 We back So you two team keep it clean what's going on It's engraving here with another video and another episode of NFL questions from subs a series Well, you can ask me any question you want to about the NFL and we answer in a video just like this If you want to be part of it You can send me an email to team keep it clean at gmail.com or for the patrons you can send it directly on Patreon I love y'all team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all we I was just talking to my god Jermaine about it this morning. We have almost officially made it through the slowest part of the offseason like and honestly It went by fast me it went by fast for me at least cuz stuff has still been crazy busy But we're like right there training camp starts what next week. I think like so we're like right there Still looking for a pass for July 30th, but we'll see how things go with that But anyway, I love y'all we got some really good questions as we always do let's do it first question came from I got Nick brick. He said I hate to ask a Lamar question since we've all been hearing so much about him lately But I was shamefully reading some Twitter nonsense and saw a tweet that said he has declined drastically Since his MVP season and I think we all know who that tweet came from she got very popular for that tweet But anyway, it's not important Besides the fact that it's only been one COVID season since then I also thought last season he was better Obviously 2019 was magical, but everything went right and he gained my trust throughout the season in 2020 our offense was horrible Mostly new offensive line worst receiving corpus in the league and I love Gus But on paper our running backs on a running team were an undrafted free agent and a rookie and not to mention we got wrecked by COVID I mean on paper excluding quarterback our offensive roster was worse than the Eagles the Lions the Bears Vikings the list goes on Yet every time he dropped back. I was never worried no matter the situation I can't say the same about early 2019 Lamar and if we had 2019 Lamar with all the turmoil in 2020 I don't think we make the playoffs. Obviously The stats don't say this and anyone who doesn't watch the Ravens wouldn't understand this That's a very good that That was the only part you had to say anyone that doesn't watch They won't understand if you look at the numbers if you're just looking on paper Then you'd be like, oh man, what happened? What's going on? But if you actually watch you can see oh Okay, I get it now. Anyway, um But all of team keeping clean that sits on these live streams every Sunday can clearly see I appreciate that little shout out to I like that and that that was like a little A little shameless plug for the live streams that we do during the games, but I like that But anyway, you said uh All of team keeping clean that sits on these live streams every Sunday can clearly see that we are watching a guy That gets better every single game I'm not making excuses for him because I genuinely believe we were watching a better quarterback work with less The way he got through the progression much more patient a pocket accuracy on tight window throws was steps ahead of 2019 Only thing he struggled with was deep throws man out While I was reading that part. I was thinking And he he wasn't good on a deep ball last year. That was definitely a problem But then you went and said it and it was obvious that he was just overthinking them I ran to the long time but my question is aside from the stats and all that just watching the games each week Do you believe that Lamar Jackson grew as a quarterback in 2020? Or do you believe he declined? That is a very very good question And what a powerful way to start off question from subscribers with my guy nick brick Um, but anyway with Lamar Jackson. Yes, that is something that a lot of pundits and analysts and experts and artists and all that Say Lamar Jackson, he regressed Lamar Jackson. He declined Lamar Jackson. He took a step back In 2020 from 2019 But me the way I look at it the way I see it and like you said you got to watch the games to really understand Will Lamar Jackson were his numbers as pretty as they were in 2019? No, no, but again, he was coming off The only place you have to go from an MVP season is down. That's it. That's it You you cannot go up from an MVP. Well, you can technically but You 9.9 times out of 10 after MVP season, you're going to go down your stats are going to go down It's like the only the only place to go from the top is down So that's what happened to Lamar Jackson statistically But then again, that's when you just look at it on paper But when you look at what's around him Biggest thing that declined Way more than Lamar Jackson was offensive line It was offensive line And we lost marsha yanda We lost ronnie stanley um, it was just Mascara, he wasn't all the way back yet Um, there was pat mccarrie. There was uh, tyrie phillips who was up and down. There was um Bradley bow. It was just The offensive line was constantly in shambles man constantly in shambles. So the offense was Constantly in shambles and something else that you talked about too. It was the kovat season It was a kovat season. So with it being that season the ravens, they didn't have an off season So that really took away from everything That took away from everything that took away from them possibly implementing new things In the passing game and I think that's one of the biggest reasons why greg roman may have gotten a slight pass Even though again, they brought in t martin and Keith Williams. They like hey greg It's time for everybody to step it up this year. No excuses. No excuses Um, but with with the offense as a whole just with lamar jackson as far as when people say he regressed now And and that is another thing that you pointed out too with his patience in the pocket It seemed as if um They had a lot of on-the-job training Early on in the regular season because they didn't have a preseason because they didn't have an off season Because you know that lamar jackson early on in the season They were just having him throw throw throw throw throw throw throw throw A lot of us were like, hey, what's going on with the running game? But I mean, I appreciate the pass game too. What's going on with the running game? What's up? They had him throw throw throw throw extra heavy and it seemed as if they were trying to sort of play some makeup For everything that they missed in the off season um, but with that being said, uh I I don't think he regressed Like you said, he did again staying in the pocket waiting being paid and the thing with lamar sometimes It almost felt like he was being too patient And again, if you don't if you didn't watch the games you wouldn't be able to see that Because you look on the stat sheet. Oh, this was this was his numbers for this game These were his numbers for that game But if you actually watch the games you see this guy because a lot of people like to run with one of the one of the Many narratives of lamar jackson that isn't true. What they say. Oh That guy he's no pocket quarterback He can't be a pocket quarterback. He can't he doesn't stay in the pocket lamar jackson is a run first quarterback Whenever people say that whenever they say that I just I cringe twice I cringe twice I go Because it's just that's how you can always tell that people do not watch lamar jackson and they just listen To people on tv. They just listen to these experts and whatnot Because that couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth Yes, lamar jackson past two years thousand yards russian Over a thousand yards russian at the quarterback position Oof keep changing the game lamar but He is not a run first quarterback He's not Lamar jackson y'all know or those of y'all that watch lamar jackson will sit there and wait And he'll wait and he'll wait and he'll wait and he'll wait and a lot of times It can be frustrating because we know what he is capable of on the ground too So a lot of times when he's waiting and waiting and nothing's coming open We're thinking in our heads and saying it out loud to the tv lamar go Lamar run take off, please. Let's go man. Come on But he'd be just sitting there waiting and waiting and waiting And sometimes finally somebody comes open Sometimes he takes off sometimes he'll take a sack or sometimes he'll throw it away. It all just depends but He is not a run first quarterback and he has made plenty Plenty plenty plenty plenty of passes from the pocket So that narrative people try to run with that. It's like why what what are you doing that for what even saying that? It's not true. That's not factual And then there's the other narrative too That lamar has continued to shut down but people they don't they don't like believing facts though And shout out to my god simply as 10. He just made a video About all of the mall. I don't know if it was every single pass, but he made a video of lamar jackson throwing outside the numbers Passes from his rookie years sophomore years third year Passes that he was throwing outside the numbers Because what a lot of people like to do they they say oh lamar jackson can't pass outside the numbers So they'll pull up some incompletions. They may pull up some interceptions. They may pull up some bad throws from lamar jackson They'd be like see He can't pass outside the numbers But then you have simply who says wait a minute No He can He has And he will Pass outside the numbers He can do that With lamar jackson, um A lot of people they uh They try to emphasize Things that he can't do uh that he has already proven to do Um, but again, it's that's that's never gonna go away. It's it's never gonna go away With lamar jackson, uh the the the pedestal the um His What what people feel like lamar jackson needs to accomplish To be respected as a quarterback His ex expectation levels are through the roof They are through the roof And you look at some other quarterback guys that have been around longer than lamar jackson And people say oh, yeah, that guy's pretty good. He got a lot of respect, but he hasn't even accomplished half Of what lamar jackson has One of those guys, uh, is definitely matthew stafford Matthew stafford has a lot of respect from people around the league. Oh, yeah, Matthew stafford went to the Rams. Oh, man, old guys They got them one They sure got them a quarterback What has Matthew stafford done? Did they have some five thousand yard passing seasons? Is that it? Is that it? This guy for years he had The best one of the best wide receivers to ever do it ever period What does Matthew stafford accomplish? How many playoff lenses Matthew stafford has? Huh That press cut he's another one And again, this is not me. I'm not hating on any of these quarterbacks But I'm my thing is What have they done where they have just all this respect and all of these uh all this praise To where when people talk about them they like, oh, yeah, those guys When they talk about lamar jackson's like No, he needs to do this in order to be respected. No, he needs to do this. He needs to do that. He did. Oh, no, it It happened so much But It is what it is. Um, so to answer your question again No, I don't I don't feel like lamar jackson has regressed. I don't feel like lamar jackson has declined I don't feel like lamar jackson has taken a step back As a quarterback But I do feel like with lamar jackson what took the biggest step back for the ravens as a whole What took the biggest step back for their offense as a whole was the offensive line So this is why they invested into the offensive line And they also invested into some weapons uh for lamar jackson because both of those go hand in hand with the offensive line If you're not getting any blocking You could have the best weapons out there And sometimes those weapons can actually help the offensive line because the quicker a wide receiver gets open The less time that offensive line has to block for So it goes hand in hand or the longer it may be taking a receiver to get open If you got a good offensive line, they'll give you some time for that receiver to do just that so Ravens they they definitely um Did a little double dipping In in both of those categories, of course, alejandro via nuova Kevin zeitler for the offensive line bradley boseman shifting him back to center We should get a healthy ronnie stanley back whether he starts the season healthy or he starts the season on pup And he has to mix miss six games. Hopefully that's not what the case is. Hopefully that doesn't happen But whatever the case may be the offensive line should be a lot better this year than it was last year And especially another thing to think about too training camp The offset they'll actually have that this year and then have that last year But with them having it this year Things should be a lot better. Um, and as far as the wide receivers too sammy walkins veteran And he he can play biggest question mark with him is health that that is the biggest thing I don't think anybody questions sammy walkins head. I mean his hands his his his head his mind space his heart They don't question any of that stuff Um, but the only thing that that's questionable about him is his health Can he stay healthy and now instead of 16 is 17 games But they know he can ball out rishabh bateman He obviously got approved on an nfl level, but excellent route runner excellent hands and underrated speed underrated speed So they added him they also added tylen Wallace Not the tallest of the tall but to go up and get it 50 50 guy some deceptive speed Uh, but some deceptive strength as well added him as well Then of course hollywood you got hollywood coming back again um underrated route runner Underrated route runner very underrated So you got him in another year and one of the biggest additions too besides the personnel is the coaches with Keith Williams and t mark So you add those guys and what they've been able to do with different receivers around the league You add those guys and what they've been able to do what's on their resume You add that to the Ravens wide receiver just the Ravens period you add that to their offense period Because they also did say that they're going to be getting involved with the route running as far as with the running backs too And then of course that would have to be with the titans as well. It's going to be with everybody So it just it just adds so much value to the team, man So they should be in much they are in much better shape heading into this season Then they were last season and i'm sure Lamar will be able to show everybody that He did not regress. He did not decline. He did not take a step back And he'll be just fine. We out