 No Brandon Williams, no Mark Ingram, no J.K. Dobbins, probably no Kaleas Campbell, coming off of that overtime beatdown from the Titans and having to play a game four days later against the Steelers who are undefeated. Ravens by 10, bucket. The YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is saying Raven here with another video and in this video we're here to talk about the game that the Ravens got coming up this week, this Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. An undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers, the Steelers that haven't lost the game yet, the Steelers that have come close, but they've ended up finding ways to win all of their games thus far. This is exactly what we wanted. I mean we were hoping to give the Steelers their first loss of the season a couple of weeks ago, but the Ravens came up short, like literally they came up about 20 yards short. And the Steelers were able to come out victorious in that game and every other game since then too. But I expect the Ravens to win straight up. This is not me being some fan boy. This is not me being some crazy purple Kool-Aid Ravens fan anything like that. This is the perfect situation for the Ravens because literally everybody, everybody has counted them out already. Literally everybody, every analyst, so many fans, so many experts, so many everything has said oh yeah, these Ravens are done, that's a wrap, put a fork in them. The Ravens have moved from being one of the favorites to being the underdog and we all know that's where the Ravens do their best at. And the Ravens catch you by surprise because this season it's called a lot of Ravens fans by surprise, but some Ravens fans, this is what a lot of us are used to. We're used to those grinded out seasons, we're used to those seasons where so much isn't determined to the final couple of weeks of the season. We're used to the stress that the Ravens love to bring us. But hey, that's what makes being a fan so much fun. Ravens could be at their worst. They could literally be at their worst, which they are not at yet, but Ravens could be at their worst. They could be having such a terrible season. They could have 50 people on End of Reserve, but when the Steelers weak, oh they gonna show up. They are going to show up. That's why for these Steelers games, I do not fear coaching. And what I mean when I say that, I'm not scared of what the Ravens coaching staff is gonna do as we have been in other games. Because this is Steelers week, if Ravens could coach against everybody, the way that they coach against the Steelers for the most part, I know sometimes it's been a little bit of a mini yikes. But if the Ravens could coach against everybody, the way they do for the Steelers, the way they prepare for the Steelers, then the Ravens team would be in so much better shape. And again, the last time they played the Steelers, they didn't lose the game because of bad coaching. They didn't lose the game because of bad coaching. They lost because of execution. Of course, Lamar with the turnovers. And it's been said that one of the teams that was calling out Lamar's plays was the Pittsburgh Steelers. So they were definitely doing their study. I mean, you ain't really got to do that much study and to call out the Ravens offense. I mean, we do it every week. I know a lot of y'all at home do it every single game too. This game is in the hands of Lamar Jackson and Gus Edwards. So in this game, Gus Edwards is going to be the Ravens lead back. And with Gus Edwards being the lead back, he is going to be getting the majority of the workload against these Pittsburgh Steelers. Remember last time what he and JK Dobbins were able to do against the Pittsburgh Steelers? Now, of course, JK Dobbins is out. Justice Hill, you move up on the depth chart and possibly Tyson Williams as well. But with Gus Edwards, he was able to pretty much have his way with this Pittsburgh defense. Now, this isn't the same exact defense as it was because after that game, like right after that game, they added a piece. It's like the Steelers, they won the game and they still ended up making the team that much stronger by getting that linebacker from the Jets. So they got some help at inside linebacker and especially with, again, with Devon Bush being out for the season, the Steelers have been able to adjust and been able to still remain strong on the defense and right there in the middle of the defense as well. And moving on from the run game, Lamar, this is a big game for you. And what I want Lamar to do in this game is make the Steelers defense respect you. And they talked about it before. Remember the famous quote, we respect him, but we don't fear him. In this game, Lamar Jackson needs to make Mike Tomlin both respect and fear him because right now a lot of teams, they may say they don't fear Lamar Jackson, but they know at the drop of a dime, Lamar Jackson can make some crazy stuff happen. So it's time to make that crazy stuff happen. And I really do expect in this game, I expect this to be Lamar's best game of the year, the best one that he's played all year long. He showed it last time he played the Steelers. They can move the ball. And now you got another weapon with Dez Bryant and you got somebody that's passionate, somebody that's ready to contribute. Willie Snead, he's been playing a lot better. I expect Hollywood to get involved a lot more this game. Of course, Mark Andrews, the usual, but he got to show up because this is a huge game. You know, Mark Andrews and huge games, they don't really go together too well. But in this game, he's got to show up really all of them. Back to Lamar Jackson. First off, we can't be having to turnovers like we had last time. That's not gonna work. That's not gonna cut it. Because against this Steelers team, especially against this Steelers offense, if you turn the ball over, how explosive this offense can be? Oh, you can't afford that. You can't afford that. So Lamar is gonna have to be on point this game. But I expect him to continue spreading that ball out. But also, we were just speaking about Gus Edwards. Take your check-downs, too. Take your check-downs. That is one thing that Lamar has to do a better job of, too. And we've seen that all season long. It's been a problem all season long. He's always looking for that big strike, that big play. And I mean, I do the same thing in Madden, too, so I can kind of relate. But he's always looking for the big strike, and it could be something right there in front of him. Simple little check-down. Take it. And this is where Gus Edwards could get involved in the passing game a lot more than he has been. Because Gus Edwards isn't normally involved in the passing game too much. But of course, with our main two pass-catching running backs out, then Gus Edwards, this is his chance to get in and involved in Lamar checking the ball down to him. Now, flipping it to the defensive side of the ball. Last time the Ravens played the Steelers the defense. For the most part, they did a pretty good job. But then in the second half, Steelers started going no huddle. They started going empty backfield. And the Ravens, the corners just kept playing off. And but the Steelers, they were taking advantage of that. So Ben Rothesberger kept throwing some short passes, short passes, short passes. And with the Steelers receivers, they're pretty strong. So they kept getting that yak. Now in this game, you know that offense is gonna bring it. And we gotta be careful about the run game, especially with James Conner. Now, James Conner is not Derek Henry, but Steel, he could pose a threat, especially with Brandon Williams being out in Kalaeus Campbell, most likely not even playing. So what the Ravens did against Derek Henry last week, they're gonna have to do that this game too. But for all four quarters, not just three. And Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters are going to have to have a much better game than they had last week against the Titans. And they're gonna have to be on point. Marcus Peters, especially the receivers that he was covering, they had so much separation on him last week. And he's got to make sure that even if things aren't going right, he does not check out of the game. And with Marlon Humphrey, he just gotta keep doing what he's doing, but just do it a little bit better. And with Marlon Humphrey and with both of these two, we know that we have a high level of expectation for them simply because of what they've shown us already. So we know they can do the job. So I'm not worried about them doing the job. I know they have hiccups here and there, but every single player does. Tramon Williams, he should be a nice bonus in the slot for us this week. Cause we definitely gonna need the help there. And DeSean Elliott, man, DeSean Elliott, keep doing what you've been doing and keep bringing it. Cause the way that DeSean Elliott hit Derek Henry last week, that lets me know that he could rock with anybody in the league. Patrick Queen, this gotta be a week where you really hit the weight room, my friend. You gots to hit the weight room for this game. Last week, you got pushed around. It was a medium-sized yikes, but have no fear because we don't base your whole season off of one game. Now we know last week you struggled a bit, but so did the entire team. So this week should be a nice bounce back week, especially with that extra motivation since you're playing that black and yellow. Malik Harrison, he's been getting more and more opportunities week after week after week, especially when LJ Fort was out. But even with LJ Fort coming back, Malik Harrison still saw his fair share of snaps. Malik Harrison brings another level of physicality to this defense that we are missing. He brings another level of toughness to this defense that we need. I expect to see number 40 on that field a lot again this week. Special teams, I ain't worried about y'all at all. I know y'all gonna handle business because y'all always do. After all, we do have a special team as a head coach, right? Greg Roman, hey, I know you're feeling a lot of pressure right now, as you should be because this is a what have you done for me lately league and lately the Ravens offense has been a huge yikes. So show people that you can turn it around. You can be a brilliant offensive coordinator, creative offensive coordinator. And remember, take some things that you did last week that were successful and add that element into this offense. Simplicity works. You do not have to over complicate things. And that also goes for Wink Martindale. Wink, he's been doing a pretty good job of adjusting for the most part. But last week, I think the players, the execution was just bad and they just end up getting lackluster with the tackling. So take the whole defense through tackling drills all this week as much as you can. And I know y'all can't always be in pads like that but you may have to sneak a couple of extra padded practices in. Like I said, and like I stand by, I did say earlier this year. Actually, before the season even started, I said that the Ravens and Steelers were split and I stand by that. Ravens are winning this one for sure and they winning by 10. This is gonna be a fun one. We out. Boy, he like automated, automated. Wood and graven, graven, graven, graven. 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