Baltimore Ravens' Defense Falters in Blowout Against Texans

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00:00Baltimore Ravens, you and I talked a lot about this game together on Sunday.

00:03We did.

00:04Because the Texans were picked in a game that they should absolutely roll in.

00:11And they rolled.

00:1244-10.

00:14And the story is not, hey, should we bet some Houston futures, though,

00:18secretly, quietly, maybe off air I'll talk to you.

00:21I'm interested.

00:22But not right now.

00:24How concerned do the AFC North favorites right now?

00:30Baltimore Ravens, how concerned should they be?

00:33Very.

00:33Because, again, the issue is not just the fact that Lamar Jackson is not playing in the offense.

00:40This is a defensive issue that they can't stop anybody.

00:45Right.

00:46And you're talking about one of the worst offenses that we've seen in Houston.

00:50I mean, this wasn't a juggernaut putting up 35 points per game.

00:55They were struggling to score points.

00:57Yeah.

00:57Right?

00:57C.J. Stroud was not the same quarterback.

01:00He wasn't throwing the football consistently to his wide receivers,

01:03Nico Collins and Xavier Hutchinson.

01:05All of a sudden, they have a breakout performance yesterday because that defense for Baltimore

01:10is basically gutless.

01:12That's what they are.

01:13Yeah.

01:13They can't stop the run.

01:14They're getting abused in the passing attack.

01:16They have no identity.

01:17They're not opportunistic, playing terrible third-down defense.

01:21You tell me, even if Lamar comes back, is their defense going to shore up and they're going

01:26to be a top-10 unit the rest of the way?

01:28Absolutely not.

01:29So, this falls on John Harbaugh.

01:31This falls solely on the coaching staff.

01:35Look, I ripped Mike McDaniel for not being able to get the football to Jalen Waddell and Tyreek

01:40Hill last year when Tua was out.

01:42And, oh, by the way, he should have been fired after that performance yesterday.

01:45We're going to get more into it.

01:46Go ahead.

01:47But I'm just saying.

01:48Oh, I got you.

01:48John Harbaugh, without his star, is supposed to be a special team's defensive wizard for

01:54the most part, right?

01:55Mm-hmm.

01:55Physicality.

01:56Where's the defense?

01:58Where's the defense?

01:59The Giants' defense is better than the Baltimore Ravens.

02:02I mean, the Saints' defense is better right now than the Baltimore Ravens.

02:07Take any garbage team in the NFL.

02:09They're better than the Ravens.

02:11This team is pathetic right now.

02:13Pathetic.

02:14You're absolutely right.

02:17The way that they just got steamrolled in that game.

02:21They quit, too.

02:23Well, I mean, yeah, right.

02:24They were set up after a big Zay Flowers play for that touchdown, right, where Derek

02:28Henry was able to get into the end zone.

02:30Here's my thing.

02:32Next week, the lines are out.

02:35It's a seven-and-a-half-point line in Baltimore in favor of the Rams.

02:39That tells me no Lamar, right?

02:41Yeah, absolutely.

02:43So then they hit the bye, and then we have week eight.

02:46It seems to be the consensus Lamar will be back.

02:49Okay.

02:51Before we get to the rest of the schedule, it's a hamstring injury for the most

02:56athletic quarterback in maybe football history.

02:59Are you sure he's back week eight?

03:01No.

03:02Because that's what I keep coming back to, Joe.

03:03And we keep going back to the Mike Evans hamstring that always pops up.

03:08Is he ever 100%?

03:09No.

03:10And he always seems that he tweaks it throughout the –

03:12Still 1,000, though.

03:12Right?

03:13Yeah.

03:13But my point is this team needs to change their defensive scheme with the

03:19players that they have.

03:21Otherwise, they're not going anywhere.

03:23Without Lamar, they're not going anywhere, Kev.

03:25So they're not beating Buffalo.

03:27They're not beating KC.

03:28They're not beating maybe the Steelers at this point because you got to give

03:32Steelers credit.

03:33They're at the top of the AFC North, okay?

03:36They're not beating anybody else that is a winning football team.

03:40They're not beating Houston the way Houston is playing defensively right now.

03:44So who are they beating in their conference?

03:48Nobody.

03:49It's funny, and I think you're doing a really good job of hitting on, in the way

03:53I was talking about, Buffalo and Philadelphia, the Ravens were the preseason

03:56Super Bowl favorites, so none of this matters.

03:58I, though –

03:59One more.

04:00Are they beating the Indy the way they're playing?

04:03No, I think you're totally spot on.

04:04Here's what I –

04:05Jacksonville?

04:06No, but here's what I wanted to say.

04:07Again, like the Eagles and the Bills, the Chiefs, the Lions, the Packers,

04:11it's like they're going to be in the playoffs, right?

04:12But Baltimore, we don't know.

04:14I think we don't know if they're going to be in the playoffs.

04:16Here's what keeps standing out to me.

04:17If we can pull up the Ravens' schedule again.

04:19Yeah, let's throw the Rams game out.

04:21Let's throw the Bears game out.

04:23Joe, Dolphins, dead in the water.

04:27Vikings, I don't know what's going on.

04:29Browns, come on, they're terrible and we all know it.

04:31Jets.

04:31Jets, woof.

04:33Cincy, don't get me started.

04:34Pittsburgh, anybody believe in them?

04:36They're going to make the players.

04:37Cincy again.

04:37The last three are tough.

04:40Here's my thing.

04:41If Lamar Jackson can get back by week nine, they might be one and six,

04:51and I might be ripping playoff tickets on this team.

04:53Just like Cincinnati was last year.

04:55I'll see you next year.

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