OWINGS MILLS, Md. — There are solely 4 extra common season video games left for the Ravens.
Coming contemporary off a bye week, the crew says it is prepared for a playoff push.
Head coach John Harbaugh says their bye got here at the proper time.
“I feel it is a possibility for us to sort of simply heal up, clean up, and proceed to get stronger,” says coach Harbaugh.
“It got here [at the] good time. We can get our physique extra prepared for the playoffs and get our physique extra prepared for the final 4 video games and go on a run,” says Ravens’ vast receiver Zay Flowers.
Although the bye week was a time for gamers to relaxation and reset, it was far from a quiet one.
Last Wednesday, it was introduced that newly acquired vast receiver Diontae Johnson was suspended from the crew for a week for conduct detrimental to the crew.
His fellow vast receivers nonetheless have their teammate’s again.
“That is not my resolution to make. Diontae [Johnson] remains to be going to … He’s one in every of my guys. He’s one in every of our guys,” says Flowers.
The closing 4 video games this season could have main playoff implications for this crew.
The subsequent three will probably be over a 10-day stretch. But their motto stays unchanged. It’s nonetheless one game at a time.
“We all perceive the problem that is forward of us. It nearly would not make an excessive amount of sense to look too far forward and concern ourselves with the schedule – everyone’s received completely different challenges that they are dealing with schedule-wise throughout the league,” says Ravens’ kicker Justin Tucker.
“We need to play our greatest soccer proper now – that is what we’re actually specializing in doing,” Harbaugh mentioned.
“It’s eight weeks left within the season – the complete common season and the complete [postseason] to the Super Bowl – so we will take it one [game] at a time,” says Flowers.
The Ravens journey to New Jersey for a matchup this Sunday in opposition to the 2-10 New York Giants.
Kickoff is at 1 o’clock.
