Ravens vs. Steelers Week 18 Postgame Press Conferences

SPEAKER_2 (0:03)

Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcasts. The Ravens season came to a close on Sunday night as they lost the Pittsburgh Steelers 26 to 24 in Pittsburgh in the final game of the NFL's regular season. After the game, we heard from head coach John Harbaugh.

John Harbaugh (0:20)

Okay, tough loss, obviously. Came up a play short there at the end. Proud of our guys. I think what you saw in this game is pretty much what you've seen all year. From a heart, an effort and fight standpoint.

Just didn't play well enough to, you know, close it out. What questions you have?

Jamison Hensley (0:41)

John, what would you kind of say to your team after, you know, a game ends like that?

John Harbaugh (0:46)

Yeah, I had a conversation with them. I'd just kind of keep it to us, but it was a good conversation.

And we've been together all season. We've been through a lot and it reflected that.

SPEAKER_5 (0:57)

John, what would you say to Tyler, who got licking?

John Harbaugh (1:00)

What's that?

SPEAKER_5 (1:01)

What did you say to Tyler?

John Harbaugh (1:02)

I don't remember what I said. I had him. I talked to him and walked with him in the last little bit and just had a conversation with him between him and me.

SPEAKER_6 (1:10)

John, what did you see from the kick?

John Harbaugh (1:11)

What's that?

SPEAKER_6 (1:12)

What did you see?

John Harbaugh (1:13)

I didn't see anything. I couldn't tell you right now until I saw it there.

SPEAKER_7 (1:17)

John, can you talk about the decision to center the ball as opposed to maybe being more aggressive and trying to make it an easier kick for Luke?

John Harbaugh (1:24)

It was a close kick. You want to center the ball. We want to make sure we got the kick. You don't want something bad to happen on the run. I don't think that was a bad decision.

SPEAKER_8 (1:33)

John, I mean, obviously, the second half effort from the offense to get in that position and Lamar specifically, what did you say about Lamar today?

John Harbaugh (1:42)

Yeah, I mean, I thought it was amazing. I mean, I thought the plays that were made were incredible. You know, the sad thing is somewhat they'll get overshadowed now a little bit. But Lamar made some phenomenal plays and, you know, Isaiah likely making that phenomenal catch, other guys making great catches. I thought there was a lot of just amazing plays made in the fourth quarter there that should have led to the win.

SPEAKER_5 (2:04)

John, the touchdown by Aaron Rodgers there, then the head for good, was that just a coverage bust?

John Harbaugh (2:11)

It looked like he slipped, I think, didn't he? That's what I saw. No, I didn't really see it.

SPEAKER_9 (2:15)

John, how difficult was it to overcome for Kyle Hamilton's absence?

John Harbaugh (2:19)

I don't know how to measure that, but it was definitely not a good thing. It didn't help us. You know, Kyle wasn't out there.

SPEAKER_5 (2:29)

Just how frustrating has this season been to have, you know, there's been a handful of games you guys have kind of had in your grasp one way or another, and now this one.

John Harbaugh (2:40)

It's disappointing. It's disappointing. I think our guys fought. We were that close to winning the North, and we didn't get a chance to get it done. So all that other stuff is history. Had a chance to do it. We didn't do it. We're disappointed. And we'll move on.

SPEAKER_10 (2:53)

John, you guys come up with a huge stop at the end of the first half. Felt like it could really be a big screen there. I mean, just for that and then for the defense to come out and struggle the way that it did, how disappointing is that?

John Harbaugh (3:07)

I think there were some certain plays in there that, you know, that we just, they made some really good plays and we didn't do as well as we needed to do. We couldn't get, we didn't get enough sacks. I think we had one sack maybe, two sacks. You want to get there and you want to get to them a little more. Hit a couple of big passes on us, you know, hit the seamer out there in the second to last drive. That was a disappointing one. And, you know, you had a slip or whatever on the other one. That's just, that's tough, man. Don't expect those things to happen. Those are big plays. It's the chunk plays that have gotten us, you know, and they came up again in this game. And that's, yeah, it's really disappointing. It's not something that should happen as much as it did. I mean, you know, I mean, they could have some chunk plays, too, in the back end. So, it's football and it happens.