 It's been a lot of talk amongst Ravens fans on Twitter today about them having a seven on seven flag football tournament. And y'all know that's right up my alley, right up my alley. But anyway, YouTube, Team Cuban Clean. I hope that y'all are having just a phenomenal day today. I hope that everything is good with your families. Everything is good with your friends. Everything's going great at work, at school, wherever. I hope that everything is good with you. And somebody who is definitely good for. Because you ever go to a job interview and you're just waiting, waiting to hear back. You're like, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. I hear back none for a couple of days. You're a little anxious and whatnot. And then your phone starts ringing and it's a number that you're not really familiar with. So you're like, oh, OK, everybody shut up. Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet. Shh. Hello? Yeah, this is him. Yeah. OK, all right, yeah. OK, cool, hey, no, no, no, I appreciate it, thank you. Thank you so much. OK, yeah, I'm looking forward to it, too. Thank you, bye. You got the job. That was the phone call that Vince Beagle got today when the Ravens officially signed in. Because he was at the Ravens rookie, the Ravens rookie minicamp last week. And he was there for a tryout. And he got it. He got the job for now. So congratulations to Vince, to VB on becoming the newest Baltimore Raven. Now, I was naive to Vince Beagle's name to his game. But he is a former Miami Dolphin. So I guess that makes him a Florida Raven, right? You get that? But anyway. So I went to, I saw pro football talk put out a little quick article about him. So I said, you know what? Let me go ahead and read it. So let me share with you what I read. He says, originally, a Packers fourth round pick in 2017. Beagle has bounced around a bit since entering the league. He spent the last three seasons with the Miami Dolphins. Though he missed all the 2020 with an Achilles injury, he was on the practice squad for most of 2021, but was eventually promoted to the active roster. In all, Beagle played five games last year with the majority of his snaps coming on special teams. The Ravens lost Anthony Levine. The Ravens lost Chris Board. The Ravens, they got rid of Miles Boykin, who was becoming a very good special team. So the Ravens on special teams, they lost some significant guys there. And you know that this team values special teams on a whole nother level. As they should, because special teams is very important. I know we always all talk about offense and defense all the time, but I feel like with special teams, at least me myself, I can't speak for all Ravens fans, but me myself, when I really think about it, I probably take Ravens special teams for granted. Probably really do, because Ravens, obviously they have the best kick in the league, Justin Tucker, and they definitely had a phenomenal kicker prior to him with Matt Stover, well, obviously before Billy Cunningham. And there was a time when Billy Cunningham, he was like that, he was nice. But then we know how that story unfortunately ended. Sam Cook's been doing his thing, but he looks to be on the way out. And shout out to him, he has done this thing for a long time here with the Ravens. And then even the return game, the coverage unit, they don't really having people return kicks and punts on them for touchdowns like that. They really don't. And then as far as their return unit, I mean, they could be a little better. I mean, Devon Duvenay was all pro last year, but still Ravens could, they could do a little better in the return game, get a little more of a spark. But maybe Duvenay just, he just getting his wings on them and whatnot, getting even more comfortable. So maybe this year will be the year where he gets back to the end zone and get on special teams, we'll see. But anyway, the Raven special teams over the years has been pretty good. So it's something that I feel like myself, I've taken it for granted and really overlooked just how good that is. But the Ravens, they don't overlook special teams at all. So with this signing, I say all that to say this, that with this signing, this is a debt move and it's also a special teams move. Now, the reason I say debt move is because of this next paragraph. I said this linebacker, Vince Beagle, his most substantial plan time came in 2019 where he appeared in 15 games and he had 10 starts for the Dolphins. So another good thing about this signing is that he not only is a special teamer, but he's somebody that has starting experience. So you can never have enough guys that have starting experience because of a little saying, going around, stay ready so you ain't gotta get ready. And if you got guys that have been there done that, then that makes you a lot more ready. Instead of having to get ready when your number's called. Last season it showed us more than any season before, well, maybe 2015, but last season showed us more than any season before, stay ready so you ain't gotta get ready. Overprepare, overprepare because you just never know. So with him, and get this, not only does he have the 10 starts for the Miami from 2019, but he finished that season with 59 total tackles, seven tackles for a loss, 13 QB hits and an interception. So with that being said, it's like, okay, all right. So when he did play, when he did really get his playing time, he made a count. And that's what you want guys to do. Not everybody's gonna get as much opportunity as the next man, but when it's your time, when your number is called, when it's your chance to shine, you gotta take advantage and you gotta take full advantage as much as you can. Now in offense, sometimes it can be a little bit harder because the ball, like they always say, it's just one ball to go around. But on defense, I feel like with defense, not that it's easier, but I feel like it's a little easier to really make a play and really let your name be put out there. But that's just my opinion. But anyway, something that James and Hensley brought out, which is a good point. They said that Beagle reunites with Raven's outside linebackers coach, Rob Leonard, who was Beagle's position coach in Miami. So, Beagle gonna be walking through the hallways and somebody gonna say, Vince, who was that? He gonna say, hey, it's me, Rob, from Miami. Oh, Rob, what's up, baby? What's going on? You gonna say, welcome. You gonna say, hey, thank you. And hopefully what the, because they hired two coaches from the Dolphins, I believe, but hopefully what they recreate, hopefully they can recreate part of that Dolphins defense from last year that the Ravens had so much issues with and just struggled with so much. Now, I did see a lot of people freaking out about this, the signing. I'm like, come on, man. I know the Ravens fans, we are very emotional and we could be a little bit crazy sometimes too. Depending on what the signing is, we can get a little more upset sometimes and a little less upset other times, but this signing is nothing to freak out about. It's really not, not at all, not one bit. So, yeah, it's a depth move, depth, special teams, that's it. And there's a high chance that he, it's not even a guarantee that he'll make the roster. And even if it was a more notable name right now, too, it wouldn't be, we've seen it, especially over these past couple of years, it is not a guarantee that even a more notable name will make the roster. Cause guys are getting cut, released, and even if you come in and the team brings you on for like training camp and stuff, even if you've been a name that's been out there and you've accomplished so much, if a team feels like, oh, no, you're done. We, you're not going to help us be better. They'll release you in the heartbeat. So, shout out to Jeff Srebic. He made up, well, not made up, he put a really good point about Beagle, another nice little tidbit. He said that Beagle has played both inside and outside linebacker. So, see, you see, the more you hear about this signing, the more we find out about this signing, just from Mike Florio, good thing this wasn't about Lamarca, you know, Mike Florio, he'd be a completely different article. But just from what we heard about this signing from Mike Florio, James and Hensley and Jeff Srebic, it's like, oh, okay, that makes it that much more clear as to why the Raven signed him, as to why the Raven has brought him on and brought him in. So, again, no reason to freak out, no reason to get upset over about it, no reason to get up tight about it, no, no. It's a signing for depth because you never want your depth to run out.