Ravens vs. Browns Week 11 Postgame Press Conferences

SPEAKER_1 (0:03)

Welcome in to Ravens Press Pass, following the Ravens' 23-16 win in Cleveland. This is a grinded out win, and the fourth straight victory for the Ravens as they pulled to an even five and five on the season. Let's start with Coach Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (0:18)

Last night, I reminded him again afterwards, my birthday was on September 23rd, and they had fun with it because it was so many years. They gave me a jersey with how many years old I am on it. I can tell you, it was definitely an offensive lineman number.

And I got a couple of presents, and we were getting ready to play the Lions, and didn't have time to open them. I said, well, I'm opening them up after. And then we lost. I'm like, well, I'll open them up after we win. And then we didn't win for five weeks, four weeks. And then we won, I didn't have time, won, didn't have time. I opened it up this week going into this game. And one of them was this coin the friend sent. And it's got a warrior on it, and the back of it is Joshua 1.9. And it says, have I not commanded you, be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. And I talked to the guys and I just told them, I just, I think what I was so emotional about last week was their courage. And their ability to not be dismayed in times of adversity, when things look tough and dark. And that is what won this game again. And that's why I'm so proud of these guys, and that's why it means so much. And by no means is this the end. We're five and five. Our head's just above water. We're just above water. We're breathing. We're not even out of the water.

But what you saw out there was a tough, hard-fought game against a really good team. I mean, the Browns are a very good football team. They're a tough, determined team. It's a typical AFC-North battle. And I'm proud of the guys for the way they played and what they had to do to find a way to win that game in the second half the way they did. What question do you have?

SPEAKER_3 (2:09)

What was kind of going through your mind when you heard on the headset, you know, hurricane, the play call?

John Harbaugh (2:16)

Well, I didn't hear it, I actually, we talked, we were talking about it. And I mean, I heard that it was, I knew it was going to be called, but it was part of the conversation. And I was excited, you know, it was a good call. We talked about calling that if we got inside a one, if we weren't inside a one, we weren't going to go for it.

And but we got the one because Hop, because Lamar and Hop execute and make a play and gets us down in there. Then we get, I can't remember the sequence of events, but that was the call that was going to be made. And man, it was so beautifully executed. When you see it, and a good idea has many fathers, right? But when you see it executed well, I mean, that's what makes it a good idea. And that's what I'm probably most proud of.

SPEAKER_4 (3:03)

John, so before that, no thought, I mean, Tyler kicked the ball well all game, and you were well within his range. There was no thought about kicking a field goal to try to go head-by-head there.

John Harbaugh (3:11)

Yeah, oh yeah, that was part of the deal. That was what we thought, and we weren't going to do anything unless it was close enough to go for it.

SPEAKER_5 (3:18)

What kind of gave you the confidence, whatever you want to call it, to go with that play instead?

John Harbaugh (3:23)

I think just the fact that we practiced it so much and we felt good about it. We felt like Mark would execute it well. It looked really good in practice. It was a good idea. And if you get the look you want, I mean, if they give you the sneak, you know, you could do that.

There's other checks involved there too that we have. But like Mark said, we can't say too much. But I just felt like it was going to be executed well.

SPEAKER_6 (3:43)

Is there a calculus between, like, is that any more high risk than a normal push push? Like, were you looking for the kind of knockout punch right there?