 Hey These boys got it done man EDC. What's up, baby? What's going on, man? Look last year the EDC first couple of years man. I question them straight up in y'all know that it's on record It's on video and all that because He talked about how he wanted to assemble a track team and all that he was taking over his GM He did some things differently. He did some things similar to Ozzie Newsom But I question how much Eric D'Costa was really all in with these Baltimore Ravens and how badly he really wanted to establish a winning team Now I know in 2021 he did a really good job then but literally everybody got hurt Then 2022 okay, but then 2023 last year last season That's when that was in my opinion the best roster that Eric D'Costa had Assembled and he built a roster that was good enough to get to the Super Bowl He built the roster that was good enough to win the Super Bowl. However, well, y'all know the rest But anyway after last season big challenge for him was gonna be what do you do next? What do you do now? You have some key guys that could possibly leave you got some key guys That could want to get paid and one of those being Justin Matta BK So Eric D'Costa, he was straight up. He said look this ain't live luncheon I'm being straight up with y'all if we can't get a deal done with Justin Matta BK I'm using the franchise tag straight up. I'm using the franchise tag I don't care nobody's using franchise tag and that'll be that hopefully we get a deal done If not, they all know what's coming what happened. Boom. He got franchise tag and what was crazy about that? That was just like a couple days ago. Yeah, that was this week. That was this week on Monday, right? Man, that wow That's crazy. But anyway With Justin Matta BK what was crazy about that to me and we talked about it was the timing of it because they Placed that franchise tag on him at like 1 15 p.m The deadline wasn't for about another three hours the deadlines at 4 p.m They placed it at on him at like 1 15 p.m. Or it was it was announced at 1 15 p.m So they probably placed on them before that but anyway, um, I was thinking man, these dudes They must be far. They must be far when it comes to talks man Because for the Ravens y'all know Ravens like pushing everything to the deadline and they put this franchise tag Yeah, wait before the deadline. So I'm like they must be way far apart But thank goodness they had until July 15, but Raven said, oh Yeah, we're doing deadline stuff this year with Matta BK. We getting this thing done So just a couple of days later couple days later They signed Justin Matta BK to this record breaking deal. You know what? Let's let's break it down the Ravens They signed in Justin Matta BK to a four-year 98 whoo a Four-year 98 million dollar deal with 75 point five million total guarantees and 53.5 Because they they might break looking at these numbers All right, let's read it again Ravens are signing franchise defensive tackle Justin Matta BK to a four-year 98 million dollar deal that includes 75.5 million dollars in total guarantees and 53.5 million dollars at signing per sources They got it done So if we break that down in basic terms 98 mil four-year deal 24.5 24.5 mil per year now Something that's big with that because this is already huge news. This is great news as well But something that's big with that this deal got done before Chris Jones deal now. I've never anticipated Anticipated Justin Matta BK getting paid more than Chris Jones I always thought that whatever Chris Jones got paid that was going to be the highest whether he got paid before or after Justin Matta BK whether he got paid before or after Christian Wilkins I always thought and felt like Chris Jones number. Here's what's going to be the highest. So I wouldn't have looked at Chris Jones deal as a benchmark deal like oh, that's the one that they got to go off of now I always thought that matter BK was gonna be lower because Chris Jones is more proven than Matta BK Yeah, it's all about timing but Chris Jones. He was gonna get his because this is not his This is not his second time getting paid This will be his third time getting paid Then with Christian Wilkins, I felt the same way I still felt like Chris Jones deal was gonna be higher But now it's definitely gonna be higher because matter BK getting 24.5 mil. Oh That's a beautiful thing. So so shout out to Matter BK getting it done Adam chapter said this he said Justin Matta BK had 13 sacks this past season When you really think about that you sit down sit back and say that out loud That's a lot That's a whole lot and real quick before you continue. I forgot to tell you We saw how happy it for Justin Matta BK and having for the Ravens getting this done Make sure you subscribe to the channel and celebration subscribe to the channel celebration and leave a like on the video right now Right now as of today. We are sitting at 73,726 subscribe. So we are 274 subscribers away from 74,000 so we getting close so y'all subscribe to the channel spread the word get it out there But anyway back to matter BK matter Beaks matter Bank I'm gonna start calling him matter Bank because he cash in it But anyway, Justin Matta BK had 13 sacks this past season the most by a Ravens player in nine years Wow nine years This was 2023 nine years before that is 2014 is that Elvis Dumaville and the Terrell Suggs here I believe it is don't quote me on that though, but I believe that is that year. That was another year We should have won it all man that cuz 2014 that was Steve Smith senior year. Yes, we had Steve some senior Tory Smith But anyway He also tied an NFL record by recording at Lisa half a sec in 11 consecutive games That's hard to do that that that is hard to do. That's tough stuff right there tough stuff But shout out to Ravens for getting the job done now how this impacts the Ravens in a lot of different ways, but most important way before and I'm still waiting on the official number so we can have an accurate clear-cut Picture of what the Ravens got right now before when the Baltimore Ravens they franchise tag Justin Matta BK They were a little less than 10 mil over the cap So they had it was like 9.92 mil over the cap that they were now they got them signed to a deal So now they can work with the numbers a lot better. I'm not sure how much They have now. I'm not sure how much under the cap this puts them. I think we have to wait until the I think we have to wait until the The official numbers are on the the website or whatever I know Brian McFarland Raven salary cap. He gonna have us covered with all of that So once NFL updates the numbers once Ravens turn those official numbers in then Today is Friday, so Maybe by Sunday definitely by Monday. I'm not sure if they're gonna take the weekend off the radio They'll be like, oh, we got the day. We got a deal done. All right, everybody. We going for drinks Hey, let's let's pay for the drinks for those people at the end of the bar I didn't forget about that. But anyway We'll have those official numbers soon Brian McFarland He will update all of us on Twitter. So when he does that then we'll of course let all y'all know but the Baltimore Ravens them getting this done the timing is great because Had they kept just a matter BK on the franchise tag? If they kept them on a franchise tag, then what could have possibly happened They would have had to get to restructuring this person and that person and that person and they still will do some restructures to get Some more money But this puts less pressure on them to have to get this guy to restructure get that guy to restructure Make this guy redo his contract make this guy rework his contract cut him Cuts are still coming though. People still gonna be released Some will be released forever. Some may be brought back. So we'll see in due time But the Baltimore Ravens this puts a lot less pressure on them to have to go through all these million different Contracts to rework them to get some salary cap relief because now that you got your guy under contract You should get a significant amount of salary cap relief because before his Cap number was twenty two point one million dollars because again all of that The franchise tag goes right on a salary cap as is so his salary cap number his cap number was twenty two point one meal Now I would expect that to go way Significantly down not where you put significantly down from that So Raven should be in much better shape than they were a couple of hours ago salary cap wise But shout out to them for getting this done Because they obviously wanted to get this thing done and they get it done before the new league year starts officially on Wednesday at 4 p.m. I believe but Before then starting on Monday at 12. I want to say that's when teams can start their legal tampering period Y'all know how that goes. I think it's one of the most annoying things ever It's just it's just such a waste to me. It's such a waste of time to me a legal tampering period We're gonna let teams negotiate for two days let players and teams negotiate for two days, but deals can't be official Like what's the point why not just open free agency up right then and but anyway, that's the NFL So it is what it is, but we're happy that this is done We happy that this is official something else as official the Baltimore Ravens They were awarded one compass one compensatory pick a fourth rounder So they get an additional draft pick this year and that's because of their loss of guard been powers You know what's crazy, but this is a good thing though. This is a good thing I completely forgot about been powers completely forgot about him completely forgot. He went to the Broncos Completely forgot about been powers But that's a good thing because that means that the guards for the most Alright But overall they took care of business they they they took care of business, but now We need another guard. We need two guards because both our guards are free agents, but Been Cleveland is about to be to the rescue But anyway, anyway shout out to just a matter big a shout out to the Baltimore Ravens for Sealing the deal and getting it done before free agency starts they can go into the weekend Just a matter big a he can go into the weekend having he's gonna celebrate his new deal. Enjoy it. Congratulations I know a lot of Ravens fans it cuz there was a lot of conversation over the past couple of days ever since that franchise tag Was first applied a lot of conversation amongst Ravens fans. Hmm. I Certainly take those two first round picks out of the look. I ain't mad at nobody who said that I get it Y'all thinking business I get y'all thinking business y'all thinking the money the salary capping whatnot But now all that is officially out the window just a matter big a is here to stay and now he can just continue his growth as a player The Baltimore Ravens office. He saw something just a matter big a they saw something in him last year. They were like, huh This guy's special. Let's try to get a deal done with him because we feel like he might go off and He did just that and this certainly worked out for him in a big way had he signed last year Maybe his deal may have been half of this and That's not even over exaggeration. His deal might have been half of this Because he was just simply unproven and he hadn't really played too much He had looked good when he did play but he didn't have that much experience So Ravens could have got him probably half the price if he would have signed on that dotted line last year but him and his team his agents his people they said no, we ain't signing that and Look where they are right now Timing is everything and it continues to be and will always be Matt a big a got his bread Ravens keep their player in EDC He called Justin Matt a big game a cornerstone player. Let's read the what what air the Casa had to say about Justin Matt a big game said we are pleased to announce a four-year extension with Justin Matt a big game Justin is one of the best defensive tackles in the entire NFL and a cornerstone on our defense We are thrilled for Justin and his family equally happy and equally happy for our fan base There's a great way to start the new league. Yeah. Oh, he slipped that in there Slip that in there. Yeah, it is a great way to start the new league year But it's it's great and when he talked about a cornerstone now you think about that you have special players on Every single level of this defense and that's what makes the defense go around it on a defensive line up front You got Justin Matt a big a at the linebacker. You got Roquan Smith then in the secondary you got super duper Kyle and Those three guys are going to continue to be relied on heavily You got other great players on the Baltimore Ravens. You got other really good players on the Baltimore Ravens But he talked about cornerstone players those three right there They are going to be taking the Ravens into the next five six years could be longer Could possibly be shorter, but those guys are like he said cornerstone Defensive players, so we'll see how this thing shakes out, but I am so glad we are all so glad that Eric Dacosta needs Baltimore Ravens They got the deal done