 First question came from my guy Phil. He said, what do you think Tyler Beatty was drafted to step in and become? Gus is signed through 2023. Of course, J.K. Dobbins has a few years left on his rookie deal. So what was Tyler Beatty drafted to come in and do? There's a lot of chatter going on that a lot of fans don't think Beatty even makes the roster just because he was drafted in the sixth round. If you ask me, I think it was a steal because he ran for 1,600 yards last season. What are your thoughts? That draft pick with Tyler Beatty, I think that it was really one of those things where it's the ultimate, stay ready so you ain't gotta get ready. Ravens are right now very loaded at the running back position. They have a lot of options. They got, of course, J.K. and Gus, like we mentioned before, Tyler Beatty, but also Justice Hill. He's still around right now. They signed Mike Davis as well. They still got Nate McCrary on a future reserve type of deal. So they have a lot of options. And of course, at any given point, they could add more. We've seen them take away an option, but they're set there right now. So they have a lot. So I think it's one of those cases where it's like, all right, young guy, rookie deal, four year deal. So stay ready so we ain't gotta get ready. Just in case, especially with three of our running backs coming back from major injury. Next question came from, I got more. And he said, I think a lot of these Ravens fans who think the Ravens had a planted wide receiver going to be really disappointed. Think about it though. Draft has come and gone. Most of the top wide receivers have been traded. Julio Jones is really the only receiver left on the market. If fans think we're about to trade for Debo or DK, they are wrong because these teams are going to want a first round pick for them. And we all know EDC isn't coming up off of no first round pick. I'm sure he'll offer like a fourth or fifth, but that's about it. So my question is, wait. He said, where do you think these receivers are going to come from? And get ready to embrace Julio Jones. It is looking like it. Julio Jones, he heard them a little, not anything verified or anything about T.Y. Hilton, but I just would not want a T.Y. Hilton. Just my opinion though. Julio Jones, is he the last resort? Is he the last option for the Ravens, Julio Jones? You still got Odell Beckham Jr., but Odell Beckham Jr., he just, he's recovering from the Achilles surgery. So yeah, Julio Jones looking like he might be the one. He might be the one. And it's interesting because with Julio Jones, I know there's like, and I've seen fans say it to it. They're like, hey, we should sign Julio Will Fuller. And who's the other one? Oh, there's one more. Maybe T.Y. Hill was it, but they're like, we should sign all three. Because if we sign all three, then that means we're guaranteed to get a 17 game season out of them because they're all gonna miss their games. But if we can sign all three, then they can all combine for a full season. But anyway, Julio, now Julio could come in and I'm not gonna say if he could stay healthy. Cause that wouldn't be my expectation because we've seen what Julio can do and what we've seen what he's done as far as health. And the health just, it hasn't been, that he's going to miss time. I think everybody's expectation will be that he is going to miss time. But if he misses time, all right, do you have other guys that can step in and show out? That can feel that role. That can be that number two guy. Cause we could not have Julio be the number one. We could have him be the guy. He could be a guy and a significant contributor for sure. But he couldn't be the guy because if they guarantee, they depend on him to be the guy. They, it will be, he'll be missing. He'd be MIA because he is most likely going to get hurt. We would of course hope that he wouldn't get hurt but the expectation would be that he would. Just like Sammy Watkins, we hoped that he wouldn't get hurt but the expectation was that he would get hurt and he did get hurt. So nobody was surprised. So with Julio though, he could still make some plays. He would give you that big body target. He would give you somebody that's reliable, somebody that has literally done everything that there is to do in this league except of course when the Super Bowl but he's played in every type of game. He would give you that veteran leadership to where those guys are in the huddle, they all might be freaking out and they like, oh, what do we do? Lamar might be freaking out. He might be rattled a bit. Julio be like, look, I know what you're going through. I done been here. I know what it's like to be in your shoes. I know what the situation, I know what this moment is like. This is what we need to do. And he could be that sort of that calming guy that just breathe. But again, we know what he's capable of. But if they signed to Julio, and I don't really even think, because I know some people think, oh, he would take away from everybody else. What, he really? Like in fact, he would actually give to other people because the expectation would be that he would miss time and then other guys would, they would have to step up anyway. But with Julio, if they were to sign to Julio, that would give them quality depth, quality depth, leadership, experience. Somebody who's proven, again, the biggest thing that would scare most Ravens fans when it comes to Julio, which I completely understand is the injuries, the hamstring, they be acting up. That boy, the Ravens just need to supply him with a bunch of bananas, man. Get that boy a bunch of bananas and whatnot. No, I'm thinking of Charlie Horst, not hamstring. But they need to have that boy stretching out all the time. Even when they nobody stretching, have Julio stretch, just try to counter it. But he would be somebody that would be respected too. And if Julio's on the field and he's healthy, he could help Rashad Bateman. He could help take away attention from Mark Andrews. He could be physical to block in the running game. He could just give Lamar somebody where Lamar could be like, all right, if all else fails, whatever, throw it up, Julio come down with it. He will give you a jump ball guy. Again, he give you physicality. Depending on how them hammies acting, he give you some speed, decent amount of speed. He ain't the same Julio that he was before. And we're not expecting the same Julio that he used to be. But Julio, I almost feel like Julio right now at this point, because yeah, I don't expect them to trade for a D-Boy or DK either. I would love if they traded for a DK Maker, but I do not never expected them to do that. I would love if they did, but the expectation isn't there. But Julio, I feel like right now when you look out there, he may be the best option just because of how he could compliment the Ravens. And not many options out there. And again, I don't even feel like he would just, he would take away so much from the other receivers that are on the team already. I really don't, but he will give you somebody that's proven. And the other guys they will still get they burned to because Julio ain't going to be out there 24-7. So yeah, I guess Julio is like the, not the necessary to the last resort, but maybe the best of the last. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You two team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like out of made it. Out of made it. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven. So if you couldn't tell, this was another episode of NFL Questions From Subs where we answer plenty of questions that y'all provide via Patreon and via the email. And I love y'all. Team, keep it clean. Thank you so much for everything. Thank you so much for your patience because I know it's been a while since we've done questions for ourselves, but hey, we back. So let's keep it moving. Next question came from Yolanda B. She said, Lo and Raven hope you and your family are doing well with the lack of Lamar's contract extension and now Hollywood's departure as much as I do not like to even think about it. I'm beginning to wonder if Lamar will actually stay with the Ravens after this season. You know what's funny? Even before Hollywood's departure, a lot of people questioned this. And then once Hollywood was traded, people questioned it even more. But anyway, she said, my question is this, if it comes down to a scenario of either Giro, Greg Roman stays or Lamar Jackson stays, which one do you think the Ravens will want to keep? The reason I ask is because I wonder if Lamar will get to a point that he tells the front office, I want to stay a Raven, just not under Giro's sister. Thank you so much for your great content. Now, in my opinion, and I appreciate you, Yolanda, in my opinion, I think that this, the way that the Ravens have been bringing in coaches and whatnot and also bringing in players that fit Giro style of doing things. I think they are building the team to where it's like, all right, Greg Roman, no excuses, no excuses. We have a lot of depth in all the pieces that you value the most. Offensive line, and of course, that should be valued by any kind of offense that you run. But Ravens got like 20 tight ends on the roster right now. 20 of them, maybe 21. So, and they got, they got their receivers, but they received, they got a lot of unproven receivers, but they got enough receivers to, I guess, to get by. There's a lot of unproven. They still got a lot to prove out there right now. So we'll see what happens. But tight end, offensive line, tight end, and a quarterback that can move. Those are the things in my opinion that Greg Roman's offenses value the most. So it feels like the Ravens are being like, all right, Giro, there you go. You're set. But at the same time, like this year, they provided him with a lot for him. They've also had these other coaches. Last year, they brought in the T. Martin and Keith Williams, and those guys specialize at wide receiver. They specialize where Greg Roman does not specialize. So I think Greg Roman has a lot of pressure on him as well from the Ravens too. And even when you heard John Harbaugh in that, in his first presser after the season ended, and the way he spoke about Greg Roman and he talked about the offense. And he said, yeah, they were like six and y'all had something like that, but 17th in points. He said, no, that's not good enough. He said, we got to score more points. And that is him talking to offensive coordinator. And cause you know, like if EDC or Vishali, they put that pressure on Harbaugh. Harbaugh gonna start pointing out to everybody. Hey, hey, it ain't me, it's them. You know, I let them do that thing. It's them. Greg Roman, yeah, that pressure gets on Harbaugh. Harbaugh gonna put that pressure on Roman and Roman would be the first one to go. But anyway, I think the Ravens, they have brought in these different coaches. And then they brought in, they hired the guy this year. I wanna say, oh, is it Carrie Dixon? From, what is it from Georgia Tech? I forget, but anyway, they brought him in and he was a wide receiver coach before. They brought him in to be an assistant QB coach. And it's like the Ravens seem like they may be doing a shift to life after Greg Roman. It's like they're preparing themselves for life after Greg Roman. So that's something that a lot of us have been noticing as well. So, but then with Lamar Jackson, with the way that they've been building the team. It seems like they have built this team to where, cause, and this is one of the reasons, and I said this before, this is one of the reasons why I don't think that, well, one of the reasons I think that they haven't traded for a big time wide receiver, even signed one of the big names and whatnot, because they don't know what's gonna happen with Lamar Jackson. They don't know what the future is with Lamar Jackson. They have said to public, oh yeah, we want Lamar Jackson to be a Raven forever. And I'm sure they do. And Lamar Jackson has came out and said, oh yeah, I'm just ain't going nowhere. I ain't thinking about going nowhere and stay with the Ravens. I'm sure he does, but until something is officially official, anything could go down. Something could go left, something could go sideways. Anything could happen. And the way that this team is built right now, in my opinion, it's not even built for Lamar. It's really not, it's not built for Lamar. Now, with Hollywood leaving, Lamar is going to be put to the test, cause now ain't no more loyalty. Well, there's loyalty to Mark Andrews, but ain't no more loyalty when it comes to wide receivers. Cause he had that extra loyalty to Hollywood, cause that was his guy, but now, and I ain't saying that the other receivers on his guy, but it was different Hollywood man, cause they had them floater ties, shout out to floater. But now he ain't going to just be locked on Hollywood. He can spread the ball around or whatnot. But as far as the quality of the core of receivers, I question it. And I'm not saying that they're bad. Not saying that at all. They're just some people who don't know they're just unproven. And the Ravens have continued throughout Lamar's entirety of his career. They've continued to lollygag and just pitle paddle and just, it's not a big deal. Lamar, he'll be all right when it comes to the wide receiver position. Keep doing it. They've done it his whole career. Now we're in year five and it's the same thing. And I was like, oh, look at all the receivers the Ravens drafted, gotta get them a shot. I'm not gonna understand that, but you had plenty of opportunities to go get that guy. Not unproven guys, but that guy. And of course, for unproven guys to prove themselves, they gotta prove themselves, right? Of course they do. But you could've still got Lamar better. You could've got him bigger and better. Cause it's one thing to say, oh, hey, we took shots. We took chances. But did they really take the best quality chances? In my opinion, no. I don't think so. So I feel like the Ravens, the team, the franchise organization, they are at a big crossroads right now when it comes to Lamar, when it comes to Greg Roman, when it comes to life after Greg Roman, they are the big crossroads right now in that whole thing. And this year, like so much is on the line for everybody. So much. So much. Oh, but to answer your question, if it depends on like Lamar or G-Roy, I think the Ravens will pick Lamar. They will pick Lamar. The actions, they say a little different, but the money, Lamar's money, that's some, he brings in a lot of money for the Ravens, a lot of revenue. And NFL is a business, that's what it's about. They're about making money. And Lamar is literally like the team. Lamar does so much as we all know, we ain't got to go over it, but he does so much for these Ravens. They count on him a lot. And I mean, he's a starting quarterback. You can say the same thing about a lot of other teams, but the way that they use Lamar to do it, you can't say a lot about a lot of other teams. So if it came down to Greg Roman and Lamar, I mean, they better choose Lamar, right? Next question came from a boy, Justin C. He said, hey, what's up in Graven? Just wanted to send a super quick question thanks for all the draft coverage and content you gave us. I know I sent the question in before the draft about all the picks we have. And I know you thought, and I agree that we would likely not use them all, but wow, not only did we use all 10, but then we traded Hollywood and got another and they used it. So yeah, y'all know I was shocked about that because I was like 2,000 percent sure. They ain't about to use no 10 draft, they use 10 draft picks. Anyway, he said, were you shocked, were you as shocked as I was, seeing the Ravens use all their picks and not even getting the receiver all draft? And what's your thoughts on the draft as a whole? Do you feel it was a success or do you feel like they dropped the ball somewhere? Yeah, only place I feel like they dropped the ball was at the receiver position, but with everything else that they did, it was a good draft, it was a good draft because they filled a lot of needs. Some of it wasn't neat because the first pick, Kyle Hamilton, he was not a need, but he gives you more flexibility on defense, allows you to do more things and we'll see what happens with Chuck Clark at this point. But yeah, the draft was good. Now as far as, yeah, I was very shocked that they didn't get a receiver, but as every round passed, really especially after the third round, first and second round I was like, okay, okay, who's it gonna be? Nothing happened, I was like, oh, okay. Then third round I was like, okay, well, maybe. But then nothing happened, I was like, oh. Then fourth round I was thinking, ah, they could, but we know how the story is gonna end. Next question came from my boy, Mike H. She said, I ain't graven, I've seen a lot of Ravens fans frustrated at why a receiver, but honestly, this might've been one of the best drafts to date. I look at the bigger picture, injuries killed the Ravens last season, they need depth and they got depth. Now, where's their depth at why a receiver? Think about that. Like you said, injuries killed them last season. What happens if one of their receivers went down, especially if it was one of their top guys? And we don't even know who the top guys are gonna be yet. But what if one of their top guys went, then what? Then what happens? How does this team look? So you answered a lot of people's question when you talked about the depth. They need depth there. And I'm sure they're gonna get it some way, somehow. But right now they don't have, they don't really have it. Anyway, he said Lamar will be well-protected. Check, offensive line, looking like it's gonna be good. The running game will be elite. Check, as long as the offensive line is good, then the running game should be. And hopefully it'll be a lot less running game from Lamar, as far as designed runs. Well, Lamar, hey, you're gonna take off, take off. But the design runs, let's cut down on that. But anyway, and the defense will be solid. I think they can actually be better than solid. As long as they stay healthy, I think they can be better than solid. But anyway, so yeah. The secondary looks nasty, agreed, as long as they healthy. I think EDC still has some tricks up his sleeve for wide receiver. I think he might make one last push for wide receiver with free agency. Well, yeah, it's like, what were we talking about earlier? He got some options. Are they the best options? No, no, no, but it's like, the only other options they got, I mean, they can roll what they got. You know they're not gonna do that. They could trade for somebody. You figure that, well, I figure they're not gonna do that. Well, they could sign a free agent. So I think a lot of us figure they're gonna do that. Next question came from my guy, John. He said, they ain't great when I watch your videos daily, but I just became a dad and I've been so busy with life. That's why I haven't put in a question from subscribers in months. Hey, congratulations to you, John. That's great, man. So yeah, do your thing, man. Congrats. Can I know that? That's a big responsibility and that. You think, ooh, I know you busy, man. Like busy, busy, man. But anyway, he said, with how our defense is looking after the draft, our defense is looking really nasty. We will have the best secondary in the league and with the new addition to our defensive line and incision of youth, I believe we will have a better pass rush. I mean, they can't get worse. Can they? He said, what are your thoughts? Yeah, I just feel like, yeah. And they did add some youth and some strength too with Travis Jones and they added some flexibility. We talked about it in the last question from Mike about the flexibility with the secondary, but as far as with Travis Jones, at the BK, you brought Michael Pierce to replace Brandon Williams, brought back Kaleas Campbell. I think Broderick Washington, he should still be there too. So you'll have more flexibility along that defensive line, allow Kaleas Campbell not to be so winded and tired and have to do so much. But so that should be good. He said, by the way, I love Hollywood Brown and I'm sad to see him leave, but I do believe the trade was for the best for both parties. It was, it was, if he ain't wanna be there. Okay, cool. Ravens, they're like, oh, you don't wanna be here? All right, cool. We love our draft picks. All right, even cooler. Okay, bye. We love you. And you got to put him in a good situation to where he, him in the quarterback, they definitely got chemistry. So yeah, so yeah, it's good for both sides, man. And for those who hate on Hollywood, at least he did the Ravens right and didn't make it public to the value himself in trades, exactly. He allowed for the Ravens to get great value back for him. Yeah, first round pick for a 2019 first round pick. Yeah, excellent value. And last question on this episode came from Hadi. He said, what's up in Graven? He's writing this as I'm watching your draft live stream. We just traded Hollywood to Arizona, so you know when this was. And I am at a loss of words. I'm gonna make my question short and sweet. How do you think this will impact Lamar signing with us? Much love to you and Team Curriclean. We'll get through this together, my guy. And just like Hollywood is with the Ravens, sadly, I'm out. So yeah, now, as far as Lamar, how will this impact him? And I said it the day after that it just depends on how the Ravens move forward now. It depends on what the Ravens do now and how they provide for their franchise who should be their franchise quarterback. It's about their planning. And I question what they're gonna do because they knew that Hollywood wanted to be traded a long time ago. They knew that before free agency, they didn't make any moves to sort of counter the trade. So we'll see, we'll see. We will see. That is probably the best way to answer that question because right now we just don't know. We don't know. And I'm sure Lamar didn't like it but I'm sure Lamar understands the why. Why Hollywood got traded. Why he wanted out, why the Ravens granted that request. But now it's time to see how the Ravens will take care of business after that. They, of course, after this point they signed a few different undrafted free agents that were receiving some bigger body guys but I don't think that's gonna be the last thing that they did, at least hope not.