at home against the Ravens according to ESPN bet Kansas City is the favorite to become the first team in history to win three straight Super Bowls followed closely by the 49ers who of course were there into overtime in the Super Bowl a year ago and you see Baltimore is a step behind so a fascinating game tonight the sports geek and me needs to remind you that teams have won three straight NFL championships it just hasn't happened in the Super Bowl era that said we look to tonight the Ravens new look maybe because they've got Derrik Henry what do we expect from him beginning tonight heavy load someone trusted in that organization and that offensive football team outside of the m i want to see Baltimore can you actually beat Kansas City I know it's happened once it hasn't happened four other times and certainly it's going to matter more when and if it happens in the playoffs but can you turn around and hand a football off to a guy and say hey Lamar has been the face of our organization rightfully so since the moment we've drafted him and he became our starting quarterback but we can't get through Patrick we can't get through the Chiefs and I want to see cuz this is a different football team in Baltimore as much as I love Lamar and as much as their pass game developed last year when it mattered the most and you had to go play against that football team in Kansas City in many ways you choked and I want to see are you a different team have you evolved have you learned can you prove that we can go beat this Kansas City Chiefs football team we're really good we've been great in the regular season and I know tonight is that they got to prove that they can go beat Patrick in this team more than once so people will look at the Baltimore Ravens in recent years Harry and say they're already a great running team they've rushed the ball about as effectively as any team in the NFL since Lamar Jackson got there and that isn't a coincidence so how significant is the addition of Derk Henry who's got a huge name and a huge everything but but but how significant is the addition so Dan brings up the word trust I would bring up the word closer now Lamar Jackson has something he's never had since being in the Baltimore Ravens uniform another closer outside of himself a guy that he can rely on take pressure off of his shoulders and also his legs when crunch time comes look at the last four or the last five years Derrick Henry was either first or second in rushing yards in the NFL the one year that he wasn't was 2021 he only played eight games and he was still top 10 yeah so that tells you everything you need to know and also when you look at Derrick hry from an individual standpoint 2019 we seen him literally take a offense to a AFC Championship Game by himself I don't think you have many running backs in in NFL history that can say they've been able to do that by themselves that's what Derrik Henry provides he's a leader he's a guy you can count on and he's going to do everything necessary to be able to help Lamar Jackson and also this Baltimore Ravens Thrive and I look at Derrick Henry he's defying the odds of as a running back as he's getting older nobody like him but also look at this Ravens offense Mark Ingram was there years ago in 2019 when they had the big trust and they had the energy they wer to it I the addition of der Henry think it difference but it's still going fall on Lamar being able to make critical throws and crucial points of the game so yes you have to run the ball you have to do they've already showed that they can do that it's still going to come down to being able to execute and him throwing the ball to me Derrick Henry isn't the missing piece for their Super Bowl run I think they had all the pieces they needed last year I don't think the Chiefs beat the Ravens the Ravens beat themselves in that AFC title game and I look at Lamar you have a guy who so Dynamic so talented that he he should be capable of winning a Super Bowl every year it's about are you playing in February that is how we measure him from now on cuz he's just that good Dan you've got tape Lamar Jackson last year to this yeah so if you go back to the AFC Championship game last year three plays that were negative result plays they were just drop back football and I want to see if Baltimore can take those very similar situations instead of just playing pitch and catch try to implement some things with Derrik Henry the Zone reader the RPO you can hand the ball off to the tail back or you can go a widened like three-man bubble and it's a simple read for Lamar Jackson again last year they played dropb back football in this situation bad result you read that Defender goes out hand the ball to Derrick Henry if he stays inside that box we're kicking the ball to Perimeter now we can go Z flowers in a Jet Sweep we can hand it potentially off to him or we can pull our backside guard and Lamar Jackson the best running threat in the NFL can become a downhill Runner again we're just reading that outside Defender if he flows with Zay Lamar's the Run if he stays inside that box we kick the ball outside last year they played dropback football not good Derrick Henry we can hand the ball off to him or we could have Lamar be that running threat again Mark Andrews can be an arc release tight end we're just going to read that singular Defender they didn't do this enough last year if that Defender goes out we're going to give the ball to Lamar Jackson if he stays in Derrick Henry on the edge and I want to see if Todd monin who I think is a fantastic offensive coordinator evolves I agree with Kimberly Derek kenry wasn't a this is a luxury but I do think having someone that they trust to be a Difference Maker with the ball in his hands because there's part of me Harry that says all right it's AFC Championship Game we're going against Patrick Mahomes we know Lamar just let Lamar do something and I think now they have someone to go well we got someone just as good now yeah and I think also the luxury having Derrick Henry you now are forcing the defense to bring that defender in the box and to your point J back when I look at the Kansas City defense what's different in their secondary lerus sne is no longer there he's with the Tennessee Titans so Joshua Williams is coming in to be a corner and I want to see how he's going to Fair up against Z flowers at the wide receiver position all right so we have now managed to come eight minutes into this hour and we have not yet mentioned two words Patrick or momes as we put the picks up on the screen tonight let's talk about him J M Mahomes coming in looking to rewrite history looking to do something Tom Brady never did we all understand what's at stake for him they had a bad wide receiving Core last year they've added enormously to that we won't see Hollywood Brown tonight but we will see the rookie Xavier worthy what are we looking for from Patrick tonight I think to your point we all talk about Lamar coming back and having something to prove I think Patrick Mahomes has just as much to prove because there's an expectation of him in this offense and if I'm Mahomes I want so badly to be the quarterback to win three of them in a row for the Kansas City Chiefs and now you're going against the Baltimore Ravens and you're looking at this opportunity we put our picks up there and there's a ton of chiefs logos on that thing because I look at this and the Chiefs are a team that they're saying you know what everybody's talking about us doing the 3p we want to go out there and proove people right and show that we can actually get this thing done voiceovers of every quarterback in the NFL there's never been one like that right in every single game Patrick Mahomes can we roll that again Cindy just there's no quarterback I've ever seen who can make any of these plays I mean that's a no looker for 15 yard this is behind the back which is I mean disrespectful and stupid um that's Ley on Monday Night Football there's another Lefty he's remarkable he's the best player that I've ever seen I've said that when they when he threw the game winner last year in the Super Bowl was doing the call with Chris fer and LS rck in his I said he's the best player I've ever seen I do think this he's not stupid he knows he didn't play well last year now maybe not all his fault because of the drops and the penalties he knows he didn't play well he knows this this football team offensively did not perform up to their standards you don't think that there's a chip on this guy's shoulder to be like said yeah he's said it like I'm going to come out guns of Blazing because of the way that I don't care if we won the Super Bowl and I think it's Unique because Jay Mack you could probably speak to it a little bit better than maybe and Harry as well certainly I it's rare that organizations get to make NFL history players at times do it's rare organizations do and it's so different when they know what they're doing the I was with the new Eng the Patriots we beat the Chiefs in uh in uh Kansas City we come back and we have now a Super Bowl meeting where you're getting ready the Super Bowl meeting was 10 minutes because they stood up there and they said most of the guys in this room you've gone through that for the new guys if you have any questions come ask after the meeting there's a certain standard and expectation of you know what it's like to be in that position who is the coach of that team again Bill bich okay Bill bellich is on Instagram people he's on Insta face we have our first huge upset of the Season bill bellich is on Instagram listen to this I do believe there's uh you have an announcement to make lot of announcements okay this one is a big one I do believe if I uh am hearing what I think you're about to say correctly uh Bill any announcement for the people you know Pat I can't really believe I'm doing this but I've joined instaface yeah he's on instace yes he's on to face he's amazing I mean you're going to follow him though right we're all going to follow bellich yeah yeah he's following me is he yeah well I need to see if he's following that's going to be like the ultimate FL I'm joking greedy he's not J like wait a minute now does he follow me he doesn't I'm not follow him until he follows me yeah I mean seriously Bill how about back by the way like Jeff Darlington I think spoke for a segment of the population when he posted this yesterday I think it's good I never thought I'd say this but I can't wait for bichi to get next head coaching gig so he can delete his Instagram and get grumpy again this whole media nice guy Act is freaking me out you played for him a little bit what is it freaking you out it is I can't believe he's on social media he was standing at Mee and he do the impersonation I mean can we just get the bleep off insta face and snap gram and he knew all the names of them cuz now he's joining it and he got to get he he can't have a picture with a suit and tie it's Instagram that's where Bill has to let loose put a tank top or something on show the chest and all of that how about hoodie with the sleeves cut off or something like that go Bill b go bill bill bich is on Instagram [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]