{"id":868597,"date":"2026-04-17T19:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868597\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:16:04","slug":"zay-flowers-was-no-fan-ofjohn-harbaughs-ravens-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868597\/","title":{"rendered":"Zay Flowers was no fan ofJohn Harbaugh&#8217;s Ravens practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Zay Flowers is to be believed, the Giants will want some extra protection for John Harbaugh\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens wideout blamed the team\u2019s health issues on Harbaugh\u2019s full-bore style of practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFull pads all the time,\u201d Flowers told the \u201c4th and South\u201d podcast in an episode released Thursday. \u201cHowever many practices in pads you can get, every single one. We\u2019re doing one-on-ones in Week 17. Week 17, we\u2019re doing one-on-ones, everybody out there, we\u2019re tired, we\u2019re still going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.36170213;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39118651\" width=\"803\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-new-york-giants-head-119297301.jpg\" alt=\"New New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh speaking at his introductory press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-39118651\"  \/>John Harbaugh speaking at a press conference where he was introduced as the new head coach at the Giants Training Facility. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh was fired by Baltimore after an 8-9 season \u2014 his 18th with the franchise \u2014 marred by injuries to key players, including quarterback Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>For Flowers, the culprit was obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we had a lot of injuries, because of how we practiced, how we went,\u201d he told hosts and ex-NFLers Leonard Fournette and Jarvis Landry. \u201cThe load was heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh landed with the Giants in a seismic offseason move, while the Ravens <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/22\/sports\/ravens-hire-jesse-minter-to-replace-john-harbaugh-as-their-next-head-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hired former Baltimore assistant Jesse Minter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39118678\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-17-at-1.33.57-PM.png\" alt=\"Zay Flowers on the '4th and South podcast'\" class=\"wp-image-39118678\"  \/>Zay Flowers didn\u2019t sound like a fan of former coach John Harbaugh\u2019s Ravens practices. 4th and South podcast\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe] knows how we worked with Harbaugh,\u201d Flowers said. \u201cSo he\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re going to get your work, but it\u2019s going to be a little easier on your body. You\u2019re going to be fresher for the game.\u2019 That was the first talk I had with him \u2014 \u2018How\u2019s practice going to look?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not that the 2023 first-round pick didn\u2019t take anything positive away from his former coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow he prepared for games, he can get anybody prepared,\u201d Flowers said. \u201cHe\u2019s good at getting you ready to go play. Not just speeches, just the way we practiced. How he gets you prepared to go play and hit and do your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In three pro seasons under Harbaugh, Flowers racked up 3,128 yards and 14 touchdowns on 237 receptions \u2014 including a career-best 1,211 yards and 86 catches in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The coach, meanwhile, comes to the Giants with a career record of 180-113, a 13-11 mark in the playoffs and a Super Bowl win (2012), in a move that was celebrated by fans of the franchise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Zay Flowers is to be believed, the Giants will want some extra protection for John Harbaugh\u2019s practice.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,2909,56,6,169,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-868597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-john-harbaugh","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-ravens","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116421656954129036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}