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Nashville, Tenn. And For the past few years, Baltimore Ravens has been one of the best teams of the regular season, but they have not been able to get over that hump and get a Super Bowl race.
Led by two-time league MVP Lamar Jackson at Quarterback, Ravens has a team that has all the capabilities to represent AFC in the Super Bowl. But putting together the vintage playoffs is much harder than it looks – and sometimes it’s heartbreaking when things just don’t go your team’s way.
The ravens experienced the last year when Mark Andrews, one of Jackson’s most trusted goals, fell a two-point conversion that would have tied their playoffs against Buffalo Bills on 27 pieces with 1:33 back in the fourth quarter. It’s a catch that Andrews usually does, but he couldn’t see it through.
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Baltimore Raven’s tight end Isaiah probably (80) celebrates after catching a catch during the first quarter against Buffalo Bills in a 2025 AFC Divisional Round Game at Highmark Stadium. (Gregory Fisher/Imag images)
So what is the Ravens’ mindset on the way into the 2025 season? What needs to be changed to push through to “Big Game?” Andrews’ tight end -counterpart, Isaiah probably, talked to Pakinomist Digital at this year’s tight end university about this particular question, and the answer was about “Harping on the Fundamentals.”
“I feel like everyone when you restart your season and want to get into the autumn period, it’s really just to return to the principles that got you there. It takes every game one step at a time and remembers why you are there who you are in these moments.
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“I feel we’re getting a little jittery because we want it so bad. Everyone wants to win the Super Bowl so badly. … Really just make a view that they’ll have to play us on our terms and that’s what I want to be the big mantra right here. Never go away from our game plan. Never get away from our standpoint.”
Probably pointed to Andrews as one of the most important fundamentalists on the team – someone who is the epitome of doing the little things in practice and on game day that help the team win.
He may not have had it done earlier this year, but is probably convinced that Andrews will come back even better to prove that he can trust again in this situation.
Baltimore Raven’s tight end Mark Andrews (89) celebrates his touchdown in the second half of a NFL football match against Indianapolis Colts, Monday 11 October 2021, in Baltimore. (Nick Wass/AP Photo)
“It’s Big Bro. I’m saying all … he’s all-pro-brand for a reason,” probably said of Andrews ready to get into his eighth season with Ravens. “Mark plays where you look at the sidelines you watch on TV like ‘Damn, it’s Mandrews.’ So I never make it seem like it’s bigger than what it is.
“He has done lots of acting while in the league, so I just tell him even after the two-point conversation, ‘Be you. Never forget who you are. Never forget what you did in the league already.… A spectacle will never define who you are and what you did with this point.'”
As for probable, he goes into his fourth year in the NFL, which will also be a contract year for him. The Carolina product has been improved every year over its three seasons with Baltimore and pulled in six touchdowns and 477 yards in 16 games in its last campaign.
Tight end Mark Andrews #89 of Baltimore Ravens celebrates with the tight end Isaiah probably #80 after scoring a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football match against Houston Texans, at NRG Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)
Probably hopes to take more lessons from Tight End University with him back to Baltimore in what will be a crucial season for him personally and as a team.
“It’s just a blessing that the veterinarians around the league, old or new, really come back to show love and appreciation to tight ends now,” he said of the event that was put on by tight end stars George Kittle, Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen. “Whether you have a veterinarian on your team or veterinarian in the league, I mean this is probably the biggest turnout since I’ve been here with all the tight ends. After games, before games, before the game, usually tight ends around the league talk a little, but this is really where you get to choose the veterinarians’ brains.”
