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The draft, as exciting as it is, it's kind of like rolling a dice with a pro bowler, a contributor, a Hall of Famer and a bust all in place. You can get any one of those. If you look at old drafts, the number of pro bowlers often range from five to 30 considering all seven rounds. While we could still get a quality starter, wouldn't it be better to trade for a short thing rather than bargain for a stud who could keep up not being one? Love your videos, keep up the great work. Hashtag Ravens flock. And the question was, do the Ravens overvalue the draft? I think sometimes they can overvalue draft picks and a lot of times that can end up being quantity over quality. Now I know their big saying is the more shot attempts you take, the more chances you have to score, the more chances you have to hit on somebody that really ends up being a difference maker in the NFL and they really end up doing their thing. But I would just, I would much rather than like a scenario that when I was on my guy, Kevin O. Ostrich of his podcast, Lockton Ravens, we were talking about it where somebody asked him, would you rather the Ravens stay with their 10 picks or would you rather them trade up and just have six picks and six high quality picks? Like six picks in like the first three rounds. And I would take that all day because one, they have a higher chance of making a roster. Two, the investment from the Ravens is gonna be there a lot more. And then three, they'll have a much higher chance of being high impact, high quality guys that can be difference makers on this team. So I would love if the Ravens take that approach. And I think that I'm hoping that they will this draft. And I think that they will because I just don't see any scenario where they use all 10 picks. I just don't see that happening. We've heard the rumor that they've called up about trading up. So we'll see if that comes to fruition. But I just think there's no way that they're gonna end up using all 10 picks. I just, I don't see it. And he also asks, this is a weird draft. The good thing is that our weaknesses are the strength of this draft. Cornerback defensive end, defensive tackle, offensive line. And we're picking early, which is great. But the issue is that our strengths are the weaknesses of this draft. QB, tight end, running back, which means players in our needs list are taken first. These mock drafts confuse me. Some have Kyle Hamilton at 13. Others have him at three. I recently saw a Berserk mock draft which had Hutchinson going seventh and Iquanu coming to the Ravens at 14. Like, come on. Hey, it's draft time, so you never know. You really never know. This thing could literally go any which way. He said, I saw a video in which you chose Jordan Davis for the Ravens among four players who could practically be available at 14. He said, let's make it interesting. This is the drafts. Weird things happen. Question, the best players who could be available are KT, Hamilton, Stingley, Jordan Davis. Oh, and Jameson. What Jameson was, okay. Whom would you play for the best to be available at 14? Oh, and he said, here's some help. You could do a mock draft of your own. First and second round only, maybe even first. We really need a reasonable mock with reasonable picks for once. I trust you, bro. Sorry, it's a little too late for me to do that now. But, who would I take out of those guys? Oh man. Jameson, where you're sitting there would be very tempting for me because y'all know how I feel about the Y receivers, man. I just want somebody that's gonna help take us over the top, man. So that would like Stingley, that'd be tempting. That Liz Frank injury. I mean, we got Hollywood recovered now. We got Hollywood in the building. So, his Liz Frank is good now. Hamilton, possible generational talent at safety. And then Tiberto, a possible generational talent as a pass rusher. And he could really help a lot. Then still got Jordan Davis there too. That's tough. Any, many, many more. Probably, for me, out of these, would probably be between Tiberto and Williams. And then after that, Stingley and Jordan Davis and then Hamilton. And it's like, man, this is such a hard question because I literally would not be mad at any of these picks going to the Ravens. I wouldn't be mad at any one of them at all, but to have to choose out of those, that's a lot of pressure. Next question came from Lynetta. She said, Aang Raven, how are you and the family doing? We're doing really good. I hope you're doing even better. Should I have a few questions? To follow up on the last email I sent about our boy Miles Boykin, I'm happy to see that he gets to go to a team that will use him. But not just Miles, I would really like to see everyone get a chance to show what they have to do. Like Tyson Williams, Justice Hill, Josh Oliver and Jaylen Ferguson, just to name a few. I would like to see them more next season if they are there. Now, see, that's very tricky because of depth because of the starters and just because of opportunity. Like with somebody like Tyson Williams, I thought last year was gonna be his opportunity to where he really got to show his stuff a lot, especially since everybody got hurt, but they gave him a couple chances and they were like, you know what, you're done. So that was unfortunate. Somebody like Justice Hill, if everybody's healthy he's not gonna get many opportunities, maybe late in games if there's blowout games which we do hope for. But that's where he would really get his real opportunity and then on special teams too. So he wouldn't really, because we have a JK Dobbins, a Gus Edwards, Justice Hill is not really gonna get that much opportunity. As far as Josh Oliver, same thing. He got two guys in front of him. Obviously, Mark Andrews is the guy for the Ravens at Titan and Nick Boyle, he's out on a field a lot too as a blocker and as a pass catch a little bit here and there too. So Josh Oliver, he wouldn't really see the field like that. Just like last year, he didn't really see the field like that. And I think that contributed to him just really not being able to really get into a rhythm. But again, it's a good problem to have at the Titan position, especially if you got to Mark Andrews as your guy. And then Jaylen Ferguson, ooh, that's a really tricky one, man. I'm hoping that with Jaylen Ferguson, if he's still on a team this year, that the scheme change will be everything for him. And he can really be that defensive end, sort of get a little better at setting the edge and just get more consistent, man. So I hope the best for Jaylen Ferguson, especially if he's gonna remain with the Ravens. So we'll see. She said, why the Ravens have any money to spend on multiple players? Why don't they or do they? I think you meant why don't they? Ravens are very close to the cap. They're always around it. Of course, they could maneuver and manipulate this thing if they really wanted to, but that's not really the route that they like to take. So with that being said, they, yeah, they're very close. So if they really want somebody, they can make it happen. But it's about, if that person really wants the Ravens too, it's gotta go both ways. But there has to really be significant interest. And I'm sure they're gonna do some more things to clear up some more space, whether that's given Marcus Peters an extension. That's one that we kind of been waiting for, but hasn't happened yet. And maybe the Ravens are like one of those people who, they like, we know what we can do as far as the Marcus Peters thing, but let's try to maximize everything this way first before we even touch Marcus Peters deal. So, and then I still think, depending on when they draft the cornerback, we gonna see, man, but I'm just wondering why this Marcus Peters thing hasn't happened yet. But maybe they're just trying to exhaust all other options before they get to giving him an extension. So, she also said, do you think that Greg Roman will make it through the whole season this season? I'm wondering, what do you think? Thanks for all that you're doing. I appreciate you. Hey, I appreciate you, Lynetta. Now, as far as Greg Roman, is he gonna make it through this whole season? Oh man, I, I, if he does, that could be a good thing. Cause that would mean Ravens offense was doing a good job or it could mean they just get him by. But if he doesn't, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. Cause that mean, that could mean that the Ravens like really decided to hold him accountable. I just, my biggest thing is I want, whatever happens this year, no excuses. What no excuses to be given to anybody, none, no excuses. Provide everybody with what they need. Give them what they can do to possibly be the best at their job, whatever their job may be, and let the chips fall where they will. So, I'm hoping with Greg Roman, hey, if he's given everything that he needs to succeed and he doesn't succeed with this offense, and again, everything's not on him. The players, they still gotta play the game. He can call the best players in the world, but if the players don't execute the right way, then it could fail. But I just really hope that, I hope it doesn't fail, obviously. Hopefully that vault is unlocked, but I just wanna see everybody do good, man. Straight up, that's all we want every year, especially on offense, especially with just what we have on offense and the potential of what we could possibly add after the draft on offense. We just wanna see everybody do well. But if I had to just answer the question, do I think Greg Roman's gonna make it through the whole year? No. Yeah, this feels like a drain, oh, jazz, what I mean. What I mean? You to take, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated, automated. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. So Team Keep It Clean, welcome to another episode of Questions From Subs. We can ask any NFL question you want and we answer in the video just like this. Now, if you wanna be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean.gmail.com or for the patrons. Y'all can send it directly on Patreon. If you wanna join the Team Keep It Clean patrons, you can go to patreon.com slash engravingvids. And if you don't want to, that's fine as well. I love y'all. Shout out to all of y'all. Shout out to just the support and the love that y'all been showing. We appreciate it. Thank y'all for making this fun. Thank y'all for keeping us crazy, busy, especially leading up to the draft. It has just been wild. But now, we basically here. The draft is tomorrow night. Well, at least when I'm recording this, it's tomorrow night. And yeah, a lot of our questions will finally get answered, which we have been waiting on for so long. Ain't no more mock drafts no more. You can throw all the mock drafts away. So it'll be time for the real thing. So let's get into these last questions before the draft tomorrow. That's running, man. Speaking of mock drafts, the next question came from my guy, Stone. He said, hey, what's up? Been great. I hope the family is doing great and enjoying the off season. This is my final and favorite mock draft I've done so far. Getting the ad rushing, why receiving the first two rounds and addressing all the other needs throughout the later rounds. Let me know how you feel about this one. So let me see. Oh, so he went up to picks overall pick seven. So he traded with the Giants pick 14 and a third round and a fourth round pick to move all the way up to seven. No problem with that at all. He got a cave on tibetal. Okay, cool. Nice. Next, he traded with the Jets. He traded, he received the Jets, the pick overall 35. So what's that 33, 34, 35, the third overall pick in the second round. He received that in a third round pick as well. And he gave the Jets the Raven second round pick, their sixth round pick from this year and a second round pick from next year. And he took George Pickens. Y'all know, y'all know I'm on board with that. So the draft is done for me. I'm done. I ain't gonna do nothing else. But anyway, he also got in round three, Brian Asamoa, a linebacker, in round, oh, in round three, he doubled down at wide receiving. He took Romeo doob. So I don't know anything about him, but hey, I trust you because you got them first two right. In round three, he also got a tackle, Kellen Deich, around four. He got a defensive lineman, Matthew Butler, in round four, he also got a cornerback. Oh, Kobe Bryant, I've been hearing a lot about him. Round four, he also got a tight end jig from Maryland. Been hearing a lot about him too. And then round four, he also got another cornerback, Josh Joby. So he doubled down. And then, oh, in round seven, he got another cornerback, Joshua Williams. So yeah, you put in a lot of work for this one and you definitely addressed cornerback a lot. All in Rams approach, but in the draft. Next question came from my boy, Steven Kay. He said, without ripping my head off, can I ask something? With a lot of holes to fill, I wanted to see what would happen if you traded all of our future picks for picks in this year's draft and all in Rams approach, but within the draft. Wow, you said all of our future picks for picks in this year's draft. That's a lot of rookies. That's a whole lot of rookies. You really think that many rookies, they gonna be able to come in and really take this team over? Let's hear it out. He said, without ripping his head off, we ain't ripping nobody's head off. Anyway, he said, I know these aren't proven players. Okay, see, I should've just kept reading. I know these aren't proven players, but I just feel like this mock gave so much quality over quantity. Probably 10 starters. It's a gamble whether you draft them this year or the next. And next year you could keep trading future picks like 20, 25 picks to get them for next year's draft. Now, rinse and repeat. I know this is unrealistic, but look at the whole. I honestly feel if we had our team in these players, no way we wouldn't destroy everyone. And again, if we got all these players, we fill in the holes which we all know can't be filled in one draft. We get Lyman, a weapon. Vintage Ravens defense, Lamar is happy. This is how my draft went. 16th pick overall, Devin Lloyd. 17, Jordan Davis. 18, Tyler Lindenbaum. 19, Trevor Penning. 25, Traylon Burks. 30, Arnold Abicti. The big tie. I don't know how to say that last name. 45, Leo Chanel. 48, Cam Taylor Britt. 53, Marcus Jones. 66, Greg Dolkich. 74, Fadarian Mathis. 97, Zach Tom. And 114, Kobe Bryant. He said, would our defense not be what it used to be? Would our offense not be insane? Would this not hold us off for two years of drafting? I mean, if we traded all our picks for next year, then yeah, it would hold us off. He said, this even got us depth. Again, the Costa, I'm sure it would do it better if we went all in and did this. I just wanted to see the take of this kind of method. I just want to know your thoughts on this concept. And he said, in this draft with some of the trades that he made, he traded away Chuck Clark, Tyus Bowser and Duvenay during this mock. No force trades either. Woof. So he got us a lot of picks and a lot of players. Wow. Yeah, this is a lot. Definitely some heavy impact guys right from the jump. Devon Lloyd, that would definitely help us that linebacker give us a linebacker of the future. And the president, Jordan Davis, interior pressure, Lindenbaum, a player, a center pinning, trailing Birx all around type of wide receiver. You hit on a lot of stuff here, but like you did say, it's not realistic. And you know Ravens, they ain't going all in with the draft picks like that. Next question came from my guy Noah. He said, ain't Raven hope you and the people around you doing well? Got a short question, but one I would like to get your thoughts on. If you could pick a couple of players in the later rounds, which players would you see as hidden gyms in this draft class? And although this is a tricky job, even in the earlier rounds, I'm hoping the Ravens can find other hidden superstars with their many fourth round picks, such as previous Mark Andrews or Orlando Brown Jr. Keep up the great work and let's hope the Ravens can come back with a vengeance. So hidden superstars. Ooh, see, this is where I would be a little bit worried. If the Ravens felt like they could get a sort of quote unquote hidden superstar in the later rounds. I just, and when I think about superstars, I think about, you think about your quarterbacks, you think about wide receivers, maybe tight ends. You think about weapons in my opinion. Now, and of course you got superstars on defense too. If it's a superstar on defense, I would trust them later rounds. Okay, cool. Will it be a superstar? You never know. But as far as playmakers on offense, that would worry me. That would worry me because I would just be scared that they would be, if they got somebody in the later rounds and they started talking and superstars talking in the later rounds, I just don't feel like the investment would be there from the Ravens in. I just don't feel like it would be there. And their middle round selections haven't really been the best so far. Hopefully it starts to improve a bit. But I just, for the Ravens and superstar, I'm thinking on offense that I just, I don't know if I would trust them right now to go get a superstar in the later rounds. I don't, and what I mean when I say that is as far as the blossoming and the development of whatever particular player I just, I don't think I would trust it. Next question came from the gold at one eight. He said, what would you say our record for the upcoming season will be and how far will we make it into the playoffs? Any personal accolades for players or coaches? And finally, who's your breakout player for each side of the ball? Love the Viz and keep up the great work. And shout out to you and shout out to the mock draft that you sent me with the presentation and all that too. We appreciate it. So our record for the upcoming season, if everybody's staying healthy was 17 games. I'd say like, if everybody's staying healthy, maybe like 13 and four or yeah, like 13 and four, 12 and five, I would say around there, if everybody stays healthy, how far do we make it into the playoffs? Oh man, this is the one right here. If everybody stays healthy, and then see everybody could be healthy, but then you need a lot more than that to the playoffs. Oh, it would just depend so much on where this offense is, the direction of the offense. So I'll say at least to the divisional round, hopefully at least ASC championship, hopefully. Obviously, hopefully winning the Super Bowl, but realistic expectations right now before the draft, before they draft, whoever they're gonna pick. I would say at least to the divisional round right now. And yeah, if everybody's healthy, I'd say at least to the divisional round. Hopefully they go further. And again, the team's still not done being constructed yet, but that's what I'm saying for right now. Any personal accolades for players or coaches? I think Hollywood will go over 1300, Andrews, he go over 1100. I think Bateman, he could get a stack too. And if you like Lamar, he could throw for like, throw for like 4,200, maybe 4,400, maybe even 4,500, just to be able to have things off. If they gonna be throwing like they were throwing last year for a little point in time, then a year. But you know, they still gonna be running the ball a lot too. J.K. Dobbins, him getting over a stack. Gus Edwards, they could both get over a stack. There's a lot of numbers I'm over here throwing out in there. He said, and finally, who's your breakout player for each side of the ball? Oh, breakout player. Defensive side of the ball, maybe a die-fail way. He started to break out last year, but he has some inconsistencies last year. So I'd say maybe a die-fail way. Offensive side of the ball, probably Bateman. Next question came from my guy Dominic. He said, hey man, hope everything's good. It's you and the family. I've been thinking this upcoming draft is maybe like the first one where we are really up in the air about this 14th pick. I agree. It's just so many ways we could go. Me personally, I think the Ravens have a couple of players on their draft ball where they think are worth the 14th pick. I think the Ravens at 14th pick all just depends on how the ball falls. What do you think? Of course, for sure. That's the biggest thing it depends on how the ball falls. Cause they could have some guys that end up dropping that they didn't expect. They could have some guys that end up getting picked early that they didn't expect. He said, I think one of the players that doesn't get a lot of talk is Jermaine Johnson to the Ravens. I've been hearing that a lot. Maybe we've been listening to two different sets of people but I've been hearing Jermaine Johnson to the Ravens a whole lot. He said, I know we need to get young on the interior but we still have a couple of unknowns at the edge position in Ferguson and Hayes and how Tyus would be when he comes back. I think adding to our edge rushes with a second year away and first year Johnson will make us much better. What do you think? Oh, for certain, that'd be a nice move. But we also need interior pressure too. So yeah, they still, they brought back Kaleas' cam but they signed Michael Pierce. He still had Matt Obique going in his third year. So hopefully, oh, that could be another candidate for breakout players. So hopefully he would be. So yeah, I mean, I wouldn't be mad if they got him but they just, they need more pressure from the interior as well. Obviously exterior as well. You need to get pressure from all over but I think interior would just make such a big difference for everybody. So Jermaine Johnson, but I've been hearing about that a lot and I know a lot of y'all have too. Being unique. Next question came from my guy Phil Monty. He said, I ain't graven, hope all is well. Oh, everything is great. I see that left tackle could be something we figure out and I think one option would be someone who won't be on their team soon. Although he was injured last year, I believe this guy could be an interesting pick and even a trade piece if he doesn't work out with us. What do you think of, oh, Mackay Bekton from the Jets. Ooh, I just read something about that at that some people don't think he'll ever play for the Jets again. Oh man, big boy and if he's healthy, oh yeah. But I just think the Ravens, I think for them to get somebody like that. Man, that'd be something right there. I don't see it happening though, not for the Ravens. Now if, ooh, they're not gonna just cut them. They're not just gonna straight up cut them. They will definitely trade them, try to get some assets for them. How much years does he have left on his deal, man? Let me see. As a player, no problem, no problem at all. But yes, yeah, I looked him up. That's the first thing. Many in NFL believe Mackay Bekton would ever put on a Jets jersey again. He came out in 2020, so 2020, 2021. So he has two years left on his rookie deal and then he still has a fifth year option. Ooh, okay, so that would put them in line for, 2025 will be in this fifth year? Yeah, 2020, 2021, two, three. Oh, four would be the fifth year, can't count. So yeah, I would be down for it. I would be down for it. Then you'd be loaded on an offensive line because think about it, you have Ronnie Stanley, you got Morgan Moses, and Morgan Moses would probably be looking at Mackay Bekton like, you part of the reason why I wasn't a starter last year. But anyway, you, oh, yeah, I would like that. I would like that, I'm glad you brought that up. Cash for Cinco. Next question came from a boy, Josh. He said, hey, what's up, engraving, how you doing? I hope you and the family are good. It's been a little minute since I sent in a question. So I was thinking because I've seen stuff about Daniel Jones and the other people getting their fifth year option picked up, I was wondering because I remember when EDC said he was gonna pick up Hollywood's fifth year option. So my question is, do you think we'll be picking up Hollywood's fifth year option? I will pick it up because he's been progressing every year and looking better every year. I just saw a stat today saying that Hollywood's route running win rate is 48%, which is eighth best in the NFL. 91 completions, which was 12th best and he had 1,000 yards, which he was like the most recent receiver since I think Mike Wallace. Hopefully we will and we'll do videos. Can't wait to see what this channel has in stake for the future. I can see you being on his level as Jeff. Much thanks for everything. I know about all that part, but thank you, man. It's weird. Like we've been hearing more and more and more about different players options, fifth year options getting picked up from that draft class, but still haven't heard about Hollywood's yet. And with the deadline is next week, is it May 2nd? It's early, early next week. I forgot exactly when. But Ravens, they usually do the fifth year like last minute. So we just gotta wait it out. We gotta wait it out. Man, I just, I'm thinking about the draft and thinking about just possibilities that I don't wanna think about. So we'll just see how it goes. Question came from my guy, Jonas. He said, hey man, Ravens fan from Belgium here. Oh, what's up, man? Love watching videos and especially your balanced opinions which you aren't too proud to chance from time to time. Keep up the good work. Appreciate it, Jonas. My question is the following. Do you think JK Dobbins or Marcus Peters could be a candidate for comeback player of the year? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. But even more so Lamar Jackson. But anyway, he said both of them are in a very different stage of their career. But I feel Peters is the kind of player who has that special fighter mentality. Oh, you know he does. You know he does, man. Dobbins in my opinion was gonna have a great season before that injury took him out. Yeah, he was gonna have an increased roll, more touches. So you know he would have done his thing. Well, I don't know behind that offensive line but he would have done it anyway. Dobbins in my opinion was gonna have a great year before the season ending injury took him out. But if he can bounce back and we get some online help in the draft he could have a big year as well, right? Who do you think will be back stronger? Or do you have another Ravens player that was injured who you think will have a bigger impact? Love to hear your opinion. Have a great day and God bless. Yeah, so come back player of the year. I mean Lamar, why not? Next question came from my boy Michael C. He said, in Graven, hope you and the fam are doing well. Just wanted to let you know that you are my number one Ravens insider slash channel on YouTube and it's great to see how big you've grown. Oh yeah, I have put on a lot of weight over time but yeah, I appreciate it. First time, long time. Just wanted to know your opinion and how it stands on why are the Ravens always strapped for cap every year since 2001. How can all these other teams pay top dollar money for a quarterback, top money for a receiver and a couple players on defense and even the other line, the offensive line and still be competitive. I've looked at it over the years and where all our money is allocated and it just does not make sense to me how we cannot afford to pay anybody and how we are always hurting and always in this position that we have to penny pinch. Hope this wasn't too long and let me know your thoughts. With that, it's tricky because with the Ravens, yeah, we always hear how they have such a limited amount of cap space but the one thing about the Ravens, they don't normally pay outside free agents a lot of money but a lot of times with their own free agents, they will pay them significant money. Like a Ronnie Stanley, like a Marlon Humphrey, they paid Marcus Peters, well, they traded them and then he had the year he had and they paid him but Gus Edwards, they gave him like a small contract but Mark Andrews, he got paid too. So they will have guys on their own roster that they drafted that they'll pay so they don't like giving out a lot of outside money. They like giving their money to their homegrown guys so I think that's a big part of it and they don't like doing the whole sort of all-in approach to cash-over-cap approach, that's not their style. It really never has been. Y'all know I wish they would do it a little bit more but it's not to be expected. Next question came from my guy, Makai. He said, I wanted to ask about your thoughts on the Orlando Brown trade. A year later, I think it worked out for us. One, because we got away and two, because it hindered what Kansas City could do. We did get Adafi away and he's been good and I think he can be a very, very good player but I just don't think the Ravens ever addressed replacing him, replacing Orlando Brown Jr. properly. That's it. Anyway, he said, if I told you a year ago that with the Chiefs trading for Orlando Brown that they would be able to re-sign, they would not be able to re-sign Honey Badger and they had to trade Tyreek Hill, I think most fans will see that as a win for not just the Ravens but the rest of the NFL. We're gonna see how they do though, man. It's gonna be very interesting. I'm so excited to see the Chiefs play without Tyreek Hill and I'm super excited, even more excited to see the Dolphins play with Tyreek Hill. I just wanna see how they do that, man. I wanna see how they just, yeah, I just wanna see it, man. He said that one last thing, I hear people say that if we had Orlando Brown Jr. then Lamar wouldn't have gotten hurt against the Browns. I highly disagree. Lamar got hurt from the Blitzing linebacker coming from the right side of the line. Brown would have had no impact on that play. Also, people say that our O-line and team would have been better if we kept him but me personally, I would rather have five years of Chief Adafi away than just one year of Orlando Brown. Keep up the good work. Well, would Orlando Brown, had you had him, the offensive line, the quality of it would have been better? And I mean, that's one of those things that we just never know. As far as the play with the Browns and stuff with Jock, Indra, and Lamar, it was just one of those things that if Orlando Brown Jr. was there, who knows what could have happened? But he's definitely made the offensive line a lot better and it's very important that the Ravens, and they did sign Morgan Moses so that was nice. So that's an upgrade over Alejandro, but they also got to look at long-term options at right tackle, and then left tackle too because Ronnie Stanley's status, you just never know. Next question came from a guy called, he said, hey there man, big Howdy from Texas. Oh, shout out to Texas, man. Everybody from Texas would be so nice, man. Everybody that I know from Texas, they'd be super, super, super nice, man. But anyway, he said, hope you and the family are doing well. I don't know if I believe too much in Patrick McCary as our center and honestly, I think the Ravens are better off just addressing their D-Line issues and free agency just so they know what they're getting from past performances. So with that being said, I really do believe it is in our best interest to go after someone like Tyler Lindenbaum in the draft. Just want to hit your perspective on that, Team Keeper Clean, stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. All right, oh, Lindenbaum. Well, this would be a very interesting one. If they, Ravens don't usually take centers early. So that would be something. If they did get him, I don't see that 14. Maybe if they traded back and got like two first round picks, they got them late, maybe. But I don't see that 14. Cause for them, that would be the Ravens really going against the Ravens green. Because who, they got Bradley Bozeman and they ain't even playing that center initially. They ain't even played them at center in this last year. But they got Bradley Bozeman in, what was he, a fifth or sixth round pick, something like that. They got Matt Scurra, he was late, Patrick McCary, he was undrafted. Ryan Jensen, he was a late round pick too. I think, what was he, a fourth round pick? I don't even remember, but definitely wasn't first, second, or third. So I just don't see it happening. Is it too soon? Next question came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, happy draft week. You continue to do an outstanding job of delivering Ravens updates, offering a perspective and keeping his fans interested and engaged. Please don't ever be discouraged by the words of those who show inability to keep it clean. Appreciate it, man. Unfortunately, despite the advantages that social media can provide its users, it also has become a platform for dark-minded people to become internet bullies and a megaphone for people to spew hatred and mal-content. Fortunately, they do not control the thoughts of people like you and me. That is a very, very good point. Cause yeah, something that we always say social media, it is a gift and it's a curse. But again, one of the best features, block. Question, is it crazy to believe that EDC is already entering his fourth season, his fourth off season in the GMC and his fourth opportunity to build a better offense around Le Mar? Most of us like and respect the Costa. One, for not leaving when other organizations attempted to steal him from us during Ozzie's reign and for his overall love for the Ravens organization. It's true. Cause we would always hear every year, oh, this team want to interview Eric the Costa. Oh, this team interviewed Eric the Costa, but oh, he turned it down, he stayed. He said, when I started thinking about grading EDC's performance so far, it sparks concerns. When I look at what he has done, I asked the question, has he done anything to improve the team? Bateman looks like he could be a superstar in the making, but drafting him was a no-brainer. He also signed Marcus Peters, but is the team better since EDC took the helm? Dare I say no. Is it too soon in Raven to start holding EDC accountable for being ineffective in his management of the roster and confusion on what to do about Greg Roman? Has the time come to place a spotlight on him if he continues to fail to complete a significant free agent signing or draft the future Hall of Famer? As the elite teams and the AFC continue to improve with the big time trades, free agency pickups and great drafting, EDC has been unable to sign a top 10 receiving talent or a linebacker to free agency and has not drafted particularly well in his tenor. Am I right about this or am I over analyzing? I don't think you're over analyzing because that's part of the job. Just being critical about the job, what has happened, it's a results driven league as we all know and as we've all heard before. And it's about what have you done? What have you accomplished? And yeah, I know I talked about it in a previous episode of questions from Sub where one of my guys, he was talking about how him and his dad, think of my guy Harry about him and his dad, they Ravens fans and they were comparing Ozzie and EDC. And EDC is super early. Like Ozzie was doing the thing for so long, EDC just started. But it's about what you've done, what you've accomplished. So has he done this bad, terrible job? No, could he have done a lot better? Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. And I think as far as the draft, his job around the draft, I just got to get more impactful players, man. We got to get more from his draft and he's been getting better every year but it's still some room for improvement. And as far as the roster building is getting a top wide receiver, oh man, don't get me started on that one. And I feel like with, as far as the trades, we know Eric DeCasse is more aggressive than the Ozzie Newsome. But the trades that he's done, the biggest trades that he's done has been for fifth round picks, fifth round pick for Marcus Peters, fifth round pick for Calais Campbell. And a lot of the other trades for other top players and whatnot, they didn't go through, they didn't go through. And that's whether Ravens didn't wanna give something else up or they just, cause we hear a lot of almost stuff. And again, is Eric DeCasse a bad GM? No, not a bad GM, but there's definitely some room for improvement and that's fine. He said, if DeCasse has another draft on par with the past three and continues to be incapable of signing the type of significant talent that will help Le Mans have the type of season that will catapult him and this team to the next level, should we start calling for our beloved GM's head? If the Ravens don't become better as a whole, could it be time to move on or am I being too critical too soon? I don't necessarily think you're being too critical too soon, but time to move on. Nah, I don't think so yet. Nah, it's too early for that. I don't think so yet. But I'm hoping that things can improve now, you mentioned, about if he continues to be incapable of signing the type of significant talent that will help Le Mans have the type of season that will catapult him. It just always, I always get reminded of Josh Allen. And Josh Allen, everybody was like, man, this guy here, he got a big on, but is he really anything special? This guy, wow, he's not really doing anything significant. Big on, but what's there? Like he's inaccurate, he's a lot of overthrows. Need to put a little touch on the ball, and ooh, man. They got him Stephan Diggs, took Josh Allen from here to there. So, that's another one of the reasons that I would love for the Ravens to really get that guy that you could add to a Hollywood, you could add to a Bateman to just help take them over the top. So, but is it too soon to be critical? No, is it too soon to be calling for Eric Dacasa's head? No, I don't think so. Oh, no, I answered that wrong. I meant, yes, I do think it is too soon to be calling for Eric Dacasa's head. Next question came from my boy Steven. He said, what's up in Raven? First off, wanna thank you, and for all you do, know for real, my guy gave yourself a pat on the back. I've been following this channel since the beginning of last off season, so I guess it's like a one-year friend anniversary. Subscriber anniversary or something in that ballpark. I appreciate it, happy anniversary. And he said, may your family be blessed for all the time and the effort you yourself put in making others day better. And the patience your family has for this part of your life because I know we'd be on your tail if you're a minute late because we need your opinion. LOL, boy, you ain't lying, man. Anytime something happen with the Ravens or anything with whatever, all these mess, hey, what's the video, what's the video, what's the video? But it's all good, man. He said, I got a couple of questions, so I'm gonna try to make it quick. Ooh, this ain't really looking like it's quick. But anyway, he said, what do you think of Trent McDuffie? I love Trent McDuffie. He reminds me, I always say, he reminds me of Marcus Peters, man. Remind me of a little Marcus Peters, man. So if the Ravens got him, I wouldn't be mad, not one bit. But he said, I think he's a mix of Marlon and Marcus when it comes to the footwork. Being physical and tight, man to man, reminds me so much of Marlon and oh yeah, he don't miss, he don't mind fruit punching that thing out of there. But what's crazy, as soon as the ball touches his hands, he turns directly into Marcus Peters. That's the one. I think he's a gymnast, Draft. And I do like Sauce, don't get me wrong, but I rather the Ravens not be the team where Sauce has to adapt or enhance his game. It's just not their strength. And plus, Sauce is coming off an unbelievable college career, not giving up a single touchdown. It's gonna take some adapting for Sauce. And with Stingley, I just don't wanna end up in an Anthony, Avery, Tavon Young, or even Elliot with banking on a talent of a player from freshman tape. I'm sorry, it's not enough to bank on. Ooh. So what are your thoughts on all three of those guys? Also, who is your favorite receiver in this draft? Whether they are day one or day two guys. Seeing your influence on Bateman, and I wanna see if you can nail another one. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Hey, that was my guy, man. Yeah, I would be down for McDuffie all day. Stingley, yeah, as long as he's healthy, that'd be straight, too. And Sauce, I won, cause Sauce not really an inside corner like that. So I wonder if they got Sauce, you know he's gonna play, but would they kick Marlon to the inside for him? Or would he just be like sort of on the bench? Cause would they put Brandon Stevens on the inside? Or would they have Brandon Stevens playing on the outside and Marlon on the inside? Like what would they do? So I'm just, I wonder about that. And that's really what any corner. Cause we had the same conversation about any corner that they possibly brought in. Favorite receiver though, for me, Pickens, Williams, Williams, James and Williams. Maybe Gary Wilson, but Pickens number one for me. That's my favorite one. All right, he said number two, with so many returning this year from injury, name two players off of faith and big trust who you have the most trust in to bounce back and have the best season. So he said, to me, it's Juice Man and JK. Mine will be two players, Lamar Jackson and JK Dobbins. Especially cause JK has been through this injury before. Marcus Peters is another one. Like you just know just by how, just the attitude he got, he ain't gonna have no bad season. Like he gonna bounce back in the big, as long as he stays healthy, he gonna bounce back, man. And Marlon Humphrey, I'm very confident in him bouncing back to because he should have Marcus Peters on the other side and he'll have more help around him. Ooh, Marlon Humphrey, ooh, they was all on him last year, boy. He has some highs, but he had a lot of lows too, boy. Oh man, I mean, Jamar Chase, that was the worst, that was the worst one. Marlon Humphrey just got straight up doled, went doled. So with him getting his boys back and then the Ravens, of course, adding some more people in there, that should help him out a whole lot. He said, some have forgotten about the Barhawk Marcus Peters, but some of us also know Marcus Peters is extremely smart and full of football IQ. And JK, I'm only going off his rookie year when the Ravens planned on having to rotate him back by committee type system. By the end of the year, everyone knew who our lead back was. That's big to me, shows work ethic, dedication and determination to not only get on the field, but stay on the field. Two backs, well three, if you count Justice Hill, he really emerged as the top back on a team that had three experienced backs returning on a team. And he said, pray you and the fam, stay safe. So yeah, I could definitely see JK Dobbins being a bounce back. Got Ravens like, since they had so many people injured, they got so many people that could bounce back. And we really hope all of them do. Next question came from my boy YPC. He said, ain't Raven, I just wanted to let you know how I can see the Ravens address the draft with their first pick. So here it goes. I can see the Ravens draft in Jordan Davis because the Ravens have five guys, shout out to the Burgers on a defensive line coming off an injury like at OA with the shoulder injury. Daylan Hayes, Derek Wolf, who's in his 30s coming off a back injury. Michael Pierce, Tyus Bowser with Achilles. And with Jordan Davis, his ability to make everybody's job easier can help those guys during the season, where they don't have to do much and risk another injury. I don't see Ravens going into the draft with the best play available mentality. What I mean by that is drafting a safety or center inside lineback or a wide receiving the first round because the past three years, Ravens drafted positions that they needed to address that were top concerns like Hollywood, Patrick Queen and Bateman and also a doubt fair way. I can see if the Ravens acquire another defensive tackle past Russian this year's draft. Anyway, wanted to know your thoughts on this. So, with their first pick, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think they definitely go in defense and it just depends on how it falls, whether it's the interior defensive lineman and the edge guy or a cornerback. Next question came from my guy, Rave Kingdom. He said, I ain't Raven. Shout out to you and the fam. Top ball as well. I feel like James Proshay, Duvenay, Wallace, Brown and Bateman are a young core with development and focusing on. I don't think we need to add another young wide receiver to focus on. To fix everyone's mouth, watering, urge to get a wide receiver, how about this? Let's sign Julio and bring in Derz Bryant. They almost reminded me of when we added Anquan Boulder and Jacobi Jones to bring veteranship and experience around the young core we had. Then let's use the draft to sign Jordan Davis and address defensive depth. Last time we did this, we won a Super Bowl. Your thoughts? I mean, we just brought in Derz Bryant in 2020. We ain't even sniff a Super Bowl. Derz Bryant would be a no. Julio, I wouldn't mind if they brought in Julio, but as long as they signed it, I mean, they drafted a young wide receiver too. Early. Think I'm bringing Julio, all right, cool, whatever. I ain't got no problem with it, but you got to draft another wide receiver early in a big dog wide receiver, man. Not just, oh, the third, fourth, fifth round, no, no, no. First or second round, you got to get one, then if you don't bring in Julio. Potential moves that would make us better. Next question came from Terry. He said, what's up in Graven? Hope you and the family are good and staying safe and living life. Wanted to ask you, if it's okay if I get your opinion for things, I would like the Ravens to do to officially make us a Super Bowl contending team. And if you would like to change some stuff up with what I said, please do. First, we trained Lamar Jackson to draft Malik Willis. He said, okay, let me stop. And sorry, this is long. He was just trolling. But he said, but first, we re-signed Justin Houston, give us a great experience and more depth at the edge position. I'd rather do David and Clowney. First change right there, but let me let you keep going. He said, second, we getting an already established wide receiver in the league that can be healthy and it's a big body wide receiver to me. It don't matter if we get a wide receiver one or go big body in a draft, we need to address the wide receiver room. Hollywood is our oldest wide receiver. Shaw Bateman is our tallest wide receiver. And our room is full of small body receivers if we add another great playmaker and is a huge optional third downs. And there's a 50-50 catcher. And that makes Hollywood and Bateman and Mark Andrews jobs better. Even Lamar, we legit love it. I love it. I would change nothing about that. Love that one. As far as the draft, I wouldn't mind if we stayed at 14 and drafted Jordan Davis for interior pressure, but I would like to see us trade up for rounds one or two. And I say a team we should target and trade are the Packers. And with that first or second round pick, we get Jaylen Petrie from Baylor, a guy who can play outside and inside and is a physical tackler and great in force and turnovers. And then we get our guy pickings. And in later rounds, we address tackle center and linebacker. This draft is filled with talent in rounds one through five. And the Ravens have a great history of developing centers in later rounds like Ryan Jensen and Bradley Baldwin. Hey, we were just talking about that a little bit ago. He said, also we can go Jaylen Ramsey knowledge and say that the team keeping clean version, which is for get them picks. That's less neat. He said, I would like to get your opinion. If there's anything that you were doing in scenario, then what are the moves other than that? Stay safe and trust. This was fun, man. I like it. I like it. Cause you ain't playing, man. You like, the Y-R-E-C-O-P-O was my favorite. Yeah. Like I said, the only thing I would change, Jadavian Clown, he's still sitting there. He posted up. I know there's been all that talk about him possibly going back to the Browns. Yeah, cool. Coming to the Ravens, man. Next question came from my guy, Bullet A-Tracks. He said, what's good and Raven love the videos? I think the answer we've been looking for in this draft, George Pickens is the perfect player for the Ravens. Done. We should end the video right here. We got one more question over. Let's just keep going. He said, he is the big body outside wide receiver of the marking throw the jump ball to my favorite part. Isn't his play, is his attitude? Yes, I agree. Like his on field attitude is aggressive, which I think the offense needs a little more. In college, he was picking fights with dudes and got up and people's faces after big play. The only problem is he's going very early in a second, which we don't have a pick there. If I were the Ravens, I would trade either pick 14 for possibly two later first rounders and use one on Pickens or package pick 45 with another round pick to take Pickens. We need this dude. What are your thoughts? He's been my favorite guy. He's been my favorite guy. So I'm right there with you. I got no argument, no rebuttal. I'm with you on this all day. Next question came from my guy, Phil. He said, I've heard and read some reports saying that Vegas is willing to trade Darren Waller who wants a new contract, even though he still has two years left on his current contract. We need another catching tight end to take some of the workload off Andrews. What are your thoughts? Oh man. I did see something the day that said that they are absolutely not trading him at all. I did see that thing about him possibly going to the Packers and I was like, whoa. Then I saw something today that said that he ain't going nowhere. So we'll see. We'll see, cause things could change like that. Now, I would love it. I would love it. But how much is he getting paid? Forget the money though. Mark Andrews and Darren Waller. If they were to get those two, you're not going to hear me talking about a receiver anymore because that's like having another tall, big body frame, 50-50 receiver right there. That's it. And they both got good speed. They can both run, oh my goodness. I would love it. I would love if they got Darren Waller. We know it's not going to happen. But I would love it so much. I would love it for the Ravens. I would love it for Darren Waller. Sort of a redemption story like I'm back. I'm back and better than ever. And I would love it for Lamar. I would love it for the Ravens. I would love it for Greg Roman. I would just love it. But it's not going to happen. And the last question on this, I know this was a lengthy episode of questions from subs. It came from my guy Chase. He said, yet another mock draft. And this is going to be the last mock draft that we do on here. And that's it. That's it. Probably the next time I see y'all after this video, unless something ends up happening before the draft and you know what the NFL usually it does. But next time I plan on seeing y'all after this video will be for the live stream during the first round. So, but you know, again, NFL probably is crazy. So something's gonna go down. He said, I ain't graven. Hope you're in the family and pookie included of course. And all the team keep it clean on doing well. I've been playing with mock drafts a lot lately and I have been a very firm believer that the Ravens don't need to draft the receiver early. In fact, most of my drafts have no receiver until round four at the earliest. Well, you might as well keep them then. So I think the Ravens have some playmakers on the roster that they just need to utilize. Okay, that's fair. I have been prioritizing defense showing up the line corner and edge usually picking up a wide receiver with either pick 100 or 119. However, making some trades in my most recent draft I think I found a way to make us both happy as you've been emphasizing quality over quantity. The trades I made give us one first three seconds. Oh, two thirds and four fourths. Oh, I love it. Still 10 picks, but none lower than the first round. So, oh, you mean none lower than the fourth round. So without further ado, here's my draft along with a description of each player provided by PFF. All right, a trade with the Saints. Give them pick 14 for pick 1949, 98 and a second round from next year. Okay, so you give them pick 14 for a lot and you only move them down five spots. He said 19, you draft Travis Jones, defensive lineman. Trade with the Jets to receive 35 and 38 in exchange for 49, 76, 141 and 196 in the second round from New Orleans. And then at 35, you draft David Ajabo, edge guy. And hopefully we'll see how his recovery goes. I feel like we should still take a risk. When he's healthy, I think he'll be a steal. All right, pick 38, George Pickens. All right, draft done, draft done. But anyway, if pick 45, Jaylen Petrie, 98, I'm sure I'm saying his last name wrong. But anyway, you all pick 98, D'Angelo Malone, edge guy. Pick 100, Damari Mathis, cornerback. Pick 110, Matthew Butler, defensive line. Pick 110, Kellen Deisch, tackle. Pick 128, Rashal White, a running back. Oh, pick 139, Matt Willetsko, a tackle. Just wanna get your opinion on my draft if you have the time and interest. Of course, you have me at 38, 38, I'm good to go, man. I'll pack it up, I'm done. You got George Pickens, oh, I'm straight now, man. And he said Jones was the bright spot on Connecticut's roster this season at six foot five, 333 pounds. He's a monstrous space, eating nose tackle, but he can be a little bit more than that. He's racked up 25 pressures and 21 run stops on the season and played well at the senior bowl. Ajabo has only played 26 career snaps before 2021, but, oh, excuse me, yeah, he played only 26 career snaps before 2021, but he made his presence felt in a big way this season, earning an 86.9 pass rushing grade on 300 pass Russian snaps giving his physical tools. The Michigan product is still only scratching the surface of his potential. Sounds like Ajabo. Pickens towards ACL last spring and only came back for Georgia in the last game of the regular season. He was a potential wide receiver, won after a massive freshman year, but never built upon it. Petrie was a massive reason for the Bears defensive success in 2021. He led all defensive backs with 47 stops on the season while playing slot corner in Dave Aranda's defense. Malone is a one-trick sub-package Russia who can bring some juice to any NFL teams past rush. He racked up 180 pressures in his career at Western Kentucky. Mathis is an explosive and physical cornerback. He may even be too physical after telling 17 penalties across the past six. So he fit right in with the Ravens then. Butler is an ascending three technique who can disrupt both the passing and running games. His 76.7 overall grade this past season was a career high by a good margin. Deisch was one of the highest-graded Power Five tackles in the country this past season and didn't lose much in pass protection as he allowed multiple pressures only once in 2021 and gave up all of seven in total. White has some of the best natural talent with the ball in his hands in this draft class. It's why he scored 20 times and broke 52 tackles on 225 collegiate carries. He just needs to reign in his freelancing style. And well, that's goes developmental traits are as good as you'll see in this tackle class with a seven-foot-one wingspan. Oh, so ain't nobody getting past it. All you gotta do is go like, there ain't nobody getting past it. With a seven-foot wingspan and nimble feet, he's the Project NFL Teams One. So thank you for this. Thank you for this mock draft to close out. This episode, the question from subscribers, which is the very last one before the draft. I appreciate it. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you to everybody that sent in questions. Thank you to everybody that has been a part of question from subscribers, just leading up to the draft. And of course, everybody's gonna be a part of it afterwards too. Please, after the draft, be patient because obviously Raven's gonna be drafting a lot of guys so he's gonna have a lot to talk about. So please be patient with the questions as you are already, y'all. Y'all are already super patient. I don't really see nobody complaining. Oh, where's my question? Why hasn't it been answered? I don't really see nobody on that. So I appreciate y'all for being like that. So yeah, man, that's that. I am tired. It has been a very, very busy week. It's been a very crazy week. It's been like nonstop, but to actually take this moment to like really pause and just take a break and just be done, it's a beautiful thing for me. But I appreciate all you guys' support. I appreciate all you guys' questions. Thank you. Go tell a friend and family member about the channel. So they'll tell somebody at the barber shop, tell somebody that you work with. Whether they're Raven's fan or not, tell them come through because you already know they're more than welcome. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. We out and I will see you for the live stream during the draft, even though like I said before, you know, with the NFL, crazy stuff always happens even before the draft. So I'll probably end up seeing y'all before the draft because the NFL don't ever stop, but we out.