 So team keep it clean today, like not even 15 minutes ago. We just got back from a nice nine day vacation where we just completely disconnected from everything. It feels good to be back, but it felt great to get away and to really, really get away. Like y'all know normally if we go on vacation, y'all see me do like a video from whether it's a cruise or hotel, whatever it may be. Y'all see me do a video from there, but no, no, no, no, not this time. This time we were like, nope, we're not going to work whatever goes on. Whatever happens with the Ravens is going to happen. We'll talk about it when we get back and we will do that throughout this week. But today, today an article just came out from Bleacher Report. And by the way, we will be on Bleacher Report tomorrow at 12 p.m. Eastern time. So y'all look out for that. Y'all come through for that live stream. But Bleacher Report, they posted an article that had some very interesting kind of big news and some kind of like I was a little hesitant about when it came to the Baltimore Ravens and it had to do with one O'Dell Beckham, Jr. Now, of course, O'Dell Beckham, Jr., they signed him to a one year deal worth up to $18 million. He got about, I think, 15 or 16 mil of that. And then the Baltimore Ravens reworked O'Dell Beckham, Jr.'s deal so they could sort of maneuver the dead cap around a little bit because he was originally signed to a one year deal with four void years on the back of it. And then they reworked it to where I forget exactly what the numbers were after they reworked it. But I know his salary next year at his current rate is $50 million. So obviously, they're not going to pay him $50 million. I mean, when you look at what they paid him last year, whatever you might think, maybe Ravens might be crazy enough. But no, they wouldn't do that. But big question has been going around Baltimore Ravens and around Ravens fans. What are they going to do with O'Dell Beckham, Jr.? And it's been a very interesting topic to hear people's different takes on it. Should they keep him? Should they bring him back? Should they let him go? What should happen with O'Dell Beckham, Jr.? And I'm not mad at anybody's choice, at anybody's decision. What anybody prefers when it comes to OBJ. For the people who want to keep OBJ, I get it. Like OBJ, the vibe was there. He brings the energy and this is a high profile name that brings some extra attention to the Baltimore Ravens. And it's somebody that when he does have the ball in his hands, he caught pretty much everything thrown his way. And he only had, I think, maybe one drop. So O'Dell Beckham, Jr., when he did get the ball, he did his thing. Now, at the same time with O'Dell Beckham, Jr., for the people who do not want O'Dell Beckham to stay, I get that too. Because of the price tag and because he was always hurt. He was always hurt. O'Dell Beckham, Jr. was never healthy. And the biggest question that I continue to have for O'Dell Beckham, Jr., whether he stays with the Baltimore Ravens or not, is will he ever be healthy? Because he's been dealing with injury concerns, literally his entire career. So I can't be like, all right, well, I expect O'Dell Beckham, Jr. at 31 or 32 years old to be fully healthy. Now, I don't think that's a realistic expectation. You, of course, hope that for him and you wish that he could stay healthy and be healthy. But the expectation when you think about it realistically, it's like, I don't think that's going to happen. But you never know. So with O'Dell Beckham, Jr., again, for people expecting to stay or people expecting to go, I get both ways. But according to Jeremy Fowler, let's just read this report from Bleacher Report. It says the Baltimore Ravens may replace one high profile veteran receiver with another this offseason. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported Sunday the AFC North team likely won't resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. So with that part, that really doesn't come as a surprise. I mean, like again, the year that he had with the Baltimore Ravens, it was cool. It was good, but it obviously goes way beyond the numbers. Because if you just look at the numbers, it's like, that's it. That's what you're paid 15, 16 mil for that. Those know it was a baddie. But it goes beyond the numbers because obviously O'Dell Beckham, Jr. was a huge part in bringing Lamar Jackson back, making him sign with the Baltimore Ravens. Because Ravens, they had to sign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. They had to do everything in their power in order for Lamar Jackson to return. And it proved to be worth it. Obviously, they didn't finish the job. Obviously, they still got more work to be done. But that was a huge stepping stone in bringing L.J. back. But now, so with that part of the article, I'm like, OK, cool. They not likely to resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. All right, I'm cool with that. But then this next part, I was like, I don't know. But let's read it. It says so they likely won't resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. And noted multiple scouts highlighted Michael Thomas as a potential fit in Baltimore. Now, Michael Thomas, he is somebody that we talked about a lot on here in years past and previous years. But recently, that has definitely been an afterthought. Because when I think about Michael Thomas, I think about somebody who could fit in well with the Baltimore Raven. Somebody who could catch a lot of those inside slants. A lot of people call him what they call him. They call him like the Slant King or Slant Daddy, something like that. But anyway, with Michael Thomas, he's somebody that with a lot of short pass, he can get a lot of yak and stuff like that. So I feel like he could fit in good there. But then at the same time, we just nothing's official yet. Nothing's official yet by by this article. What Jeremy Fowler saying is that the Baltimore Ravens are expected to let O'Dell Beckham, Jr. go. OK, cool. But to let one injury prone wide receiver go. OK, cool. But to bring in another one, it's like, OK. I just now, if it was at a very low price tag, it was nothing crazy. Then oh, yeah, come on, come through, man. But anyway, let's just read the article. It says Thomas will be a free agent when his contract with the New Orleans Saints voice and Fowler pointed out the Ravens value established veterans at the receiver position. Well, we know that that is certainly true. EDC has been slowly getting away from what they used to do, but still kind of sticking with it at the same time in his own way. Let's keep going. It said Beckham was just that during the one year stint in 2023 and helped the team win the AFC North with 35 catches for five hundred sixty five yards and three touchdowns. So again, with this, O'Dell Beckham, Jr. He can still play as either the O'Dell Beckham, Jr. of old. No, he still got some juice left, though. But again, with O'Dell Beckham, Jr.'s with him having juice left, how much of that juice are you getting? How frequent will you get it? How often will he be in the game for you? Will he remain in the game for you? Will he stay in the game for you? So that's just something to think about with O'Dell Beckham, Jr. But he said the article says, like Beckham, Thomas is a big name in large part because of his previous production. The twenty sixteen second round pick was once considered one of the best wide receivers in NFL, but hasn't been as a productive of late in large part because of injuries. Yeah, that's the part right there. So he played seven games in 2020, missed the twenty twenty one season, appeared in three games in twenty twenty two and then played ten games this past season. But the Ravens and other teams were surely being intrigued by the possibility of the thirty one year old rediscovering some of the old form that allowed him to win offensive play of the year in twenty nineteen with a hundred forty nine catches for seventeen twenty five one thousand seven hundred twenty five yards and nine touchdowns. See, that's amazing, but that's the thing I know for me personally, whenever I will look at the Saints, whenever I will watch them play, I will see Chris Alave doing this thing. He's just amazing. Some of the catches that he'd be making is amazing in his speed and his body control is just out of this world. But then when I will see Michael Thomas play, I will be surprised because I'm like, oh, he's not hurt right now. But then it ended up having. Oh, no, Michael Thomas is going to miss this game with injury. Oh, you know, he's going to miss this game with injury. Oh, he's going to be out for this extended amount of time with injury. So it's like with Michael Thomas again, you hope. You hope that is there. This is the same thing I hope for with Odell Beckham, Jr. Last year, I hope that he will be back. I hope that he will be healthy, even though expectations were low for his health. But we can't keep banking on health forever. I mean, excuse me, we can't keep banking on hope forever when it comes to health for these players. We talked about this when the Baltimore Ravens signed Sammy Watkins back a couple of years ago. If a player shows you who they are, you got to believe him. You got to believe him. Sammy Watkins throughout his career missed a lot of time with injury. What happened when he came to the Baltimore Ravens? Yeah, it was no different. Odell Beckham, Jr. was no different. If they were to get Michael Thomas, I couldn't. I would hope that it would be different, but I couldn't realistically expect it to be different. The only way, in my personal opinion, that I would not have because Michael Thomas is nice, but how nice is he now? The only problem, the only way I wouldn't have an issue with them signing Michael Thomas is if that price tag was super low, was super low, just my opinion. It ain't my money, but yeah. Anyway, it says it was Thomas's fourth straight season with more than 1100 receiving yards to start his career. It remains his best selling point ahead of free agency. They're referring to that 2019 year where he caught 149 catches for 1,725 yards, says the Ravens wouldn't need him to carry the offense like the Saints asked him to do at times during that stretch. And he likely wouldn't face many double teams given the presence of, say, Flowers and Mark Andrews. Y'all just gonna forget about a shot, baby. And like that, and Nelson Aguilore, Isaiah, like, we got some guys now. We got some guys. Don't sleep. But anyway, it says throwing the reigning. Oh, yeah, that's true. It says throw in the reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson. That is very true. The reigning MVP. Yeah, that's his right now. That's his. And again, we know what Lamar Jackson, whenever he finishes a season, he's right there in that conversation. And actually for two out of the three seasons, well, he hasn't been heard at the end of the year. Thank goodness for two out of the three seasons where he hasn't been heard at the end of the year. He's won MVP. Or where he started the full season, obviously, because 2018, that's his rookie year. He started the full season. He finished it, but he started the full season. But 2019 finished the whole season. Boom, MVP. Twenty twenty finished the season. He was in the MVP talks, but he ain't winning. Twenty twenty one got hurt at the end of the year. Twenty twenty two got hurt at the end of the year. Twenty twenty three finished the whole season. Boom, MVP again. So with Lamar closing out the season, more likely than not to get an MVP. But anyway, so a shout out to him. But it says throwing, reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson, throwing him the ball and Baltimore sounds like quite the landing spot for Thomas at this point of his career, just like it was for Beckham in twenty twenty three.