Baltimore Ravens staff writer Clifton Brown joined the K&C Masterpiece to talk about this Sunday's Cowboys/Ravens matchup, how Derrick Henry is fitting in with the Ravens in his first year in Baltimore, if Brandon Aubrey has overtaken Justin Tucker as the best kicker in the NFL, and more!
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00:00We bring to you from BaltimoreRavens.com, reporter Clifton Brown.
00:19Good morning, sir.
00:20Good morning, guys.
00:21How are you?
00:22We're doing good.
00:23We're doing good.
00:24Now, obviously, I know a lot of the national media goes into, let's talk about Derrick
00:28Henry.
00:29Let's talk about Lamar Jackson, and I get all that, but I actually want to talk about
00:32like anybody but those two to start off with, and I guess my question is, how are the Ravens
00:390-2?
00:40You look at the fact that they haven't lost the turn.
00:42They've got as many turnovers as they've given up.
00:44They've outgained both opponents.
00:47How did they fall to 0-2?
00:49Yeah, that's a good question.
00:51I think, you know, I'd point to giving up too many big plays at key times, and then
00:57I would also point to just the offense too many mistakes.
01:01I mean, they're only two teams that have been penalized more than the Ravens, so even
01:05though they're moving the ball well, they're having too many plays that are being nullified,
01:10too many plays, situations where they're first and 15 or second and 25, makes it hard to
01:16sustain drives, and then, you know, in both games this year, they've had a chance to win
01:22in the fourth quarter, but, you know, have come up short either not being able to stop
01:27the Raiders in the fourth quarter or not ultimately being able to get, you know, the
01:31tying touchdown against the Chiefs at the very end of the game.
01:34So two games they could have won, but they won neither, and now they're in trouble.
01:40So you don't actually think that Gardner Minshew turned into the best quarterback in the NFL
01:45like that fourth quarter?
01:46For just a minute, he did.
01:47Like that fourth quarter led me to believe, right?
01:51He's been looking like that against the Ravens.
01:53I mean, last year, Minshew beat the Ravens when he was with the Colts, so they really
01:59don't want to see any more of Gardner Minshew.
02:02Something about the Ravens turns him into Superman, and yeah, he and Adams really picked
02:07apart the Ravens in that fourth quarter.
02:09Adams is a great player.
02:11Minshew made some great throws, and yeah, it was, I think, kind of stunning to see it
02:16happen again to the Ravens with Gardner Minshew, but it did, and again, that leaves him 0-2
02:21heading to Dallas.
02:22I know by no means are the Ravens thinking about this, or maybe they are.
02:26They're just not discussing it, but how important is this game for the Ravens, especially when
02:31you look at the next two games on their schedule?
02:33Because I'm not saying this will happen, but you look at that schedule and say, I could
02:37potentially see 0-5.
02:39Yeah, well, they've got Buffalo at home after this game with the Cowboys on Sunday night
02:46football.
02:47We know Buffalo's undefeated.
02:49Then they go to Cincinnati in Week 5, and even though the Bengals are 0-2, we know how
02:53good they can be with Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase and that crew.
02:57So yes, I mean, this is a huge game for the Ravens, even though it's only Week 3.
03:02No team has ever won the Super Bowl starting 0-3.
03:05Only one team since 2000, the 2018 Houston Texans, have made the playoffs after starting
03:120-3, and obviously the Ravens started this year thinking they're a Super Bowl contender
03:17and still think that way after making it to the AFC Championship, but when you start
03:210-3, it has almost always meant that you don't make the playoffs, and they don't want any
03:27part of that and would be there if they lost Sunday in Dallas.