? Is there anything that you can kind of pinpoint?

John Harbaugh (0:58)

Look at the tape. That's what you do. Look at all the different situations. And if you can come with some big one thing issue that you're looking for with that question, we'll have it. If not, it'll just be those stand-alone type situations. It just depends on each circumstance.

SPEAKER_6 (1:13)

John, is there confusion on that two-point play? Does it look like Lankley and Aguilar on the left side there was...

John Harbaugh (1:20)

Not that I'm aware of. I'll have to look at it on tape and talk to the coaches. But I didn't, not that I was aware of, nothing was talked about during the game and I didn't see it.

SPEAKER_6 (1:27)

Is there a result to putting Derek Henry in on that play?

John Harbaugh (1:30)

We've talked about that stuff before. We have two-point plays called. We called the one. They called timeout. We called the next one.

SPEAKER_7 (1:36)

John, at the end of the first half, you took over about the 11-yard line with less than a minute left. There was a fumble. They got the ball back. What went into being aggressive in that situation at that time?

John Harbaugh (1:46)

Well, I mean, it's a screen, which is like a run. And you can't take a knee there. I mean, they have three timeouts. You take a knee, they're calling them timeouts. You're putting from your own, what, 12-yard line or whatever it was. So you've got to try to get at least a good play to start so they don't call their timeouts. It's just a fumble.

SPEAKER_4 (2:03)

John, we know Tucker is his own biggest critic. We know he has a long track record. How concerned are you with his struggles continuing, especially in a place he's had so much success kicking here in the past?

John Harbaugh (2:12)

Yeah, he's took these and made kicks. He knows that. That's important. He makes them in practice. And he made the long one later, which is good to see, which means he's still very capable. You know, kick them straight. We'll be good.

SPEAKER_5 (2:23)

John, I know you had the three timeouts, obviously. Was there ever any thought about an onside kick at the end with a minute?

John Harbaugh (2:30)

We considered it. We felt like the best chance was to get a stop and get the timeouts, get the ball back with about 45 seconds, have a chance to get in field goal range and see if you can win it right there. We thought that was a better and the percentages I think would bear us out as opposed to getting an onside kick, which is hard to do.

SPEAKER_5 (2:49)

John, was there anything like to see what they were doing defensively or anything to do against Lamar or just?

John Harbaugh (2:55)

I thought they played well. It was more than anything. It was the penalties that set us back on first down and second long.

Justin Tucker (3:01)

John, on that failed two point conversion, was it an RPO? Was it a run that Lamar just kind of pitched away?

John Harbaugh (3:07)

It was a play that we have. I don't think I need to describe all the details of the play, but it was not an RPO, no.

SPEAKER_3 (3:12)

John, any update on Robon?

Justin Tucker (3:13)

He left the peak without a run?

John Harbaugh (3:14)

No updates on any injuries right now. It's about five minutes after the game, right?