Ravens-Cardinals Week 8 Postgame Press Conference 10/29

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You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast.

The Ravens are coming off a 31-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The Ravens are now 6-2 on the season, which is good enough for first place tied with three other teams in the AFC. This was a game where the Ravens really relied on the running game. Gus Edwards had three touchdowns in this victory, and the Ravens talked after the game about the significance of this win and where they sit after the first eight games of the season. Here's what head coach John Harbaugh had to say.

John Harbaugh (1:53)

I just felt like it was a tough game. I mean, the Cardinals are a good football team. They're physical, they're tough.

You understand what they're building there. Coaches, coaches doing a great job with them.

But our guys, you know, coming across country and all the things we've been dealing with as far as that, not playing, you know, we weren't great. We weren't really as crisp and sharp as we wanted to be by any stretch. And yet, we kept grinding, we kept fighting and found a way to get the things, get the job done. What question do you have?

SPEAKER_6 (2:28)

We're talking about Michael Pierce, he played, his huge plays up front was really dominant.

John Harbaugh (2:39)

Mike was dominant.

Like, he had four or five tackles for loss, he had both stops on the fourth down, and he had a sack. I mean, he just took over the game inside.

SPEAKER_3 (2:54)

You guys obviously moved quickly down the field, first drive, and then kind of slowed from there, but how much does that help set the tone when you have a lot of play back?

John Harbaugh (3:03)

Yeah, when you're struggling a little bit, you know, really not hitting, and they had some good schemes, and they were running some good plays, and someone's got to step up, you know, someone's got to make plays. In this league, you have to make plays.

I mean, somebody's got to make plays. You know, Mark gets a key first down, first drive. Somebody's got to do something.

SPEAKER_7 (3:32)

And then you have to make plays.

John Harbaugh (3:38)

I think that's a really good point, because in this league, you have to be able to do that. You're just not going to be hitting on every cylinder every single week, you know, and you have to find a way to win those games. I think the best teams over time prove that they'll win games even when they're not at their best. They'll find a way to win games late, they'll find a way to win a game when they can't run it, when they can't throw it, or when they can't stop something, they'll still find a way to win the game. And really, that's players, that's character, and it's also talent, ability, confident guys who can make plays, you know, and I felt like our guys did a good job of that today.

SPEAKER_8 (4:06)

John, what do you think just the accumulative impact of Gus down the stretch was to wear down that defense?

John Harbaugh (4:12)

It was big. I mean, you know, the second half, we got the run game going.

We were throwing the ball quite a bit in the first half, you know, and we had some success doing it, but to get the run game going the second half and in the fourth quarter, to be able to take the ball down there, take up all that time and score, that was a huge drive right there, two of them really.