Germaine Pratt on Bengals at Ravens, Lamar Jackson and More!
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00:00 Justin is so detailed about the ball, like understanding the real moments of having the
00:08 ball, the premium of the ball, you know, how much the ball is worth.
00:11 You know, offense, you know, they want to protect the ball, defense, we want to take
00:14 it away.
00:15 So that means we're valuable.
00:16 Baltimore's had an elite run game this year.
00:20 How do you stop them, Jermaine?
00:21 I mean, everybody just do their job, you know, do your 111.
00:25 Just being, start with the ID line, you know, ID line, setting the tone, and then linebackers
00:29 fitting the gouts and safety's fitting the alleys and stuff, running the alleys.
00:32 We just got to do our job, you know, we got to put out the fire early.
00:36 Knowing how limited possessions are in this game, how critical are turnovers, even more
00:40 so at a premium, knowing how short these games are against them?
00:42 I mean, it's very critical, you know, whoever protect the ball this game will win, you know.
00:48 Lamar is a dynamic quarterback, and then, you know, you got, we got a supposable offense,
00:54 so we just got to protect the ball.
00:56 Does it feel like a heightened game that it feels, you know, Callahan said it's almost
00:59 like a playoff game in November.
01:00 Do you all have that kind of vibe going into this, that it's kind of maybe what it takes
01:03 on a little added significance?
01:05 Yeah, it's always been this way when you play against them, you know, any divisional game
01:09 is like a playoff game, you know.
01:11 We've been here before, we know how much, what's at stake, you know, what we got to
01:15 do.
01:16 We got to win.
01:17 What's the biggest challenge, facing Lamar Jackson, obviously, face to face?
01:20 I mean, he can do it all now, you know.
01:23 He can throw the ball, he got guys around him, he got weapons, he got a dynamic running
01:27 game.
01:28 They got like one of the most creative running game in the NFL.
01:30 So you got to be able to defend two plays at one time.
01:33 You got to run it back, can run the ball, and he can run the ball.
01:36 Now he can throw it to anybody down the field.
01:38 He's sitting in the pocket, he's reading his keys.
01:40 He's, he basically taking full control of this offense, the new, the new OCS is giving
01:46 him.
01:47 On a short week like this, I know Tuesday becomes more like a Thursday or Friday.
01:51 Does today feel more like a Tuesday or more like a Thursday or Friday to you?
01:54 I mean, I say this is the second time I'm playing them, so you know somewhat what they're
01:59 running.
02:00 So it ain't really like, it's just refishing your mind.
02:01 Like, you go back in the chapter of the book, you look at what they did against us, how
02:05 they attacked us, you look at that stuff.
02:07 But they always go back to their true roots of what they do, down the stretch, down to
02:11 the key moments of the game.
02:12 At some point, has Keaton Mitchell has given them a little explosiveness over the past
02:16 couple of weeks?
02:17 Have you, have you noticed him on film and what stands out?
02:19 Yeah, you'll notice a guy that's explosive as he is.
02:23 You know, this guy can just take a draw, like 40 or 50 yards to touchdown, he circle the
02:28 whole defense.
02:29 And then you see him getting the screen pass, being explosive, like 30 yards a pop.
02:33 So every time he touches the ball, he's dynamic and go the distance.
02:36 At some point during a short week, does it finally start to feel normal instead of being
02:41 crunched and condensed like the night before the game or the day of the game?
02:44 Does it finally start to feel normal at some point?
02:46 I mean, you gotta make it feel normal.
02:48 You gotta figure out ways to get advantage.
02:50 You know, you gotta study the game play even more.
02:53 You gotta watch film more.
02:54 You gotta pay more attention to details and understanding the game.
02:58 Do you start watching film quicker after a Sunday game than you would normally when you're
03:03 heading into a Thursday game?
03:04 Yeah, I'd say after the Sunday game, I watch a little bit after, you know, to see what
03:10 they're doing, how things are different they're doing.
03:11 They're doing a little bit of stuff different and stuff like that, trying to change up the
03:15 way defense is looking and stuff like that, trying to change the pitchers.
03:18 But they still run the same plays, just different formations, different ways to get the guys
03:23 the ball.
03:24 You know, he got his guys he wants to get the ball to.
03:26 And then Odell is more getting the ball more now.
03:29 So we'll be right.
03:32 You mentioned that it starts with the defensive line and obviously the importance of that.
03:36 What have you seen from the young guys, Joseph Osai, Miles Murphy, over the past couple of
03:39 weeks?
03:40 You know, guys are just learning and getting their feet on it.
03:43 They're getting more reps because now Sam is down.
03:45 So you know, you just keep on trying to get better.
03:47 I know they're trying to keep on better, understanding the defense, understanding how they attacking
03:51 us and stuff like that, understanding where they where they fit and need to be at, where
03:54 their eyes and hands need to be at, understand how people blocking them.
03:58 So they got to keep on coming along.
04:00 Appreciate you, man.
04:01 No problem.
04:01 Thank you.
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