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"I told Kenico, our head equipment guy, I told him to take all the games, ping pong, turn the TVs off if we could have taken out the TVs they'd have been out too," Jackson said.

Jackson said that ping pong tables, game consoles and other diversions were initially provided by Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, and that the players appreciated that. But as the Ravens struggled early in the season, Jackson wanted to send the message that they needed to get down to business.

"I appreciate Mr. Steve for putting that in for us but we had to focus," Jackson said. "I don't want to say people don't take their jobs seriously, don't get me wrong, but I didn't feel it was the time for that. We've got a lot of work to do."