 I don't even really know how to start this one off, but let me just say this is a risky business from one Ravens fan. First question came from my guy, Ryan. He said, let me first say that we actually have a good team. I say this because we have proven that we can win with and without our star players. I think our owner and GM realized this as well. Most people that are solid investors do something called diversification. They rarely put all of their money into one asset. It's too risky. So I think y'all see where he is going. See where I'm going here? I could be wrong, but I don't see Steve breaking the bank for Lamar, especially since we have a backup that plays very similar to him. So here's the question. How good could we be if Steve and EDC decided to not pay Lamar, but instead diversify their investments into Rokwon, the defense, a stud wide receiver one, and Snoop. I'm just taking off my fan hat for a moment and putting on my business hat. I think you need to take off that business hat too. But I, that's, we've been down this road before. We've been down this road before. We've been down this road before with the whole, Tyler Huntley is cool. Tyler Huntley, not bad. Tyler Huntley is also not Lamar Jackson. Tyler Huntley, we remember last year where Tyler Huntley started every game that the Ravens went into preparing as Tyler Huntley, preparing Tyler Huntley to be the starter. They lost every single one. The one game where Tyler Huntley won, they didn't prepare for him to be the starter and neither did the Bears and he won. But every single game with preparation by the Baltimore Ravens, every single game with Lamar Jackson out by the Baltimore Ravens that Tyler Huntley was the starter and they prepared for him as a starter, they lost. Now, not saying that, oh, just cause he lost every game in 2021, then it's not saying that that would be the case moving forward, but wouldn't you much rather like have a Lamar Jackson than attack, like really? And I see what you're saying about not investing your all into one position, but you don't have to invest. If they were to invest in Lamar Jackson, it doesn't have to be this extreme where, oh, well, we invested into Lamar Jackson, now we can't do anything else. We pay Lamar Jackson, now we can't get any other good player, we can't sign any other free agents, we can't do a thing, we can't pay nobody else. That is not the case. So I do see a scenario where they do decide not to pay Lamar. I don't think it would be a good scenario at all. I don't think it would be a wise scenario at all, but the way that they have moved thus far, it kind of seems like it could be going in that direction. I hope that that doesn't have to think, I hope that something just changes all of a sudden to where they're like, all right, hey, we about to break the bank for Lamar, but yeah, we'll see how that goes. But for this, your proposal to where they pay Roquan Smith, pay the defense, I mean, that stuff is gonna happen regardless, like those two are happening whether people want it to or not. That's going down, it has been going down like that for years, but then put their investments into Roquan Smith, the defense and the stud wide receiver one and Snoop. Now that wide receiver one part, that's not how they get down. So I don't see that changing, but yeah, I can't get with this plan. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, I done made it. I done made it. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. So team, keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of Questions From Subs and let's see what this next question is. It came from my guy, Jonathan. He said, I ain't engraving, just wanted to ask, what was your thoughts about the Ravens offensive line? They have been gelling together and looks like the game, looks like game to game, they're getting better and better. That's true. And also, okay. So before the also part, yes, they have been getting better and better, more and more comfortable. Ronnie Stanley being back and Ronnie Stanley playing more and Ronnie Stanley being healthier is no coincidence that offensive line looking a lot better straight up. And anyway, he said, oh, he also said, what do you think about Lamar's recent frustration with the delay of game? Do you think he's upset because of the rhythm, breaking penalties, or is it that, or is it that on top of him being in this contract year? I just think when with the delay of game is frustrating because you hurt yourself. You hurt yourself. And I think it's probably built up frustration with the Ravens, their self-inflicted wounds. And I know he gotta be tired of that. He's been a part of some of them self-inflicted wounds. The offensive line has everybody has. But I'm sure he's just tired of it. And I know like some people, oh man, that was immature, Lamar Jackson going off on his teammates in the middle, no. Cause again, we've seen Brady do that plenty of times. People say, oh man, well, that's some great leadership right there, man. Well, Lamar do it, then they, oh man, no, no, it's immature. No, but anyway, he had another also. He said also, with this being possibly his last year with the Ravens, could the pressure of keeping his promise of winning a Super Bowl, could this be all that that is on his mind? Could be, could be. It could be. And he said, just my thoughts will up to hear your thoughts on and keep up the good work and go Ravens, appreciate it, Jonathan. Yeah, I mean, but think about this, even without the whole Super Bowl talk. We know he said, hey, when you got drafted, you all gonna get a Super Bowl out of me. But even like throughout the years, so much has been on you. So much. A lot has continued to be on his shoulders. He has had to be Superman so much. And it can weigh on you. It can weigh heavy on you, especially if you almost, you have to be almost, sometimes you gotta be better than perfect. And a lot of times, if you're not perfect, then it's like people try to tear your world down if you're not perfect. And he said, oh, well, this is why this. Oh, this is why he don't deserve that. Oh, that's why he doesn't. And after a long time, I think that that stuff could just, like I said, it could just weigh heavy on you. If that's consistently happening game after game, season after season, week after week, year after year. OBJ, the Baltimore. Next question came from my guy, Tyler. He said, hey, what's going on? I'll keep it short with Bateman going down for the rest of the season. What are the chances we go out and get Odell Beckham Jr.? Thanks for all the great content. Hey, Tyler, I appreciate it. I think there is probably a negative 3 chance that the negative 3% chance that the Ravens get Odell Beckham Jr. It's just a move that I think it will make sense, but I just don't see it happening at all. Questioning Rashad Bateman's motives. Next question came from James. He said, hey, and Graven, hope you and the family are doing well. Hey, we're doing pretty good. I appreciate it. I consistently watch your videos in the gym each day, as here in current Ravens news fused my workouts. Whoa, hey, hopefully, nothing there. We saying nothing that the Ravens do, it gets you too heated. I don't need you throwing away, it said nobody. But anyway, he said, at the time I'm writing this, the news of Bateman's decision to end his season and get surgery has just come out. I'm very curious about the timing of this whole situation. Bateman has known for at least a week that his foot was not right, but decided to proceed with surgery after the trade deadline. Do you think that is a coincidence? Oh, are you saying like, he wanted to try to make sure his spot was safe for some, or you know what, let me just, let me read you what you got to say. He said, I wanna believe he's always thinking about the team, however, part of me thinks he did not want to announce he was getting season ending surgery until after the deadline, so the Ravens could not trade for a replacement, that could be better than him. He's made it clear he wants to be the guy in Baltimore and I believe he will be, but this situation was a head scratcher. Teams make business moves that are in the best interest of the team, but maybe players also make moves that are in the best interest of any given team. Please let me know your thoughts on all of this and thanks so much. I never thought about that before. I mean, the NFL is a business. Ravens are a business. Rashad Bateman, he is a sort of a private contractor, so he gotta take care of himself. But I don't, I never thought about that until you said it. Not to say that, that's what he did, but I think it would be up to the Ravens, really. Cause they knew Rashad Bateman was hurt. He knew he was hurt. It ain't like he could have kept his injury like a secret from them or anything like that. I'm sure they knew and understood the severity of it. So, nah, I wouldn't say that Rashad Bateman did that. Like I said, I don't know, but I wouldn't think that he would do that. I understand where you're coming from. Like, we're like, hey man, you know what? I need to get the surgery. But let me wait, cause these, I don't want them to go bring in somebody else to reflect. Cause think about it. Him getting the season ending surgery, it ends his season. So whether the Ravens were to get somebody right here, right now, if they were to have gotten somebody before the trade deadline, if they would have traded for somebody, okay, they would get somebody then, but then the season ending injury is happening. So it's happening one way or another. So next off season, well, even though, you know, the Ravens don't, they don't really move like that. Like that's really, I don't think they would get somebody to replace Rashad like that. But who knows, maybe something will change. But it, my point is that whether it happened now or it happened later, it's a chance that it could happen to where the Ravens, I mean, they should bring in somebody else of significance because again, you can't put all your eggs into the Rashad Bateman basket. But it's one of those things that they're gonna have to get somebody one way or another. Dube, the next Hollywood, the next question came from my Godfair Monty. He said, I ain't great, I hope you and the family have been blessed. Don't get it twisted by my title. I'm not talking about Duvenay and Hollywood's play style because Dube got hands and I wouldn't trust Hollywood to catch them punts or kickoffs. Don't do my God like that. Yeah, yeah, you ain't gotta do my God like that. But let me keep going. He said, my thoughts are more with how Lamar views Duvenay. With the unfortunate news of Bateman out for the season and Mark out for now, Lamar was looking for quick reads and whoever was open. I'm worried about Lamar going back to these habits and looking for the same guys when Dube starts to be on the field more and Mark being back. I'm not worried in the regular season because our schedule is favorable after the buy. And I believe the teams, I believe the playoff teams for the AFC are kind of set with the Beals, Chiefs, Ravens, Titans, Bingles, Dolphins, and Chargers. My worry, excuse me, is that Lamar, as Lamar continues to build chemistry with Dube like he's done a lot this season, he'll lean on him a lot like he did Hollywood and in the playoffs. And that's an easier way for teams to game plan. See, my thing with that, if you got chemistry with somebody, that's great. If you can rely on them, then that's great. It's just, and for him to have somebody that he can rely on, that's a beautiful thing because that means you can rely on that person. But the only problem would be if you're looking to that person in different situations and if that person's not available, then you end up forcing it to that person. That's the only time it's a problem or if you focus so much on that person that you're not examining the whole field, you're not examining going through all your reason, whatnot, that will be when it could be a problem. But having somebody to rely on, that's great. But it's just you wanna be able to rely on other people too. You may not be able to rely on them as much as your person, as your go-to guy. That's why they call it go-to guys. But yes, anyway, he said with D-Rob looking to be out against the Saints, where he did end up playing. So that was cool. There's another player that Lamar was starting to give the ball to as well. If Lamar does find himself spreading the ball around more, who do you think will be getting these touches besides Mark and Du? Pro shape, Wallace, D-Jax, D-Rob, no Titan as a choice. Well, yeah, a little bit of everybody. A little bit of everybody. When you spread that ball around, everybody gets a little piece of the pie. So that's a beautiful thing. And he said, also, I'm really optimistic about our defense. The depth on that side should make everyone's jobs easier, especially because Marcus Williams is back. Well, he ain't back yet. He will be coming back. Given he won't play against the Saints we have our buy. The first game after the buy will have been six weeks. And even if he's back, let's say, against the Broncos in week 13, which is pretty realistic, our secondary will continue to come to form. Yeah. Our tackling with him, Roquan Smith and an improving queen should fix that side that we struggled with last year. That's true. Until Bowser no Jabbo, I'm really excited about him. Our back, I'd like to see some mixes of delayed blitzes with Roquan or disguise blitz presnap of Hamilton, Queen, and Roquan, and maybe mix it up. Mix up who comes when the play starts. Hey, that's what they did, too. That's what they did. You saw the blitzes with Roquan Smith and Patrick Queen. You saw the blitzes with Marlon Humphrey and Kyle Hamilton. So yeah, this should help away get some more pressures because I've heard about the double teams you get, but haven't paid too much attention to it. I've been appreciative of the slow approach Ravens have had with Bowser and Jabbo because our pass rush, I think, is bottom five in pressure percentage, but the coaching staff hasn't felt pressure to bring them back. Justin Houston being our best pass rusher is hilarious, but I'm here for it until our guys can be back. Hey, yeah, that is not something that I thought would end up happening this year. If you would ask me who I think the best pass rusher is gonna be going into the season, I woulda said Daffy away. I woulda said Daffy away quick, but Justin Houston been winning that by a landslide. Another question in last thought, if the Ravens can't have a well-rounded wildcard game and go against the Beals or Chiefs in a divisional round, do you expect a healthier defense to give significant problems to the Chiefs and Beals offense? I know we a long way away, and this is assuming we make it, but like I said earlier, I'm sure we make it. Yeah, I think so for sure, because of the defense and the defense in the playoffs, they for the most part, they've usually done that thing. They've usually done that thing. It's the offense that has been just the biggest hiccup. The offense has been having the biggest struggles. So yeah, I think the defense will certainly give the offense some opportunities to go out there and do that thing. Will we finish? Next question came from our guy, Conscience. He said, hey, Raven, this is my first question after four or five years at LAWL. I hope the family is doing good. The team is getting better week by week and we still have players coming off of injuries in the way, the schedule is looking. I only see us losing two games, Max, if any. My question is, do you see us making a run that will make us forget about the 2019 season? Just because we will make the deepest run in the postseason, since Lamar was drafted, maybe a trip to the desert if things continue to shape out and we finish games. Ooh, that's a question right there. That's a question. Because forget about 2019, hmm, what they won? They won 12 games in a row that year because they started off 2-1, 2-1, 12 in a row. I hope so. I hope so. I just say the biggest question mark right now, for me, would be the offense. Would be the offense. And that's why consistency is important. The missed opportunities, things that they missed on, they gotta hit on that stuff. Lamar, he done missed a couple of throws throughout the season. That's, they've been some big throws. So they've been some missed opportunities of me. The missed opportunities for some big plays. And again, with the offense, you gotta be perfect. With this offense, the passing offense, you gotta be perfect. Everything gotta be perfect for this passing offense to work because the volume is so low, the opportunities are so limited. So, and that makes it hard. That makes it harder for everybody. But with the way the offense is constructed, like I said, everything's gotta be perfect. So, he gotta make those opportunities. Guys gotta catch the ball, guys gotta get open. Greg Roman, the play calls gotta be right. Like with Russian offense, they can make some mistakes there because Russian offense is heavy, it's powerful. And it's doing its thing. And we're glad about that. But it's the passing offense where it's, again, it's gotta be perfect. Gotta be perfect. So yeah, we'll see, man. But I do, I would love if they did that. Cause, you know, again, 2019 is like the biggest gift and curse in recent Raven's history. Next question came from my guy, Elijah. He said, Ronnie Stanley. First, I wanna say thanks for all your content and your hard work that you put into the channel. Team Keep It Clean, really appreciate you. Don't know how many times you make all day, but my question is, no, y'all make my day, man. Straight up, I appreciate this a lot though, man. All right, he said, my question is, everyone has said Ronnie Stanley has returned to pro ball form. From what I've been watching, I think he has maybe some rust here and there, but pro football focus has him rated as the number two pass protector. What are your thoughts, hope, the family, and you are healthy and enjoy your vacation. You deserve it with all the hard work. Appreciate that, Elijah. Thank you. Ronnie Stanley has been good. Again, like we talked about earlier, somebody asked about the offensive line improving. Say, hey, again, there ain't no coincidence with Ronnie Stanley being back. Offensive line has been getting better and better and better. And this is a beautiful thing, especially as you go down the stretch. The run game has been looking a lot better. It was crazy because early this season, at the beginning of the season, the path for Ravens team, it was so weird that the pass protection was actually better than the run blocking. And now the run blocking, they done caught up and a lot of times seem like they surpassed the pass protection. But they've been doing a really good job. And Ronnie Stanley, it has been a wise decision for the Ravens, paid off. Because for the most part this year, they've been taking their sweet time with guys coming back from injury. And it's paid off. It paid off with Gus Edwards, obviously, because he came back in from his first game of the season he was going off with J.K. Dobbins when he did play. He had looked good. He got limited carries with him. With him, they had him ready. They put him in, but they were still taking it really slow. So it's helped a lot. So with Ronnie Stanley, it's been well worth the wait. Bateman again. Next question came from my guy, John. He said, what's up, Ravens team? Keep it clean with Bateman. He's done it again. He's injured his foot. It's unfortunate for his young career, but he will probably be now labeled as injury prone. We need a number one now. And there aren't too many out there for us to pick up to be that number one. I mean, the big three that I can think of will be Will Fuller, Odell Beckham, Jr. and T.Y. Hilton. My question is, who do you think would be the better fit for the team? I mean, Odell Beckham is a big name, but he's been injury prone. Yes. All three of them guys. All three of them guys. Odell Beckham, Jr., Will Fuller and T.Y. Hilton. All three of them done had a lot of injuries. But anyway, he said, T.Y. is solid, but I think Duvenay is similar. Will Fuller, I think his best is definitely behind him. Again, who would you look at? And it doesn't even have to be for those three. But with those three, I say sign all three. Sign all three because they can help cancel out each other. We talked about this before. You sign all three. So if one gets injured, you may still have the other two. If two get injured, you'll still have the other one. So you're always gonna have at least one of them to help out. And the next question came from my guy, Vincent. He said, P.Q. or Peter Zangraven. You've been talking about what it means for P.Q. since we traded for Roquon. I know you talked about it being the end for P.Q. and Clark and Baltimore. But here's my take on it. What if it meant the end for Clark and Peters and that the Ravens go after a cornerback in the first round of the draft next year? We were talking about Peters before Roquon was even a thing. So yeah, that's like, I think it's already been the end for Peters anyway, even before Roquon Smith was traded for. I just would love for Peters to stay, but I just, I think Ravens are done. I think they both gonna move on, go their separate ways. And yeah, Ravens are gonna draft the cornerback early, probably maybe like in the second, maybe third, probably like the second round, something like that. Now they got Pepe Williams. They got Jalen Alma Davis. They got Brandon Stevens, but maybe he'll stay a second. I don't know what his position's gonna be because his position just keep flip flop, flip flop, flip flop. That's not really good for your development. But anyway, let's hold another story. But yeah, I think Peters is, I think he's going regardless. But anyway, he did say, why break up something that could be great with the best inside linebacker duo in the league? Cause Ravens do stuff early rather than late when it comes to trading people. And especially if there's somebody that they know they're not gonna re-sign, they trade them earlier rather than later. He said, the Ravens could lock down the middle of the field with PQ and Roquon and let our pass rushes do their job and stop dropping back in coverage. Thanks. Keep up the good work. That ball was funny. I gotta read again. He said the Ravens could lock down the middle of the field with PQ and Roquon and let our pass rushes do their job and stop dropping back in coverage. I appreciate it.