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I love y'all so Today for the first time in a long time and somebody said oh man, it feels like a dream That it felt like we were like almost in the thick of things in the season because the Ravens had one of their press conferences And this was the press conference Prior to the start of the new league year featured one Eric the Costa and he had a lot of interesting things to say Now first and foremost, you know, he was asked the question because those rumors got put out there and Ian Rappaport He shut it down Ian Rappaport shut it down About a week ago shout out to Schmurder But he shut that down because he said that the Ravens hadn't even started talking contract with Lamar Jackson yet That was from Ian Rappaport first of the original report came out from Ben Volan and we covered that in a video He said oh the Ravens and Lamar Jackson far apart in contract talks and that was technically true But it was true because they hadn't even started yet So then following that up Ian Rappaport said that they hadn't even started and then today Eric the Costa said they haven't had any Contract talks with Lamar Jackson whatsoever not yet. He said it hasn't started yet He said they gonna get some done, but they just haven't begun the process So it's always nice to hear it from the horse's mouth. I call it Eric the Costa horse It's just a saying but it's always nice to hear it directly from the source Not from this guy enough and that guy doesn't know directly And he said they haven't started yet So when that happens, we'll see but you know, we keep you posted Also, because I took my my cliff notes for this one they have had some preliminary talks with one tight end Mark Andrews and That's gonna be interesting to see Whenever that contract does come up in because you know like we talked about it a lot You knew for all the guys whose contract was getting ready expired this year. It was Mark Andrews It was Lamar Jackson is Orlando Brown, Jr. Yeah, Lamar. You already knew is they keeping him That's not even a question But the question was between like Mark Andrews and Orlando Brown, Jr. Which one of those guys would stay and I mean, we all kind of figured it would be Mark Andrews But what nothing is official to until it's official, but you know, Mark Andrews. He probably ain't going nowhere They're not going to take away one of Lamar's biggest and best targets. I mean, they took away Hayden Harris, but anyway They're not going to do that again So shout out to Mark Andrews and we'll see it's going to be very interesting to see where they slot him As far as when it comes to pay compared to other tight ends of the league Compared to a wall or compared to a Kelsey compared to a kiddo We're going to see what the comparisons look like now somebody who Eric Dacosta said Actually has the same agent as Mark Andrews is Orlando Brown, Jr. And of course the question came up. Hey, what's going on with the trade talks with Orlando Brown, Jr. And Eric Dacosta say that plenty of talks with Orlando Brown, Jr. Plenty of talks with his agent and whatnot So but hey nothing yet obviously because I mean we would hear that But he said he's going to do what's best for the team and what's best for Orlando Brown, Jr. So pretty much one of those answers where it's like, um, yeah Up to offer Up to offer. Give me something better. You want Orlando Brown, Jr. Hey, we ain't got no problem keeping them If you really want Orlando Brown, Jr. You're gonna have to give us some really good form Other than that Don't even send me a text straight up He was also asked about uh the franchise The franchise tag question And Like with the franchise deadline approaching Who's he gonna place that franchise tag on if anybody and he kind of just He dodged it He dodged it and again We said it from before the report even came out from james and hensley last week We've been saying they ain't gonna franchise tag anybody We go who ain't gonna franchise tag and he can go away now. There's a possibility that they could um I think if if they were going to do something with yunikin gakway It would be the transition tag to where uh yunikin gakway and his camp they could facilitate a trade with another team So then the ravens they wouldn't end up losing out on yunikin gakway completely But they could trade him to a team and they could get something right here right now instead of that third round Compic or fourth round compic whatever it's going to be when he signs with somebody this off season But I don't envision I don't see uh yunikin gakway Matt judon uh being ravens next year tyus bowser the jury's still out The the jury is still out, but I don't I don't think they will put the franchise tag on him. No That's not gonna happen. Well, at least in my opinion, I don't think it's gonna happen But with yunikin gakway judon, I think both of them are definitely gone But we'll see it ain't over till it's over uh Oh, but I think it's over for both of them with the ravens um Now the the obvious and you know, this is not this is something that's true because you know Eric Dacosta in these press conferences. He does a lot of poker face To where they'll ask him a specific question about something And he'll kind of go around the answer because no gm's gonna give out all of their plans No gm's gonna be like, okay. Well, this is what we're gonna do. This is what we want This is who we want. This is what we want to trade for this is who we want to try No, nobody's gonna do that But this is where I do believe Eric Dacosta was telling the truth The whole truth and nothing but the truth He said he wanted to add more draft picks So y'all know man based off of Eric Dacosta and his history Based off of the ravens in their history Yeah, you know They probably gonna do that Because they love compiling those draft picks. They love stacking them draft picks. They like oh draft pick Oh, yeah, give me more Give me more So that's that now um About Lamar going back to Lamar Because somebody asks I forgot who asked the question, but there's asked if dag press guys deal Impacts and the way the negotiations went and everything Because of course the cowboy's offer dag press got something last year But his team turned it down and they asked if that impacts Lamar Jackson whatsoever Eric Dacosta said no He telling me the market doesn't affect Lamar Jackson I know he well and maybe he was answering it like that Maybe he was saying well dag press guys deal doesn't necessarily impact Lamar Jackson But you know the market certainly does It certainly does and dag press guys deal has certainly had an impact on the market So it has done nothing but help Lamar Jackson out when that time comes But we'll talk about that more specifically in another video Now one thing that uh, I did like two things About two big players on this team like literally big guys Brandon Williams now this doesn't mean anything It doesn't mean anything to set in stone because they talked about how with the cap situation Being what it is and all the craziness that the cap the salary cap is right now We don't even know exactly what it's going to be Eric Dacosta said he's been planning everything like the cap is going to be 180 mil We know it's going to be higher than that, but he said he's been planning like it is 180 mil So whatever it is with where it exceeds 180 mil Then that's going to be a good thing because he'll have a little bit more money to play with But he did say um Because he was asked about Brandon Williams. What's going on with Brandon? He said he expects Brandon Williams to be on the team Now that that's not really saying anything And we would love I would love for Brandon Williams to be a member of the team I would love him to remain with the Ravens But hey, he said he expects and and and let's listen to this for There was a very a different tone When it came to him speaking about Brandon Williams He said he expects Brandon Williams to be a part of the Ravens this year But when he said with with Gus Edwards when the question was asked about Gus Edwards, they asked oh Are you gonna tend to Gus Edwards? Are you gonna try to sign up to a long-term deal? He said either way either way Gus is gonna be with the rate. No, he didn't say expect. No, he said Gus is going to be He gave a definitive answer when it came to Gus Edwards Is that really saying anything? We'll see with Brandon Williams. Don't be surprised by anything But because we're again with Brandon Williams. There was the whole I expect him to be a member of this team But with Gus Edwards, he said no, he ain't going nowhere Gus ain't leaving Gus ain't leaving this thing man So Gus that was that that was nice to hear And whether the Ravens do again like he said issue that him the tender or they sign them to a longer deal Probably would be like a three-year deal if they did sign them to anything but um Yeah, that was that so that would mean that if they did sign them to a three-year deal, which I expect If they do sign it to a long-term deal, then him and jk's deals would run out at the exact same time And then you would have that decision to make who you're gonna keep But you wouldn't have your boys together for the next three years So that would be a beautiful thing Well, maybe the next three years because you know sometimes stuff could change, you know guys be like, you know what? I don't want to be a backup no more. I'm ready to be a starter, but They'll cross that road when they get there, but you know They will attempt to get there since Gus's Gus will be here. Brandon Williams is still that question mark um And yeah, that was it That was he talked a little bit more about free agency and whatnot, but nothing definitive nothing crazy No, hardball. He's gonna speak to the media later on today at 1 p.m Um, so, you know, we'll we'll be checking that out too But this is a very interesting press conference, but it is uh, we just gotta wait I mean because actions they can speak a whole lot louder than words So Eric Ducasa, he gave us his words on how he's feeling about some different things Now we'll see what actions take place as far as guys getting signed Then keeping guys and releasing guys trays draft all that stuff All of it So team keeping clean. I appreciate y'all. I love y'all