Not sure exactly but something about controlling our own destiny and to keep control, we need to keep playing at that level or better one game at a time. Nothing matters but this game, right now.
Play physical, play smart, play with discipline. blahblahblah.
Which is probably similar to what he says before every game.
The ravens (and the steelers) do not respect you. They just don’t. They think you’re a fluke, lucky to even be in the conversation at this point, over rated and bound to be exposed. They think you’re sitting on their rightful ticket to the post season. Every player on that team thinks they’re better than the one they’re lining up against.., you. They simply won’t respect you until the moment you make them.
....Or some such.
"Team Chemistry No Match for Team Biology" (Onion Sports Headline)
The first possession on offense and defense are very important. Win those.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
HA , remember trying to reference what a halftime speech or such should be around 2002 and everyone thought I was plum Crazy! real koo koo rancho couca monga new mexico type stuff. Clearly shot down as the dumbest idea I'd ever had, maybe I worded it wrong. Um kay. (18 years later)
Coach would say, "This is a playoff game, treat it as such"
(most of, the coach could be the listener as much as the speaker in needing to get the message.)
" ehh really, just make the most out of any drives you get on offense, have to get turnovers on defense, this is a AFC North game, losing them kicks you out of the playoffs faster than any other reg season type game."
..(Upon searching the Raiders vs Colts game yest. I came across a raiders site talking about the Rule of 5, I'd never hear of it.) Ever heard of the rule of 5? I hadn't. Raiders fans say, if you can achieve (net +5 in combined sacks and tunovers) your team will win 91% of the time.
So , Pass protection, and ball control protection.
NEED TO GET TOUCHDOWNS OF COURSE! But if you try Field Goals. Need to make field goals, because, this is not the Ravens cheating house of left to right windscreen. This is in Cleveland so the Fg's will be regular, ... as regular as Clevelands winds can allow.
Another thing Stefanski could say, earlier this week though
" this is the last game of the year the enemy ravens have to game plan for, and the enemy ravens season is over if they lose to you,
so we can expect to see everything they have, everything they can come up with." ...
" and many of you know that enemy raven franchise and it's history, you know that that means we will see blitz packages that haven't surfaced since the dawn of time if they can find it, so that means
expect pressure and what to do about it. expect it early, expect it often, expect it from the right, the left, inside, outside, upside down!"
"It's their whole dang reason to etre!"
(My pregame speeches always devolve into quotes of "Raising Arizona")
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
Chris Collinsworth, Let's go to Erin on the sidelines.
Erin, Andrews: "We have coach here, and said coach what kind of message you intend to send to the team tonight, he just said Quack!"
Collinsworth: what do you think it means Al?
Al Michaels, Chris it's must be a reference to steelers backup quarterback Duck Hodges from 2019, surely the coach is saying the ravens and their quarterback are going to look like a pile of poo tonight,
Collinsworth: and I think he's right, the ravens are a done Tom Turkey, leave it to coach Cf' getting the message across with few words, I'm sure there are some in that locker room really taking it in.
Michaels: Well we're going to see tonight, it's a matchup of two of the best defenses and a rushing game ...
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Kevin S. should say play hard, follow the game plan and try to keep mistakes and penalties to a minimum. We have an opportunity tonight to show everyone the new Cleveland Browns.
Chris Collinsworth, Let's go to Erin on the sidelines.
Erin, Andrews: "We have coach here, and said coach what kind of message you intend to send to the team tonight, he just said Quack!"
Collinsworth: what do you think it means Al?
Al Michaels, Chris it's must be a reference to steelers backup quarterback Duck Hodges from 2019, surely the coach is saying the ravens and their quarterback are going to look like a pile of poo tonight,
Collinsworth: and I think he's right, the ravens are a done Tom Turkey, leave it to coach Cf' getting the message across with few words, I'm sure there are some in that locker room really taking it in.
Michaels: Well we're going to see tonight, it's a matchup of two of the best defenses and a rushing game ...
LOL this is hilarious
I could actually hear their commentary and exhcnages in my mind.
A duck walks up to a lemonade stand and sais. " hey, got any grapes?"
" Now here you are running these dirty old streets tattoo on your neck fake gold on your teeth, got the hood here snowed but you can't fool me, we both know who you are"