 Remember a really really long time ago. Obviously super long ago because I've been with my wife for 11 years married for 10 But when I was single I had this girl who was like, oh, I'm interested in you I'm like, okay cool cool cool. So I was interested in her as well But whenever I would pursue her again, I was single Ew, she wouldn't really show me the time of day But then if I ended up talking to somebody else or she found out that somebody else was interested in me Then she'll be like hey, what's going on? Hey, what's up? What's up? that's when her real interest would be at its peak and It seems as if that is exactly what's happening with a lot of these free agents and the Baltimore Ravens See when these free agents are out there as free agents and we don't hear about anybody being interested in them All of a sudden the Baltimore Ravens seem to have this great interest in them But then that's when other teams end up pursuing as well Zidaria Smith had been sitting out there and then it came up. Oh boom the Baltimore Ravens. They agreed to a contract with Zidaria Smith Then what happened? Well, apparently he backed out then the Vikings are like scoop and score Bobby Wagner he got released before free agency even started So he had a head start on so many other players, but we didn't hear anything Baltimore Ravens are interested in Bobby Wagner Then all of a sudden the Rams and Ravens going back and forth back for back forth Boom, he ends up going to the Rams Melvin Gordon Melvin Gordon Nobody was checking for Melvin Gordon But all of a sudden the Ravens and Melvin Gordon are talking about a potential contract and Then a couple weeks later boom the Denver Broncos. They bring them back for another year Coincidence, I don't know But I know a lot of people have been mentioning how the Ravens has been feeling like the Ravens have been getting played and Been getting used all off Season and with Melvin Gordon with him signing a deal with the Broncos Doesn't really come as a surprise Even though when I first heard the report about the Ravens were working on a contract with him I really thought it was gonna happen. I really did But a lot of people and y'all were in the comment section to yellow smoke stream smoke screen A lot of people thought it was coming from Melvin Gordon's cam Just trying to make him be look more as a look more interesting as a prospect as a free agent running back Especially if he put it like this to other teams, especially the Broncos. He's like look These Ravens we working on a deal These Ravens y'all know they are the number one Russian team in the league by far They do their thing on the ground and look I'd be a luxury over there But I'm willing to go over there as a luxury since you Broncos y'all don't want me as a necessity Yeah, y'all got your Fonte Williams and cool, but can't can he run all the time? Is he ever gonna need a break? I think so didn't I just have like 900 yards last year Yeah, I had a couple fumbles and whatnot. Don't worry about that though, but wasn't I productive for you last year? Hey, that's fine. You don't want me. I'll go to somebody who does and Then apparently it works because the Broncos they brought him back so this ends the Possibility of Melvin Gordon going to the Baltimore Ravens even though a lot of people They didn't like the move when that report first came out so many Ravens fans were like why for what was the point? What's the reason I don't get it? I don't like it. I don't want it to happen And I could understand why my biggest reason I wouldn't have minded it But at the same time I was just worried I Was worried that it would be one of those situations where Ravens they forced themselves to share the wealth Like they did with Mark Ingram and JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards Because your two young guys were hot they were doing their thing but they would force feed to Mark Ingram and it was at a time when he wasn't always so hot and It was such a tough situation because you want everybody to be happy you want to create a positive Work environment. That's not just for us that work regular jobs That's for football players, too. A positive work environment makes such a big difference Such a big difference and you don't want your employees walking around all said Osamba or unhappy you don't want them to do that. So with the Ravens sharing the wealth they're just trying to keep everybody happy but It wasn't the best move for business and then they realized that later on in the season and you already know the rest of the story But Melvin Gordon, congrats to him on being somebody else who uh ended up using the Ravens as leverage So he is back with the Broncos for another year in the Ravens Getting played by another player, but I do think that this time Most Ravens fans won't be mad at getting played by Melvin Gordon at all because Most Ravens fans when when it was the possibility that Melvin Gordon was gonna become a Baltimore Raven They were like man, if we so strapped for cash, why would we allocate cap to a running back? We could just draft one We could just draft one and it would be so much cheaper and it'd be so much more beneficial Or they could sign an undrafted rookie free agent They have a lot of options as far as running back and my biggest thing. I know um last year was ooh, it was big yikes but They had Devontae Freeman. They had Levy on bail for a little bit. They had Latavius Murray And for a lot of the season it wasn't pretty it did have some pretty moments here and there But the thing with that is with those guys because you know the RPO it was dead last season They use the RPO hardly ever But I think that's because those guys just weren't here in training camp They weren't here in training camp. Yes, they are veteran running backs They got a lot of experience a lot of experience, but they weren't here in training camp So they weren't able to get that chemistry especially on the RPO plays with Lamar Jackson So they didn't use it. They didn't use it. They tucked it away in the vault But anyway, um, if you whether you draft a guy undrafted free agent guy, whatever or free agent As long as he's here during training camp being able to build up that chemistry with Lamar with Tyler Huntley If they whoever the whatever other quarterback they get as that camp on Then that'll be good for me. That'll take them a long way So another thing that I had initially thought to when the report about Melvin Gordon came out I thought about one of the possibilities that it could have been would be the Ravens Them trying to have somebody possibly lower their price tag. Maybe a Devontae Freeman I don't know because he's somebody that I still expect the Ravens to at least for training camp or something Not that he would be a lot to make the roster, but I would expect him to come back for training camp Just to have another body there as Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins. They get ease back into the process So anyway, we'll see how it goes We'll see how Melvin Gordon does with the Broncos do Ravens play the Broncos. I think we do I think we do play the Broncos this year. I'm pretty sure we do but I got a double check on that but either way Appreciate you Melvin Gordon. Thanks for Using the Ravens like a lot of other people have as well. We appreciate it I would think even clean. I love y'all We're gonna go ahead and get to working on these questions from subs Which will be the last episode of question from subs before the draft if you sent me a question before right here right now Then it will be in the video. You don't have to ask. I love you I appreciate you and like Melvin Gordon told the Baltimore Ravens. I want y'all, but I don't really want y'all like that I'm just using y'all so I'm out