The Baltimore Ravens stormed into Lambeau Field on Saturday night and walked out with a 41-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Less than 24 hours later, the Browns beat the Steelers to set up a divisional championship in Pittsburgh next week. Before we move onto that game, here are the latest updates from Baltimore’s Week 17 win.
Injury Updates
The Ravens came out of Saturday night’s game without any notable injuries beyond what players are already dealing with.
“We’re in good shape, health-wise,” said John Harbaugh
on Monday. “Nothing else that’s a major thing or looks like it’s going to be an issue at this point in time. Hopefully nothing will pop up as the week goes on.”
Harbaugh also said that running back Justice Hill could be designated to return from injured reserve this week. He suffered a neck injury in Week 12 and landed on IR shortly after.
Quotes
John Harbaugh on RB Derrick Henry: “It’s one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. It was hard, downhill running, but also, a lot of ‘make miss’…I’d be remiss not to talk about the offensive line and the tight ends, but also the wide receivers….’Little Zay’ out there blocking people. ‘Bate’ is blocking people. ‘Hop’ is blocking people. They all are. 81 [Devontez Walker] is in there fighting, blocking people. That’s what I’m talking about.”
Harbaugh grading Tyler Huntley’s performance: “A+. A+. Give him two pluses on top of that, maybe three. That’s how it was. It couldn’t have been any better. I just thought some of the clutch plays – the kind of plays that you have to make. I see Tyler every day in practice, so I’m not surprised. I see him execute every day in practice, but for him to make the third-down conversions, the scramble plays, the throws, the on-time throws, the accurate throws that he made to run the offense in Lambeau field – it’s loud. In Lambeau field, to run the offense the way he did, make the checks the way he did, get us in the plays we needed to get in, just A+.”
Derrick Henry on where this games ranks in his career: “Tonight was just really fun. Just like Coach said, I did the prayer before the game, and I just talked about guys just playing free, trusting and believing in each other…Hats off to the guys for just blocking, the O-line – like ‘Coach Harbs’ said – tight ends, receivers, fullbacks; the unselfishness of them sacrificing their bodies for us to have success in the run game, dominate the line of scrimmage and dictate the game the way we want to.”
Henry on his workload: “I was just worried about being effective with any opportunity that I got and being efficient in the run game to give ourselves a chance to get into drives, let those drives end in points, run the ball physically and just focus on us dominating the line of scrimmage and establishing the identity in the run game throughout the game; that was just my main focus. [However many] carries it was, [that’s what] it was going to be. I just wanted to go out there and make something happen.”
Tyler Huntley on his touchdown pass to Zay Flowers: “I had Zay Flowers manned up against whoever their corner was, and I knew once he ran that crisp route, I could just let it rip, and he made the play that he needed to make.”
Huntley on his foam cheese grater hat: “It was dope. [Lamar Jackson] went and got it for me and brought it right when I came to the sideline. He put it on me. I was like, ‘That’s gas.'”
Zay Flowers on the cheese grater hates: “I love the cheese graters. I said, ‘We’re all lactose intolerant.'”
Flowers on his Lambeau Leap: “That was a dream right there. I was talking to [LaJohntay Wester] before the game. I’m like, ”Tay’, they better not let me get in the end zone or I’m Lambeau leaping.”
Tyler Linderbaum on the run game: “We kind of set the tone pretty early with the run game the first couple drives. We’ve done that at certain points this year, but all four quarters, I don’t think we’ve done that all year…I am just proud of the guys, and then obviously, we’re blocking for the greatest running back to play the game, so it’s fun.”
Linderbaum on Huntley’s performance: “Tremendous, holy smokes. We have all the trust in the world in ‘Snoop.’ The way he came out today and the way he performed, he got us out of some really critical situations and made a lot of plays. That’s what you need. When [Lamar Jackson] is down, we have to have someone step up and fill that role. ‘Snoop’ did a tremendous job tonight, and we have the most confidence in him.”
Linderbaum on the Packers’ bigger defensive packages: “They throw big people at us; we throw big people right back at them. It just comes down to who wants it more.”
Mark Andrews on Derrick Henry: “He is a beast. He’s a beast. He’s one-of-one, and [it’s] really just a joy to be able to block for him. He’s so good. He’s so fast. He’s so physical. It’s tough to bring him down one-on-one.”
Andrews on Huntley: “He was stone cold. He was stone cold, and we have a lot of trust in him and what he can do. We’ve seen it time and time again. The dude’s a fighter.”
Other Notes
- The list of Derrick Henry’s accomplishments and milestones on Saturday night probably deserve their own article, but let’s hit a few:
- Henry moved into fourth-place in NFL history in rushing touchdowns (122) and 10th in rushing yards (12,892).
- Henry’s 216 rushing yards are the most-ever by an opposing player at Lambeau Field, per Ravens Comms.
- His +14.9 total rushing EPA is the second-highest by any player this season, per Next Gen Stats.
- The Ravens’ 307 rushing yards were their most since January 3, 2021. Their 404 rushing yards that day were the most in a single game since 2000.
- The Ravens became the first team in NFL history to have a game with one running back over 200 rushing yards (Henry), another running back over 30 rushing yards (Keaton Mitchell), and a quarterback over 50 rushing yards (Huntley), per OptaStats.
