Ravens vs. Dolphins Week 9 Postgame Press Conferences

SPEAKER_1 (0:02)

Welcome in to the Ravens Press Pass Podcasts. The Ravens took down the Miami Dolphins 28-6 tonight. After the game, we heard from head coach John Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (0:11)

I told the team, but this is the warrior's song. This is something we talked about, but basically it says, you will not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness. It will not come near you because you have made the Lord your dwelling place.

Our guys kept faith, and they showed a lot of toughness and a lot of courage, faith and guts. And that's what it takes. It takes belief and it takes toughness. It takes faith and it takes guts. And I'm proud of our guys for that. We had two games that we needed to win in four days, and they were absolute must-wins, both of those two games. And for our guys to step up the way they did, and to step out the way they did, and to play the kind of football they did, with their backs to the wall, on the canvas, all right? And to get back up and do what they did is commendable. And it just means we're two games under 500 That's all it means. But we're two games under 500, right? We were four games under 500 So that's where we're at. Now we'll get a couple extra days, and we'll get ready for Minnesota in Minnesota, the second leg of our three-game road journey here. So proud of the guys, and proud of the faith that they showed. What questions you have?

SPEAKER_3 (1:24)

Lamar's first game in over 30 days, do you have anything to say to him after that performance?

John Harbaugh (1:29)

I said it's been a long journey, man.

It's been a hard road, and not just the 30 days, but even before that, and I'm proud of him. I'm proud of the way he came out and played. And proud of the way Tyler played last week. Both those two guys played well. T. Martin deserves a lot of credit. He did a great job with those guys and Monk and the offensive coaches. I thought the game plan, I thought what we've done with the offense the last two weeks has been really, really, really good. Really, really excellent. So we got to keep building off that.

SPEAKER_4 (1:59)

Two touchdown drives. The defense had multiple turnovers today. And since the bye, they've been producing turnovers. Just what can you say about how they've responded?

John Harbaugh (2:09)

I think the defense played great. I mean, just, you know, all the things that you talked about, we talked about the ball assaults, we call it. We hadn't had enough of them. We've been trying, but we couldn't get the ball. And to get the three today, the first time I think we've got multiple turnovers probably in a game, that was really big. And to see the way we did it, I mean, we had two guys that caused fumbles and recovered the fumbles. And then to throw the ball deep down the field, Malachi had to make that play deep. That's why we drafted him, you know, because that's what he does. And for him to make that play was really a way to close the game out for sure. I think Zach's doing a great job. I mean, Zach holding those guys together, keeping his poise, never flinching, always coaching all the details and all the guys. I mean, you know, Chuck and Double D and Dennis and Tooch and Matt, those guys are just doing a great job.

SPEAKER_5 (2:53)

John, what in particular do you think changed the offensive approach in the second half? What were you kind of able to do to get in a rhythm offensively in that third quarter?

John Harbaugh (3:03)

Yeah, I think we just didn't get backed up. You know, we were backed up a little bit on the chains a couple of times. We got backed up in field position once or twice between the second quarter and the third quarter. Lamar had the big scramble that got us out of trouble there, I think, on the first drive, I think it was. And that was probably the key play of the whole game probably. You know, because if not, you're back, and you're kind of in that second quarter mode still. And that's what Lamar can do. And that's what he did. Lamar had a great game. I mean, four touchdown passes. You think about the resiliency of the whole game by the team. You think about Lamar making plays like that. Think about the extended plays that were made there, then in the red zone. And not just Lamar, but guys like Bate. Bate working to get open late on that first touchdown pass. And Mark working to get open late later on the touchdown pass on extended plays. And then within drives, our offense's ability to finish drives. To convert, get ahead of the chains after the second quarter, first quarter and third quarter, then fourth quarter. And to extend drives, that's resiliency throughout the drives and even within the plays. And I thought our defense showed the same thing. That's a tough offense to defend. I want you to know, that's a good football team. They're very well coached, both sides of the ball. I thought we've had a great game plan. And I thought Mike had a great game plan. I mean, these guys are hard to defend. They do some really tough things. They do some things that really challenge your defense, challenge your eyes, put you in tough spots. The angles are really tough. The timing is tough.