Ravens Report: Week 16 | Baltimore Ravens

Ravens Report: Week 16 | Baltimore Ravens

This week on Ravens Report, a statement win in Cincinnati with Pancake Pat miked up, plus a locker room celebration fueled by game balls and momentum. And with Sunday Night Football and the Patriots coming to town, I’ll give you my keys to defending [music] home turf. All that and more starts now on Ravens Report. >> 15. Touchdown Ravens. Oh, what a scene we have at M&A. >> Welcome to Ravens Report. I’m Shelby Lasso. The Ravens needed to win in Cincinnati and boy did they ever, pitching a shut out on the [music] road in the bitter cold. The 24 to nothing win over the Bengals ensured the Ravens would keep pace with the Steelers, who still remain one game up in the AFC North. Now, the Ravens turn their attention to one of the biggest surprises in the league this season, the 11 and3 New England Patriots. The Patriots were winners of 10 in a row until a 35-31 loss to the Bills in Foxboro last week. So, this will be a big test against a team on the rise. And just a reminder, Ravens fans, this game was flexed to Sunday Night Football. So, another prime time matchup under the lights at Mnt Bank Stadium. But before we turn our attention over to the Patriots, let’s look back at Sunday’s impressive win over the Bengals. Fullback Pat Ricard wore the mic for the coldest game in Ravens history. [music] I’ been going [singing] to the top. [music] [singing] Bengals had a lot of success running the ball against the Ravens back in week 13. They ran for 129 yards and that enabled them to control the clock. They had the ball 39 minutes to the Ravens 21 minutes. You don’t want to see that transpire again here today on the road. >> Come on boys. Got to get a stop here. >> Burrow takes the snap. Blitz pressure coming. Burrow being chased running to the right and he’s smacked back at the 41 yd line. Tavius Robinson. Welcome back to the defense as he chases down Joe Burrow with the first sack of the afternoon for the Ravens. And it is a huge play as it takes Cincinnati out of scoring range. [music] >> There we go. Defense. >> Yeah. Yeah, T-R left in the half. >> I know, man. >> It’s crazy. >> We got We got to get some points over, man. >> Facts. >> Right here. >> Ravens needing a spark coming into this drive with nine yards total offense. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Let’s have fun, man. extending the play. He’ll tuck and run across the 25. He’s to the 30. Lamar slides down. 14 yd scramble and a Ravens first down to start the drive. >> Now that looked like Lamar Jackson backtoback games, bro. Where’s Where’s Justice? >> I did it again to his brother. >> I saw his ass in the sideline. >> I did it again. >> I know. I see. What did he say over there? >> He said he said he wants it again or something. >> He’s like, “All right, let’s do that again.” Or something that making it seem like >> two for two. >> That’s what I said. I’m like, “Damn, bro. Back to back.” >> Lamar slings it over the middle. Complete. DeAndre Hopkins. He’s across midfield. Bengals 4035 and he spun down at the Cincinnati 32 yd line. Sheen Ali in the back field on an obvious passing down. Lamar calling out instructions along the line. Three receivers to the left. TZ Walker to the right. Lamar to throw. Blitz pressure coming. He’s got Ali 10. ALI FIVE. TOUCHDOWN RAVENS. RASHEEN ALI LEFT WIDE open and the Ravens are on the board in Cincinnati. So, Rasheen Ali gets the Ravens on the board and they get the first lead of the day as Rashine Ali gets his first NFL touchdown. >> Hell yeah, boy. >> Chris Pal. >> Hell yeah. >> [cheering] >> The Ravens in front 7 nothing >> just one Tro satisfied with just one >> all right I’m play defense [music] you’re amazed you’re amazed the game like >> let’s go big trav yo trav is so big like right now Trav that man look ginormous [music] I’m a Y’all feel good what we doing today? >> All right, cool. All right, cool. Just try not to give up no plays. I You know, >> he’s not. >> He don’t feel comfortable throwing today. I can tell. >> Yeah, we can see I can see how the ball is. I want >> like it’s supposed to. >> Great job. >> Get ready. O, >> get ready. >> This is too many mode, right? >> 105 left to play in the half. All three of their timeouts to work with. It’s hard to do anything in these conditions. So, any points are extremely valuable. Open your [music] ears. >> Going deep down the sideline and it is caught by Z Flowers with a terrific catch in traffic. What a catch for [music] you. I’m at the top. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Lamar takes the snap, fires deep for the end zone. Just keep on watching me. You play your part. Then we made it. We made it. We >> got A MAN THERE. TOUCHDOWN [screaming] Z FLOWERS AND THE RAVENS extend the lead. >> Oh, did he take three steps? Did he take three steps? >> Great throw and catch by Zay Flowers and Lamar Jackson. >> Prettiest play of the day. And the Ravens extend their lead in >> this Baltimore pass game where they come alive right when they needed it most. >> After a slow start in the cold, the Ravens close the second quarter with a flurry of points, taking the halftime lead on a perfect Lamar Jackson strike to Z Flowers, who ranks among the league’s top 10 in receiving yards this season. Coming up on Ravens Report, do we have a new nominee for Ravens play of the year? Kyle Vanoi starts it. Alohi Gilman finishes it. One play, two defenders, a sprint to the end zone. And it’s all coming up next on Ravens Report. Ravens Report is brought to you by MedStar Health, the trusted medical team of the Baltimore Ravens and you. MedStar Health, it’s how we treat people. And by Mnt Bank, the official bank of the Baltimore Ravens. Welcome [music] back to Ravens Report. After a 1 and5 start to the season, the Ravens now sit at 7 and seven and control their own destiny to the postseason. A big-time shutout victory in Cincinnati, a first for Joe Burrow since his college days, by the way, kept the Ravens in control of their postseason hopes and in striking distance of edging the Steelers out for the AFC North title. So, let’s rejoin an Arctic Payor Stadium in Cincinnati for the second half where the air was cold, but this Ravens defense was hot. >> First time in 33 games that Hardbo’s defense pitches a first half shut out. >> Well, to me, that’s really the story of the game. >> Yeah, we came to dominate. [music] I saw the play from a mile away. I’m going over the top. I took a step back in case I overcompensate. Orchestrating every intricate. I’m not on my feet, not a featherweight. Pull myself up out of mud like his Navy Seals. Ain’t nobody going to see my fate. The ops don’t know that’s [music] how we operate. Dominating, we immaculate. Look in our eyes, you will never see bad cuz we only by faith. I’ve been going in a continental documentary. [music] My fate is documentary dominating. This right here is detrimental. They can bring me a point. I’m >> tip tapped and incomplete in the end zone. Cheier had the coverage and the Ravens take over on downs. >> Hell yeah. Let’s go, boys. >> Quick toss. Derrick Henry right side. Gets outside the number 3540. The King is rolling midfield. Bengals 40 and he’s all the way down to the 38 yd line. First down Ravens right out of the gate. Breaks a tackle. He’s at 30. The King to the 20, 15, and he’s down to the 14 yd line. >> So Henry in the first half, six rushes, just 17 yardds. He’s got three for nearly 60. And they’ve all come on this possession to begin the half. >> Go, go, go, go, go. Push him. Push him. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Demoralize them. Come on. >> Oh, they can’t tackle Derek right now. >> One thing that doesn’t get cold is the Derek Henry run. The kicking team comes on. This will be a 27 yd field goal try from the left hash mark. Loop’s kick is up right down the middle and good. >> Keep using that play clock. He’s trying to sit in there as long as he can to try to find something. You guys got him guessing and I got no problem you doing that. You just know where you got to get to. Right. >> They’re just going 34 and 35 all the way down the field >> for sure. You >> take away the explosives. They don’t have an offense. >> Ravens have done an extremely good job of limiting the Bengals offense today. I’m just impressed by Baltimore’s defense. The the way they’re playing, they are playing a disciplined brand of football today. Baltimore Ravens, their back seven has locked down this offense. >> Our defense is they’re hidden right now. >> And Zachary’s defense again [music] holds for the Ravens. Ravens get it back. >> Yeah. >> Going to plaster and outwork them. That’s all it’s GOING TO BE ABOUT. CONTINUE TO OUTWORK THEM. Continue to outwork them. >> And we got to make these guys do they take a long road. Everybody good? So I continue to be good on first down. You good? Continue to be big in my gap on first down. And then second down. Let’s get more push cuz we know it’s coming. Y’all good? Pull. Pull. Chop drive. Keep my feet running through contact. Don’t stop to lift the bat. Knock these guards into the quarterback. Y’all got me? Let’s keep that up. We need that coming up. Let’s go. >> I really like what I’ve seen from Lamar Jackson. Not [music] extraordinarily flashy, but they’ve made the right plays at the right times in this game. >> Tamil, >> I got a good one. >> I got We ran We ran like wide zone. >> I got it, >> bro. I right off the line >> ground, >> dude. I straight landed on his ass. Hey, one more quarter. That’s all we got. Let’s play our best 15 minutes. All right. This Ravens defense with or they have made all the right calls in a game that they just have to have here. >> Them boys going crazy today. Our defense, >> they’re hitting their ass, bro. >> They’re smacking everything. If >> you’re wondering the last time the Ravens defense shut out an opponent, you have to go all the way back to the 2018 season in October at Tennessee when the Ravens shut out the Titans 21 to nothing. at 124 games since they stuck a goose egg on an opponent. Burrow to throw. Pumps once, pumps twice, and he’s sacked back at the 19 yd line. Travis Jones with the Ravens third sack of the afternoon. What a week for Travis Jones. New contract, gets a sack. Burrow out of the shotgun. Look at throw under pressure. Hit throws. Incomplete. Big time pressure coming off the edge from Draymond Jones. >> Just Dre. >> Man, that was a good ass pass. >> 15th play of the drive for the Bengals. [cheering] It is third and goal Cincinnati from inside the Ravens eight. >> Come on D. >> Play clock at one. Burrow takes the snap. Dropped the throw. BLITZ PRESSURE COMING. IT’S INTERCEPTED AT THE FIVE. KYLE VANOI HANDS IT off to Gilman along the NEAR SIDELINE. ALOH GILMAN TO MIDFIELD. HE’S GONE. 40 30 20 10 TOUCHDOWN RAVENS. Alohi Gilman. AND WITH 738 left to play in Cincinnati, the Hayes of the Barn water. We got to get it. Get some water. You got to get up there. Great job. Great job. Great job. >> Go. >> YEAH. [screaming] >> YEAH. WHAT the >> Wow. >> As soon as I saw Kyle like try to give him the ball, I’m like, “Oh god, please.” >> That was awesome, >> dude. What a play. >> No. >> Yeah, for real. >> I ain’t beaten no man. >> And he was so smart to like not throw it either. >> Here, take this. >> Yes. Go stro. You’re way faster than me. Wow, that was that was awesome. >> HEY, OG. HEY, OG. [screaming] I mean, who doesn’t love a classic interception that turns into a handoff and a 95 yd touchdown as John Harbaugh said postgame, Kyle Vanoi is now safely on the list of guys that can pitch the ball on defense. Such a savvy play by the veteran to hand it off to some speedier legs of Alohi Gilman, your AFC defensive player of the week. Coming up on Ravens Report, when your defense scores more than the opponent, the game balls tell the story. From a first career touchdown to a unit that pitched a shut out, we’ll go inside the locker room celebration right [music] after this break. Welcome back to Ravens Report. Last Sunday in Cincinnati, the Ravens put together a statement win 24 to nothing just two weeks after falling to the Bengals on Thanksgiving when Cincinnati put up 32 points. Baltimore answered with a dominant shutout. It was the 15th shutout in franchise history, the first since 2018, and a defensive performance that set the tone from the opening snap. A shut out for the defense. But on the other side of the ball, the Ravens offense kept the streak alive. Now 384 straight games with points on the board, the longest active run in the NFL. So now that the numbers are in, let’s leave the stats behind and join the emotion inside the locker room after that shutout victory in Cincy. >> So you guys in offense know what Monk said? Monk. Monk, we love you, Monk. All right. Mark said, “We’re gonna save that sneaky for the second half.” You know, we’ll save it for the second half. And I was sitting in the back and I saw Lamar, you know, and he didn’t even I knew what he was thinking. He said, “I’m running that sneaky when I’m running that sneaky. You can trust it.” And they come out there first first quarter, second quarter, I don’t know what it was. Lamar comes up there, and makes that checks and gets us into that play. And Rashene Ali has his first touchdown. ER, >> UH, >> too many memories. >> Let’s just keep going. >> Thank you. >> KEEP GOING. WELL SAID. >> AND you had read Deb, you used to have a list. And if you were on the list and you got an interception, then you you could do something with the ball. If you weren’t on the list, Zack, Zack, did you ever make the list? No. Never got on the list. Who’s on the LIST NOW? KYLE VANOI’S ON THE LIST. KYLE VANOI, where you at, kid? Interception. Stand up. >> And he pitched it to Alohi Gilman for his first career touchdown. >> We got a shut out shield. And a shutter shield. And a shutter shield is what, Zach? When you when the defense outscores the opposing offense? >> Damn. >> Shut out and we outscored the opposing offense. All right. That defense, that was a dominant performance right there. COME ON. >> [applause] >> I’M ACCEPTING THIS ON ON BEHALF OF the of the players, man. Y’all y’all did y’all thing and the coaches, but I just just thank God, man, because what you guys what everybody in this room’s been through from a football standpoint this year has been tough and it’s not easy for everybody to stay together and keep fighting and keep going. And that’s what that’s what gives us hope and and pride every day because everybody’s coming in trying to get better and we know what we got in front of us, man. So hats off to everybody in this room staying together, not pointing fingers. We just trying to get stuff right. >> Still to come on Ravens Report, the Ravens are coming off a shut out. Can they keep it going? My keys to slowing down a Patriots team that can score in a hurry are next. [music] And Ravens flock, there’s one key for you. So don’t go anywhere. Welcome back to Ravens Report. It’s Sunday night football and a prime time showdown at Mnt Bank Stadium for week 16. With playoff stakes very real on both sides, the Ravens know this Patriots team can put points on the board. So, if the Ravens want to defend home turf, here are my keys to the game. First and foremost, the Ravens need to keep the run game rolling. This is Baltimore’s identity. And right now, it’s working. The Ravens have one of the top rushing attacks in football. And even though New England ranks near the top against the run, they’ve shown some cracks over the last month. We saw it big time last week when Buffalo leaned on the ground game and controlled the tempo. Now against the Bengals, the Ravens set the tone immediately. Derrick Henry carried the ball on the first three plays of the game and by the second half, he was breaking off chunk runs. Katon Mitchell looked healthy and explosive. Lamar Jackson picked his spots and the Ravens rushed for nearly 200 yards as a team. That’s the formula. Late in the season in colder weather, physical football matters. If Baltimore can stay committed, win inside, and wear this Patriots defense down, it opens up everything else in the offense. Now, just as important, the Ravens need to stop the run on the other side of the ball. Zachor’s defense is coming off a shutout against a Bengals team that had been lighting up the scoreboard. But this week presents a different challenge. The Patriots just rushed for well over 200 yards last week and scored four times on the ground. This is an offense that can hurt you with design runs, quarterback movement, and explosive speed. Rookie running back Trayvon Henderson is a home run hitter. And quarterback Drake May isn’t afraid to pull it down and run, especially near the goal line. If the Ravens let the Patriots control the game on the ground, it’ll be a long night. So, win first downs, set the edge, and force obvious passing situations. That’s how Baltimore’s defense can keep momentum rolling from last week. And finally, this key belongs to you, Ravens Flock. Mnt Bank Stadium in prime time is one of the toughest places to play in the NFL when the flock makes it that way. The Patriots have been excellent on the road this season, undefeated in fact. And May has been outstanding under the lights. He’s been poised, accurate, and efficient in prime time games, but he hasn’t played on Sunday night in Baltimore. Lamar Jackson has been nearly unbeatable at home late in the season. And historically, the Ravens have been one of the best prime time home teams in football. The difference in this game could be noise, disrupting communication, forcing timeouts, making life uncomfortable for a young quarterback. If the Ravens flock shows up loud and relentless, it can tilt this game in Baltimore’s favor. It’s Sunday night at the bank in prime time. If the Ravens can run the ball, stop the run, and turn Mnt Bank Stadium into a factor, Baltimore gives itself a chance to make a major December statement over one of the best teams in the AFC. That’s it for this week. Happy holidays, Ravens Flock, and we’ll see you [music] next time.

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