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00:00The question about the Ravens is not a winning football team, not a playoff football team,
00:07perhaps not even divisional championship contention.
00:11It's that final number, the Superbowl and winning an AFC and turning around the narrative
00:16of Lamar Jackson's lack of success in the postseason, given some of the defensive issues,
00:22is this Ravens team capable of making a run to an AFC championship?
00:29People yes, but there's a reason they won't be favored right now.
00:33You and I have talked a bunch on this show about people still for some reason overlooking
00:39Kansas City's defense to an extent.
00:41The presence of Patrick Mahomes distracts people from the type of team that it is, and
00:47we're trying to throw dirt on Travis Kelsey and other players who performed really well
00:51last week, DeAndre Hopkins being one of them.
00:54The thing about the Ravens, too, is that when you look at the defensive rushing stats,
01:01I think they're completely false.
01:04It's a falsehood to say that, well, the rushing defense is actually pretty good.
01:08They've become a pass-funnel defense.
01:10The most passing yards, the most passing attempts against them in the league, it's because teams
01:15know how to attack them.
01:17The Steelers have had teams like this in the past as well, where they're excellent defensively,
01:22so teams just attack them running the ball, and they rack up a lot of rushing yards.
01:28That's what those rushing stats are all about to me, not the prowess of the defensive line.
01:33Did Lamar just, is he playing his way into a third MVP?
01:39I mean, I guess we have to talk about it.
01:42I mean, it's unbelievable what he did in that second half, but he keeps doing it.
01:48Is there another guy we should consider?
01:52Well, I know Dane Martinez and I had a nice Derrick Henry discussion, but I think Lamar
01:59is just going to put that to bed.
02:01It's crazy.
02:02I don't think Derrick Henry can run away with it.
02:04He would need to run away with it, and he won't be able to with Lamar on the team.
02:07Now, these isolated window games, when you have performances like that going a long way
02:12in awards season for people remembering your signature plays, the tiptoe run on the sidelines
02:20is going to be one of the plays of the year.
02:22He didn't even score, and it's one of the plays of the year.
02:25I think, I just think the reality for him is they continue to rack up wins.
02:31I think there's a window for Jared Goff if the Lions end up 15-2, and he puts up numbers.
02:39Problem is, for him, I think the balance of the team impacts the upside of his stats.
02:48He could be very accurate, but he's not going to have many Joe Burrow nights like Joe had
02:53last night.