 So yesterday morning, we did the live stream episode of NFL questions from subscribers and the title topic question Was should the Ravens get back in talks with the Jets on acquiring one Jamal Adams? And y'all know on here with questions from subscribers a lot of Ravens fans They will send questions on different free agents that come available with different names in the NFL circle that Get brought up as being possible trade candidates And so we talk about everybody on here But there's some names that hold a little more weight than others due to past Scenarios and obviously the past scenario that I'm talking about is last year right but right after the trade deadline when it came out That the Ravens were in talks with the Jets on acquiring one Jamal Adams Now something that I did mention yesterday on the live stream was that with those talks They could have meant two things One they could have meant that the Ravens were seriously interested in getting Jamal Adams and making what was a really good team even better To another thing that it could have meant was that it was the Ravens way them They could have put the story out there just to put a little more pressure on Chuck Clark to get some better productivity out of him Because he was obviously a lower draft pick and with them if they would have kept them another year if they would have Released them it would not have any it would not have had any major implications on the salary cap So what they could have been doing with that Jamal Adams story was like hey, he plays the same position as you Yeah, his name is out there. So that's a like a legitimate name that would make this team that much better So a step it up Step it up. And if that's the case if that's what the Ravens did do then it worked Because Chuck Clark obviously did his thing. They rewarded him with a contract extension and he'll be a Raven for the next three four years Uh contractually, but anyway, so congrats to Chuck Clark on that again, but yesterday Everybody was buzzing about Jamal Adams because the story came out that he was in contract talks with the Jetson They came to a stop. They came to a halt and there was no more progression being made So then Gary Myers Gary Myers who has been Out there, uh, he is he used to be an NFL columnist Um, and he's reported on a few things here and there and his name obviously holds some weight because adam shefter who is the guy He follows him. Uh, jocina anderson follows him Uh, Mike Garofalo follows him albert briar father. So some of the top NFL reporters who break some stuff They follow and you know like No, yes For some NFL reporters if something is false if something is wrong Then they will not be afraid to shoot it down And I mean we saw it the other day where chris simms reported about something with dag prescott's contract and and then uh Ian Rappaport He tagged chris simms in the tweet and said that what chris simms said was wrong but anyway Gary Myers name holds some weight, but yesterday uh and shout out to my guy airhead 720 He was the one that showed me this yesterday, but um, gary mias was on esp and san antonio And they were talking about all these different scenarios with how the cowboy should trade for one Jamal adams and some stories have been floating around too Saying that uh if jamal adams could have his way then he would be traded to the cowboys. Um, but Rj achoa he works for esp and san antonio And he quoted something that gary mias told them yesterday and said the the other team that I heard Was in pretty strong. The other team I heard pretty strong today was the ravens He said that gary mias actually told uh esp and san antonio that the ravens had also been in discussion for one jamal adams So um with that being said That that does hold some weight again because of what happened last year And I know that can be exciting for a lot of people And for me, I'm like, okay if it happens cool I'll be you know, I'll be cool with it if it doesn't happen cool Okay, we could still get it to get done what we need to get done Uh jamal adams. I was talking to my boy vicar guapo yesterday He made a really good point about jamal adams. Um jamal adams is not a necessity to this team He is not a necessity and we all know that it's not like oh if we got jamal adams Okay, super bowl. You could say that but it's not like if we didn't acquire one jamal adams and oh man We we can't get to the super bowl. No No, they can still get to where they need to go without a jamal adam But what I told him was jamal adams. Yeah, he's not a necessity necessity. He would be a luxury He would be a very nice luxury to have But he would still be a luxury none the less Um with him. He's obviously a big playmaker Uh, he can rush the pass so he could drop back. He can hit he could tackle. He can do all that good stuff Uh, and he is one of the better safeties in the league um now with uh jamal adams one thing that would be Big with him if he's in a contract dispute with the Jets right now And if the reason that no progress is being made between the two is because they can't come to an agreement on a new contract Then one would have to think that if he was to go to another team If it ends up being the ravens or whoever it may be Then I don't think that he would want to go to another team if they can't come up with a new contract for him Right away He is going to want to be paid. He is going to want to be uh that guy Probably wants to be one of the highest paid Hey, I can't blame him uh because he puts out some high production So that would make things with the ravens very tricky Because do you pay three safeties big money? And I know Chuck Clark not getting paid big big money, but still he did just he's fresh He ain't even played a snap after he got his deal yet Because his deal came in the off season So he has not played a snap Since after he signed his deal Earl Thomas, of course, he counts a lot on the salary cap So then with Jamal Adams, if you acquire one Jamal Adams, one would think That you would almost have to come up to a contract agreement with him Now is that impossible? No, of course, it's not just Eric D'Costa. We're talking about This is Eric D'Costa But is it likely that part? Yeah, I don't think so Because to to dish out all that money and think about this too Jamal and it's not like it would be oh if Jamal Adams gets traded anywhere then yeah contract has to come with it. That's most likely That's not the end all be all but that's probably the most likely scenario Since he wants to contract with the Jets if they don't want to give him a contract right now They can't agree to terms then I'm pretty sure he would want to contract with somebody else but Say for instance, he come he will come to the Ravens You would have to pay you would already you're already paying Earl Thomas. You're paying paying Chuck Clark You you're paying Marcus Peters You're getting ready to pay Marlon Humphrey because you know you ain't letting Marlon Humphrey go nowhere. You better not So you had to pay Marlon Humphrey too And then you'll page them all Adams and that's just a secondary That's just a secondary We ain't even we ain't even talking overall deep and we're just talking secondary alone That would be a lot of money wrapped up in a second. You do want a good secondary now But that'd be a lot of money wrapped up in a secondary Then you got guys that's dude Ronnie Stanley now Matt Jude on's currently on a franchise tag even though he still ain't signed it yet We'll see what happens with that And then of course in a couple years you got you got Lamar do too So You got quite a bit of people to pay and again y'all gotta remember I gotta I gotta throw some reminders in here because I haven't said it in a while But Ravens can't keep everybody now Let's talk about the window of opportunity Because as we um, we have talked about before on this channel I know my god, josh Hoffman. We did the the one episode of NFL questions from subscribers a few days ago where we talked about it The window of opportunity before The qb gets paid Before the qb gets paid all that money There's that window of opportunity where it's like, okay, we got to do this here. We got to do this now And not that it's impossible to win once your qb gets paid But again, it does make it a little bit harder. It makes it that much harder to build around your team Once the qb does get paid It makes it a little bit harder. I mean you could look around the league You ain't got to just look at the ravens. I know I know a lot of people they just and as ravens fans I can understand why but I know a lot of people just going look what flakko What happened when we paid flakko? But you do still want to take care of your quarterback because that's your quarterback And so much can change when a quarterback changes So much can change at that position quick quick We've seen it happen for good. We've seen it happen for bad We know it Like as ravens fans, you remember all the court not all the quarterbacks before uh flakko But a lot like look at kyle bowler. I know a lot of ravens fans hate that name That makes that that name can make some ravens fans cringe cringe You know if you still had this part of the video just put cringe cringe bowler in the comment section Just put cringe bowler in the comment section because I know a lot of ravens fans. Oh that name just Gives them goosebumps with bad goosebumps but Think about how much can change so fast if your team, you know, you got a good team in place But you make a change at the quarterback position Look what happened with kyle bowler and going from kyle bowler to steve mcnair Look what happened with that And then look what happened when they actually got a decent quarterback in joe flakko No, his his career did not start off so pretty And it was never really a pretty career, but he was a decent franchise quarterback And again regular season joe flakko. He's uh, okay flakko But post season flakko once he became post season flakko. Oh, yeah That was a wrap And like I always said before with joe flakko and he became that flakko on fire in the playoffs playoff flakko There was never going to be a game a playoff game where you could blame him for the loss There was never one Again once he became playoff flakko There was never one game Where you could blame the loss on flakko And you could go through all the games you go through all of them And and show please show me one if you think i'm wrong about that Please show me one Where you could put the blame on flakko for the ravens losing in the playoffs once he became playoff flakko I'll wait for it But anyway, um, so things can change and then we see once flakko he Things weren't so good in the later years And then you see what happened with the spark with la mar jackson once he came on So quarterbacks they they can change things like that. So that's why you want to pay these guys Especially if you got a good one, especially if you got a good one, but anyway back to the point Um, ravens got a lot of people to pay They got a lot of people to pay and if you bring in one jamal Adams, especially if you trade a high draft pick for him You would probably want to pay him But there's also a scenario where he becomes a rental You give up a first round pick and we expect that first round pick to be very low Because I I expect the first round pick. I know a lot of y'all do it. We expect the first round pick to be pick number 32 We expected to be pick number 32 I expect the ravens to win that super bow and tamper this year But anyway with the first round pick we expected to be very low So the first round pick could be like a high second round pick It won't technically be a high second round pick because it's still a first round pick But still if you give up a first round pick or whatever the compensation may be to acquire one jamal Adams uh, then He it with the rental situation if he's only here for the the next two years You like okay jamal, thanks, but all right. We're gonna let you be a free agent you could do that And honestly, um, if if he Like he obviously he would make our defense that much better And wink would have a field day with the different packages and all that stuff He would be like oh jamal at he could move him around in different spots He could move other guys around in different spots. He would just have It'll be nice a nice luxury very nice luxury But would it be worth it to give up a first round pick for a two-year rental for jamal Adams Um, because he would make the team that much better I would say yeah I would say yeah And know some of y'all what are you crazy engraving? What what are you? That's a first rounder, buddy What's wrong with you man? I would say yeah No draft pick is guaranteed But jamal Adams, you already know what you're getting in jamal Adams. You already know You already know the play that he is and you know the plays that he's made in the defense that he's in Does anybody uh in here right now watching this video think that the Jets defense is is better than the Ravens defense And I know they may have different schemes and different personnel or whatnot but still You think With jamal Adams if he could shine In an organization that for a long time has lacked structure In organization for a long time that has lacked being organized If he could shine over there, how well do you think he would fit in with the Ravens? I almost feel like it would be a no-brainer for jamal what Jamal Adams on the what on the field in this defense With this team And he's somebody like you you could leave him on the field all at all times Put him at linebacker Put him at safety Put him in the box drop him back Have him cover the Titan have him cover whoever not whoever whoever but you get what i'm saying This dude could do so much stuff on this team, man So that's why I say if if it took a first rounder Okay, bye Even if even if it would be for a two-year-into Even if it will be for a two-year-into I will be with it Because I know a first rounder is a first rounder That's your first pick and that's the pick that gets all the glitz and the glam But there's still seven other rounds There's still I mean excuse me not seven. There's still six other rounds. There's still seven total rounds Oops But so I mean we would still have other players that we could get And you know the Ravens like Ravens like trading back anyway So, I mean But yeah, I would be with it, man Now another good point that my guy jt made Speaking of the Ravens defense from last season Um because my god vicki el guapo. He made a good point saying we don't need a jamal Adams And we don't he is not a necessity to what the Ravens Can do or what the Ravens are gonna do and what they plan on doing Jamal Adams is not needed by the Ravens for them to get to the Super Bowl But if you get a jamal Adams, he does increase your chances that much, but He is not a necessity But one point that my guy jt made about the Ravens last year in their defense Is that they over achieved And that's not a bad thing But he said they over achieved because of the situation that they were put in Game after game after game Where the offense They would be They will be taking care of business So that would force these teams to become one-dimensional That would force them to become one-dimensional because Ravens offense they put that pressure on them teams, man So the defense they could sit back And just let the game come to them Send your blitzes because do you know they got a pass to come back? Do your thing man get creative with it wink and that defense made a lot of opportunities now The defense was not bad So let's not get it twisted. They weren't a bad defense Because when you think about those games where the offense wasn't taken off Where the offense wasn't explosive you look at the 49ers game Defense had to come through big time in that one and they made some plays man The biggest play in that game. I think was on on a fourth and short Chris wormley batted the ball down jimmy garoppolo was trying to hit. I forgot who what receiver he was throwing to Chris wormley Battered the ball down and if you still hit this part of video, you could just put oh wormleys are stealing that Put in the comment section wormleys are stealing now. He plays for the enemy He could put that one He could put he plays for the enemy now But anyway, um, there was the that game There was the uh, the stealers game Where one of the biggest plays of the game came from the defense with malin Humphrey boom Knocked the ball out of juju's hands and picked it up Josh binds tried to but he just missed it that angle It looked like josh binds was on mad and had a miss picking up the fumble the malin Humphrey went got it The bills game The bills. Oh boy, and oh the the refs really saved the bills in that one But the bills game nonetheless, uh defense they had they had to come through in that one And early early on in the texans game too earlier and obviously throughout because of texans, I think they only got Uh, a touchdown was like 45 to seven something like that some crazy score Even though malin Humphrey that was passing the fence on de andre hopkins So the Texans should have got even another score at least but it's all good, you know, I wasn't complaining but um And even in the uh the titans game too The titans game like Titans ain't go for a bunch of points now And a lot of the points that they got especially some of the field goals and whatnot. They came off of Ravens just miscues me on offense Um, but the defense and I know they give up some big plays They gave up some touchdown But the defense though it ain't like they had a terrible game against the titans It wasn't pretty now But had the all if the offense would have been competent that game Against the titans then the defense would have been so much better They would have been so much better because they gave the offense some opportunities, but the offense just never got going They never got it going ever Then Ravens left some points on the field. I don't mean we can get into that whole thing. Anyway so Their defense their defense wasn't bad But there could have been some slight overachieving there, but why not make them even better? again building a bully Eric Acosta's words not mines building a bully So with Jamal Adams, man, um, I don't expect him to become a Raven But if the Ravens are in discussions with the Jets, then there's obviously some interest there and Maybe they they maybe they're just seeing like hey What will it take? Maybe they just inquiring Doesn't mean that the Ravens are like, oh, yeah, we got to get Jamal Adams. Yeah, doesn't mean that Could just mean that they're inquiring about one Jamal Adams So we'll see what comes of all this if anything we'll see what happens with Jamal Adams, man So I love y'all team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all team keep it clean and y'all keep keeping it clean keeping positive And I'm out