 Coach how are you today? Good. How are you guys doing doing well? I know you addressed this early with the media But for our listeners, I'm gonna ask you again You're running back levy on Bell was scratched from the game on Sunday because of the the flu And then he's had a bowling alley on Saturday night. What are your thoughts on this and have you spoken to him about it? Yeah, I mean it is what it is. I'd rather not do that. I mean obviously It's it's it looks bad on him. You know, I mean it's just something I wish you didn't do but it happened. No, we gotta worry about the Ravens right now So is there that line of well, he didn't really violate any rules, but it's something that bothers you So would you deal with that differently than you would if a rule was broken? Yeah, I mean I mean for me it's it's I look at it. I'm looking at it from his perspective of It's probably not the best look for him. Why right? You know, I mean I just rather him Be at home getting better coming off the flu Will he be disciplined or is this something that doesn't warrant discipline? Yeah, I mean, I don't know how I discipline somebody that We weren't allowed to you know bring to the hotel or the game because he was contagious So maybe we told him to stay home. So the bottom line is he was basically on the mend but at that point officially contagious and not playing so You didn't necessarily think by going out. He was risking getting more sick. It was more just a bad optic Yeah, I mean, I can't I don't think I can do anything about somebody what to do outside Me and breaking it walls or anything a final one on this coach because I know you don't want to deal with this the whole interview But did you talk to him? I mean did you sit him down? Okay? This is a bad look love Yeah, I told him how did he react? He was like I wish I wouldn't have done that. Oh, yeah, okay All right, so now you prepare for the Baltimore Ravens a short week and Lamar Jackson up in the air our Rg3 and Lamar Jackson similar enough that the game plan is not going to change that much defensively Yeah, I think I mean Different but same maybe kind of one of those deals where obviously Rg3's got experience, you know, he's he's been around for a minute. So, you know, you're looking at a guy that's not You know Lamar so young. I mean he is You can tell I mean he's my 23 years old I mean he's got a good spring and stuff right now Rg3's been you know, he's been around a little bit and you know He'll probably be a little he'd be a little less likely to just you know take off running a little bit He'll price to stay in the pocket. Just a little bit more What kind of challenges is a Thursday night game post for you coach? I mean, what do you have to eliminate in your preparation that you know, you would do for Sunday But you just can't you don't have the time to put it in for a Thursday. Yeah, everything just moves really fast like We're on Tuesday and it's really a Friday for us So it's a transition basically yesterday You treat almost like part of a Wednesday and then today's like part of Wednesday Thursday Friday and tomorrow's a Friday Saturday So I mean you're cramming a ton of stuff in at least watch and film and then you just try to narrow everything down You try to carry things over that you didn't run from the last game or the last couple games You just try to really pair it up to where your guys aren't thinking too much and Trying to you know, allow them to go out and play fast The hardest thing to do is when you play a team like Baltimore They're gonna do a lot of stuff because they just have a lot of stuff in their playbook Defensively offensively they have a lot of unique things that our defense has to prepare for which makes it extremely difficult Are you able to cheat at all Adam in the sense that as you're preparing for Miami bring any? Baltimore into it or you just too focused on Miami to even allow the following Thursday to creep in yeah I mean that it's it kind of worked out that way where we you know Some things were put in that we didn't call some packages and put in what we didn't call and that We're able to basically copy and paste and guys have got reps on it Tell me what you think of you know John Harbaugh because from the outside looking in while he's terrific I mean every year his team is really good as a coach. What do you think of him? Yeah, I agree. I mean he does a great job with kind of whatever happens during this during the year He does a great job of you know adjusting He finds a way, you know every December, you know, we're always talking about Baltimore You know being involved in whether they're gonna make the playoffs or they're in the playoffs You know they've had some kind of something happened to where like last year They had a changing quarterback midway through the season and they adjusted and made that work and really really got things rolling for him You know for down the road as well a lot of people saying and we're talking with Adam Gaser on the Michael case show That this might be the best team in the NFL right now. Do you look at it that way? Let's say if Lamar Jackson is healthy. Are they that good? Yeah, they're they're really good They have a lot of great players on defense. They have a lot of great players in offense, you know Their special teams is always strong. They're they're hitting on all cylinders right now They played a tough game last last Sunday or two days ago, you know, obviously on the road and won that and you know Wasn't ideal conditions for for anybody in there You see kind of the wind blowing pretty strong there and a lot of throws were missed, but you know This is this is a very tough team to play Does it surprise you at all that statistically the road team struggles on these Thursday games? Does it surprise me? Yeah. No Is that just from the prep and the travel or it's I mean it's it's just you feel like you have shorter time When you're traveling we're lucky because we're able to take a train So, you know, our guys aren't getting dehydrated from the flight and all those type of things So, you know, I'd you know It'd be interesting to kind of see how this goes with us with the travel because I've never had to do this on a Thursday night You know travel by train and things like that. We did a different last year and left on a we left on Tuesday Just trying to give ourselves more time when we're in Houston. So you leave Wednesday night on the train Yeah, I think it's Wednesday afternoon. Okay. Um, you're pretty good at this. You have a real poker face We really can't read you that well. How much did you want to win that Miami game? How much was your heart in your mouth on that last drive? I just wanted to win a game. I think we're you know for me, it's We lost that lost the week before it was like you just want to get the taste of winning back You know, it was raw. It was nameless faceless at that point, you know, I mean it just that's what it was I mean when you lose you lose that game into Cincinnati and we played so bad and just nothing Nothing was good that just wanted to get a win But there's nothing, you know Something special you didn't want to get beaten by Miami the team that you go twice in a season or is that something? Yeah, you don't want to lose it. You don't want to lose to a division team twice in a year, you know I mean that was just something I mean we hadn't had a division win yet So we needed to get you know be able to cross that one off the list But forget about a vision when a team that let you go which is personally did that mean more to you? No, I my mind wasn't in that. That's not where my mind was okay Now as you get ready for this Ravens game you start looking at the problems on first down We asked Sam about it, but I'll ask you just it seems like you're putting yourself in a lot of those second and third and long So how can you be better on first down? I was just you know when we run the ball We just we need to be more efficient in the run game, you know We were trying to we were trying to stay out of second and long that was kind of One of the things that we were actually trying to do we did a better job of it in the first half in the second half You know we were trying to keep them out of one of their packages that they were able to keep getting in and you know They're bringing all kind of all kind of pressure and we we kind of just didn't didn't give ourselves a good enough chance on some Of those first down plays some of them I Absolutely wish I could have back as far as calls But you know the guys they did a good job of battling through it and and then putting something together there on those last two Drives I think below had 19 carries that's the most of any running back all year So the narrative is out there coach and I'm gonna throw it your way see he doesn't like levy on bell So when levy on's not there he runs the ball more your your your response to that Yeah, I mean we're gonna do whatever we have to do to win the game I mean we felt like when things were hitting the way they were hitting. I mean we were just We're able to pop some runs. I mean in the second half. It didn't feel the same way They were they were doing a better job stopping it, you know, we did we had to kind of change gears And do you have any injuries for this game on Thursday that we should know about? Yeah, it might be too long to go over Is Balal gonna be able to play no, he's got he's not he's got the flu and he has an ankle and You're tight and Griffin Yeah, he's he's got an ankle as well. Wow. I'm gonna pass this together We'll figure it out. Yeah It's not like you haven't had to deal with it all year and especially in the game against Miami Have you found Anything or be surprised by any players that have gotten opportunities because of the injuries you've had Well, I mean I look at it as you know, we've added some pieces, you know getting Vincent Smith I mean he had a huge play in this last game, you know really put us in position You know to have a chance for a field run then he gets to the DPI and you know We end up getting one more play tie tie ties in there And he gets that 10 Arab game that put us in a good spot for the field goal, but there's there's been time guys I mean on defense, it's it's been a revolving door And I feel like there's a lot of guys that have stepped up and been able to play and it's it's created depth for us When when you look at the next year Adam gazes our guests on the Michael case show I don't know if you agree with this. I looked at when they turn that into a Defensive pass interference on your last drive. There's no way New York overturns that in week two or three I just think it's chains as a coach who has to challenge things Do you think that it has changed the way they're calling that and whether they'll overturn it or not? I'm not you know, it's hard for me to say I know I mean we can we check out all the challenges throughout the league and you know I don't know if they're considering certain ones more egregious than what it was earlier. It's hard for me to say I mean I Think that those ones that we've challenged in the past said We felt like there was a legit shot and whether or not they got overturned. I mean that was that's up to them. Obviously we You know, obviously, I'm happy that they were able to do that in this last game Were you surprised that it was turned into a pass interference? I don't know surprise. I wasn't really worried about it I'm trying to figure out what to call. Yeah, you would have a call fourth and 18th, right? Not a lot of great selections right so I was trying to try to figure out what to do there Any thought on this patriot controversy the videotaping? No, I don't have anything on that Do you worry about them doing that to you? No Not because you don't care or just you know, your security will be able to take care of it. No, I just I mean that's something I don't I don't think about stuff like that Coaking of the Patriots our last thing coach speaking of the Patriots Yesterday we played the clip during enn. It was the anniversary of the uh, miami miracle Any any thoughts on that moment that ridiculous end to beating the Pats last year? Uh, I mean, I'm glad it happened. I mean, it's fine. I'm glad we finally ran that play We executed it well What level of surprise do you have when something like that actually works out? Well, it's it's it's strange. I've seen probably one too many I've been on both ends of it. So I guess I shouldn't be too surprised I mean the first one I ever saw was the one I'm missing colorado. I was actually at that game and that lsu for the kentucky one and I was on the other end of it when baltimore beat us in dember when jill flacco hit that Oh, yeah, that throw down the sideline. Oh, yeah Well, I know your time is short because of the thursday game enjoy the train ride have a good game on thursday And we'll talk to you next week. All right guys. Thanks a lot