Ryan’s thoughts on losing to the Green Bay Packers in last years Super Bowl: “No one remembers 2nd place.”

Topics: Hanging with Ike Taylor | The secondary’s improvement this season | Coach Carnell Lake | Sickle cell trait not allowing him to play against Denver | Coach Mike Tomlin not allowing him to play | Wants to play | Good decision for coach Tomlin to take it out of his hands | Doctors clearing him | Explains Sickle cell trait | Having a fear when he steps on the field | Tim Tebow | Tebow’s willingness to fight | Tebow plays all the way through | All I have been thinking about is the Super Bowl loss to the Green Bay Packers | No one remembers 2nd place | Approaching the Super Bowl |

Ryan on his former coach Nick Saban: “He’s not a very happy person when things are going good.”

Topics: Win over New England | Patriot wide outs | Wanted to press the Pats wideouts | LaMarr Woodley’s injury | Playing without James Harrison | Lawrence Timmons stepping up | Baltimore beating them badly in Week 1 | The Ravens were more physical in Week 1 | The Ravens wanted that game worse than us | Ravens don’t like us | When your winning you can do whatever you want | Ed Reed is the best free safety in the game | Tim Tebow | The Detroit Lions Tebowing | Celebrations are mocked all the time | LSU vs. Alabama this Sunday | LSU has the edge playmaking wise | Needing to stop Richardson | Nick Saban | Playing for Saban | Nick’s not a very happy person when things are going good | Saban will have his team ready |

Ryan on the state of the NFL today: “It’s like the Wild Wild West in football.”

Topics: NFL Lockout | Went to the team facility at 8:30 am the doors were locked | When we got in we met the owner and some of the coaches | Everyone at the facility seemed happy to see us | The code on the weight room was changed | Things are in limbo right now | The owners can make their own rules | It’s like the Wild West in football | Some players not going to their facilities | Our owners are different | Were fighting to go back to work | We need to take advantage of having the facilities open | The Owners appealing the courts decision | How long will this drag on? | Thinks the Owners want this to drag on longer so players will worry about not getting pay checks |

Ryan on the Baltimore and Pittsburgh rivalry: “I think they worry about us more than we do about them.”

Topics: NFL Playoffs | Facing the Baltimore Ravens Saturday | The game between the two teams is not as physical as at used to be | Playing each other for a 3rd time | Doesn’t matter who we play | Trick play | Troy Polamalu | Violence of the game | Embrace the violence, but don’t want to hurt people | Thought Terrell Suggs T-shirt was funny | The Ravens worry about us a lot | No longer on Twitter | Out of the Twitter game | As of now he’s done with Twitter | LeBron’s tweet on Karma | Figured LeBron’s tweet was at the Cavs owner | Thought Les Miles was headed to Michigan | Kobe Bryant |

Topics: Business as usual | We need to close games this year | In 2009 we couldn’t finish | Team chemistry is good now | Excited about seeing Chris Johnson | The wrap about the team being old | You can’t give Chris Johnson a crack | If there’s any open field with CJ, he’s gone | Would like to see CJ race Mike Wallace | Came close to leaving Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh being a tough town | The fans treat the Steelers well | Ben Roethlisberger | Pittsburgh is about integrity; the community was hurt by Ben’s actions | He’s a Kobe Bryant guy | Doesn’t think LeBron owes Cleveland; but would have like to see him stay there | LeBron’s “Decision Show” | Sickle Cell Trait | Almost dying | Daughter suffers from Sickle Cell Trait as well |