Ravens vs. Packers Week 17 Postgame Press Conferences

SPEAKER_1 (0:02)

Welcome in to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens took down the Green Bay Packers Saturday night in Lambeau Field, winning 41 to 24 after the game we heard from head coach John Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (0:12)

Congratulations to our football team, to our leaders.

Just a heart-defining win is what that was. The type of win that makes you proud to be a Raven, makes you proud to be with these guys every single day, starting with Derrick Henry and Tyler Huntley, and everybody else that led the way to this victory. So very proud of these guys, very grateful for this game, very grateful for this win. Derrick talked about it in the pregame prayer, and talked about, I'm going to make you ask him what he said in the pregame prayer, and what he talked about to the guys, because I just think the belief on this football team is at a real, is at a level that I've never really seen before, because we've been through a lot. And it just makes my heart soar to see that and to see how these guys respond and how they're there for one another and how they fight for one another, how they run the ball for one another. It's what a team should be. So what questions do you have?

SPEAKER_3 (1:09)

How would you describe Derrick Henry, 36 carries, 200 some yards, four touch standards?

John Harbaugh (1:14)

Yeah, you can't, it's one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. You know, I mean, it's just, it was hard downhill running, but also a lot of make-miss. I mean, he's making guys miss, he's taking it inside, taking it outside. You'd be remiss not to talk about the offensive line and the tight ends, but also the wide receivers. I'm gonna tell you, when you watch that tape, you guys go back and watch the tape, you're gonna see everybody blocking, including the wide receivers. And I got a little Zay out there blocking people, Bate is blocking people, Hop is blocking people, they all are, 81's in there fighting, blocking people. I mean, that's what I'm talking about. You talk about a team that cares about one another.

SPEAKER_4 (1:48)

I'm gonna let you know what's at stake. You had to win, you had to keep your chances alive. How important or how intentional was it to sort of be physical and be imposing in that way the way you guys were?

John Harbaugh (2:00)

Well, I mean, I don't really want to connect those two things because they're both true, but we were intentional about that every week. We want to play that way every single week. And we are physical every single week. I thought it really expressed itself today for sure. And we were able to move the change. We were able to stay on the field. We did the things to stay on the field and extend the drives. We've been doing those things all year, but something would intercede and knock us off the field, and we didn't get a chance to express that physicality with more plays. We got the plays today. We got the time of possession today that we hadn't had in other games sometimes. So, just really proud of that. I think that's the difference.

SPEAKER_5 (2:38)

You don't think it's more of committing more to the run today. It's more you just get more opportunities.

John Harbaugh (2:43)

I do think that. I do think that. I mean, we were intentional about committing to the run for sure. I'm not going to downgrade that. I mean, it was like my main deal. But it was a week before and it was a week before that. And it was a week before that too. So, we probably did a better job of it. I do think that Jeff, we maybe we were, you know, more intentional. Maybe we didn't get away from it. Maybe. But we also had more opportunities because we got the sticks moving. You know, we weren't third and long very often. So, that was good.

SPEAKER_6 (3:05)

I'm giving the states in the moment. What do you assess Tyler Huntley? What he responded to the moment?

John Harbaugh (3:10)

A plus. I mean, A plus. Give him two pluses on top of that. Maybe three. That's how it was. I mean, it couldn't have been any better. I just thought some of the clutch plays, the kind of plays that you have to make. And then, you know, I see Tyler every day in practice, so I'm not surprised. I see him. I see him execute every day in practice. But for him to make the third down conversions, the scramble plays, the throws, the on-time throws, the accurate throws that he made, to run the offense in Lambeau Field. I mean, it's loud. In Lambeau Field, to run the offense the way he did, make the checks the way he did, get us in the plays we needed to get in. Just A plus.