 The start to this new league year has been crazy and I mean the craziness started before the new league year even began It started even before the legal tampering period of free agency began and it started even before The official free agency began. It's just been an ongoing thing for like these past Seven days it has been crazy with big signings big trades big all of this and we've been trying to keep up with everything And it's been a lot it's been fun, but it's been a lot and the Ravens have been part of it too Of course with them stepping way out of their comfort zone and signing a young player In his prime who didn't play for the Ravens an outside player And Marcus Williams to a big big money significant deal like that's not very Raven like they don't do that type of stuff now the Moses the Morgan Moses deal that that's a Ravens deal. The uh, the Michael Pierce deal That's a Ravens deal as well. But and we still appreciate that they were making these moves. This is Darius Smith when that was like I guess that's that was a Ravens deal too because it was a cheaper deal Uh, wasn't market value and since it wasn't market value. That was a Darius Smith said I'm out doing this but anyway, um If I take you back a little bit We talked about um months ago how we felt like the Ravens just this offseason They really needed to change a lot with their philosophy Uh, a lot needed to just be different if they were gonna have some significant success And I still do stand by that. Uh, I still been talking about that. I talked about how they should they need to be quality over quantity Uh, I talked about how they just just how they approach the offseason in general It just needs to be a lot different I talked about how they need to stop and again in my opinion They need to stop wanting to keep every single last draft picking rack up on draft pick traffic No, it's okay to come out come off of some of those But my my thing with them in the offseason is that I just felt like they needed to be more Aggressive you do not have to reach the level of ram style aggressive because I feel like with a lot of Ravens fans When you talk about the Ravens being more aggressive The first thing they think about is the Rams and I can understand why but it's like with Ravens fans They they think to an extreme. Usually it's an extreme negative. Uh, we were in the spaces yesterday Skepticoke brought out such a great point and it's so true Ravens fans have been conditioned to think that the Ravens really going all in for a player really getting those Significant players in their primes really getting those key different difference makers Ravens fans have been conditioned to think that it's going to be a bad thing that it's not going to work out That that player is going to get hurt that that player is not worth it Oh, what about the salary cap that Ravens fans have been so conditioned to think the worst and think so negative When it comes to acquiring significant talent to really make a difference on the roster And I think Ravens fans have been thinking that way because it seems as if the front office has sort of operated that way They they they will have a lot of draft picks. They'll sign some players now. Don't get me wrong. They'll sign some players Um, but they don't really make those they don't they don't really get the big difference makers like that like that for the significant money And you know, you can't get huge difference makers at every single position You know that well unless you the Rams Rams could do it, but you know, you know, you can't really do it at every single position but Just doing it more just really getting after because right now like the Ravens they stepped out of their comfort zone this off season They did some some things was like, oh Okay, Raven. I see. Well, mainly the markets Williams deal the rest of the deal. They were pretty Raven like um, but They got to do more. They got to play catch up now Ravens got to play catch up now because it was looking like and we know that their roster even with all the guys that they got Coming back. Yeah, they're gonna be straight They're gonna be straight and I expect them to be in the playoff even though Hey, you know, Joe Burrow and then Bengals they were working on the offensive line and they still got a whole draft to do too Uh, you know, the Browns, they just got to Sean Watson And even if he gets suspended for half a long He'll be back and he'll have some games against the Ravens And then the Steelers, yeah, they got Mr. Biscay, but you know Steelers, they always messing around But I don't expect them to do anything significant right here right now, but it's still early in the off season so we'll see but Just within their own division Ravens they gonna they're gonna have a whole lot of work to do like a whole lot But then you think about outside the division too Teams are really like showing. Hey, no, no, no, we are not messing around We're not taking this patient approach. We're not taking a oh Let's wait and see and I hear another thing that I hear a lot from a lot of Ravens fans Oh, man, y'all y'all want the Ravens to play the short game Oh, y'all y'all want to win and go all in right here right now, but what about 10 to 12 years down the road? Why do we have this like this thinking to where 10 to 12 years down the road We're not talking about your personal savings account or something like that We're not talking about sending your kids to cotton. No, no, no We're talking about the Ravens competing for Super Bowls Not just being a competitive team not just being a team that oh, well, they tried they were in a figure thing Well, at least they made it to the play. No, no, no I I feel like the goal should be for the Ravens to win Super Bowls Super Bowls not just be around not just Here but we're in the playoff. We made the play. No, no, no the goal is to win is to win The NFL is much different than it used to be Ravens approach It worked back then it worked in 2012 It worked back then it worked in two that well, it was a different approach back in 2000 But their approach is not with the current times And that's one of the philosophies that I talked about I felt needed to change big time Their approach It should be different They gotta get with the times one of those philosophies that I feel should change is the way that they run their offense Now last year it looked like it was starting to change But I think that was because it was really they were forced to change it do the injuries They lost all that running backs the offensive line was banged up. They're like, oh, we got to pass heavy We can't run them off for nothing. We got to pass heavy our running game is Lamar Jackson And I mean you really look at the past couple years It Lamar Jackson has always been a Ravens run game as long as he's been here He has been like I saw one of my guys. I think it was time to fly He put it on twitter He put up the numbers when he put up the Ravens Russian numbers and Ravens have obviously been one of the best Russian teams in the league over the past couple of years I mean if you put all the years Lamar Jackson's been here together and been starting They've been the number one Russian team, I believe But then he put up the numbers with Lamar Jackson Russian then he put up the numbers without Lamar Jackson Right. He took away Lamar Jackson's Russian yards and then it was like, oh, okay. All right. Well Why are they that great of a Russian team? But you can't take away Lamar Jackson's Russian yards But the point in that is that Lamar jack that that just increases Lamar Jackson's value because a lot of people have been saying They make the jokes about him being rb1 a lot of outside teams and some inside fans too They make the joke about Lamar Jackson being running back one, but in all actuality Ravens asked him with how much he runs and how much he contributes to the run game Especially a lot of a lot of these runs are designed And that's a part of the philosophy I would love for them to change too. Take away a lot of them design runs if Lamar takes off Let him take off. Those would be some of the best takeoffs. Anyway, when he decides. All right, you know what? I'm out but Ravens they they they run him they treat him like he's qb1 and he's got to be rb1 too He got to be the running back one too Because they they they run him so much. It's so many designs So many oh my goodness. It's so many and some of them are just so cringy They come at the worst times and it it seems like it's like when all else fails This is another part of the philosophy change that we talked about again This is nothing new But it seems a lot of times when all else fails with uh with the offense they like all right, Lamar Just run we'll do a design run And this is why again a lot of us have been saying Hey, go all in like look look at the past couple of Super Bowl winners And look at the people who have really been like in in the thick of things till the very end We look at the Rams You know their approach You know their approach is a let's get it We we going for it all the time and they stick with that That's them forget those draft picks as you all know they go all in and look at look By golly gee they won a Super Bowl that way and they were just in a Super Bowl a couple years back Even though they weren't supposed to be there now the whole little passing interference thing, but they won it this year And then with the bingles with the bingles is different because the bingles they did uh Well the bingles they changed their approach to now Because the bingles they it was a mix of a couple of things one Is something that you don't want the Ravens to go through because one was the bingles They will be losing losing losing so they get all these super high draft picks That was one part, but then last year they were like hold up We we got wow. We got the special guy in Jamar Chase, but you know what? Let's go out and actually really spend some money in free agent like let's really spend some money In free agency And they went out and did that boom Super Bowl They got to the Super Bowl Then we go to the previous year the the Bucks The Bucks and it's like with the Bucks. I I feel like I don't hear people talk about this enough The Bucks went all in to build a roster and get a Super Bowl They signed Tom Brady. Of course, you know, you signing Tom Brady. You signing the referees. You signing the NFL You signing the league too. So you gotta look so but still they signed Tom Brady They went, you know what? We got some real good. We got Mike Evans. We got Chris Galvin Let's get Antonio Brown too Come on, bring him. You know what? Let's trade for Rob Gronkowski. Bring him You know what? Let's get for for that too bring them They still went all in with and there was other guys too, but they still went all in with building that roster You see look at them there with Brady coming back. They lost a couple guys But they like, you know what? Let's let's trade for one of the better guards in the league from the Patriots I don't know what Brady got. Well, he obviously got something on the Patriots because he was there for the longest So he got plenty on him. He said give me shack loss. Give me him Give me him. Give me him now So it's like these guys These teams and then you can go to the chiefs too chiefs They they they'll just sign juju They still got Tyreek Hill. They still got Travis Kelsley. Still got McCall Harbor. They still signed juju And I know as much as you're Ravens fan, that's fine. You probably like juju. Sorry No, he's not And and chiefs are always looking to get better especially on office They always looking to sign playmakers if somebody comes available chiefs are always looking at them Always every time never fails ever They always like and y'all know too any time you see a significant player released Uh, they they're a free agent chiefs always. Oh, hey, we interested And a lot of time they try to make a move and that's on defense too Now they look for them playmakers on defense like they really try to build up the office But they look for significant playmakers on defense as well So but when you look at that you look at the guys and then look at the bills too Look at the bills The bills signed Josh Allen. They brought in Stefan They do just they they all that stuff about oh man If you sign a quarterback to a long-term deal, then you're not going to be able to build around them That's garbage. That's false. That is not true That's not true Because Josh Allen he he doesn't he doesn't he have a big deal? Yeah, he does I think so These dudes just signed Varmilla to the what the Joe Flacco contract six years 120 mil It's two 32 years old got a six year 120 mil contract And I know he's not going to get a full 120 mil, but it's still a lot of money Still a lot of money and the bills stay continuing to build up that roster around Josh Allen Bill's roster is nice. They did just finally get rid of cold bees. You know, they've been want to get rid of cold Beesie for a long time, but they just got rid of cold Beesie But you know, they're going to replace him with something nice They I remember when they signed Emmanuel Sanders, of course, they drafted Gabe Davis and we know about Stefan But the bills they've been doing this thing too, man And look where it took them Look look where it got them. Oh To the uh, wow, they they got that foreign to play. Oh, wow A couple times tuna past couple years And it it did end in heartbreak, but They got this somebody gotta lose everybody can't win every year But then then you look at the writers that look at the whole afc. Oh my goodness. Look at the whole afc West. Look what they are doing to go all the the Broncos Broncos brought on Russell Wilson. They, um, They got the pass rusher from the Cowboys. I always forget whether it's Randy Gregory or Demarcus Lawrence. I think it's Randy Gregory though either way. Um, so they they've been doing this What they doing that thing this all season? Uh, the chiefs we talked about them already the charges. Oh, we got a joey bolster So it's like they have a quality pass rusher who has been producing. You know what? Let's get another one Let's get another one. They will out go out and get Khalil Mack Signed Mike Williams to his huge deal like and they they are really taking significant advantage of Justin Herbert being on his rookie deal. They're really taking significant advantage. It's too late for the Ravens to do that That that's that's long gone Lamar boom 23 mil right right up right right now Right now and now Lamar Jackson probably looking at you. You know, not even probably looking You know, he's looking at that to Sean Watson contract like Oh Fully guarantee. Oh fully But my jacks gonna be like don't talk to me Don't talk to me unless that's where you start but anyway, um So they going in and then the Raiders Raiders bring on Chandler Jones for 17 mil per they just signed Max Crosby. Look at it. See this is what I'm talking about You see teams they have quality already They have they had Max Crosby. They just signed him to that big deal. They said, you know what? No Bringing more quality bringing more high quality Chandler Jones 17 mil per brought him on men on a big deal too Got ready in the king gateway, but brought in Chandler Jones Then they like oh they getting ready to pay Derek Carr too by the way, but now they bringing in uh davante Adams It's like man What like And they got they got some decent receivers now and they got Darren Waller But they like no no no no we are gonna keep trying to add more high quality players because we trying to win And that's what I'm talking. That's why I feel like the Ravens are behind They're behind And it's like it's crazy how behind I feel like they are because They actually did step out of their comfort zone a little bit this offseason, but Right now it's still not enough now. I'm not saying oh man off season is over. Oh, that's terrible, but The Ravens got to step up They got to step up in a major major major major way because they are far behind right now A lot of Ravens fans when you think about when you talk about them adding more quality players to the team Like we talk about adding a quality wide receiver to the team That's a conversation that we've had a lot of times And I've been saying I feel like they're gonna do it through the draft this year But even if they did it through like a guy that was like that Do it whether it be trade whether it's a well free agency It could do some stuff there, but whether it be trade if they acquired a guy who is like that Like really like that and it could be a rookie too now, but either way And some people say oh, whoa, what about Bateman? What about Hollywood? Yeah, we have quality guys already. Why not add more? Why not add more a lot of Ravens fans just want to Settle they they don't they want they don't want everybody's job to be made easier That's something that we talked about earlier this offseason two make everybody's job easier Make Lamar Jackson's job easier build up the offensive line Make Hollywood's job easier have other significant wide receivers make Michelle Bateman's job easier have other significant wide receivers Make Mark Andrews job easier have other significant tight ends of wide receivers and pass catchers Make jk's make Gus Edwards make all of their jobs easier from having other building up the offensive line Defense get an interior pass rusher make Patrick Queen's job easier Get another linebacker make Patrick Queen's job easier have an interior pass rush and make the cornerbacks the secondary the linebacker's job easier Have a pass rush You see what i'm saying The the job should be to make everybody's job easier. How do you do that by making the opponent's job harder?