 Are these Ravens really Super Bowl contenders? One problem on the offensive line that nobody has talked about. Why John Hallbaugh should be a candidate right now for Coach of the Year. These and many, many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. You too, Team Keep It Clean. What's going on? It's Engraven 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 like this. If you ever want to be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitcleanatgmail.com or for the patrons. You can send it directly on Patreon. A shout out to all the Team Keep It Clean patrons. If you want to be a patron, then just go to patreon.com slash engravenvids. If you don't want to, I still love you regardless. Now, this episode of Questions from Subscribers, I actually had recorded it. Did it about four days ago. But for some reason, I ended up deleting it. So we running it back. Let's do it. First question came from my guy, Larry. Shout out to you and shout out to your son, Mr. Ford, who we definitely missing on defense. But anyway, he said good evening. Hope the family is doing well. Oh, yes, we are doing fantastic. He said, yes, the defense seems to be in a slump with poor tackling and Mr. Simon's wrong angles of pursuit. Benching Queen, though, won't solve the issue. He needs help. He's not used to working with Harrison, and it makes him play like Ryan Shazir, who played on the Steelers. You try to cover more than your area. And Graven, looking at this team right now, are we a Super Bowl contender? Both sides of the ball has to be clicking on all cylinders. We have the talent and the time, but it needs to happen soon. So first, with the Queen, he said, Benching Queen won't solve the issue. He needs help. So the way the Ravens addressed that, they demoted him. They demoted him and they brought up Josh Bynes. And they had him take over Mike Lineback and move Queen over. So and that helped. It was an immediate turnaround in the defense. And also, of course, the Sean Elliott coming back made a huge difference in the defense just looked so much better, and especially because they were going up against a really good offense, like a really good offense in the charges. So they're already making steps, making progress. And it reminds me, and a lot of us, of the 2019 season, when early on inside Lineback it wasn't looking so good, and I think it was Peanut. I want to say it was Peanut, and I think Kenny Young, maybe. And it was a little bit rough. But the Ravens were like, you know what? We know we got a good team. We got a good squad, and we got a shot. So you know what? Let's change some things up. They brought Josh Bynes, who was very familiar with the Ravens, and they brought LJ Ford. They brought both of these guys to come hold it down and look how things turned around right away. So we're hoping that the Ravens can go on that same run in, which leads to your next question. Are they a player? No, no, no. Not a playoff team. Are they a Super Bowl contender? I believe that they are, for sure. I believe that they are for sure. To me, they've been Super Bowl contenders in 2019 and last year, too. But they just, in the playoffs, they just got to be consistent, man. And my thing with that is that now, with the passing game, where it is now, like they got every reason why they can go all the way. They really do. Will they, though? We got to wait and see. But despite the fact that they are, listen to this. The fact that this team right now is 5-1, despite all these games with poor tackling, despite all these games where the defense gave up a bunch of yards, despite the all these games where the Ravens offense starts super slow, despite all these problems that they still working on and they still getting through, they're 5-1. That lets me know these boys can rock with anybody. Next question came from my boy Jerome, shout out to you being a patron, appreciate it. He said, something I noticed about the Ravens, excluding the AFC North games, the Ravens only have one game left against an AFC opponent, the Dolphins. I know it's early to be looking ahead, but man, that first round by is in reach. Huh. Yeah. It is. I didn't think about that before. I mean, because we got so many games against the whole AFC North left. But yeah, I guess you might be right. Wow, that is crazy. That last, wow. Because we played Bengals this Sunday. Yeah, then we got Dolphins and we got Steelers twice, Browns twice, Bengals again. Wow. And then the NFC, we got Vikings, we got Packers, we got Bears. Oh boy. So yeah. Whoa. You might be right. So, but yeah, I mean bottom line, regardless of who they play, they still got to take care of their own business. And right now, yes, they are number one seed in the AFC, which is great, but the season is far from over. So they got to keep that foot on the gas. Next question came from my boy Kevin S. He said, I understand you want the pass game to be on point, but sometimes you just got to win the game. Three stops by the defense, three passes by our offense. I don't understand. Run the ball. What are your thoughts? It all just depends on how the Florida game is going. And recently the Ravens with that passing game, it's been clicking. It's been clicking and it's been moving. And yeah, the running game in the last game against the Chargers, it was doing alright. The looks of it, well, Devante Freeman, he was doing this thing for the most part. But for me, it was weird to see that they had got like, what did they get? Like almost 200 Russian yards. That game, it was weird because it didn't seem like that when I was watching the game. It didn't look like that to me. But when I saw the numbers, I was like, whoa, they ran for all these yards, having many yards it was. I was just surprised and shocked. But it just, it all depends on the Florida game, man. So I just, because he was saying that he doesn't understand our play call. Ravens have, I do like that they have been aggressive. Like even though they up, if they up, if you up, you, you can't just run the ball. You should run the ball too. But you can't just run the ball and be like, all right, let's just run, get a couple of yards or whatnot. No. Will you guys try to score some more points? Next question came from my boy Dexter. He said in Graven, my brother love your content. I watch you every day. Ravens love and do. Oh, hey, shout out to Jacksonville, man. He said the game's about to start and I got one question. So this was before the charges game. And okay, he sent this on October 17th at 1245. So it's legitimate. But he said the game's about to start and I got one question and one statement. Seems like the Ravens went into the Lions and Colts games like they had it on lock. But the Broncos, they handled them because they were underdogs. I believe our boys will come out and take the game serious and have a strong win against the charges. Wow. So he, he called it. And he said, how come Lamar Jackson ain't a captain? Trevor Lawrence is a rookie with no wins and he's already the captain. What more does he have to do? I feel like Lamar Jackson just just just because he might not have a C on his chest. It don't mean he ain't no captain like he is obviously a leader of the team. And one of the people that everybody looks up to on his team. So even if he isn't a captain, I just really don't think it's a big deal. Next question came from RadicalVlogs. He said, I ain't gravy and love the vids. I hate to sound negative, but I'm worried if the rumors of Aaron Rodgers going to the Steelers ends up happening, then this year could be the Ravens last real shot at a Super Bowl. Please tell me I'm wrong. You're wrong because it's any given. Just cause if Aaron Rodgers was to go to the Steelers, like that would make them a contender again, but it would not take the Ravens out of being a Super Bowl contender just cause Aaron Rodgers was there in the division. That would just make the division that much better and make the competition that much better. Make everybody have to step up that much more. No, I can't get with that. Oh, just if they got Aaron Rodgers, then the Ravens would be out of Super Bowl contention like, no, man, get out of here with that. Next question came from G-King. He said, why isn't there breast cancer awareness anymore? Man, that is, that's a real good question. I'm not sure why they don't do that anymore. That I really have no clue. Next question came from a boy, Howard. He said, what's happening in Graven? I watch a question from subscriber video today and I saw that you shouted out two of my questions. Really appreciate that as I wrote in the comment section of the video. I want to clarify my comments on the ESPN broadcast team. I know I said I hate that broadcast team, but I was really just irritated by the fact that the Masters have just, they have this disdain towards the Ravens since Mr. Moldale moved the beloved Browns from Cleveland to here in Baltimore. And we all know that that was not a popular move to the Masters. And we are 25 years later. It seems to me that they still can't let it go, which I believe is why Mr. Moldale is shamefully not in the Hall of Fame. Now back to my ESPN take. I'm not a fan of this new ESPN squad. I'm old school. I missed a good old ESPN team with Rich Eisen and the late great Stuart Scott doing Sports Center in the 90s. The old Chris Berman and TJ Jackson did Sunday countdown as well as the best highlights on the NFL primetime on Sunday nights. I'm just not a fan of that new format. Just wanted to clear up my statement and hashtag Ravens Nation. Well, my friend, I got a good solution for you. If you don't like when Ravens are on TV, whether it's CBS, NBC, ESPN, all you got to do turn the TV down and turn up the live stream. Next question came from Ray said, hey, do you think the Ravens could trade for Dion Jones or Miles Jack, the inside linebacker? Well, that would be nice. I don't see it happening. I just I really don't. Ravens, they with the Josh Bynes move. I think that will be the only trading that inside linebacker or the closest they come to trading that inside linebacker this year. I just I don't see them making a move for either one of these two guys. Next question came from Yahoo. What's up in gravy and hope all as well. Sly Boogie here. I was wondering if you heard him who Tebow and Stephen A. Smith's first take this morning, saying Lamar is the most electrifying running back at the quarterback position in the league. Wow, the hate never stops. You know what? I had actually listened to that. I listened to that whole segment with Tebow and Stephen A. Smith when they were going back and forth. And I was just like, wow, that's that's crazy. And with Logan Wilson's comments, too, like originally, I was like, oh, no, that's that's more of a compliment. That's more of a compliment to Lamar. He wasn't dissing him, but the word choice. That's one thing that I was with from the beginning. The word choice was just very, very poor. It was very, very poor. Like if he was like, he's a quarterback that could play running back to. OK, but to say he's a running back that could play quarterback. No, that's no. And with Stephen A. Smith and Tim Tebow, they were on a lot of the same stuff that morning. So it's just like it just gets old. And I really want to want to think I want about is what goes on in Lamar's head when he hears all this stuff, but he just goes out there and continues doing this thing. And long as he don't let it affect his game, keep doing your thing, Lamar, tune him out and run that score up every time on everybody. Next question came from my boy Howard. He said, what's happening in Graven? I was thinking about the Ravens slight decline in the running game the past two games. I know many issues with it is the fact that our top running backs are on injured reserve. Yes. But I believe the running backs we brought in can get the job done as they get accustomed to our system. They've been getting more comfortable. But what's interesting is as of right now, we don't have any big mallers on the offensive line last season. We had three with Orlando Brown, Tyree Phillips and DJ Flucca, all of who are three hundred thirty five pounds plus. Tyree Phillips is the only one left and he got hurt the first game. Hopefully he gets activated for this game, which he did. And he said, we draft the Ben Cleveland, but he is still a raw rookie. And now he's also hurt. That's true. The old line that's currently playing are more technicians, not big body mallers. I believe that's having a big impact in the running game, too. What are your thoughts? That is such a great observation. And that's nothing that I ever thought about. The fact that they they, yeah, it is mostly tech because you got Ronnie Stanley's out. So you got Alejandro Villanueva. He's a giant now, but he's not a maller. He's like a gentle giant. He's not a star. He's been doing his thing. So shout out to Big Al. Then you got a left guard, Ben Powers. He's not a maller. Then you got Bradley Boseman. You got Kevin Zitler. And then you got Patrick McCarty. So yeah, you you might be that's a really good point. And it just it makes a lot of sense. And also, of course, with us not having our guys, it just makes you appreciate J.K. Dobbins and Gus L was that much more and just realized how special the talents they are. Next question came from calm city. And shout out to you being a patron said question. If teams in NFL history historically punting on fourth down on their side of the field, how all of a sudden does analytics say going forward is a smart call and thanks and keep up the good work. Appreciate that. Um, I think analytics, they just I don't know, they they they have just changed a lot with the NFL and a lot of teams have been leaning on them a lot more. But again, I feel like with analytics, you just you can't just look at a computer and look at these number charts and be like, all right, that's what we need to do. No, I feel like you got to be invested in the game. You got to take the eye test and whatnot. And you just got to depends on momentum. It depends on how your team is. It just depends on so much. But I think that with analytics, with the NFL, they they want more points. They want more points, more high scoring games, because that brings in more business. So analytics, they they take that into account when they doing the numbers and stuff. So I think that's why teams end up going for more for them. Next question came from my boy, Nick Brick, and appreciate you being a patron. He said, are we seeing a G-Roll clone? I was an avid fire Roman guy, but I've been dead wrong all year so far. I've been loving to play, calling in the advancement of the passing game. But the thing that I really didn't have faith in was his ability to use players to their strengths. I thought this past game against the Chargers was a prime example of that. No one had amazing numbers, but everyone just contributed in their exact role, including Lamar. Just curious if you can talk about this and how you feel about Roman's ability to step up to the challenge this season. Shout out to Greg Roman, but we cannot give a shout out to Greg Roman without giving a shout out to TT and Kiki, too, because they have made such a large difference in this whole thing. Now, with the Ravens passing game, I was somebody that did not believe that they would make the crazy jump that they have made this year. I thought that they would make a significant jump, but I sure ain't think it would be like it was like it is right now. Now, I do think a huge part of the reason why they made this significant jump is almost because they've been forced to. Why? Because of the injuries to J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards. So when your top two running backs come out and you got to just bring on guys off the street who may not be so familiar with the system, it's going to make you do some things a little bit different. So I think their passing game, it just got a little advanced a little bit earlier than they planned on it. But hey, we ain't got no problem with it. We ain't complaining over here. So we love it. And I love that it's been showcasing Lamar Jackson's ability. Hollywood, Sammy Watkins, when he was healthy, Duvenay and Proshay, they've been getting in there, too. And now we got Rashal Bateman getting in the mix as well. And shout out to Boyd Boyd. He got to catch as well. But it's been a beautiful thing. And with the play calling again, yeah, playing guys to their strings. That's been very, very important because that's what I was my complaint was, too, because y'all know I was with the. All right, yes, it's time to let Greg Roman go and just go in a different direction, the young, innovative guy that don't got much NFL experience. And that's that's how I felt. But when they brought on TT and Kiki, Keith Williams and T. Mark, oh, I was like, oh, yeah, this is this is great. But I wasn't sure of that. It would have that big of an impact on this team. And it has and it's just been a beautiful thing, man. So hopefully it continues and it progresses and it just it gets even better. Next question came from my guy Rainmaker. He said, I ain't great and hope everyone over there is safe and healthy. Appreciate you. I was reading some online rumors and one had the Giants possibly doing a fire sale and maybe trading Saquon Barkley. I know it's a pipe dream, but could you imagine Saquon in the backfield with Lamar and an RPO? That would be a devastating backfield. You think defensive coordinator stay up late now, game playing for Lamar? It will lose their minds in that scenario. I know the Ravens can probably wouldn't do it, but a fan can dream. Anyway, stay safe and go Ravens. Oh, that'll be nice. That'd be fun. So quite a healthy Saquon Barkley, though, not the Saquon Barkley. But yeah, that would be that would be something crazy. And he is still on his rookie contract. So you could possibly be affordable. But yeah, we know it's not going to happen, but it will be really nice, man. So just just imagine the possibilities. You got to deal with both of those two. Like Lamar, you got to deal with him throwing the ball to somebody. Who could he possibly throw it to? Or then he could scramble to and then you got to worry about Saquon Barkley. Oh, gosh, that would be disgusting. Next question came from a guy raven pride and shout out to you being a patron. He said, what's up in gravy? And it's your boy Raven pride. Hope you and Carter and the wife are doing fine and like again, I'd like to give a shout out to you for the wonderful job she has done with her mask. Oh, I appreciate it, man. Also, I spoke to her and what a beautiful person she is. Well, I'd like to add to my comments to the one and only Stephen A. He, like every other sportscaster refused to acknowledge that Lamar is the truth and has done with not only last year, no number one receiver, banged up Mark Andrews in the playoffs and most of all, no other supporting cast. Then we start this year off with the most players on Andrews Irving. We find ourselves five and one. We continue to thrive on what we do by just plugging in players to hope we have a full roster on game day. Since Lamar has been here, he hasn't had the right supporting cast until this year, but yet to have them all healthy at game time. But yet this man goes on about his work and what with what he has. Never had he complained about anyone not performing on a high level. Hollywood had those drops, not once did Lamar say a word. He only mentioned that that was last week. This is a new day. I got you back. This is why this young man is loved by his players and coaches. No matter what the media thinks, he only cares about what happens on game day. And PS, that linebacker from Bengals that caught him a running back. I can assure you he will eat those words come Sunday. Love you, bro. And go Ravens. Well, yeah, man. Well, what you said with Lamar, he's definitely loved by his coaches and his peers. And of course, you know, fans love Lamar Jackson to just a little bit. But now he with just the way that he carries himself, man, he just makes it so weird that he gets all this hate just because it like you would think that this dude like by if it was feel somebody on the outside who didn't know anything about NFL and they would hear how much people talk bad about Lamar and hate on Lamar, you would think like Lamar is walking around all cocky and whatnot and being super arrogant and talking down. But you would you would think that when you hit this guy talk, it's like, no, he does the exact opposite of that. So it's just crazy. And the last question on this episode, the NFL question from subscribers came from my God, Joshua H. Shout out to you being a patron and just supporting the channel in a crazy way. Much love to you, man. Anyway, he said Baker Mayfield have people lost perspective. The Browns had to decide about signing Baker Mayfield pretty soon. And I'm hearing a lot of doubts, even from Browns fans. Yes, I've been hearing a lot of that as well. I'll just give you my take real quick. I think a lot of talented quarterbacks come out of college. And in most cases, it's the organization they go to that determines if they'll be successful in this respect. Cleveland has been the worst kind of poison. They've chewed through top draft picks while being a bottom rung franchise. And they did and then did about all they could to ruin Baker with their silly head coaching drama. They've always had talent on the roster and still suck before Baker. I'm not really a fan of his, but I think he deserves a ton of credit. And therefore, I think it's crazy to hit Browns fans and even media heads doubting if they even want him in Cleveland. Not even talking numbers. Mind you, just saying draft a new one, your thoughts. So Baker Mayfield is. Yeah, I've heard a lot of the same thing. And I even heard somebody say after the game last night that that Baker may for any game that he plays after this, that his salary will be going down. Oh, my goodness, but Baker Mayfield is it's crazy, man, because he like Browns, they set him up, man. They set him up. They put him in position to get this thing done. They like you look at these teams, look at these rosters. These are Madden rosters, man. Madden like having a stuff you can't even do in Madden because the people want you, you'll run out of money. But like to have you got Miles Gary, you got your Davion because you got Odell Beggar, you got Jarvis Lane, then the offensive line, you got Kareem Hunt and you got Nick Chubbitt. Oh, my God, like that they are stacked, stacked. And but with Baker Mayfield, he has brought them consistency, though. He's brought them consistency at the quarterback position. And and he doesn't just have they're not just down in the dumps team like they used to be before. And I agree with your statement on how a lot depends on the franchise that a quarterback go to because a quarterback, like you said, could be a top pick. But if a quarterback is a top pick, then they usually going to a franchise that's obviously was terrible the previous season. But depending on where you go, it could be a franchise that's been terrible for a long time and they just been ruining careers and whatnot, and it's been rough. So that's how the Browns have been with quarterbacks. That's how the Ravens had been with wide receivers. But because again, no Raven, no Raven receiver that they drafted got a second contract by the Ravens ever, ever. So just something to think about. And with Hollywood, we'll see what happens with him. I know Rashad Bateman will have may have a big impact on that because again, he's another first round guy. I would love if they keep both. I would love it. But this is why I hate the business part of the NFL because it can get very, very tricky, but hopefully they keep both. But anyway, with Baker Mayfield, I think that with the Browns I think they'll be hesitant on really giving him all that money. And I think with Baker Mayfield, I think that they will I could see them franchise tagging him because they already picked up the fifth year option. So they got him for next year. But I think they wait this thing out, especially this year because now this year he's not going to be fully healthy. At no point in this season for the remainder of the season is he going to be fully healthy because he has like the torn shoulder label or something like that. Or the the I rotate it. I don't know what it is. But something's up with his shoulder and he either has to get surgery to get it cleaned up all the way. So then he'll miss the season or he can play through it. So you're not going to get a fully healthy Baker Mayfield. And he I'm I'm scared for him because I know like as a competitor you want to get out there, you want to play, you want to help your team. But you could end up hurting them more than helping helping them if you really like hurting that bad. And that was not even on his throwing shoulder. But still, like you need your full body to really go as a football player. And you're going to be taking hits your quarterback. You're going to be taking hits. You got a nice offensive line, but they ain't going to keep you healthy 24 seven. They're going to keep you clean 24 seven. Shout out to keep it clean. But with Baker Mayfield, I think what the Browns do, I think they wait this thing all the way out, like all the way out. So they go through the fifth year option, which is next year. So and then after that, they see where he is, how he plays after or during that fifth year option. And then that's when I think they start to make their decision. Like I think everything is contingent on next season. I think this season, the Browns are like, all right, well, we lost our quarterback. We still in it now. We still in it, but they did lose their quarterback for how who knows how long it's going to be. But I just without Baker Mayfield, I just don't see the Browns. I don't care, he did this thing last night now. But I just don't see the Browns having long term success this season. And even with Baker Mayfield with him again, with him being hurt with Odell Beckham, Jr., with him being hurt, too, these Browns, they getting banged up, man, at some of the worst positions. So I just like I said, I think the Browns just I think they push it out. They push it out to the deadline, past the deadline. And they just because they I think they really want to be sure. But I think right now they're just not sure. They're not sure. And again, this year, they're not going to be able to be sure. And I think that's why that's why Baker Mayfield didn't sign already because you see Josh Allen, bills are sure, they are sure. And Josh Allen is nice, man, the bills are sure. They did their thing. And I know I know Ravens are sure, too, especially because they already came out and said it, yes, we're going to sign LeMau. We're going to sign LeMau. They came out and said it already. But as far as Baker Mayfield, I haven't heard maybe maybe I forgot. But I don't know if the Browns said that they were going to sign Baker Mayfield to a long term contract extension. I know if they came out and said it. So y'all let me know if they did, but I just think they just going to wait it out just to really just make sure. My apologies. I thought that was the last question, but this is the last question. I hadn't even seen the shout out to my guy, Danny B, and shout out to you being a patron. He said, and my boy, hope you and the fam are doing good. We're doing great. Appreciate you, Danny. I'm right in the start. The Harps coach of the year hype train. I know many people will think it's crazy because he's not a typical play calling X or X or O's coach, but there is something rare and special about being a true leader of men. Ever since LeMau's first playoff game when the the own Ravens fans boot him, Harps stuck with this guy, accepting him with open arms and never wavered from his decision. And we've watched that relationship blossom. Now with that, I think I think he had to. He had no choice but to, man, because I think he was thinking and this may sound harsh, but I think he was thinking, man, with Flacco, I was getting ready to lose my job. I was getting ready to be out of here. I was getting ready to be toast. But with LeMau, he came in. He saved me. He saved the season. He saved his franchise from where we were headed and where we had been. The things have been going rough for a long time, but LeMau saved us. I got to stick with this kid, man. But anyway, back to the remainder of the question. He said he had courage and faith in Deshaun Elliott after all the craziness with Earl Thomas. And now the Joker is a key piece to the defense. And we look like a different team without him. Now, with that, with the whole Earl Thomas thing, I feel like with Deshaun Elliott, you might have faith in him, but I think it was really one of those things where it's like we, we ain't got no choice. We don't have a choice because when they decided they wanted to cut Earl Thomas is like, OK, we got who's up next? Deshaun Elliott. OK, let's roll with him then. Well, let's let's let's let's try it out. What's the worst that could happen? And he has definitely been maturing quite well. So and like you said, the defense, they look like a different team without him for sure. And it was very, very nice to see him come back and make a huge impact. Let's shout out to Deshaun Elliott. Anyway, he said, now this year we have 17 guys on IR and offensive line line Elmer's glue together. No running backs. Two pro bowlers done for the year and MP and guru and the best record in the AFC. Oh, I love how you worded that. That's Logan Wilson should take some notes from you. Anyway, he said, there's something special about creating a culture when everyone feels accepted. It makes players want to give their all for their team and organizations every Sunday is true family vibes in Baltimore. So I do agree with you that right now, hardball should get culture to you. And I know that you got Arizona, right? And it's obviously still super early, but I know you got Arizona out there. They they undefeated right now. Sitting there was six and no, which is nice. But with the Ravens and just all the like all the all the injuries. Like for them to be five and one. And their loss came in overtime for them to be five and one. I know a lot of people like, oh, they could have lost this game. All they should have lost this game. All they might have lost it. Well, yes, they what they didn't. They didn't lose those games. Oh, that could have with the shit. Oh, they should have all they should have. They didn't lose. So right now, I would say that hardball deserves it.