 This offseason for the Baltimore Ravens, it started off really, really slow. And it had us thinking like, man, like, hey, wake up, do something, please. But then when it hit that turning point, it really never, ever stopped. And we went from being sad down in the dumps to, oh yeah, let's go, let's get it. And now the Ravens have given us so much to look forward to this upcoming season. But what should we be looking forward to? What should we be thinking about when it comes to these Baltimore Ravens this upcoming season? Well, I could tell you some things, but it'd be best if you heard it from somebody else. So in this episode, I brought on a very, very special guest to help us talk about all the things that we're looking forward to with our beloved Baltimore Ravens. And we doing this one for the flock, baby. Yeah, this feels like a dream. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, automated, automated. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right, engraving? Right, engraving. All right, so team, keep it clean. Very, very special guests in the building. Now I gotta know it from for the flock. First, before we get into things, introduce everybody to yourself, let them know who you are and exactly what it is that you do. Yeah, so as engraving said, the OG Ravens legend, YouTuber, man, they're watching, man, I gotta tell you, man, I've been watching you for years and I got a lot of respect for what you do. And I appreciate you having me on the channel. It's a huge honor. My name is Noah. Have a channel called for the flock. Try to do daily content as much as I can, all things Baltimore Ravens. And I just love football, love the Baltimore Ravens and love talking ball. And what made you get started with the channel? So I actually, years ago, probably six, seven years ago when I joined the Marine Corps, I started like a military channel doing like videos for how to get through boot camp, what boot camp is like and stuff like that. And just always wanted to start a YouTube channel. And then years later, I transitioned the channel to a Ravens channel. I was like super passionate about the Ravens, love talking about football. So I just started, just started going with it. Was really bad at it at first, man, the videos were terrible. And then I just slowly started to pick up some traction and here we are. All right, that's how it goes. We gotta get the cringe out the way early, man. Now me, I still got a lot of cringe that I put in there now, but it's all good. I don't even care no more. I just accepted like, wow, I don't care what people think anymore, man. I was just gonna, yeah. Yeah, especially if you're putting together videos that are especially football, because you know football fans, they're crazy. They're super, super crazy. So if you care like too much about what people think, it's gonna drive you crazy every single time. Every single video, every single time you press that record button, you're gonna be stressed out. So that'd be like, you know what? It is what it is. So if they like it, they can watch it, they don't have to. They can keep it moving, man. But hopefully they don't keep it moving. Hopefully they keep on watching it. But anyway, this off season for these Baltimore Ravens, it started off real, real slow, but then it picked up speed like that. And it really, I mean, I guess it technically kind of slowed down over the past week or so, but it's still been moving. But what was your favorite part of this Baltimore Ravens off season? Man, that's a good question. I gotta go with the low hanging fruit. I thought I'd think of something a little bit more non-typical, but the Lamar Jackson extension has to be my favorite just because it's like, bro, I remember there were so many times where I was like, Lamar's gone. Like he's not coming back. And then there were times where I'd be like, oh no, I think he's coming back and it was going back and forth. My emotions were all over the place with this whole thing because I mean, whenever you're a Ravens, whenever you're a fan of a team, you want something to look forward to, even like teams that are bad, right? Even teams that like, you know, had a terrible record. They have hope, you know, looking forward to like, draft pick, a new quarterback, they're gonna draft to whoever. But for a while, it felt like the Ravens like, there was just nothing to look forward to because it was like, are we drafting a quarterback? Are we, you know, gonna tag Lamar? Is he even happy? Does he even wanna be here? Like, you know, you don't want someone to be here just because they're tagged and financially contractually obligated. You want someone who wants to be here. So there was all that questions. And then all of a sudden, whenever I saw Lamar Jackson, you know, when the Ravens posted that video where he was like, you know, the next couple of years, it's gonna be a lot of flop. Oh man, yeah. Dude, that hit different. And like it, all things in the world were good. And it was like, okay, he wants to be here. So yeah, that was probably my favorite. And especially like the moment, like right there before the draft. So it was like, boom, boom. Like, and then it was Zay flowers. And yeah, just got me fired up all in a hurry. Yeah, yeah, that's true. And like stuff just kept happening back to back to back to back to back. And like you mentioned, when they signed Lamar Jackson, after they signed Lamar Jackson, it gave fans something to look forward to. Well, what are you looking forward to the most from these Baltimore Ravens this upcoming season? It's gotta be Tom Munkin. It's gotta be the revamped scheme. I, you know, I'm obviously excited for the new weapons, the new weaponry, Zay flowers, OBJ, these young tight ends, Nelson Aguilar, Rashad Bateman, like these weapons could be something special. But to me, it's more just a fresh scheme. I mean, sometimes like you get a new leader and a new energy in the room. And all of a sudden it's like, boom, like electricity in the room, everyone's fired up again, everyone's excited again. So that's what I'm looking forward to. And we're getting all these reports that Todd Munkin is like peppy during practices that he's involved, that he's, you know, like running things with passion. And that's what gets me fired up. It's just, you know, a new offensive scheme because it felt like, is it just me or did like each year that we watched Greg Roman, did the offense start to feel like more and more predictable? More and more stale, like, you know, as fans, it's almost like, if you know, when you see the Ravens line up in a formation and you have a good idea of what the play is going to be, do you not think that NFL defensive coordinators and players that do this for a living is not even known to? So like, that's my biggest thing. It's just a fresh injection of the scheme change. Yeah, that's true. And I'm looking forward to that as well because I feel like with Greg Roman, he was solid, but I feel like it had been time for a change for a little while now, probably like a couple of years and whatnot. And the Ravens, I felt like they were almost loyal to a fault to Giro, but it is what it is at this point. And now, yeah, like you mentioned, they got Todd Munkin. So fresh start for everybody. Now, with fresh starts, it's not always smooth sailing right from the jump. And with Todd Munkin, he got to install his offense, this new Ravens offense. So how do you feel about the possible growing pains? And do you think that the growing pains could take a little while to get through? How do you think that's gonna go as far as this new Ravens offense? You know, that's a really good question, something I hadn't really thought about with there being a new system, new terminology and everything. But as soon as you started mentioning that question, I instantly thought of, with Lamar Jackson, there's a certain floor that the offense is gonna be. Like, even if things aren't going perfectly in a game, you know, the Ravens offense is struggling. Lamar Jackson is still gonna be Lamar Jackson. And if everything's covered downfield, there's gonna be a certain level that the Ravens offense I just don't think is gonna go below. I mean, the talent is just, if all else fails, start at the 89. You know what I'm saying? Like, Lamar Jackson and Mark Andrews have that connection. JK Dobbins is a great running back. So to me, like the floor of the offense is pretty high because you got a strong offensive line and stuff starts in the trenches. The only, you know, new spot or, you know, questionable spot is the left guard spot. And there's some guys that are serviceable. At least you know Patrick McCory could go in there and start if he needed to. He's done it before and not be like a liability on the offensive line. So I think whenever you have a strong offensive line and then you have some players with chemistry like Lamar, Dobbins and Andrews, even with the other new players around them and the new scheme, I still think there's a certain level of like success that the Ravens offense will have. I like that. And when in doubt, throw it to 89. Now, something that you just talked about. And I didn't think about that, especially when thinking about this new offense that the Ravens are installing. There are some guys that already have some chemistry. That being Lamar Jackson and Mark Andrews, Lamar with J.K. Dobbins too. Even Lamar Jackson and Rashad Bateman as well. So that should make things easier when it comes to installing a new offense with those guys. And then of course building up that chemistry with everybody else as well. Now, they did sign Odell Beckham Jr. You just mentioned Nelson Aguilore. He also mentioned Zay Flowers a bit earlier. It's still Gus Edwards, Isaiah Likley, Charlie Kolor. A lot of different guys. Devin DuVernay, for now James Pro Shae Tyler while it's supposed to be our thing shake out there. But the Ravens have a lot of different options. They do. And that's a good thing. But do you think that it could be an issue with there being too many mouths to feed him? You know, I do. I do. I've thought about this. And when it comes to it, when you have this many talented pass catchers, there's gonna be some guys that may be frustrated. But one thing that you've talked about in your videos before that I wholeheartedly agree with is that winning covers a lot. Winning solves a lot of problems. So I believe if the Ravens are winning a lot of all games and maybe guys aren't getting the targets that they feel that they should get rightfully so, you know, if there's a game where Zay Flowers has five catches where Shod Bateman has six and Mark Andrews has nine and then you have OBJ with like one or two, I wouldn't surprise me if I saw a game like that, right? Because of the talent that you have, you know, there's only one ball like Todd Munkin made sure he clarified when it comes to getting the ball to these weapons. But I think if the Ravens are winning, it's gonna create a lot of band-aids on those maybe hurt feelings when it comes to a lack of a target share or whatever. Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, winning does cover up a lot. And still some emotions involved on the side but if you win, if you be like, ah, you know what? I get over it. I do wanna contribute, but I get over it. Now, flipping to the defensive side of the ball. How you feeling about that Ravens secondary post draft? Obviously, Marlon Humphrey's still there. And then they signed Rocky's scene, they drafted a Caillou and they still got some guys returning like Pepe Williams, Jalen Armand Davis, Keevon Seymour, Daryl Warley, I feel like I'm familiar, Ardarius Washington, Brandon Stevens. How you feeling about this secondary as a whole? I love this, I love this secondary under one condition. That's Marlon Humphrey's health. If Marlon Humphrey is healthy, I feel great about the entire secondary. You know, at the cornerback two-spot opposite of Marlon Humphrey, you know, you got Rocky Sen, who's the perceived starter, but you know, I wouldn't sleep on Jalen Armand Davis yet. He's really talented. He's got all the tools. He's a Bama guy. He just had some mental lapses and struggles early on in the season last year and some injuries. But I mean, between Jalen Armand Davis, Caillou, Blue Kelly, Rocky Sen, even Trayvon Mullen, Lamar's cousin, and some of the Brandon Stevens, like, the Ravens are going to be, like, they have enough talent in the room. The only thing that concerns me is if Marlon were to go down, that's like, Marlon's the guy that you can trust to erase or at least limit top wide receivers. We know, we play in the division that has Jamar, Chase, and T. Higgins. So my thing is, it's like, if you can put Marlon on Chase and say, bro, just don't give up five-touch now. Like, just keep him in check. You know what I'm saying? Like, just do your thing, keep him in check. You know, he'll have his catches here and there, but keep him in check. And then you can put safety help over the other guys that maybe, you know, you could put Rocky Sen, who's a real physical guy, on a bigger receiver like T. Higgins, and then put some safety help over the top. And then speaking of these safeties, man, maybe I'm being a homer here. Maybe I got the purple shades on. But I believe the Ravens have the best duo of safeties and linebackers in the NFL. Oh, man. I thought you were just going to say, like, AFC North or maybe AFC, but in it, oh. No, I cannot find. I've looked on all the safety duos. There's some close ones. Kyle Hamilton was one of the top-graded safeties last year. And he's going into year two. Marcus Williams had the most interceptions in the NFL before he went down with the injury, that wrist injury, and whenever they were playing Cincinnati. And you got really good depth behind them, too, or Darius Washington, Geno Stone, Brandon Stevens. And then the Ravens linebackers, man. Like, I'm looking around. And I know the Bengals have a pretty nice duo there, which you made Pratt and Logan Wilson. And there's some other teams that have good duos, but like, Queen and Roquon's a nasty duo. So I'm feeling great about the secondary and the defense as a whole. Now, before we talk about these linebackers, I want to stick with the safeties for a quick second. Were you able to hear Chuck Clark's comments? I saw a glimpse of it on Twitter earlier. Something about he felt disrespected by some of the comments that were made. Yeah, he said he felt disrespected by the Ravens. And he said part of it was when they drafted Kyle Hamilton, but he said it also had to do with, like, money and contracts and stuff like that. And he said he felt disrespected from the position that they put him in versus what he was told. So real quick, do you feel like Chuck Clark was put in a sort of tricky position last year at the safety? Yeah, I do. I mean, that's a tough spot to be in, because he recently was signed to the extension, had two years left on his contract. And the Ravens were just in a spot where they couldn't simply turn down Kyle Hamilton in the draft. I don't think they went into the draft thinking, we're going to take Hamilton or a safety for that matter early. But when they saw Kyle Hamilton, who was a top five, top 10 prospect, fall to them at 14, they were like, I'm sorry, Chuck. Like, I cannot let this type of talent go. But that's the NFL, man. I mean, this happens year after year. A young influx of talent comes in. But I will say Chuck handled it so well, so professionally. He was like, I am not going to let this kid take my job. And he didn't. I mean, he showed up to every single voluntary off-season workout, all the OTAs. And he could have kept away and been frustrated or whatever. He's like, I'm just not letting this kid take my job. And week one wrote around, and Chuck Clark was a starting strong safety. And Kyle Hamilton didn't start until later in the year. And that wasn't even in Chuck's role. That was more of a nickel guy. So Chuck handled it really well. But it's the NFL. Players come in, and you've got to compete. You've got to keep your relevance. That's true. And somebody else who's in sort of a similar position will be Patrick Queen. Because the Baltimore Ravens, of course, last year, right before the trade deadline, they traded for Roquan Smith. This off-season, they drafted Trent Simpson. I know a lot of people are feeling like, oh, man, that's really the end for Patrick Queen. Now, me, I've been pleasantly surprised that Patrick Queen right now is still on the team. Because as soon as they traded for Roquan Smith last year, I thought that, oh, yeah, Patrick Queen this off-season, he's going to be going for the Ravens. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, my preference was always that they keep him. Because I'm like, hey, the more talent you have, the better. But I didn't see it happening with them keeping him. But for him to be there, it's been great. And you mentioned with Chuck Clark with how he handled everything that went on. And he requested to be traded last year. But it obviously didn't happen. He stuck around. You didn't hear anything from him. He didn't make a public scene or anything like that, which showed a lot of maturity on his part. But yeah, somebody else who's going through a lot of the same is Patrick Queen. Now, with him, and getting you talked about, you feel like they, the Baltimore Ravens have one of the, or the top lineback and duo, not an AFC nor, not an AFC, but in the NFL. I put my stamp on it right there. OK, irrespective. So with Patrick Queen, how do you feel about him being on this team? How do you feel about the future of Patrick Queen this year? Well, similar to what you were mentioning, I thought that the Ravens were going to trade Patrick Queen either before the draft, during the draft, or shortly after. But hearing the recent comments from Eric Tecasa saying that it would, him not picking up the fifth year option on Queen, at first I was like, oh, he's gone, like the Ravens. But then he was like, no, like we just, that was a more of a financial, you know, contractual move than it was, we don't want Patrick Queen. Like they said they wanted to work on an extension with them. So if the Ravens and Patrick Queen can find the right number, you know, if Queen wants to be here and he's wants to remain next to Roquan Smith and the rest of this defense, I think that they can make something work as far as an extension. But if his goal is just to go out and ball out this year and then get the biggest payday he possibly can, I respect him for it. But maybe in that case, the Ravens and him won't be, because I think some other team would offer him more money than the Ravens would be willing to match after paying Roquan, Lamar. But I do think Patrick Queen has handled it well. He's already been, he was shown at the OTAs yesterday, and I believe the football school as well. So he's also in the same boat like, hey, I'm here. Like he ain't letting no young kid, you know, take a spot. So I think if the Ravens can keep that line backer duo together, that would be something special. I mean, because he is so good at disrupting. I know sometimes he'll miss a tackle here or there, have a cover's lapse. But like the big splash plays that he makes are impactful. I mean, they are a game authoring. You can feel the energy on the defense whenever he like bursts into the backfield and blows up a play, or he comes in and rocks a quarterback on a blitz. Like when he shoots that agap, I mean, he comes in fast and he hits hard. You know, some players, like just the sheer energy they can bring, I think Queen is one of those guys that when he makes a play, like his teammates are happy, his teammates are fired up, and I would love to see them keep that linebacker duo intact. Yeah, I would love to as well. That would be nice. But like you mentioned, Queen is an excellent, excellent, excellent blitzer. And getting to the quarterback is of the essence. It's very important, especially in today's NFL, because it is a passing league. But if you can stop the passer from passing, yeah, that'll put you in some good shape. But the Ravens, right now, going into this season, where we are right now, Justin Houston, not back yet, at least. Kaleas Campbell went over to Atlanta. They just recently released Daylan Hayes. And I know he wasn't an impact player for the Ravens yet, but they just released him. So now, we're looking at David Ajabo, Madafe away, Tyus Bowser. How do you feel about Ravens pass rush at this point of the offseason? I think it'll make or break their defense. I think the Ravens, OK, I'll say it this way. The Ravens defense will be good regardless. I think if these pass rushers just are average, the Ravens defense will still be good, because they have great linebackers, great secondary players, and a nice scheme. I still think they'll have a solid defense. But the biggest difference in them having an elite defense, a top five, a top three defense, is that these guys can get consistent pressure. And I really do, I feel like Ajabo is that guy. I mean, I do, he was a top 15 talent. And I saw him mocked before his Achilles' tear in the top 15 on several occasions. He has elite athleticism, ran in the four fives. He's got natural bend, natural spin, pass rushing moves, a feel for how to hit quarterbacks. And one of the biggest underrated things was his ability to get that ball out. Whenever he hits a quarterback, he just had a natural swipe to punch the ball out. And you saw in college, he led, he set one of the records for the most force fumbles, most force sack fumbles. And then his first sack in the NFL was, hello, Joe Burrow. Thank you very much. I'm going to go ahead and take that ball from you. And that was beautiful. I mean, and that was in a game where, wasn't that one of the games where we had like Anthony Brown starting or something? It was, I think it was Josh Johnson. No, not Josh Johnson. Maybe it was Anthony Brown. Yeah, you might be right. Yeah, but I mean, he's got some talent. And then Owe, even if we saw like the rookie year version of Owe, where he makes some big splash plays. And he has between five and eight sacks. I still think Ojabo is going to leave the team in sacks this year. I just, that's my prediction. And I also believe that Bowser, let's not forget that like, before his Achilles' tear, I think the season that he was fully healthy had eight sacks. So he was starting to kind of ascend as a consistent rusher as well. I like Bowser. But I still think there's a, it's like, for me, it's hit or miss. I go back and forth because I believe there's room for a veteran in the past rush room. And I kind of want the Ravens to add a proven guy, like maybe a Leonard Floyd, Justin Houston, Frank Clark, one of those veteran guys out there. But then part of me is like, well, I just want to see what these young guys got. Because if you get a veteran, it's like almost kind of assumed that they're going to get a certain amount of snaps. Like they're going to want their playing time. They're going to want to on third down, go out and get the quarterback. And I almost feel like it's like an insurance policy. If you add a vet, it's like if the young guys aren't working out early in the season, they can kind of pull that leash in a little bit, let the veteran have some more snaps. But part of me just wants to see the young guys go. But then part of me, on the other hand, is like, yeah, we could use another veteran in the room. What are your thoughts on that? I think I will go with a veteran just to play it safe, just to try to cover everything that you possibly can. Better to be safe than sorry. And it's like one of those things where, OK, well, if you get a veteran, worst case scenario, which would actually be a good case scenario, is if the young guys, they out there doing their thing. And it's like, oh, man, we don't even need this veteran. OK, great. Well, you got somebody that you, whether you can put them on a sign them to the practice squad or you just release them straight up or whatever. You just got somebody who's you got somebody in the reserves and whatnot. So that's that's what I would hope for. Because with a doubt, fail away. It's been it's been tricky with a doubt, fail away. And it's like, I know us as fans, we can feel frustrated for him because we see him get so close so many times. And he mentioned it in a presser about a week ago about just how he's he's been getting close, but just hasn't been able to finish yet. So it's there. It's right there. It's just a matter of him just making that jump. So hopefully with his boy, a job opposite him, they can make a lot of noise. Happy. Yeah. Yeah. And those interior guys too. I mean, I think it was like, Matt BK had five sacks last year. And I could see him with the uptick in snaps. You know, with Kileas Campbell going. Right. If I could see him in the eight sack range and really emerge as one of, you know, the top 10 interior rushers in the NFL, I think he has that potential. He's worked with, he's worked with Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald, right? Yeah. And the tools are there. I mean, and you've seen it, you mean, there's been times where he just makes a guard look silly. Like either, you know, just knock some right down back on his butt with his power or uses his speed and then his, you know, gap penetrating ability to just shoot a gap and, you know, blow up a play. But Matt BK has got all the tools. And then another guy that I really like is Brody, Project Washington man. Like he has really shown some good stuff as well. And I think with some more snaps for him, he'll do some good things. And then I was actually listening to Mike McDonald's interview today. And he mentioned that he thinks Michael Pierce is an underrated past rusher. I'm tripping. I'm tripping because every time we talk about the defensive line, I always remember Travis Jones, Broderick Washington, Matt BK. I always forget about Michael Pierce every single time. And yeah, he's there too. So yeah. And like, yeah, last year he, we got hurt. And I think the first game of the season, I think. Yeah, it was early. Yeah. And he, but I will say that he's already showed up in the Ravens facility. I saw a picture of him. He looks pretty good. He's working on his body. And he's there. He's in the building. So I'm excited about the defensive line. And the past rush could look like. But I think it's just, if it's elite, if the past rush is able to get there with four guys consistently, especially, yeah. And it's like in our division, man, we got to deal with Deshaun Watson and Maury Cooper. They just traded for a who Elijah Moore. They got in Joku. They got weapons over there. Let's not act like they don't. And you know, the bangles, you already know. Yeah. So it's like you want as many guys in the secondary to drop into coverage as possible to make, because it takes one guy to get a hand on a ball and you get a lucky bounce. You get a turnover or whatever. So if you can get that consistently, where those four guys can get pressure on the quarterback, I think we'll have a top five defensive unit. Oh, yeah, for sure. That'd be nice. Now, last question before we get out of here. What do you feel the Ravens floor and ceiling is this year? Are we just we're assuming health, right? Yeah, yeah. OK, so if we're relatively healthy, I don't see. Man, I'm going to sound like a Homer again, man. It's all good. I don't see the Ravens losing or I'm sorry. I don't see the Ravens winning less than 11 games. Oh, OK. Yeah, I think that sounds too homery. And I think their ceiling is. Fifteen. Oh, I mean, it's a good team, man. I mean, yeah, it is. I think I really think they're the Ravens. I'm I know I talk about the Ravens and the Ravens is my team and my channel. But I just looking at the roster top to bottom and it's not just the rock. It's like you got so many players now that are healthy. Like, can we not forget that, like, Ronnie Stanley, you're starting left tackle, who is one of like when you're building a roster, you're looking at quarterback left tackle, you know, edge rush like that's one of the spots that is set. And Ronnie Stanley didn't even get out there until like week five last year. And then he was working on working off from injury. And so, I mean, in a J.K. Dobbins, I think he's about to explode. Bowser healthy, like a lot of guys that were coming and recovering off major injuries, you know, and a new exciting scheme that's going to I think going to catch some teams off guard, especially earlier in the year, you know, because we have not really seen a Lamar Jackson offense without Greg Roman. Like we saw a couple of games Lamar's rookie year with who was it? Morning. Yeah, Marty, one away. Yeah. Yeah. We saw a couple of games of it. And then we got Greg Roman for years. So we don't really don't know what it's going to look like. And I think it's going to catch a lot of teams off guard. That's a really, really good point. Didn't think about that. It's true. Yeah, we never seen Lamar without Jiro, really. So, yeah, that makes me that much more excited for this upcoming season, just to think about that alone. But Noah, I appreciate you very, very, very, very much for coming on and especially again, coming through on such a short notice, too. My honor, for one more time for everybody. Let them know where they can find you at. I'll have everything down below in the description, too, just to make it easier. But let everybody know where they can find you at before we get out of here. I appreciate it, man. So just for the flock on YouTube, F-O-R-T-H-E flock. And then I am on Twitter as well for the flock, but with a four, the number instead of spelled out. So, yeah, man, we'd love to see you guys on here. And, and Graven, I really appreciate you having me on. For sure. Really appreciate everything you've done in the Ravens community, man. You've been awesome. That's all good, man. I appreciate you coming on, man. And again, for those that just to get y'all backstory, I asked him today to come on and he was able to come on today. So shout out to him for that. So that's super, super late notice. But anyway, appreciate it. Thank you, Team Keep It Clean. Appreciate y'all watching. 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