 Forgot all about him for the Baltimore Ravens, but that's a good That's a great thing because the Ravens made us forget about him I remember Zach Erz when he first got released it was like, oh, okay We could add another tight end to the mix the timing just lined up too because we had just lost Mark Andrews and it was looking like we lost Mark Andrews for the rest of the year, but Baltimore Ravens and Mark Andrews said no in that hyperbolic chamber said no but anyway, it was look like Mark Andrews going to be out for the foreseeable future and Harbaugh has spoke about how there was an outside chance that if the Ravens reached a certain point in the playoffs Which we grateful that they have and we'll talk about that later that Mark Andrews could come back But it just made sense like oh the Baltimore adds Zach Erz to the mix Why not why not because while we knew Isaiah likely he had some potential We we saw it before but we hadn't really seen it through on during the regular season too much Especially when Mark Andrews was active. We know Charlie Cola. He had some potential We haven't got to see him Harley at all. It was like why not throw a veteran in the mix Why not it just makes sense, right? And it did but the Ravens didn't they didn't and I remember Josina Anderson She reported on the potential move. She said what the Ravens wanted to do first Was see how their tight ends were see how they were without a Mark Andrews before they considered adding the Zach It was said that they were interested in a Zach Erz So they like Zach Erz, but they wanted to wait first and I believe a couple of years ago They actually tried to trade for a Zach Erz. I believe I'm like 83% sure that they tried to trade for him a couple years back. I think when he was with Philly So before he went to the Cardinals now Um, I say all that to say this Zach Erz He was a forgotten man, especially what by me and I know by probably a lot of y'all too, but he got signed today He got signed by the Detroit Lions because apparently they lost their number two Titan and they got a kind of big game coming up Against them 40 diners and they could use all the firepower they could possibly get So they signed Zach Erz today it says on reader the report from Tom Pellecero He said three-time Pro Bowl tight end Zach Erz is signing with the Lions per sources Earths will start out on a practice squad with plans to potentially elevate him for the NFC championship game. I mean potentially like I don't think it's potentially I think it's definitely gonna happen because yeah, y'all got a game coming up like now So ain't no potentially but anyway No, it says a boost for the final stretch and that's that could be significant for them But our focus is not on the Detroit Lions or the San Francisco 49ers at least not yet. Let's see We'll get it. But anyway This small is to give a huge shout out to Isaiah likely And in the Baltimore Ravens at coaching staff Lamar Jackson forgetting it to him And Isaiah likely for making the most of his opportunity. See, you know, you got chemistry with somebody When they throw you a pass and it is a dangerous pass and the past falls incomplete and you look at them And you just go and that's exactly what Isaiah likely didn't own your next opportunity When that person the same person throws you a pass It's a touchdown What love Isaiah like me that man is serious man Isaiah likely is the truth man. He really is he really is I've seen it again Unfortunately, because you know when when one player goes down for the Baltimore Ravens and another player shows out for the Baltimore Ravens There's some fans. It's like all right, we can get rid of the one who went down even though He's gonna come back we can get rid of him for me. I'm like, no keep everybody Keep everybody cuz I still continue to see the conversation amongst some Ravens fans like oh, we we should trade Mark Andrews, but then I saw the conversation yesterday. Somebody said we should trade Isaiah likely and I had to respectfully disagree with that because Had we traded Isaiah likely Then what what if if Mark Andrews went down then what we still have Charlie Cole and we don't know what he could possibly be yet But we don't have to know yet He's quality depth because you got Isaiah likely like the way that I think about it because I don't like just getting rid of guys Just because oh one guy shows out. Okay, we can get rid of this guy in his place. Oh one guy showed Oh, we can get rid of him now Depth is something serious man. And if this Baltimore Raven season has taught you anything anything It has taught you that depth matters like crazy Stay ready. So you ain't got to get ready Because if you ain't ready as the Baltimore Ravens quickly found out In years past years previous to this one if you ain't ready. Oh It's tough and I know the Ravens have had some bad injury woes over the past Couple years and it's just been some crazy stuff that just doesn't even make any sense How injuries just literally beat up on the Baltimore Ravens over the past couple years But this year they there was a bunch of injuries, too There was a lot of injury with the Baltimore Ravens, but a difference this year They had the depth now in 2021 They had a nice Ross and they had a lot of depth but they lost like all of that depth to they lost started They lost the devil out there, but this year they faced a lot of injuries a whole lot of injuries as y'all know from week one And actually even before week one because there were guys going out before the season even started Like they lost their long snapping whatnot and then week one. They lost JK Dobbins Marcus Williams, Ronnie Stanley They have Mark Andrews Marlon Humphrey. He was out before we won Mark Andrews, he was also out before week one. They didn't lose him anyway one, but he was out before so They were dealing with it from jump literally from jump but they had the depth in place and The my point of this video is just to highlight that depth is so important The reason why I wanted the Baltimore Ravens to sign Zach Erz in the first place is so they could have even more quality depth I did not want him or anticipate him starting over Isaiah likely And I did not think that that would be or should have been the case But this guy is a Super Bowl champion. He got Super Bowl experience You could have added that to the mix and you could have had more quality depth Especially because your guy your top tight end. He was out Then on the flip side. All right, they didn't add Zach Erz But what Isaiah likely has provided them with has been quality. What depth depth there's been games this year Oh, they'll Beckham, Jr. He's missed Rashad Bateman. He's missed But what are the Baltimore Ravens have at the YRC position this year? They had as a flowers as well. They had a Nelson Aguilore as well They had a Devon DuVernay as well even Tyler Wallace too So what did the Baltimore Ravens have they had quality depth at the running back position? JK Dobbins, he was out of there lost in the first game of the season, but the Baltimore Ravens They still had Auguste Edwards. They still had a Justice Hill So what do they have at the position quality depth Marlon Humphrey? He missed the first four games of this season and he missed a bunch of games throughout too So I remember at the beginning of the season. We was all shaking in our boots We were all wondering like oh my goodness the secondary is scary. It's not looking good. Oh my this is yikes But what did Brandon Stevens provide? What did they sign Ronald Dobby for they had rock you seen as well? Audarius Washington, he was in the mix for a little bit that he got hurt, but Arthur Millet He's been in the mix too. What did they provide quality depth? Week one of the season Marcus Williams goes out with injury week one goes out with a pec injury Oh, he could be out for the season with a pectoral injury. Oh, no He's gonna rehab instead of surgery. Oh, that could take a while. He was out for a while But what did the Baltimore Ravens have to where they were straight even though Marcus Williams was out for a long time? Geno stone Kyle Hamilton, what did those guys provide? quality depth Depp makes such a big difference Tyus Bowser Tyus Bowser has been out literally the whole year at chunks of this year The Baltimore Ravens lost a doubt fair way for like three four games They had David a job early on in the season, but what happened to him? He ended up being out for the remainder of the season with two injuries But the Baltimore Ravens they signed a Jadavian County the Baltimore Ravens. They signed a Calvin Oil They had Trent Simpson in the in the Woolworths. They had Malik Harrison, too So what did the Baltimore Ravens end up having that outside linebacker even though they were missing a Bowser even though They missed a doubt fair wait for a while even though David a job was been out for the majority of the year What do they have and provide themselves with? quality depth You get it You get it. It makes the world of a difference when you have quality depth Because the quality depth is the big reason why the Baltimore Ravens are even in the position that they're in right now Because they have it if they didn't have it like they had it in past years We might not be even having a conversation right now. We may all be on vacation. We may all be in Cancun right now But since the Baltimore Ravens have equipped themselves with quality depth It's made such a big difference. Thank you Baltimore Ravens. Thank you Eric the Costa But thank you because y'all put us in this position to wear in the words of former Baltimore Raven Marcus Peters. 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