John Harbaugh on Lamar Jackson’s Return to Practice | Baltimore Ravens

John Harbaugh on Lamar Jackson’s Return to Practice | Baltimore Ravens

Appreciate everybody being here. Good day, beautiful day. Good practice, spirited, sharp. So, getting ready for Sunday. What questions do you have, John? How good was it to see tomorrow back out? It was good. It was good. I thought uh I was happy with all the guys, seeing everybody out there. We got a lot of a lot of guys out there. So, that was uh that was great. With Lamar was kind of dramatic, though. He was like the last one to come out. Everyone was there with baited breath, but I guess I mean, should I repeat the the way you asked the question, baited breath. What is baited breath, Jerry? That’s an old I Let’s go to your dad for that one. Okay. I don’t I never understood that term. Just knowing what he means to the team, does the energy level change from the guys when they see him out? Uh, you know, I think the energy level changes. Heck. I mean, heck yeah. Lamar’s he’s he’s our quarterback. He’s a great guy. but also the uh all the guys being out there and and where we’re at and what we’re trying to accomplish and all those things. I mean, our guys respond with great energy, you know, and I that’s something I I feel great about this team in that sense. I I we’re that way in the meeting rooms. Guys are that way in the wait room. Guys are that way in the practice field. So, that’s what we expect from our guys. And uh and that’s what I appreciate about them. John, when you Lamar being out there, what do you consider his chances of playing? Yeah, it’s hard to put a number on it. I think it’s just part of the process right now. I I I really don’t have any sharable injury intelligence for you guys at this point. What do you think of that? Where’s Mike at? Preston went upstairs. You like Oh, he went upstairs. He didn’t hear that. Thought you guys would like that one. It’s the first time kind of It’s a new one. He’s someone I imagine he doesn’t need a lot of time. Yeah. Yeah, I would agree with that. I would agree with that. John, does the uh quick turnaround Sunday to Thursday complicate what you might do with him? I don’t think we’re thinking about it that way. You know, we’re focused and locked in on the on the Sunday game and that’s it right now. Coach, one of those guys, Pat Ricard, how important is to have him along with Derek Henry in that scheme? Yeah. Um, if Pat is back out there and he practiced today, then that’s that’s a big plus for us. So, uh, it’s important. Um, I’m just excited, you know, for the opportunity for the game really. I mean, all those things you guys are talking about are all part of it. You know, it’s all who, what, you know, we’ll just have to see how that plays out. You just don’t know. But, we’re preparing with the guys who are practicing and then we’ll see how we get through the week and uh we’ll get to the game and we’ll we’ll play with the guys who can play, you know, just like we have been doing. But, um, we’re looking forward to it. We just want to play our best football. You know, we want to execute. We want to be uh physical. We want to be sharp. We want to be good. We’re playing a very good team and uh we’re looking forward to that and it’s an important game for us. If Lamar can’t go, would Brush start? Yeah, like I said, I don’t think I want to get into all that. You know, really no value for me to be making too many comments on that. So, uh it’s better that it’s it’s not um we don’t need to put the information out there really. Lamar, is it something you’re watching for or is it just No, like I said, there’s no sharable injury information available at this time. What did you um what did you see from Tyler Huntley? Um the you know, I know he came off the bench in that ranch game. I heard you got some reps in there. What did you see that that stood out to you? Yeah, I thought he played well. I thought he he played well. He practiced well. He’s uh he looks good. Coach, for a matter of clarity, there was this report out that the coaches had all these games and extracurriculars removed from the locker room. Uh, can you put in any clarification? Was that the players or the coaches? I would say the report was uh was inaccurate and false. The self was taken out of the locker room. Um, I was informed of it after it was gone by the equipment guy and uh and that the players, the veteran players, a couple of veteran players got together and decided that they wanted to take that stuff out. So, uh, my pinball machine that I had gifted the guys two years ago at Christmas. I don’t know where it’s at right now. So, I don’t know where it’s at. It’s in the storage room somewhere, I guess. I’ll take it home. I’ll take it back home. I like pinball. Can we find it? Can we You want it in the media room? Maybe it’s in the media room right now. We notice. It’s not. Okay. Okay. You would notice. Okay. That’s why you’re really asking. I see. I see. You don’t need the facts. Given I know you as a question about the short turnaround, but does your does your preparation at all with the short turnaround week change strictly based on how this season’s gone? Is there a greater sense of urgency at one and five preparing for this week than it would be in a typical short turnound? I would say no because the sense of urgency is always great. Now, how you feel inside about things, you know, your your your inner well-being is is a little different. You know, uh it’s it’s it’s uh it’s tough, you know, it’s not it’s not fun being one and five. And uh that’s just that’s true. So, you walk around carrying that every single day and that’s that’s part of the deal. But, uh you got to be strong, you know, you got to have broad shoulders and deal with it. So, we’re just trying. But but the sense of urgency for the game, I don’t believe so because the sense of urgency for the game is always at the highest level it could be. I really I’ve always seen that of our guys. I’ve and I always believe that about our guys. John, you mentioned spirited practice. Do you think that was because Leonard was back on the field or just feel a sense of energy from the latter? Yeah, definitely the latter. That’s it’s been that way. You know, we’ve had spirited practices throughout, so I’m not saying anything’s changed, but having a lot of the guys back has definitely, you know, is a is a is a plus. John, um, do you anticipate putting Tamius Robinson in injured reserve? Is there a reason you haven’t? No, we we have today. So, uh, he was put on injured reserve or will be and then Emry will be brought up to the to the active. John, you had said clearly, this is not an injury question related to Sunday, but you had said clearly that it’s up to Nam day to talk about his status. We haven’t been able to talk to him. Is has there been any discussion about a surgery for him or is that any did he have a surgery? Uh, no, he hasn’t had a surgery. I guess I can say that. It’s one of those deals that just uh I would like to share more and I’m sure we will be able to at some point and maybe uh maybe the the club could figure out some way to express it, but I it’s you know just with HIPPA and things like that. I can’t share somebody else’s information right now. So, um I it’s just all I can do. It’s all I can say. I I can see why everybody would want to know more and I’m sure you will at some point, but it’s not really for me to say. It’s absolutely not for me to say. Okay, John, reading from Marlin out there after he practiced on Monday. Anything you can share there? Sick, you know. Yeah, I got a call at 4:18 this morning and he was not doing well and I I don’t think he’s doing too much better right now. So, he’s sick. Yeah, we didn’t want him here, you know, being that sick. So, you were up at 48 this morning? I was. Were you, Jerry? Yeah, unfortunately. Yeah. Thanks, coach. We’ll end at

Head Coach John Harbaugh on quarterback Lamar Jackson, the team’s energy with players coming back from injury and more.

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