For Larson, the experience was unexpectedly enlightening. Speaking after the meeting, he admitted his perception of football players had changed completely after witnessing the sheer depth of preparation involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I think what I didn\u2019t quite realise,\u201d said Larson. \u201cJust being a casual fan of football was how much work it actually is. Like, I just look at big buff football players and I\u2019m like, oh, they just have a couple meetings during the week of practices and just lift.\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead, Larson found a culture built on structure, discipline, and hours of mental preparation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that was really need to see and just, you know, how much effort goes into you\u2019re prepping for a single game. You know, that was, like I said, that was just eye-opening and really cool scene. You need to see the culture and leadership that goes on there. And it makes sense why they\u2019re so successful,\u201d explained Larson.<\/p>\n
Larson\u2019s visit to the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 quarterback meeting offered him a profound new perspective on professional football. The immense mental preparation and strategic depth required particularly struck the NASCAR champion, dispelling his previous notion that the sport was solely about physical strength.<\/p>\n
It was clear early in Sunday\u2019s matchup with the Chiefs that it wouldn\u2019t end well for the Ravens. Both sides of the ball looked woefully unprepared for what should be a familiar Kansas City squad by now. All of the team\u2019s best and highest-paid players were injured, underperforming, or both, including Lamar Jackson. The coaching staff had no answer for another Andy Reid-Steve Spagnuolo masterclass.<\/p>\n
No team gets in their own way more than John Harbaugh\u2019s Ravens. Far too many of their errors were self-inflicted, providing too many openings that Patrick Mahomes and Co. were not going to squander. And by the time Jackson left the game, it already felt like the rest of the team had given up.<\/p>\n
Even more than the injuries, that might be the biggest problem facing the Ravens. Their early mistakes snowball and seem to infect the rest of the team. The offense and the defense play the opposite of complementary football, and individual bad plays turn into bad drives, which turn into bad quarters, etc.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nikhil Mehta<\/p>\n
These aren\u2019t the Ravens we\u2019ve come to know \u2014 the ones that went 25-9 with an NFL-best +360 point differential from 2023-24. They\u2019re 1-3 for the first time since 2015, another injury-ravaged season that Baltimore finished 5-11. This was Jackson\u2019s largest loss as a starter since 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe product that we\u2019re putting on the field is not up to par with what the Ravens have been in the past and what the Ravens have been in the recent past,\u201d safety Kyle Hamilton<\/a> said postgame<\/a>. \u201cI think we know that. We\u2019re trying out best to correct it. But obviously something\u2019s wrong, so it\u2019s up to all of us to try to fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n Coen could be seen yelling at Saleh as he was being held back by offensive lineman Robert Hainsey following Jacksonville\u2019s 26-21 win over San Francisco on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cNo big deal,\u201d Coen said. \u201cI\u2019m just going to keep that between us right now. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n It seemed like a bigger deal than that as the two coaches were yelling at each other as they walked off the field. Saleh had called Coen\u2019s staff \u201celite\u201d when it comes to stealing defensive signals \u2014 in a legal fashion.<\/p>\n Coen brushed aside those remarks when asked during the week and wouldn\u2019t talk about it with the media after the game. But his players saw what had happened and used it as motivation on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cYou use everything you can,\u201d quarterback Trevor Lawrence said. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to give me free fuel, you take it. That\u2019s something that you always do. But at the end of the day you got to go play the game. That stuff doesn\u2019t really matter. You take care of business and execute and find a way to win the game, which we did today. So it feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is believed to have suffered a torn ACL in Sunday\u2019s 21-18 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported, per sources.<\/p>\n Nabers appeared to hurt his knee as he was jumping up for a ball from Jaxson Dart down the sideline midway through the second quarter. The Giants WR grimaced in pain on the turf holding his right knee following the play, which was an incompletion negated by an offsides penalty on the Chargers.<\/p>\n He was quickly carted to the locker room before eventually being ruled out after halftime. New York held a 10-3 lead over the visiting Chargers at the time of Nabers\u2019 exit.<\/p>\n The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Bad Bunny will lead the halftime festivities from Levi\u2019s Stadium on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n The Puerto Rican superstar\u2019s selection comes amid another career-defining run. He\u2019s fresh off a historic Puerto Rico residency this month that drew more than half a million fans and is leading all nominees at the Latin Grammys in November. He has become one of the world\u2019s most-streamed artists with albums such as \u201cUn Verano Sin Ti,\u201d an all-Spanish-language LP.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny will host \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I\u2019m feeling goes beyond myself,\u201d Bad Bunny said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown\u2026 this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el HALFTIME SHOW DEL SUPER BOWL.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re assuming right now that it\u2019s just a small little thing,\u201d Toub told reporters this week. \u201cIt\u2019s technical. We look at the tape and see it\u2019s an unusual miss for him: to miss it [to the] right. So it\u2019s got to be his ball contact.<\/p>\n \u201cHe doesn\u2019t need to do more; he does a lot already. If anything, we need to cut down what he does and get more specific on making sure the contact is good \u2014 [and] the rotation of the ball and the fundamentals are down.\u201d<\/p>\n Toub said the staff is treating the slump as a chance to get back to basics.<\/p>\n \u201cYou go back from scratch,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou evaluate it, you talk about it, you look at the tape, you build your confidence back \u2014 and then you go.\u201d<\/p>\n Toub acknowledged that they\u2019re also working on adjusting Butker\u2019s balance between accuracy and distance.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s one of the things we talked about,\u201d Toub said. \u201cWe kick a lot of long kicks in practice. We\u2019re going to kick more shorter kicks and less longer kicks, because the shorter kicks are the ones that you have to have. Obviously, you want to try to get the long ones too, but we can\u2019t spend our time doing that. We have to get more specific and talk about the accuracy of the ball on those shorter kicks. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Larson, the experience was unexpectedly enlightening. 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