Rob Long of 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore shares the state of Baltimore Ravens
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
All right, fourth and final hour of the Pomp and Joe Show. Joe Starkey called in as John from Kennedy, but he'll be back on Wednesday. Tomorrow, Austin will be in the hot seat taking you through the day. In the meantime, we're talking about the winner-take-all scenario coming up at Crusher Stadium on Sunday night, 820. on Sunday Night Football, and we bring in a man who has been really good about analyzing the Ravens throughout the season when we've had him on from 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore, Mr. Rob Long. How are you, Rob? How's everything down there in BLAT? Doing well right now, man. I got a chance to get into the playoffs, win or take all. Ravens versus Steelers, you couldn't have it better than this.
What is the winner-take-all scenario for the Ravens?
I actually just stepped out of basketball practice to come, but before practice, all my girls were talking about this game coming up. So what was the thought going into Green Bay and what is the thought now? Did people think this was actually going to happen, the scenario? Because if you look at the metrics on it, it was like 88% Steelers were going to win this division without ever playing a meaningful game on Sunday. Well, let me take you back to the very beginning. I can't speak for people. I'll speak for myself. The Ravens would beat Green Bay on Saturday. But when that happened, then I had a lot more confidence in this happening right here because I didn't know those Steelers were like one and six in the last seven in Cleveland, but I knew they hadn't been good recently.
So I started getting a little more confidence. There was some anxiety. There was. But once the Ravens won Saturday night, I felt a lot more confident. But to get back to your original question, I didn't think we would be here because I didn't think the Ravens would hold up with their end of the bargain. Yeah, and especially without Lamar Jackson, although it turned out, as I said this to Austin Bechtold over here, and he'll get into this conversation with us, but I thought the best thing that could have happened that night was no Lamar Jackson. They had to do what they haven't been willing to do, and that's feed Derrick Henry consistently all season long. He's the difference maker. Although I do know when he fumbles, he seems to get his mind in different places, and the Steelers forced a fumble last year in that game, but they kind of made it simple on John Harbaugh.
Just give him the ball and say, Patrick Ricard, just go lead the way, and we're going to beat you that way. I agree, but why does it take getting Lamar out of the game to do your job? Well, you tell me that. Why has it been the case? Well, I'll take you before we blame our offensive coordinator. We've been here before. We've been here multiple times with this team who forgets to run the football. And to me, I've said it to you before, the responsibility is at the top. And that's the head coach. Your head coach wears a headset. At some point, you got to say, I'm going to run. a hall of fame running back and even before we had derrick henry there were times his team forgot to run the football why i have no clue so i don't blame just the offensive coordinators i i i think the responsibility is at the top same thing with the defense we've been talking for years decades even why do we get soft on defense why do we play prevent defense
What did Rob Long think about the Ravens' chances against Green Bay?
We've gone through multiple defensive coordinators, and we've asked the same questions. So when I'm going through multiple coordinators and I'm asking the same question, it means maybe the coordinators are going based on the policy and procedure manual. Maybe they're doing exactly how it was supposed to be done in this organization. You know, there's some Ravens fans, honestly, and this sounds silly, but I got to say it, who don't want the Ravens to win this game on Sunday because they believe it will be the end of John Harbaugh. I'm not going that far. And at the same time, if you're going to make this move, a 9-8 season should not save him from this move being made. If you're going to make the move, make the move regardless of what the results are on Sunday.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:41
2
What is the winner-take-all scenario for the Ravens?
0:41–3:02
3
What did Rob Long think about the Ravens' chances against Green Bay?
3:02–11:44
4
Why did the Ravens fans have mixed feelings about the game?
11:44–13:36
5
Who should play for the Ravens: Lamar Jackson or Tyler Huntley?
13:36–15:23
6
What are the implications of Lamar Jackson's health on the Ravens' performance?
15:23–17:29
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