 What's a good explanation as to why the Ravens treat Tyson Williams the way that they do? Should the Ravens bench inside linebacker Patrick Queen? Is there a health issue that nobody's talking about going on with Marlon Humphrey? These and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. YouTube Team Keep It Clean, what's going on is to engrave in here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from subs. A series where you can ask me any NFL question you want and we answer it in a video just like this. If you're a part of it you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com or for the patrons. You know y'all can already send directly on Patreon, y'all ain't gotta go through all the hoops and all of that. Anyway, Team Keep It Clean, I love y'all, I appreciate y'all, we got some good questions as we always do every single time, let's do it. First question came from my guy Darryl W. He said, what's good in Graven, thank you for always bringing quality content to the flock. We truly appreciate you, I appreciate y'all man, like straight up because it's y'all that are the crazy ones that watch this stuff every day, so I appreciate y'all for supporting the way y'all do. Now my question is, how are we treating Tyson Williams? I get it, he fumbled, he's not the first and most certainly won't be the last, but it's amazing how other players can have continual bad performances and we stick by them. Lamar had fumbling issues his first year and we stood by him. Well that's a little different because that's your first round draft, pick your quarterback, your neck of franchise quarterback, and so that's a little bit different with that one. Hollywood had some big drops and we stood by him. Again, different because that's your first round draft pick, your wide receiver, who your quarterback hand picked for you to select, so that's a little different scenario there too. Queen came tackle worth anything and we stand by him. Oh, that won't hurt my heart, but again, first round draft pick, big investment, so much different. He said, I think Hobbes needs to drop that doghouse policy. Williams is surrounded by good players who will pick him up and help him get better. I love that. I don't see Clyde Edwards at Lair on the bench and he had a fumble that arguably cost the chiefs the game. If this is the way we're gonna treat him, maybe we should treat him and I hope he balls out the way Waller has for the Raiders. What do you think in that doghouse? But Tyson Williams, yes, he best runner on the team and not even close. I just with him, it's a weird situation, man, because the Ravens, they've been struggling running the ball all year. He has given them their best running plays, obviously, besides Lamar Jackson, but yeah, just those two have been given the best running plays. Under other running backs, they'll get like maybe three, four yards pop, but with Tyson, Ravens just simply aren't invested in him. That's all it is. They're not invested in him. So the fact that that's the reason why they'll bench him, they had him inactive for the game, that's why they don't care that they don't give him any carries like that. That's why it seems like they may be sort of phasing him out because they're not invested in him. And that's it. He wasn't a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh round pick. He was an undrafted rookie free agent. He was on the team last year. And then this year, he only got his opportunity because literally everybody got hurt. And I think the Ravens view it just like that, like, hey, yeah, we hope that he does well when we do give him chances, but we don't have to give him chances because it is what it is. He fumbled it because he's already on a short leash because the Ravens, and again, they signed all those running backs. And so he was already on a short leash. So with him, when he walked into that doghouse, he was probably, he already probably had one foot in there because they were like, man, if you make one mistake in front of first game, he had the fumble. So and then, of course, the fumble on the goal line against the chiefs and those were potentially some big play. Now he didn't, they didn't lose those fumbles, but still they were fumbles and they could potentially lose them. But it does seem like he, if those rumors about the Ravens possibly trading or running back or receiving offers for their running back are true. Yeah, I feel like it could be Tyson too because, again, they just simply are not invested in them. Next question came from my boy Howard. He said, what's happening in Raven? This is more of a comment than a question. I swear, I hate when our Ravens play on Monday nights. Not because of the big stage or national audience. I hate ESPN's broadcast team. Oh, that's a strong word now. He said, it's more than obvious. They don't like the Ravens. Just listen closely to the call and all the commentators talk about as the other team all night long. Doesn't matter if we're on offense or defense or if we're home or away. It might just be me, but curious on your thoughts about that hashtag Raven Nation. Now me, I, because, you know, we'd be doing the streams during the game, so I can't really hear much that they're saying about the Ravens. I listened to it a little bit before, like, maybe like 20 minutes before we start the stream. And I turn on ESPN and see what it's looking like. And it's nice to see the stadium because it makes you miss it a lot. If you haven't been in a while, it makes you miss it a lot. And I have not been there since, obviously, not last year at all. I think the Titans playoff game. Yeah, Titans playoff game was the last game, the last Ravens game that I went to. And then we went to the thing this off-season, the whatever it's called. Man, I forgot what it's called. But anyway, so yeah, I can't really hear what they're saying. But I mean, it is what it is. It's part of the commentary. And something that I forgot where I was watching it. I think it might have been Strong Opinion Sports. But he was saying that with ESPN, what they do is they just try to find out which topic, which headline is going to upset the people watching. That's what we're going to go with. And I mean, it seems like if that's what they're doing with the commentary, too, then it's working. How was the next question? He said, what's happening in Raven? I was just thinking about the Ravens game last night as well as all of our games so far. The focus in my thinking was on one of our deficiencies on our defense. I think it might be time to switch Patrick Queen out of the Mike linebacker spot and into the Will linebacker spot and either see what Malik Harrison can do at the Mike spot or just put Josh Bynes back in the starting lineup like they did back in 2019. Remember when our former linebacker, 48, Patrick Onwasu, he said, I'm not spelling his last name. He just put Patrick, oh, I added the Onwasu. But anyway, he said, remember when Patrick played well in the Will spot in 2018, but it didn't work with him playing at the Mike in the beginning of 2019. So they brought Bynes and Fortin to stabilize the inside linebacker group. That's true. That's a good point. Really good point. I'm thinking that might work with Queen. I'm curious to know your thoughts on my idea. For Patrick Queen, man. It's been a lot of talk on Patrick Queen moving him, possibly benching him, replacing him with a Josh Bynes who is there, who they brought back. And that's not really a good look if your team has four linebackers, four inside linebackers, Patrick Queen, Malik Harrison, Chris Board, and Christian Welch. And they still signed a veteran inside linebacker to the practice squad. So that lets you know how they feel about the current group of linebackers. And that's whether you as one of those linebackers like it or not. So should they bench Patrick Queen or change his position? It is very tough to say because it has been a struggle. And they have benched him throughout some games. They've sat him down. They brought him out on some third downs. They sat him for a little while. But then in coverage, what do you do? Do you move Tyus Bowser back there to cover? Because Malik Harrison, he struggled in coverage. Patrick Queen, he struggled in coverage. Board, I do not remember how he did in coverage. I know toward the end of the Chiefs game, they had him out there. Because Malik Harrison was on Travis Kels. And that's Travis Kels, but still. He was dogging Malik Harrison all night, man. All night, he was dogging. They brought out Chris Board and quieted down for Travis Kels. But with Patrick Queen, first round pick. So there is that investment. The investment is there. But at the same time, we have seen first round picks. We've seen them get traded faster than ever nowadays. But with Patrick Queen, they just got to really work on the fundamentals, man. And it's crazy to think about it and see it. But they really got to work on those fundamentals, man. They have to because the speed is there. And it's crazy because I remember when I watched him, when I watched film on him back when the Ravens drafted him, my biggest thing was like, OK, he's fast. He's fast. But I just felt like he was too small. I felt like he was too small. I felt like he needed to put some weight on. I felt like he needed to just get a little bit stronger for the NFL. And remember, there was another guy back in, what, 96, where he got drafted and he said he was too small. He said he was fast, but he said he was too small to play linebacker. And it worked out pretty good for him in the long run. That being Ray Lewis. But with Patrick Queen, I just felt the same thing. And then I remember when he came out and he was saying that people felt like he was too small. But he's saying that he didn't pay no attention to that. Then he could end up getting bigger. He ended up putting on weight. So it's like the Ravens, they saw the same thing that he might have been a little bit too small. But it seems like everything that I saw myself and the opinions that I formed on Patrick Queen from when we drafted them. It seemed like some of that stuff came to fruition. He's not a bad player, but just the tackling. I mean, as a linebacker, you got to tackle. And again, the strength and again, they're getting pushed back. And again, people are going to get pushed back. It's going to happen every now and then. But as a linebacker, you don't want it to happen like every now and then and then now and then again. So I mean, my solution to it, I don't even know, man, because it's like they've been and it's only been five games. But we've seen that same struggle though. But thank goodness the Ravens had won four out of the five games. But with Patrick Queen, it's just the situation, as you could tell. I'm flustered by it because I don't know. Because you hear about them say, oh, yeah, the Ravens putting on pass today in practice because they're going to work on tackling. And then you saw what happened. And then they did it again. They did it again. And then I think the whole pass thing, they talked about that. The week before the Broncos, yeah, the week leading up to the Broncos game. And then there was some bad tag on that game too. And then the following week leading up to the Coles game, like, oh, yeah, they put on pass today to practice tackling. They're working on tackling drills. And then you saw the Coles game. Tackling was terrible through all four quarters. Now it wasn't terrible through five quarters because the Ravens, they were only on offense. So with that being said, I just, I really don't know what to do. Maybe if he was to get benched, like really benched, not just a temporary bench, but really benched in the game, then it could serve as a wake-up call, possibly. And that could just really give him that extra motivation because with different people, everybody's not motivated the same. Everybody's not pushed the same. Everybody doesn't react to, I don't want to say punishment, but they don't react to... Punishment is not the word. I'm too much in dad mode right now. Everybody doesn't react to whether it be criticism or I can't think of the word right now. They don't react to it the same. But so they will just have to find, try different ways with Patrick Queen to just really try to get them back, get them better, get them wrapping up. Because again, the whole Marlon Humphrey thing too. Marlon Humphrey telling his dude on the field, he knows the cameras are watching. He knows they under the lights on the field telling Patrick Queen, wrap up, wrap up. And this dude, you could see how frustrated he was. And it reminded me of the whole Chuck Clark and Earl Thomas thing. Not, obviously they're not fighting, not even saying like that, but to where you could tell it was this pent up frustration, something that had been building, didn't just come out of nowhere, but something that had been building with Marlon Humphrey toward Patrick Queen. Not no beef or nothing like that, but just a frustration when it comes to the tackling, to where he, to me, this is my opinion. It just looked like he'd been holding back for so long, holding back, holding back, and then he's like, just wrap up, man. So I just, I really don't know what the solution to it would be. Because he's a first round pick, so again, the investment is there and he don't just want to bench him, but at the same time, you want what the best move would be for the football team as a whole. Now Malik Harrison, he's a really good tackler. Really good tackler, very physical guy. Doesn't have the same speed as a Patrick Queen. Patrick Queen been great on the blitz. Maybe you could switch them for a game. I don't know, man. Maybe you could do that. Will Malik be able to handle that role? Hey, throw it at him and see. Throw it at him and see. What's the worst that could happen? Next question came from my guy, Lance. He said, hope your day is going well, but I'm going to get straight to it. I want to know if you believe Mark Andrews with the way that he has been playing, if he could be one of the Ravens best tight ends. Yeah, I mean, see with Mark Andrews, not that it makes him any worse, because he's been really good, but who had been some of the best Ravens tight ends? It's like three. Todd Heap and Dennis Pitta. They Mark Andrews. That's it. And that's obviously because the Ravens, they haven't been around very long as a franchise. So he doesn't have much competition to go against, but he, again, that doesn't make him bad because he's not bad. He's really, really good. But yes, definitely. And he said, also, I think we could, we should be questioning Marlon Humphrey. Is he healthy or does he just not want to play because he missed a lot of tackles and was getting beat by their wide receivers and tight ends? Hope you have a good day. With Marlon Humphrey, I think they're just tired. I think they were just tired because the defense early on, they did give up that 74-year-old play touchdown, but they were out there a lot, like a lot, especially in the first half or really throughout. I don't think the Colts got, like, not one, three and out. And if they did, there wasn't many of them. But the Ravens defense was out there a lot. And early on, the Ravens offense, they went three and out. Then they came back the next drive and they got a first down, but then they punted it right away after that. So the Ravens offense was not doing them any favors. And it did look like at one point in the game, Marlon Humphrey, he was really uncomfortable with something. So he had something going on. But hopefully it's not his growing that's bothering him. And the last question on this episode came from my boy Ricky B. He said, what's up in Raven? I got a ton of questions for Flock Nation. Uh-oh. First question, what is going on with Patrick Queen's tackling? Honestly, the whole team for that matter. It seems like we go for the big hit rather than the short tackle. I think that's what happens when that pressure been getting to. That pressure. And when your defense is giving up all these third down conversions, you're giving up all these big plays, these chunk plays, then you start to get desperate. And you start to forget fundamentals. You'd want to make a big play. You want to force the turnover. You want to be the hero. So you go for them a little extra place. Anyway, he said, my second question is, do we have any timetable on the return of Tyree Phillips and Ronnie Stanley? Ronnie Stanley, no. Tyree Phillips within the next, within the next like 17, within the next 17 days. So within the next two weeks and change, he'll be back on the roster within the next two weeks and change. Ronnie Stanley, though, no. Third, why does it take so long for the offense to get going? I understand trying to establish the run, but if it's not working, do what works and use pass to set up the run? Well, that has been a question from a lot of Ravens fans. That same thing, the offense has had some slow, slow, slow starts. And that has just, it's hurt the defense a lot. It's hurt the, it's just hurting big time because when your offense starts slow, then your defense who, in a lot of these games, they start off playing pretty good. So it's, when we look at Ravens defense, a lot of times for that, some of the reason, not necessarily an excuse, but some of the reason for their bad play, a lot of times could end up, because they might just be tired. They might just be really tired from being out there. But the offense would, they would help the defense so much if they just started off a lot quicker than they have been. So the defense, they could get stuff going and it just, everybody can help everybody. And he said, lastly, I do believe there is a speed back out there that has great vision that we could pick up for a bargain. They don't have to be a household name, but just fast with vision. Or do you think that it's a different, or do you think it's a detriment to our offensive line? Seems like we don't get as much push from the old line in the run game. That is true. We sure don't. Because we like, we got to speak back now in Tyson Williams, but we ain't got no lanes. And then again, with picking up a running back off the street. Yeah, that'd be cool or not. But they did that with three guys. They did that with three guys. None of them are speed guys. Well, Devontae Freeman is, but it's something that I took for granted was the handoff. The handoff from Lamar Jackson to the running back. It just, I just felt like, oh, you can put anybody back there. But this year has shown, like to me, no, you can't. No, you can't. While Lamar does enhance the running back that's back there with him, that the mesh point is everything. And if they can't get it together there, then it's just, it's not going to work. And there's less of a threat for that running back to do damage. And he said, thank you for all you do in Graven. You're great at what you do. Keep being you. I ain't nothing special, man, but I appreciate you watching and always sending in some fire questions.