 speculation the definition reads the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence and speculation is something that we love to do here on Team Keep It Clean we love to look at little clues and little hints that the Ravens or any other NFL teams may give us in different circumstances and yesterday it was no different it was no different with the entire Jake Ryan release we began speculating and I said multiple times in the video I they did this for a reason I think they did this for a reason because of the timing because we always say that timing is everything you don't just release a player in the middle of June when there's nothing going on you don't just do that for no reason so a lot of us wondered and of course the speculation started going a little bit more crazy with some people especially when this was even before the post went up but when Antonio Brown when he did his Instagram post and it said big 4x soon and he meant the fourth team that he'll be signing with and he put up a picture of himself in a Patriot Steelers in a Raiders uniform and he said 4x coming soon so and before people even saw that post people were talking about Antonio Brown in the comment section but some other people were thinking hey maybe it's your David and Clowney and as much as I would love that as much as I would love it I just I didn't think it was him either but we found out the real reason the Ravens released Ryan how many what is that four five hours real reason Ravens released Ryan well that's five or okay so we found out the real reason Ravens released Ryan it's not really a tongue twisted but anyway just three big eight in the morning man I had read this and then I was like you know what time to get to work but then I lay back down in bed and went back to sleep and anyway he said Ryan was officially released with non football injury designation so he was released because he was hurt but he was hurt away from the game since they haven't been around the game so he got diagnosed with the non football injury designation let's just read his tweet verbatim he said Ryan was early officially released with non football injury designation so wasn't case of team just releasing him because they now have more depth at inside linebacker Ryan has dealt with a bunch of injuries in recent years so yes they released them because of injury reasons so does that clear up everything for everybody now no because again the timing he's been injured recently he's been he's been dealing with injuries for the longest so my question would be why now why would Ravens release him now he obviously was able to pass a physical because he the because the announcement was made official from the Ravens because as you all noticed or those of you that follow the Ravens on social media they don't they don't make any announcements official as far as signings and whatnot and trades and all the transactions they they can't make the announcement official until the player passes a physical and I remember when the Ravens initially signed Jake Ryan they didn't make the enough the official announcement straight from them until two weeks later they made the announcement two weeks later and everybody was like whoa I thought we signed this guy a long time ago and they had come to terms on an agreement with him but they hadn't actually signed him because to sign and be a member of the team you have to pass a physical so he did that but so that's that's why this the timing of their this release still is just I still think something's up because again they didn't have to do this now they could have did this a long time ago did he all of a sudden get it just get an injury randomly recently I have hey who knows we don't know the background of it but it is what it is so this got to this this got a lot of people thinking especially me because you know Ravens are gonna fill that spot they are going to fill that spot and this had my guy Adam he sent in a question he said he watched a video about Jake Ryan being released and in the speculation that we were talking about and he said through the last couple of months I have read a few articles about undrafted free agents the Ravens signed after the draft recently I took a look at the list where a couple caught my attention now as we all know they released linebacker Jake Ryan so you think it might be because EDC and hardball might be more interested in a younger healthier player like defensive in John DACA who had 67 tackles 28 tackles for a loss of 16 and a half sex in 2019 then there's Edge Russia outside linebacker Chauncey Rivers shout out to my guy yo Steph because I think he loves Chauncey Rivers we have 43 tackles eight tackles for a loss and five sex in 2019 now I know we have drafted three wide receivers in the last two drafts but do you think it might be for trade or a cut veteran wide receiver take care man and hashtag team keep it clean hashtag Ravens appreciate you Adam so for the first two that you mentioned because he said it could be because EDC and hardball might be more interested in a younger healthier player like John DACA or Chauncey Rivers both undrafted rookie free agents no it couldn't be for that because those guys are already on the roster they're already there the Ravens for anybody that's already there any undrafted rookie free agents that the Ravens have already there would be no need for them to make room for somebody who's already on their 90 man roster they already accounted for so they are already Chauncey Rivers and John DACA they are they already account for two roster spots out of those 90 men well now 89 so it couldn't be for them it couldn't be for them at all and then he said I know we drafted three wide receivers in the last two drafts actually four wide receivers because Hollywood Boykin DuVernay and Proshay and he said but do you think it might be for trade or cut veteran wide receiver for the cut not yet not not yet unless they go on the free agent route it could be but again y'all you all have heard me talk about it numerous times in a lot of different videos I do believe the Ravens will add a wide receiver via trade who that wide receiver is beats me but I do think that they will add somebody via trade now it could happen via free agency that's a couple guys out there not really too much but there are some pretty big names out there do they both still have the big game I know one of them does one of them sure been looking like it but the other one I'm not sure we haven't really seen much from him he wants to get back as well they both want to get back but we'll see I mean they Ravens have they have some options on different things that they could do at the wide receiver position one of those options would be just rolling what you got and actually really developing your own like really taking that keen interest in developing your own wide receiver talent and as we all know that's something that the Ravens just haven't done just something that they just haven't done that hasn't been there in more for a long time and it seemed like it started last year but we got to see it's all about consistency it's all about consistency that that is a big thing in just life period consistency what are you going to be known for people are going to know you for whatever it is that you're consistent at doing if you do something one time and then you never do it again they're not gonna know you for that because that's not what you're consistently doing so with the Ravens we'll really see how much they how consistent they are at developing their own or if they if they start a new pattern of consistency with developing their own so again I wouldn't mind if they roll what they got I still don't expect them to but we'll see but another option that wide receiver like you said they could go to a free agency now they could go to a free agency now or they could wait and go to free agency later because as we all know and I'm and my guy Yosef actually did a question from subscriber about this that y'all are seeing a future episode about camp cuts roster cuts and the Ravens they have been known over the years more so yeah they did it last year because that's how they got on Seth Robbins I believe well no no he was already a free agent whatever it was but anyway they have been known especially in in the Aussie era I mean the it's really been the entirely the Aussie area the Aussie era because Eric Acosta just started last year but I'm under Ozzie Newsom they had been known to just wait it out wait it out wait it out wait it out for those training camp cuts when teams got to get down the size Ravens will be sitting there waiting oh it's like when when it's like when stuff when clothes because you know one of the biggest day for sales is December 26th that is one of the biggest days if you ever want to do some massive clothes shopping or just shopping period cuz it's a lot of people returning stuff December 26th is the day to go of course there's Black Friday as well but December 26th I think a lot of people sleep on it but Aussie be he'd be waiting in the cut he would be waiting in the cut like ooh who's gonna get cut it's bargain time baby it's bargain time baby I gotta give Flacco some some guys who teams don't want anymore I gotta give Flacco somebody are they washed up we can get by with them to be alright but no and that would be a time when when Ravens would really be going after guys but now I mean we'll see what the Costa does the cost of seems to be again a big contrast to Aussie Newsom I think is the cost is uh he's just he's more with the with the current times and a lot of you all have mentioned this to Aussie Newsom was more old school and the cost is more up-to-date but I think the cost to me he seems so far he seems more aggressive he seems more aggressive for getting more premier talent yeah and it hasn't always worked out but the fact that we know that this guy is always trying that says a lot that says a whole lot so we're gonna see what they do with that last spot man I'm I don't know I don't know like obviously none of us know some of y'all working for the Ravens and y'all watching and y'all really know what's going on but anyway none of none of us know so I'm sure because it happens enough times where we hype ourselves up it happens to me y'all know I did it with the draft with Jerry Judy and with Jerry Judy and not rugs but man why can't I remember his name there with Jerry Judy and oh man I cannot remember his name now please somebody put in a comment section cuz I can't think of it but anyway y'all know I hyped myself up with those receivers and I was a little sad when they got drafted by other teams I didn't really expect the Ravens to get them but I still really wanted them to and I fell in love with those two receivers like oh man but it's all good but enough times we can hype ourselves up with a lot of speculation and then when a move is made it can be let go okay all right well that oh okay that's it so it'll probably be something like that but we won't know till we know but I'm sure we will know very very soon over the next today is Friday we may know by the end of today but certainly I think at the latest we would know by Monday afternoon because Ravens are usually pretty quick about feeling that roster spot up this possible we may even know today but I think at the latest it would be by Monday afternoon I don't even think it'll go that long because that seemed like a long time away but anyway we'll see how things go so team keep it clean I love you all man I appreciate y'all so much and just thank you for continuing to be positive thank you for continuing to support just thank you I love y'all so much and just y'all are the greatest man so I appreciate y'all thank you and we out