Austin Bechtold
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And you're right, I think there was some friction there.
The reality is, you know, you bring an offensive coordinator in, you're going to have to understand that Lamar Jackson is an MVP quarterback, but he's not a pure thrower.
He's not like you go out and you get a guy to bring a guy in for Caleb Williams, who's a pure thrower, or you know you're going to draft a guy.
I know Sean Payton went to Denver before Bo Nix got drafted, but you got Bo Nix there now with a guy who โ
can throw the football, and that's what he does.
And so you've got to find a guy who's unique that can work with both what Lamar Jackson does with his legs when he's healthy and throwing the football.
And the Ravens are like the Steelers.
Let's run the football, man.
Their ability to dominate on third down, which allowed them to control the time of possession.
And to me, that's the story of the game, right?
They were nine for 16 on third down and 56%.
And that allowed them... We talked all season about the Steelers.
They need to improve in time of possession.
They need to control the clock.
what allows the defense to play better because they're more rested, allows them to dictate what's going to happen in the game.
And so really the reality is that they, in the second half, won the town possession 21 minutes to nine minutes.
In a game like this, to be able to keep the Ravens offense off the field,