 The impact that both Keith Williams and T-Martin have had on the Ravens organization before any receivers even touched the field. How dominant can this Ravens offensive line really be? Something a daffy away brings to the Ravens that they haven't had in a long time. These and many, many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. Hey there, buddy! How's it going? Engraving here. Good morning. Hope everything's good. Now before we dive into this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers, I gotta give you guys a little backstory on it. But while I'm giving you that backstory, you can check out this custom made jersey that I got from fcustom.com. And if you want to get yours, you just go to their website and use code engraving for 10% off. Let them know that I sent you. They'll take good care of you, buddy. But anyway, yesterday we made an episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. It was a quick episode. It was only like 15 minutes long because you know those things, they can go on for a really long time. But the title question was how dominant can this Ravens offensive line be? And it was a very, very good question and we dove into it. But check out this thumbnail. See, this thumbnail was going to be the thumbnail that I used for the video. But guess what happened about 15 minutes before that video was finished uploading? The Ravens decided, oh, we know that Engraving's gonna make a video on our offensive line in the current state of it. So we're going to go ahead and sign Alejandro Villanueva. So they signed Alejandro Villanueva and boom, that made that question not null and void, but it made my answer change because the answer that I answered, it featured Terry Phillips as a starting right tackle. But guess what, Alejandro Villanueva is going to be the starting right tackle. So this episode is going to be a little bit different. I just had to let you guys know ahead of time. 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But anyway, it said to me, it feels like the majority of Ravens fans are more excited about being Cleveland than our first rounders, me included. Stanley, Cleveland, Bozeman. I'm locking him in at center. Zitler and probably Phillips at tackle. See, he had that same thing that I was thinking. But now let's insert Villanueva at tackle. He said, that sounds scary, but just how dominant do you think they could really be? And who was the most intriguing draft pick to you? Love you, man. I hope everything is good. So I'll save the draft pick question for later on. But right here, how dominant can this offensive line be? Now, so we flipped Villanueva and Phillips. So Villanueva insert him and removed Phillips and he can be a backup guy. So with Villanueva, I didn't know that he was six nine. I did not know that he was that much of a giant. I had no clue. And one thing that a lot of people have said about him, I see a lot of Steelers fans say, oh, he's not that good. He's he's a terrible pass blocker. Oh my goodness, you guys, you didn't really get a good player. I saw that a lot. But I did see that in his run block wind percentage, he was actually higher than Orlando Brown, Jr. I believe and I was like, whoa, hold up, wait a minute. But then when you think about that with Alejandro Villanueva and I saw somebody in the comment section say, oh, man, he got that Spanish down. Oh, I mean, we live in Miami. We got no choice but to. But anyway, his job as a Ravens offensive lineman is completely different from his job as a Pittsburgh Steelers. Offensive lineman. Think about it. Pittsburgh Steelers, did they have a running game last year? No. No, no, they didn't. Did Ravens have a running game? I mean, I can't even finish that with a straight face because I can't ask that question with a straight face because you already know the answer. But his job is going to be so much different. You know, even though they did add receivers, they added semi walk-ins, they added Rashad Bateman, they added Tyler Wallace. Even though they're going to be making some changes to their offense, according to Greg Roman, seeing as believing them. But we can expect them to make some slight changes to their offense. There are still going to be a dominant running team. That's going to be their priority is the run game. We know that. So with Villanueva, that makes his job that much easier. It makes it that much easier. So even if he isn't the best pass blocker in the world, hey, guess what? That's not going to be your primary job. Now, you do need to protect Lamar Jackson now. You sure do. But the running game is what though is that's the Ravens bread and butter. So while you will still need to be a good pass blocker, you're not going to be asked to do it. Not nearly as much as he was asked to do it in Pittsburgh. Not nearly as much. Like these dudes, these guys, like they throw that ball everywhere. They throw that ball. And it's like a gift and occurs all at the same time. Now Ravens, they run that ball. And you know, offensive linemen, they would prefer, shout out to my god, Cam Neal. They would probably prefer to run block a lot more than pass block. Because pass block, not that you got to have more technique for pass blocking than run blocking, because they both require skill and smarts. But pass blocking, these guys are coming at you. The defense is coming at you. Run blocking, you going at them. So it's you versus them and just that wheelpower man. So Alejandro Villanueva, he came to a good spot, especially to because with Lamar Jackson, Lamar Jackson makes life easier as an offensive linemen. He really does. And he has elevated the play and elevated the level of offensive linemen around him. Yes. Because what he can do back there, he can make you look a lot better than you might be. He really can. Not to say that anybody who's offensive linemen is bad or whatnot, but he can make you look even better than you are. Because he can make a bad stat, wash away like that. Say for instance, you're offensive linemen and you allow pressure to get in. You're like, oh boy, I'm giving up a pressure. This is going to go on my resume. I'm giving up a pressure. Oh boy, I hope I don't give up a sack. Oh, that's not going to look good when it's time for me to reassign when I want to get my contract with my next team. I don't want to have given up a sack. But Lamar Jackson said, oh, somebody coming in. Okay. You know what? I'm out. Bye. He'll take off. He'll make people miss in the backfield. And that can make your offensive line like numbers wise. They'll look a lot better than what they are. So with Villanueva, Zitler, Bozeman, and then big Cleveland, big country, Ben Cleveland, and then Ronnie Stanley. And again, hopefully he's back 100% healthy. They can be very dominant. And I think what can make them even more dominant would be the playcaller would be the playcaller. And this is not me bashing Greg Roman whatsoever. But this is me pointing out that playcalling because there's times when the Ravens, there can be some questionable playcaller. There's times when the Ravens are doing something well. And then they decide, you know what? Let's let's go away from it. Let's completely go away from it in the Steelers game. That was a great example of it. These dudes were running all over in the first Steelers game, not the C19 Steelers. But in the first Steelers game, these dudes were running all over Pittsburgh running all over them. Pittsburgh cannot stop the run for nothing. What the Ravens decided to do? You know what? Forget the run game. Let's throw that ball all over the field. Let's throw it. And now the Ravens only lost by a score. But Steel, they were dominating in the run game. And they switched it up. That is so important, man. It's so important that playcalling is on point. And of course, execution has to be there as well. They go hand in hand. But it starts at the top. Playcalling is essential, man. Coaching has to be on point. Execution has to be on point from the players. It goes hand in hand. So everybody got to step it up that much more. And there has to be a certain level of consistency. Because if you establish that certain level of consistency, and you stack on that, like hardball likes to say, hey, stack good practices. Well, Ravens need to stack good coaching adjustments. And not even adjustments. If something is working, you don't need to adjust it. Keep it going. Keep it going. Not to say you can't switch it up every now and then. But if something is working, let it keep working. Stack those good plays on top of those good plays. That builds up confidence. And that confidence can build up dominance. Especially if you're having your way with running a certain style. Keep doing it. Keep doing it. Don't try to fix what's not broken. Oh, man. This could be a beautiful thing. And I love how the Ravens, they've addressed it. They've addressed it. Bowlsman got a gun go to his original position most likely. Cleveland will be the left guard. Hopefully, Ryan Stanley comes back. They got a right tackle in Villanueva. And they got a right guard in Zeitler. So they are doing a remix of this offensive line. So they knew that was a huge problem. They also added some more weapons for Lamar Jackson. They knew that was a problem as well. So I like the direction that it's headed. Initially, I honestly wanted Kelly over Villanueva than it's Kelly. And then I thought maybe, hey, they may be going in a whole another direction. Besides Villanueva or Kelly. But they obviously didn't. So let's go Villanueva. Let's get this thing done. And let's take another step forward as a team. Y'all enjoyed the rest of the questions from subscribers again. Remember, they were all before the Villanueva signing. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Enjoy the rest of the episode. So first question came from my boy Jordan. He said, what's up in Graven? Long time subscriber, new Patreon. They appreciate that, man. He said, I know where you keep wanting to know how much of an impact and voice Keith Williams and T. Martin are going to have for the Ravens. But I feel like they already have a pretty big impact. I don't think people heard EDC in the post draft presser when asked about the direction we're going with the wide receivers. He responded with, it really helped having a couple new sets of eyes on the offensive coaching staff and having their perspective on wide receivers was very beneficial, I think, to all of us. So with that being said, my question is how much of an impact do you think Keith Williams and T. Martin had to do with the Rashad Bateman pick? Sorry for the long message and keep up the good work. I hope you and the family are good. Appreciate that, man. That's a really good question. And I think they did have a lot to do with that. And the way you broke that down, that's a very good point. Shout out to my guy JT. We were just talking about this a few weeks ago and it had completely slipped my mind heading into the draft. But something that he brought up, he was like, their impact is going to be much bigger than just with the wide receivers that the Ravens already have. Their impact is going to be with any receivers that the Ravens get as well. And something that he mentioned, and I know a lot of y'all caught the same thing too, is with the Ravens, they didn't just go for guys with crazy speed. They didn't just go for guys with crazy height. They didn't just go for guys with crazy hands. What they went for in this draft when it came to the receiver position? Route runners. Route runners. Great route runners. And that can go such a long way. We've been talking about it on here for years. And I told y'all, I forgot who said it, whether it was Ocho Senko, I think it was him, or whether it was Steve Smith Sr. But one of those two talked about how we're at the wide receiver position. You can lose speed. You can lose height. Shout out to our Bateman if that's really true. But you can lose all that stuff. But if you, even your hands, well, your hands, if you ain't really had any, you ain't gonna lose your hands. Anyway, but if you have good route running, that will extend your career for such a long time, for a super long time. And we've seen it so many times before, especially at the tight end position too. We know these tight ends, they're slow. They can be disgustingly slow. But if they have good route running, they'll get separation. Same with wide receivers too. Same thing. The Ravens are, they really headed in a different direction and they're really trying to get this route game on point. Next question came from my boy Mike B. He said, to me it feels like a majority of the Ravens flock are more excited about being Cleveland than our first round is, me included. LOL, Stanley, Cleveland, Bozeman, I'm locking him in that center. Zytla and probably Philips at Tackle. That sounds scary, but just how dominant do you think they could really be? And who was the most intriguing draft pick to you? Love you, man. Hope everything is good your way. Everything is great, man. Shout out to my guy Mike B, man. He been rocking with us heavy for a minute, man. So I appreciate you, man. I hope everything going good with you and your school. I know that's been crazy busy on you. So man, yeah, I hope everything good though, man. How dominant do you think that they could really be? Stanley, we know what Stanley can do. And if he comes back and he's 100% and like really 100% will be good to go there. Left guard, if you put Cleveland there, hey, just seeing him, man. Like this dude, like it's going to be defensive lineman just looking at him. They're going to be like, oh, I don't want to go rush the quarterback. And then at center, Bradley Bozeman, because it seemed like that's more of a reality every day that we get closer to training camp and all that. Right guard, Zytla, who is good at his job and a veteran of the game, he knows his stuff. And then at right tackle, Tyree Phillips. Tyree Phillips. And I know a lot of people were down on Tyree Phillips from last year. But again, you guys to remember this whole C19 thing, that messed it up for everybody, man. It messed it up for everybody. So if you give this guy a full off season and then you have somebody strong next to him as well. And Kevin Zytla, like that with the offensive line, it is such like these guys, they work hand in hand. They work hand in hand, literally, like side by side. And they are only as strong as the guy next to them. So with him having Zytla there, somebody who got experience in the game, somebody who knows his stuff, that can help him at right tackle. And there's a possibility we still waiting for the Ravens to make another move on the offensive line at the tackle position. I know a guy who been like a three year starter or something like that for the Bears, he just got cut, or maybe it's even longer than that. And I mean, there's Villanova, there's Kelly, there's people out there, there's Mitchell Schwartz, there's options out there. Just in case the Ravens feel like they want to go with a veteran, even if they just bring in a veteran just to be a backup. They have options. So this offensive line, they could be something serious. They really could, man, because they just, they got big boys up front, man. And especially with the Ben Cleveland pick, just seeing his numbers and how little, I think he allowed in his entire collegiate career, he allowed what, three QB pressures in one sec. That don't even make no sense, man. That makes absolutely zero sense, zero. Nothing about that makes any sense. That's crazy. So you got guys that's, they're gonna go to bat full of more, man. They really are. And I just, I'm looking forward to it and I really hope that they just kill it, man. And then he asked, who was the most intriguing draft pick to you? Most intriguing draft pick to me? O.A. is one of them, but if I had to drop a little bit lower, I would say Wade. I would say Wade because with him, they say he can play inside corner. And I hope that he doesn't get an opportunity. I really hope that he doesn't get an opportunity to play inside corner. But with history, it would show that he may be called upon a lot sooner rather than later because with Tay-Tay. And with Tay-Tay, again, we love him. Y'all know we love him. Shout out to him. And a special shout out to him too because I remember back when, ah, it was a couple of months back, well, a little more than a couple of months back where there was somebody who reached out because their little brother had actually passed and he wanted to know if there was anything that the Ravens could do. We reached out to Tay-Von Young and he said, hey, send me whatever and I'll take care of it. So shout out to Tay-Tay, man. But yeah, I just had to, because I remember that and it was just, that was special, man, because that's not something that he has to do but the fact that he was willing to do that, that was special, man. But with him, I know there's been the injury history and again, hopefully, that's what I say, hopefully Wade doesn't get to play because that would mean Tay-Von was healthy the entire season and he makes a big difference, man. And him being healthy, that allows Marlon to stay on the outside, Marcus Peters to stay on the outside, it allows Jimmy Smith to get a little less playing time because he won't be called upon so much so that helps with his health, too. It's just a domino effect. So hopefully that's what goes down this year at the cornerback position. It's just health, health. And that's why the Ravens, that's why they have such a stack secondary because they know like one injury could change everything literally like that. We've seen it. So that would probably be the most intriguing one to me and then of course, a way just to see how they can develop him and how much of a role he has on his team. Next question came from my guy, Teddy. He said, you ain't graven. I know everyone wants to talk about the Lamar Jackson contract extension and it is really important but another really important piece of the offense is in line for an extension as well, that being Mark Andrews. I'm just wondering if it's a mistake to not get his extension done before Hunter Henry and Jonu Smith got their contracts from the Patriots. Mark has been more productive than both of those players over the last three seasons. So he might look at their deals and expect to deal larger than them which EDC might not want to do. We'd love to get your thoughts on this and blessings. Oh, I appreciate it. Teddy and that is a very good question because yes, Mark Andrews is certainly do. And I mean, of course he will look at those deals and be like, I'm better than them. I want more money than them. Why wouldn't he? And again, with the market, it's not always about who's the best. It's not always about who's better. It's about timing. It's about timing more than anything in the world when it comes to the market at whatever position it might be because you can have a quarterback that's really not as good as the best quarterback in the league but he could end up making more than the best quarterback in the league because he got paid after the best quarterback in the league got his money. That's just how it works. And it happens every single year at so many different positions. So I can't say it was a mistake that they didn't sign him before the Jono Smith deals or before Hunter Henry deal. It wasn't a mistake. It just hasn't happened yet. They got some stuff to figure out with Lamar Jackson, his deal and Mark Andrews. But Mark Andrews, it'll be tougher. I mean, it should be easier to get him squared away. I mean, they're forced to get him squared away sooner. Or actually, you know what? What they could do because Lamar, they picked up his fifth year option. What they could do with Mark Andrews just in case they can't get a deal worked out. They could actually, next year, they could franchise tag him because Lamar will be on his fifth year option and Mark Andrews will be a free agent. They could franchise tag him. So that would allow them to give him the average of the top five salary tight ends. And then that will give them some more time to work on a contract extension. Next question came from my boy Dylan. He said, I ain't gravy on the team. Keep it clean. Hope all is well and everything is smooth sailing right now. I apologize if I'm a bit late to the party but just wanted to throw my two cents in about a doffy away. I'm not going to talk about numbers or anything like that. Every supporter will find certain numbers relating to him and make the statement true to the best of their ability. Plus, I think it's a tad unfair on someone who is still so raw with the game. Instead, I want to talk about what I believe this pick from Baltimore represents to us as fans and to the team itself. If we look back over time from our drafting, do we do well on defensive picks? We do decent to say the least. However, what I like is the progressive aggressiveness that our picks are taking. I know people would have preferred an offensive lineman with pick 31 and maybe a way it was a bit of a reach but like I said, I love the aggressiveness of the pick. And in our division, which is Smash Mouth football, we need big, quick physical players from ballware to Suggs to McPhee to Bowser and I know there's a whole lot more in between. The one thing our pass rushers had above anything else was size. For a time now, I personally think that we have been behind the eight ball where we have been stuck in drafting a prototypical pass rusher who clogs up space more than anything else. With the right coaching and the willingness to progress, I can see why a way can be a boom pick rather than a bust. Also, we have literally just finished with the draft. Not everyone is going to be pleased. Just trust the management and let's see what happens. All the best and stay safe. Yeah, I mean with the Ravens, that certainly wasn't an aggressive pick but yeah, they are a team that has been built on defense obviously. Over the past couple of years, a lot has changed and they've had the number one scoring offense over the past two years, which is crazy. But it's a good crazy because we appreciate that. But with this pick, with Adafi away, you didn't make a good point. Ravens usually get those space eaters along the defensive line. Why do they do that? Well, because their number one job is to stop the run. That's why they do that. That's what they're looking first and foremost from their defensive linemen. They are trying to stop the run. They don't want anybody running on them. That's been the Ravens thing on defense literally for forever, for forever. But one thing that they have been lacking a bit at the pass rush position, especially recently over the past couple of like, Suggs was the last guy that was like that guy. But he was the last guy that was just like really that consistent threat like that. But what they've been lacking at the pass rush position has really been speed. It's been speed. And Adafi away, he brings that element of speed that like, it's crazy, man. He was faster than Bateman. He faster than his own receivers. And like the speed is real. When I watch them on him, the speed is real. It's not just a 4-3. It's not just a combine 4-3. He got on field in game speed too. So that'll be a nice element that gets brought to the defense. And I'm just, I'm curious to see how this thing works out, man. And I'm very curious. Like I said, I got Mike B's question from earlier. I'm very curious to see what his role is with the team and how he does moving forward. What type of impact he has.