 It's finally here. We finally made it. AFC Central Football, baby. Ravens Titans in this playoff matchup. Ooh, this is going to be a good one. Because this game is a lot deeper than football. This one's personal. This entire offseason, the way that the Ravens were shaping this team, the theme that was in their head. Remember the Titans. Boy, oh boy, we sure ain't forget. Baltimore, let's show Tennessee what's up. Shout out to the Ravens. So YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is engraving here with another video. And in this video, we here to talk about a very important game we got coming up against the Tennessee Titans. And this one is personal. It's personal. And I know Hardball had a press the other day and they asked him to do the previous games that you guys played against the Titans. Have any bearing on this one? He's like, no, they don't. They don't. But you know they do. You know they do. This is personal for the players. And this is personal for the coach, too. And let me tell you why. For the players, it's personal because last year in the playoffs, they came to your crib and they just beat the mess out of you. They beat you down. And they beat you at your own game. Run the football, play some good defense, force some turnovers. They did that to you. And even though you actually did it to yourself, too, because you came out and you had your quarterback throw the ball 59 times and you all didn't want to run the ball at all. But they came into your house and they took your food off of your plate. And then doing that was so nice that they did it twice. But the second time, they had a party on your logo. They were doing the river dance on your logo and all that. And you were in the locker room. But coach, he came out. He said, what's up? That's when Hood Hardball came out. He was like, what's up? And some of them players thought they were tough stepping up to a coach. Malcolm Butler specifically. And then on top of all of that, Vrable came over and told John Hardball, go coach the game. Go coach the game. Go coach the game. And then the Titans proceeded to win that game in overtime. So Titans have gotten the best of the Ravens recently. But the way they've gotten the best of the Ravens, what has transpired in each of those games, it makes it more than just a football game. This thing is on a whole other level. And of course, we know this is a rivalry that goes back, way back. These two used to be in the same division. We know the epic battles that happened between Ray Lewis and Eddie George. But now Ravens are going against a running back that's built like Ray Lewis plus Eddie George and Derek Henry. And of course, first and foremost, that's the biggest thing that the Ravens need to do. Stop Derek Henry. And we know that's the obvious, but it needs to be done because this Titan team, they run through Derek Henry. Just like the Ravens run through Lamar Jackson, the Titans, everything goes through Derek Henry. If Derek Henry is having a good game, oh, game over, game over for whoever they're going against. But if you can stop Derek Henry, you really got to try to make these guys one dimensional. And the thing about the Titans that I really respect is that no matter if they down by one score, if they down by two scores, even if they down by three scores, these dudes will still be running that football. They don't stop running the football for anything, for anybody. So that's going to be Ravens' goal all game long. Now, last time we played the Titans in Emmity Bank Stadium, they were stopping Derek Henry. They stopped Derek Henry for not one, not two, but three quarters they stopped. They did a phenomenal job against Derek Henry and they did it without Brandon Williams and Calais Campbell. They did it without their interior defensive lineman. But this time those boys are back. And the theme of this entire offseason was remember the Titans. Remember the Titans because we certainly didn't forget what they did to the Ravens. And the Ravens didn't forget what they did to the Ravens. And the way that they have been shaping their team this entire offseason was for the Titans. They didn't want that to happen again. They didn't want to be bullied again. So they tried to build a bully. And that's what you're going to have to do in this game. Now, another huge factor in this game is going to be the tackling. That was one of the worst tackling displays we've ever seen the last time the Ravens played the Titans, especially in the fourth quarter alone. The touchdown by AJ Brown, he didn't even have to work for it. He didn't even have to work for it because Ravens decided they didn't want to tackle him. You got to tackle in this game. You have to because it's going to be colder. It's going to be a much more physical game. And every play matters that much more because this is the playoffs. So you got to wrap up. And again, they were wrapping up and they were tackling well on Derek Henry for them first three quarters. But fourth quarter, all that went out the window. And they literally ran their way to victory in overtime. In the defense in this game, you have to keep somebody on Ryan Tannehill. Because you can't let Ryan Tannehill catch you too. He was catching them Ravens all game last time when he kept the ball. And you can understand why because everybody want to sell out to stop Derek Henry. And that allows Ryan Tannehill when he keeps the ball to get a nice chunky yards. So Ravens are going to really have to watch out for that big time. AJ Brown and Corey Davis last time, boy, those dudes had a field day in the second half. First half, Ravens were doing their thing. But second half, both of those receivers started to wake up. They stopped dropping the ball and they started catching everything in sight. That was a rough game for Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters. So in this game, what I would love to see the Ravens and Wink do is play up on those receivers. Man up on those receivers, press on those receivers. We should be getting Jimmy Smith back. So that'll be good. Anthony Avid has been playing well, so he should be nice. But we need that secondary to come with it this game. And on those passing downs, Wink needs to do a good job of disguising defenses and really trying to confuse Ryan Tannehill. Yannick Ngakwe, he should be back for this game. So the pass rush should be amped up that much more. And it's going to be a beautiful thing because like my boy Ham pointed out yesterday, this will be the first time that Yannick and Judon and Bowser and Brandon Williams and Calais Campbell all are playing together at the same time. So I can't wait to see the finished product. Flipping it over to the offense. They're like, we got to state the obvious, but the obvious needs to be stated. Run the ball. Run the ball, run the ball, run the ball. Do not forget who you are. Don't forget what got you here. Run the ball. I hate to keep having to go back to last year, but we have to because it happened the way it happened. Ravens broke so many records running the ball. Then they got to the playoffs and they didn't run the ball. Now my god, Josh Hoffman recently put it best. They just ran for 404 Russian yards last week. Let's hope that they don't go into the playoffs and forget that. Use your guys. JK Dobbins, Gus Edwards, let them eat. And you know Lamar Jackson, he got to get his too. And in this game when Lamar Jackson is passing the ball, he needs to continue to be decisive. Get your feet set on your throws and let it rip. And that's been a big part of his game recently. It's just letting it rip. Letting it fly, letting it go. He has not been second guessing himself and that's taken him such a long way in these past four or five games. So he's got to continue that. He's got to continue that mindset to where he knows he can complete every pass. He knows he can make whatever defender miss when he's taking off with the football. And he continues to put it out there every single game. Our receivers in this game do not make it a repeater last year where y'all dropped everything. Catch that football. And with Lamar, he needs to continue spreading that ball around and make the Titans really respect everybody. And that doesn't just go for the receivers, but that goes for Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins as well. Let those boys eat coming out of that backfield too. I ain't got to say too much about Justin Tuck and Sam Cook. Y'all already know what time it is with them. And Devin Duvenay, who seems to be our punt returner now, keep doing your thing. But we do have to speak about coaching. Don't forget your identity. Don't forget who you are. This is the biggest worry that a lot of us have as Ravens fans is how is coaching going to come through in this playoff game? Because we've seen the last two. Alright, you got the bad coaching out of your system in the last two playoff games. Leave it there. And if all goes well with that, the Ravens should come out on top. This should be a really good game. And even though it is playoff, so I expect the Ravens to win by 10 or more. Because this is personal. I've seen a lot of fans say, oh, we need to go to Tennessee and dance on that logo too. No, Ravens don't need to do that. Don't stoop to that level. Just let your play do the talking. Let your game do the talking. You ain't got to say nothing. Because if you take care of business, none of them are going to be dancing anyway because their season is going to be over. So there's nothing that you need to say. There's nothing that you will need to do. And there's nothing that you will need to prove in order to show that you got the best stuff. Team Keep It Clean, I appreciate y'all. I love y'all. And like the Tennessee Titans, when it comes to the playoffs after this week, we out.