 Who would be some of the best teams for the Ravens to contact to make a trade with for a running back? With all the current talk being about Baltimore looking at outside options to help at the running back position, could they actually promote somebody from within and Devin Duvenay to help take over? These and many many many many more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. You too team keeping clean what's going on, it's Engraven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers, a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to and we answer it in a video just like this. 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waved by the Giants and New Orleans over the past two years my questions is if you were EDC would you consider contacting Seattle who have five running backs on their roster right now who are young in training camp shape and ready to go now Seattle will keep Carson Collins Alex Collins out of the Alex Collins by the way and Dallas but probably you would be willing to trade either a sharp penny or Homer for a fifth or sixth round because at this time we have nine draft picks for the 2022 draft so tell me your thoughts in graven you could do that but I just I don't even feel like it's like necessary that you you trade a draft pick you trade a draft pick for somebody who would just end up being like a third running back like you you got options out there and say say for instance you sign Levy on bail say for instance you sign the Vonte Freeman say for instance you sign target and I'm just using those names as examples but say for instance you sign one of those guys worst case scenario worst case scenario it doesn't work out okay you you ain't give up nothing but a little bit of cap space to get them but if you have to trade away a draft pick for and if it's a low draft pick okay whatever no big deal if it doesn't work out okay no problem but if you have to trade like once you start getting into the fourths and the fifths you got a you got to consider the pros and the cons you got away like what really matters should we really be trading away a draft pick for somebody who's gonna be a third running back and a possible special teamer I don't even think it's a necessity or a it's a given that this third running back is gonna be a special teamer usually they are but depending on who they sign they may not be so I would just like again I just rather sign one of the vet guys and then you could put holyfield you put holyfield on a practice squad so you can develop him work on developing his game cuz you know Ravens that's one thing they know how to develop it some running backs Ravens they will pick a running back up out of nowhere and they'll have that boy running for like six seven eight hundred yards man so that's what I would rather do than start thinking about giving up draft picks just to get a running back next question came from a boy Raven pride he said what's up in gravy like always your boy loves being part of team keeping clean family I see the other day Carter was shining on the channel and I thought that was alright I appreciate it man Carter yeah he loves you all team keeping clean so shout out the Carter man he said now my question is I believe that the Ravens can survive the first four weeks of the season without Bateman and just for the sake of it go two and two that will still put them in a good position now what's your take on and I just want to give a shout out to all team keeping clean family again for all their prayers when I was sick and again if you think the Ravens are down and out they will shock the world without a doubt so shout out to the rhymes right there too yeah we all we definitely glad that you're doing better and a lot better you back on the road again driving so yeah man we proud of you yeah I mean they got no choice but to survive without Rashad Bateman so it's like and even when he does come back it ain't like he gonna come back oh yeah I'm here I'm the starter he's gonna be eased back in here and there but with them they got what the they got the Raiders they got the Chiefs and I think the Lions and Broncos I think that's the first four weeks of the season but with that being said they do have some tough opponents some tough matchups and whatnot but the thing about it is that Rashad Bateman I think he'll definitely make them better once he does come back but right now they they already know what life is like without Rashad Bateman so with him being out they're just gonna be back to that life but when he comes back again that it'll be a whole brand new life a brand new offense and just it'll be nice just to really see what this guy can do because we heard all the training camp and practice hype and we loved it but we want to see it on the field too and we were so close to getting it but it got taken away from us but at least it's only temporary next question came from a boy Harry H he said who do you think the Raven should pick up as their running back right now I think they should sign Duke Johnson because he has better hands in my opinion than Justice Hill or if they want a strong runner maybe Rodney Anderson if they want to make sure both maybe carry on Johnson just wondering what you and team keep it clean think about this one so yes running back is on a lot of our minds right now because of the situation that's going on we've talked about the Levy on Bales we've talked about the Devontae Freedman's and we'll see if Ravens end up signing one of them but some unsung heroes and again remember third running backs they're not gonna be the first option they wouldn't be the second option but some guys who have been first options over their career and that could come in and just contribute some names that we haven't really been talking about too much Frank Gore who has played in this offense before downhill guy is he burning anybody know is he playing special teams no but again just an option third third option Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson is a name that is very very intriguing and I was reminded of this name by my guy Chris from Chris Sports Corner shout out to him y'all check out his channel if you need to he's a Cowboys fan by the way but he's he's a Raven fan too I know he is but Adrian Peterson will be a very intriguing name because we know he definitely makes quick decisions he's somebody that can come in and just help the room be that much better and not even just with his play but with his knowledge of the game because we know like he definitely was one of the best running backs in the league for a long time when he was on the Vikings and when they cut him it was crazy because I just never saw that happening I was like no Adrian Peterson he ain't never going though he ain't never leaving the Vikings but they did it so that would just be another name to possibly consider obviously Bill Freeman those guys are younger but that again there's plenty of running backs names out there floating around so just something to think about next question came from my guy Dylan he said engraving hope you're doing well dug up a few names that I thought would be good trade candidates for the Ravens to target anyone Josh Kelly from the Chargers Marlon Mack from the Colts who you think they were part with him and then have to see him in week five on Monday night football I don't think so but yeah you never know Rex Burke here from the Texans oh they got like 80 running backs over there right now shout out to Mark Ingram by the way um LaMico Perrine from the Jets James White from the Pats oh nice pass catching running back special teams guy uh yeah oh that that would be a sneaky good one that would be a sneaky good pickup for the Ravens would the Patriots be willing to part ways with them I don't know but I like that one the most so far oh or Matt Breeder from the Bills I didn't even know he was on the bill I thought he was still on the Dolphins shows the ghost to show how much I know sound particularly good to you that all on teams with heavy running back depth and not listed as starters for their respective teams not gonna lie I don't think any of the free agent backs can help us very much and we have five yes five fourth round picks next year that are looking real tradable at the moment thanks for your time and just like Frank Abagnale Jr. I'm out I don't know who that is but yeah my favorite on that list would be yeah James White because again there's a special teams value but more so him helping in the passing game Marlon Mack I think he'll be another good one too but I just don't see coats coming up off of him but yeah I like this listen I appreciate you coming up with it now sort of shifting gears a little bit this next question came from Jaquan he said what's up in gravy and hope all as well what you in the fam appreciate you Jaquan he said so is it just me or is this the longest week ever now it's just you I things have been busy like crazy so I'm enjoying it taking its time I'm in no rush I'm looking forward to the game now but I'm in no rush but anyway he said with that being said who do you think will be a breakout player this first game and into the season also do you think this is a must win game against the Raiders no it's not a must win game but you want to start your season off right that this it's impossible for this to be a must win game because it's literally the first game of the season if you go oh and one okay you could go 16 and one you can go 15 and two so no this is definitely not a must win game but as far as breakout player break out player I would say if if he could get the opportunity I will say Dalen Hayes it all just depends on the opportunity though but another guy that I could see breaking out maybe do Vene maybe do Vene because I can't really say Hollywood because Hollywood done broken out already he hasn't reached his full full potential yet but I would say do Vene because I expect do Vene to get a lot of opportunities this year and especially week one with Bateman being out with Boykin being out do Vene is gonna be out there so I will say number 13 next question came from a boy Thomas M. He said good afternoon good afternoon he said the practice squad rules have undergone some major changes in the last couple of years they certainly have one of those changes is that teams can now protect up to four players from being claimed and that list of four is subject to change every week my four guys will be Verity McSorley Levine and Justin Ellis now here's the question which four practice squad players would you protect and why looking forward to another great Raven season and good vibes with teamkeeper clean appreciate it Thomas and thank you for just you support like crazy I know we done had a lot of conversations on the side too so I appreciate you a lot man thank you for being a model on the channel to always holding that down so I appreciate it now which four guys would I protect right now that's a really good question one would be Bynes Josh Bynes because he's on a practice squad I will protect him just for that safety net at Lionbacker as a just in case guy like okay just in case and we just went ahead as guys ready stay ready so we ain't got to get ready he knows our system he knows our defense let's keep him one of your guys that you mentioned Anthony Levine Anthony Levine same exact reason he knows the system he knows special teams he can come in and play defense if need be so that will be another one right now Benjamin Victor will probably be another one too reason being because with Watkins we know his history with Hollywood he just got back hopefully he's a hundred percent hopefully both of those guys a hundred percent but with wide receivers right now it's been rough injury-wise Bateman's out Boykin is out Duvenay and Prochet they've been healthy Tyler Wallace him as well but we just we don't have much depth right now at the wide receiver position and we just don't have much health so Benjamin Victor will be another one the fourth guy now I wouldn't protect Verdi Trace McSawley no not Trace McSawley either huh I can't even think of a fourth guy so what I might do for the fourth guy I might just put all the practice squad players names in a hat and then just pick one and that would be it next question came from T804 why been a little minute he said what's up in Graven it's been a minute I hope you and the family rest of team keep it clean have been doing well oh yeah for sure man appreciate you ask some quick questions I wanted to get your viewpoint on like always I appreciate your thoughts I appreciate you even sending the questions man thank you week 17 with the season that you think the Ravens will have do you think the week 17 game will have any major implications or would it just be a game for the starters to sit out I'm just thinking about what an extra week would do to a team injuries more room for losing the game etc or more time to just continue to stay in whatever rhythm that you're currently in as you head into the playoffs I don't envision the Ravens sitting the starters for the week 17 game against the Rams or will it be actually week 18 and 17 games for 18 weeks because still one by week but I don't I don't envision them sitting the starters even if they're in a position where oh yeah we got the number one see where and it's only one one team that gets the bye week in the playoffs it ain't two teams anymore they change that what two years ago I think but either way I don't I don't even envision them getting that that number one overall seed anyway it'd be nice but I don't see it happening it'd be I would love for them to prove me wrong but we just got to wait it out and see but I I think Ravens will definitely be in the playoffs but at the same time with it being 17 games man you just never know because we saw last year with the Ravens and the Browns and the Steelers it was crazy and it came right down to it to the last couple of games Ravens had to win out Steelers and Browns they both made it too so three teams from the AFC North made the playoffs last year so every game counts that much more hopefully Ravens will position themselves where we don't have to stress out at the end of the season even though it's still fun but at the same time we wouldn't mind not stressing out and where we could be like hey hey them Ravens they in the playoffs already so we ain't even gotta worry about it that much but you just never know with this team man and he said number two the pass game last year I was hoping that the Ravens would add more passing concepts to the playbook with the additions of Bateman Watkins and Wallace do you think they will make a jump in that direction yeah but not even because of the additions at the wide receiver position but with the wide receiver coaches I think that has been probably the Ravens biggest addition this offseason and the one that's going to make the most noise next question came from my boy King Apugo I appreciate you man my guy always coming through comments and live streams all that stuff so shout out to you he said what's up in gravy and hope this message finds you in your family well last email I sent was right after the loss to the bills and obviously emotions were high I said we never went anything with Greg Roman as much as I wish I'll be proven wrong I can't lie and say I feel any different believe me when I say I pray that I'm proven to be wrong we shall see here my predictions for this upcoming season we go 13 and 4 okay I had them 12 and 5 so we close on that but hopefully they prove both of us wrong and go even better but anyway he said we go 13 and 4 make it to the AFC championship game much like you predicted oh shut up to my guy I believe that we fall in that game to the Kansas City Chiefs because we will beat them week two and it'll probably be a revenge game an arrowhead that'll make the difference I predict that game that G-Roy will revert to past tactics as well as hard and we will look like a completely different team like in all of our past playoff games for the last time I repeat I hope this doesn't actually happen and we go on to win it all but I must be realistic and try to be as objective and level-headed as possible appreciate you taking the time to read this silly season is over and football is back I love you bro keep doing your thing can't wait for the last change I appreciate you man that has been my same thing my same sort of prediction for this Ravens this year that they go to the AFC championship game but hopefully like you like you said I've said the same thing to hopefully they prove us wrong hopefully they prove us all the way wrong and hopefully we can have this conversation where we look in fact like man I've never been more glad to be wrong about this Ravens team ever because 2019 they had it 2020 they had it this year they got it and what they have is a roster that is enough it's enough is it the best roster in the world no they had all the best receivers in the world no I mean after receivers ain't even healthy right now but Ravens have enough right now to get the job done now it's up to it's up to the players to execute but it's up to the coaching staff to really put these guys in positions to where you can play them to their strengths please next question came from a guy Manuel he said shout out from Mexico I see that many people are panicking that we don't have Rashad Bateman for the first few games but I say chill we already have another or should I say other Rashad Bateman's we saw approaching while it's a capable of in the preseason and I expect how about to use them early on in the Bateman spot until we can get our wide receiver healthy with both of them on the outside numbers marcing those cornerbacks Lamar's passing abilities will skyrocket for sure and we can all rewatch it with detail in those simply vids that are fire shout out to simply is 10 say safe and let's hope that Joe Nubo gets signed by the Ravens as a linebacker hello here shout out to Joe Nubo to shout out the Ravens YouTube man um now well yeah we are we hope they get those opportunities and with Tyler Wallace and crochet what we were talking about in the last question that we hope that the Ravens use these guys to and play them to their strengths those are some jump ball guys crochet and Wallace those are some jump ball guys they are some very physical wide receivers so to get them involved in those jump balls Lamar he's gonna have to trust him he would really have to trust him so that will take a lot for him that will take a lot with Greg Roman and them and just and not even just jump balls but just to get those guys involved period so and they're gonna be called upon a little more these first couple of weeks again since Bateman and Boykin are both out so they're gonna have to step up this question came from Ray said which one of the wide receivers that we have will make an immediate impact in week one against the Raiders I personally think it'll be Sammy Watkins because he's played against the Raiders and produce against them multiple times now I mean it could be any of them but I think with Sammy Watkins I think he will have one of the biggest impacts on the Ravens because he can open it up for everybody else because Hollywood I think he'll do his thing Mark Andrews to DuVernay but with Sammy Watkins will have a guy that teams respect and they they could sleep on everybody else but with them respecting him so much and them sleeping on everybody else everybody else who they sleeping on they could give him a nice little wake-up call and yeah Ray also had another question to keep up the good content I got a facial man in 22 I play on Xbox one and PS 5 oh you ain't playing okay so yeah we're gonna have to run that sometime but yeah I'm with it I'm on Xbox series s whatever it's called so let me know now these last two questions y'all send them to the wrong email but hey I still got love for y'all and since we in a great mood we're gonna run these questions anyway so first one came from my boy Fox oh shout out to my guy Fox man you said a huge huge huge fan you already know appreciate you man help me please cuz all I'm seeing from the Ben Mason deal is a big waste of a fifth round pick yes he was brought into whole weight over our guy but come on man now he's practicing for the enemy how do you mess that kind of stuff up help me understand better so yeah not I mean the best way to put that every draft pick doesn't always work out some that I've been thinking about and obviously Madden is not real life but a lot of times with Madden you can relate it to stuff that happens in real life with the way you operate every franchise mode my career mode yeah franchise mode CFM there goes um I will try to go through the season build up these players and me I don't know if it's because I'm a Ravens fan but me as a GM on Madden I am very very cheap very cheap I do I hardly ever give out second contracts you got to like be absolutely killing it for like and I really got to think about I do not like giving out second contracts what I do a lot of the times if somebody's coming up on a second contract no matter what position I trade them away for a four first round pick start over build up that cap room because I do like going in free agency I love being able to have my say on who I want to give a nice be it to who want to give a nice offer to to try to sign them but I do not like giving out second contracts but anyway so yeah I blame the Ravens for that thinking on that but anyway with the draft I try to get as many draft picks as I possibly can I try to stack up on as many first round draft picks as I can in early draft picks so once I get a certain amount of draft picks or whatever I trade away as many players as I possibly can but at the same time keep some really good players to what I'll do it when I'm going into the draft I'll pay heavy attention to the first round because I got usually got multiple picks there second round third round then fourth round start to get kind of like whatever if this guy works out cool if not oh well no big deal and in the fifth round is even low if this guy works out okay cool if he doesn't I ain't worried about it and definitely for the six and seven usually I just I just try to trade away the six or seven picks unless I'm trying to get a kick or something like that so what I say when I say all of that is that maybe the Ravens since they had a decent amount of draft picks maybe when they got to the fifth round maybe they were like hey if these guys work out cool but if they don't it is what it is we just gonna move on because with the draft you can't hit on everybody and maybe the Ravens were just taking some shots in the dark when they picked Sean Wade when they picked Ben Mason even when they picked Daylan Hayes maybe they just these weren't guys that they were really all that interested in but they were just like you know what if it works great if it doesn't work okay it is what it is we we're not gonna sweat it so I think that might have been their approach in their mentality when they selected those guys and the last question on this episode NFL question from subscribers came from a boy Jamel he said hey what's good engraver was good Jamel he said it's been a while since I sent a question from subscribers but I hope you and the fam are doing well just a crazy thought that I had do you think the Ravens can use Devin Duvenay as a third down back now we know he's valuable as a wide receiver for us but the Ravens use him a lot on jet sweeps I think it will be a good look using him as a third down back out of the backfield he did play running back in high school plus this gives the Ravens a deadly weapon on third down think of this Lamar Jackson Hollywood Brown Watkins crochet Duvenay Andrews and Bateman a boy can whenever they return all on the field at the same time name me a defense that could stop that if G roll could scheme something out with our new new wide receiver coaches just a thought what do you think people the great working is always keep it clean ooh that's a fun one right there what a way to end off this episode of NFL question from subscribers I love it Duvenay he's built like a running back I remember when we first drafted him when I looked at him I was like oh yeah this dude he's built like a running back he loads to the ground he's like a little pit bull he's stocky he got some nice speed too he got good hands so I wouldn't mind if they did that I would not mind if they did that at all because initially if I think what do that's all I receive that's crazy man but then when you really think about it's like hold up that's crazy as it sounds it doesn't really sound that crazy because he could do it that Devon Duvenay is he's physical very physical and yeah he was the jet sweep king so they were using like a running back already last year because they send Devon Duvenay emotion hey yo here comes a jet sweep what ravens do the jet sweep so shout out to Devon Duvenay who was again the jet sweep king last year kick returner punt returner so with him playing all these different roles with the Ravens offense last year why not add another role to it and yeah use him like that that I love this I was actually talking to my guy Cambly about this a couple weeks ago and I was talking to my guy JT about it a couple weeks ago as well actually on consecutive days but um that that is not like that's not too far fetched to think of like seriously to think about it Devon Duvenay as a third down running back as a running back period I think he could do it especially if they gave him opportunities in space but you line them up back there like you line them up next to Lamar you give him a screen or something because again you know they run one screen a month you giving that one screen per month oh nice you send them on some route side of the backfield and then the thing with that too he yeah his route running it doesn't need to get a little bit better but that they brought in them coaches they brought in T. Martin and Keith will they brought in those guys so and those guys were working with the rest not only the receivers but the running backs as well but with him as a receiver with his route running they usually work on route running a bit more than the running backs do so he he will specialize the in that already and he could use that and implement that in his game as a running back to so that could help but it was sort of be like having like like almost a madden or something like that a madden roster back there where you edited the roster and put one of the wide receivers that running oh I like that man this was a beautiful way to end off questions from subscribers