 First question, on this episode came from my guide coach, Jay, and I appreciate you being a team keeping clean patron. He said, engraving, you do a great job with the channel and keeping Ravens fans abreast. One of the best in the business. Oh, okay, so we started off this episode with a lie. We definitely ain't one of the best in the business at all. I do thank you for your support and thank you for being a patron. Thank you for watching. But it's a lot of other people that do a phenomenal job, like a real phenomenal job, the way they put everything together and the way they break stuff down. But no, I appreciate you opening. But anyway, he said, for his question, I think as Ravens fans, we should look at the potential threat of an Andrews dude, Bateman and DJax on the field at the same time. I think it could open up the field for a lot to happen. I would love to look at that and think about that, about all the possibilities. But will the Ravens actually do that? Would they have them all on the field at the same time? That's a real significant question. And he said, his question is, do you think Roman will open that vault up some more? The frustration is real in must win situations and we have a 300 pound fullback record running routes. Don't get me wrong, he's a dog, but there's just a time for everything and everyone was your thoughts. So for the first part, will Deshaun Jackson, will he help and actually force Greg Roman to open up the vault that much more? I think he has to because, simply because the Ravens clearly got him for a reason. They got him for a reason because, again, Bateman's been out and they didn't go get him as soon as Bateman went out, they were just chill. They were like, oh, we ain't doing nothing. Bateman stayed out, they were still like, oh, we ain't doing nothing. Bateman was still out and they still was like, oh, we ain't doing nothing. And now they went and signed Deshaun Jackson. They signed Andy Isabella too. So I was like, okay, like what is it? What's it gonna be for? It's gotta be for something, right? It's gotta be. Maybe they like, man, they like, hey, Lamar been overthrown. We know he got super, super strong this year, man. Lamar on turn, he went from shredder to super shredder. If y'all remember super shreddy, y'all know what I'm talking about. That was one of my favorite movies, Turtles 2, Secrets of the Ooze. Anyway, they're like, look, we gonna get some dudes that can run down Lamar Jackson's deep throes cause man, he been shooting these guys a little bit. So Andy Isabella, Deshaun Jackson, just go get out there and fly straight up. But no, seriously, I think it, again, they got Deshaun Jackson for a reason. You don't just sign a 35 year old wide receiver and put them on a practice squad at this point of the season for nothing, especially somebody who's a veteran, somebody who had, they had established themselves in the league throughout their career. So you don't just do that for no reason. So you have to have it planned in place, don't you? I mean, I don't know what the Ravens do, but hey, we'll see how it goes. But again, like I said, we hope that this thing that he can make a big impact in, if he can really help Greg Roman open some things up in this Ravens offense, open some things up, that would be nice. That would be nice. And again, it's gonna take a collective effort. It's gonna take Greg Roman and the hardball giving the guys the opportunities. It's gonna take Lamar hitting them consistently. It's gonna take Lamar finding them, seeing them and getting the ball to them. So it's not just on Greg Roman. It's not just on Lamar too. It's gonna take the offensive line, blocking, creating time for Lamar to throw. It's gonna take the receivers, get it open. So it's like everybody plays their part in this whole scheme of things. We would love for there to be more people to make everybody else's job easier, but you gotta work with what you got. You gotta work with what you got and try to make the best out of it. And as far as the part about Patrick Carter. Ooh, Patrick Carter, he wasn't playing with y'all, man. Somebody may have put that little Drusky video. A Patrick Carter, Patrick Carter said, no, they don't fake news, buddy. That ain't me, buddy. Ravens don't have me doing that, buddy. No, a Patrick Carter, he wasn't playing with, but yeah. With Patrick Carter, I know with him, they've been using him as an extra offensive lineman and as a blocker and he does a good job of blocking. But again, like we said, it's just, it's so tricky with Patrick Carter too. Cause you have him on, that mean you gotta take somebody else off. So in situationally, I completely get what you're saying. If you got Patrick Carter out there in situational football, yeah, he does give you like an extra offensive lineman, but it is one less weapon that's on the field. So it all, it all just depends, man. But now you just added another weapon into Sean Jackson. So let's see how it goes, man. They just, everybody just gotta be better moving forward. Ravens are at sort of a crossroads, it seems right now at this part of the season, where they're sitting at three and three. They have a lot of things that they've done good. They have a lot of things that they've done bad. And it's all equated to you being at 500. So now it's very important that moving forward schematically, and as with the players execution wise, coaching wise, it's important that everybody really stepped their game up moving forward so you can get the best success out of this team as possible. Next question came from another team, Keep It Clean patron Nazarene. He said, what's up fam? I laugh when you read my messages. Peace and blessings though. Okay, so boom, you wanna receive it, right? Cool, you wanna top 10 proven receiver, right? Cool, my concern is this. Some of those receivers will want extensions probably during the trade, like a trade and signed basically. You think I got a problem with that? I always say, you get what you pay for. You get what you pay for. You wanna be cheap and da da da da, okay. Cool, that's what you should expect. You wanna pay cheap prices, you should expect cheap results. But anyway, he said, Robbie Anderson wouldn't be the player I would have traded for, so I'm just gonna put that out there. And GMs are not gonna trade an elite wide receiver that's still in his rookie contract years unless they are getting multiple assets. Now, if we wanted an elite vet, then yeah, we can definitely give draft picks away to one of those. But why do fans think we can just trade draft picks for those type of players so easily? Seems like teams are not willing to give us anything and want us to overpay. Maybe I'm tripping though. No, if you want to get a real good receiver, like the Eagles would look with AJ Brown. They trade the draft picks away. They ain't trade no players or nothing. They traded draft capital with DeAndre Hopkins when the Cardinals got him. They threw David Johnson in there too, but I don't really think that was really moving anything. But they gave away draft picks. So with the Dolphins, with the Dolphins with Tyreek Hill, they gave away draft picks. With the Raiders, with Devonte Adams, they gave away draft. So you can do it with draft picks. You ain't even gotta do player for player, player and draft picks to get you. All you need is draft picks. You can give those up and you can get that elite talent at the position. But let's get back to the question. He said, maybe I'm tripping though, but when we traded for Yanik and Cockway, we originally wanted Adam Thielen. They refused to give him to us even though they barely use him. People saying that the Ravens want Lamar to fail. That's dumb. But me, I think it's the league that wants him and us to fail. Teams willing to give us anything but a wide receiver one. And it's up to Ravens to be like, I, cause you really think 31 teams gonna conspire against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens? Anything is possible, but really like, and when people say that they think the Ravens want Lamar Jackson to fail, I don't think it's that. I don't think they want him to fail, but I do think that they don't want that price to keep going up. I do think that, I think they want him to have success for sure, cause that means team success. That means more money for them. But I think at the same, I think it's really tricky cause again, it's business, it's business. And I just, I don't think that they want to pay him the money that he wants to. I mean, cause they ain't paying him yet. So obviously they don't want to pay him the money that he wants them to pay him because they couldn't come to a contract agreement. So it's not even like that's a conspiracy theory or that's a rumor. No, it happened. If they wanted to pay Lamar the money that he wanted them to pay him, this whole contract talk would have been a thing of the past cause the whole contract would have been done. But it obviously hasn't been done. So anyway, back to the question. He said, I got off track, but what and who are you trading for an emerging wireless even one on his rookie contract because they will want picks and at least one player? No, it doesn't have to be that. It doesn't have to be any player. You don't gotta give up somebody just to get somebody. I mean, you can if you want, but you don't have to. It's not a requirement. And he said, and what are you willing to give up for a top 10 vet receiver? Top 10 vet receiver who's in his prime, not an older guy, but in his prime. I really didn't give up a first, the first, second, the first and a third, first and a fourth, first and fourth and a fifth, first and the fifth and sixth, like first and change. I'm willing to straight up, man. He said, remember, we have 3.2 mil cap. This is a challenge to the whole Ravens nation. You can make a move with three mil, but multiple picks will be involved for a top 10 vet wire receiver under 30 years old. And an emerging wire receiver one that's in the top 10 and 15, but in his rookie contract will cost money and players for sure. So which move are y'all making and what and who are y'all giving up? Also just want to throw this out there. If Lamar signed that extension, he would have definitely had a proven elite receiver. Why? What? No, that's wrong. That's false. Reason I say that you said Lamar would have signed his contract extension or Ravens would have got him an elite proven receiver. You know what? Let me finish first. Just in case you hit me with a swerve. If Lamar signed that extension, he would have definitely had a proven elite receiver. That is why the Ravens were scrambling to make a deal. Hope you enjoy your weekend ready to stomp the doo doo browns, keep up the good work. All right. So appreciate you, but no swerves. No, that's false. If Lamar Jackson would have signed his contract extension, Lamar Jackson would have signed his contract extension. He has been under a much cheaper deal for the last four years and what have the Ravens done when it comes to providing elite receiver? Last four years, it's been way cheaper than this 23 mil it is right now. And what have the Ravens done? So that tells you everything you need to know. Oh, cause I can't buy that. Oh, if Lamar would have signed cause it would open up a significant amount of cap. But if Lamar would have signed a deal, then the Ravens would have got him. No, I can't buy that cause Ravens ain't been moving like that already. So why would they move like that now? Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I mean. What I mean. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, got him made it. Got him made it. Boy, that's my homie. Ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. So team, keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of questions from selves. And let's get into this next set of questions from my guy, Flurna Winsky. He said, what's good, bro? Hope all is well with you and yours. And everything is okay. I think all Ravens fans have bad hearts at this point. Let me just nickname us the pacemaker game, Ilawell. But man, that young cover two match in every crucial moment is so bad. If I'm a fan and I see it, I know people that are getting paid millions can see it. Man, we miss wink. Well, I know I do. I feel as though we are spiraling down the drain. So what do you think we can do to bounce back? We can't do anything about our line, not holding. But what else can you think of? I'm at a loss, honestly. As far as the defense, I think it's the defense overall is getting a lot better, but it's just the situational, man. The situational stuff is where they seem to be falling apart a little bit. They just, they can't hold it down consistently, situationally. So they have been getting better overall. As far as giving up the big play, they ain't been giving up no big place. They've been giving up some clutch plays, but not big plays. So they just gotta fix that. All right, he said, and just to note, I'm so mad about McDonald and his calls because it's so bad every week. It's the same thing covered two match. It will not work without a pass rush point blank period. If you're a coach, you coach your players, you shouldn't run plays. I cannot say this enough, man. Lamar definitely threw the game for sure, but man, I cannot stand watching us on defense. It's like common knowledge, but yeah, bro, what do you think we can do? I'm speechless. Yeah, a pass rush will certainly help. So I think the Ravens are just, they hoping and banking on their own guys to make their comebacks and then go from there. And hopefully when Bowser comes back, Justin Houston, he practiced this week. So that's great. As far as defense, I think they just, they hoping that their own guys can make the biggest impact. He said, we are clear contender playing around. No way we sniff the playoffs and if we get there, we are one and done. You know, I love our boys, but something's gotta give, bro. I don't know, I don't care about bait being out. I don't care about Stanley on a pitch count every week. You see his next man up. Patriots and just one with nothing. Nobody, there's no excuse that will change my mind right now. And like my playoff aspirations for us are right now, I'm out. And then he also said, he said, can I speak to the fans real quick? Between the live stream and ESPN, et cetera, please calm down, everybody takes losses. I've been a part of team keeping clean for a good time now. And Graven knows I hated the Ingram signing. I hate we pay Stanley and got rid of OBJ. He knows I love Wink and hate that we let him go. But just because your opinions aren't the same, doesn't mean you have to down people. Man, this is team keeping clean. We are a family. And just like that, I'm about to say something that'll ruffle some feathers. Uh-oh. For one, Robbie Anderson is about to get traded. They sent him to the locker room, so that's good. Let me manifest and say welcome to Baltimore. See, again, initially, when the rumors came out that they were like, oh yeah, they gonna trade Robbie Anderson. I'm like, oh yeah, that's Baltimore Raven. But then when that whole locker room thing happened, I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no more. But anyway, he said, I'm hearing everywhere that we're let's trade for a top tier Y receiver. But guess what? That's not gonna change anything. We can have DJ more, we can have DK, we can have D-Board doesn't matter. Roman coaches, the players, he doesn't call plays just to call them. He knows our line is bad. He calls a lot of short stuff, which is cool. I don't know if y'all noticed, but the majority of deep shots are rushed with seven blockers and that's a big yikes. Do the same way he would overthrow dude because seven people are blocking. It's two free rushes. It's the same way where he will overthrow DK. It is what it is, man. Remember when nobody knew who Cooper Cuff was? Small guy, small school, absolute nobody. Yeah, that guy, he worked and it worked out. That's all it is. Everything doesn't have to be perfect and quite honest. Imagine if we had all these guys that y'all want and the same things are still happening. See, with that, I disagree with that. I disagree completely because I wouldn't want it to be like, because you said imagine if we had all those guys and it's still happening. Okay, imagine it, but we can't imagine it because we don't have those guys. Why be like, all right, let's supply Lamar with less because what we see with less that it hasn't gotten us over the top yet. Why not supply him with more and then really, again, really see, really see, get guys who have been reaching their potential, not potential guys, but guys that have been reaching their potential and then let's see and go from there. But that'd be my approach. But anyway, he said, y'all thought people are definitely on Lamar good Lord. Imagine if we, if he overthrew DK instead of Wallace, everything will break loose. But I said that to say is somewhat early, less ball. Yeah, it is, it is somewhat. It's getting to that point. I know I appreciate it that somebody brought it out in the stream the other day. They were like, man, y'all gonna be saying this early and it's gonna be like week 10, week 11. It's getting there. So yeah, it ain't really early that much no more. But anyway, he said, bro, I don't like it at all. I'm sorry. Everybody says that we need that dog. Fight for extra. Y'alls can shake people out their shoes. Great after the catch, shaking my head. DJAX is going to deck it after every catch just like Hollywood. And here's the catch, no pun intended. That's what I said. That's what I said I saw from him. After a lot, he like shies away from contact. He like saw a lot of running out of bounds. Saw a lot of going to the ground and what? And he's 35. So I ain't expecting him to come in here and try to run somebody over. He got a smaller frame. He's always had a smaller frame. So I ain't expecting him to come over here and truck somebody. But so we'll see how it goes, man. He said, so let's just say we only send him off light. So straight line, right down the field. Let's just say he runs a four three, which I still know he doesn't. It's going to take him four seconds to get down the field. And Graven, how's he going to get the ball? The line can't hold consistently for longer than a second. That's why every team sends it every passing down and every passing down in crunch time. So back to the question, how's he even going to get the ball? Even young, he was never through the middle type of guy. So the Ravens think he's going to be that at almost 40 years old. So with that being said, what can he actually do that's not being done? I don't want to be negative, but this isn't even a lateral move. This is a step backwards to be honest. But as a Ravens fan, I am hot. Sorry for the rant, but really, what can he possibly do for us? So, I mean, this is where coaching is big. This is where coaching is big as far as getting him involved. And yeah, you can send him on all the fly routes, not the deep routes down the field and whatnot, deep posts, all that good stuff. But you got to try him in a short game too. Try him in a screen game too. See if you can really get that worked out for him and get him involved. And I know I did say screen game. So that's when it comes to Ravens in the screen, you know, yeah. But you got to try to maximize his time here. Next question is came from my guy, Jonathan. He said, I hope everything is going well for you and the fam. It's a joy watching you speak about the Ravens and the NFL as a whole. But most importantly, the little tips on life. I appreciate that, man. But aside from all that with today's game, it has been more evident that the Ravens need another threat at the receiver position. And really a guy who can make plays consistently outside of Mark Andrews. And with the recent talks of trading for DJ Moore, Robbie Anderson, which to me doesn't seem like the Ravens are going to get DJ Moore. Because of two, don't even go together LOL and a promise in star wide receiver one. So yeah, most Ravens fans already suspect the Ravens would more than likely trade for Robbie Anderson, someone on an NFL team practice squad or someone on an NFL team practice squad receiving. But I was thinking Lamar's a great football player, but just kidding. I see that Lamar needs a receiver that can make him go from good to great, just like Josh Allen. But I think the receivers that I was reminded of from your videos from a couple of months ago came back up and those two receivers are Odell Beckham Jr. and Will Fuller. Now I know these are two receivers who are injured, but you mentioned something, if we get them, we can see how our current receivers would hold up until they are available. Speculation, until they are available. Speculation are coming out that at least one of these two receivers will be available in the middle of November. And I can see a scenario where playing out, if we got Odell and Will right now, that could take this, they could take this time to learn the plays and could possibly be plug and play being that they would know the plays and fit in. Right, apologize for the long message, I wanted to hear your thoughts on it. I wouldn't be mad at that. If they ended up getting both of them, I mean, I do it in Madden all the time. And I do it in Madden all the time. I signed both Odell Beckham Jr. and Will Fuller both to one of your deals and they help out a lot. But yeah, I would never expect the Ravens to do that, but I wouldn't be mad at all if they did do that with both of them. But I mean, you bring those two in, who's the two that's going to be out? Because you ain't gonna have like no eight receivers on your roster. He also said, hold on even I got a question that I wanted to hear your answer on and this may be an unpopular opinion, I would even go as far to say conspiracy. And Graven, do you think the Ravens did not make a big move at receiver because they want Lamar to prove with less talent that if he wants that guaranteed contract that he should be able to carry the entire offense with what he's got? I think that's a piece of it. I do. I don't even think that's a conspiracy anything. I mean, the Ravens have already been doing that. They've been doing that. They've done bare minimum at receiving is shown as clear. So I do think that's the case. He said, do you think that ADC and Steve are leaving the side effect on how Lamar carries the offensive? So what's your thoughts? And also could you see a scenario where the Ravens could trade for Jerry Judy? I know it may be a far fetch to think that the Ravens would trade for him, but is it, what's your thoughts on this? Jerry Judy still in this rookie contract so it could be possible. Hey, that'd be cool. I just, I don't see them doing it. I don't. I really don't. Jerry Judy, Dick Playmaker, he'd be having a drop sometimes too now, but he's a Playmaker overall, man. I wouldn't be mad at it, but I just don't see the Ravens doing anything like that. But yeah, like I said about, back to them at the receiving position, like, yeah, that's, again, it's not a conspiracy. It's just what it's been. It's just what it's been. You see how the Ravens have moved and how they haven't moved them. Yeah, so you already know what it is. Next question came from my guy, Rodeo. He said, my guy another sad Monday morning for the flock over reaction Monday, as I like to call it. This off season, I said that I wanted us to, I wanted us all to come in with clear mind for this whole team and coaching staff. Six games in, this team is simply not good. They're not bad either though. They are mediocre, middle of the pack. Now we can certainly blame a lot of people for that, but I am here to talk about a few individuals. First and foremost, the engine, the head of operation, the poster child, Captain Lamar Jackson. Lamar has had an MVP season for three games this year and has had an average QB season for the other three games, right? It's been a complete roller coaster. Now I'm not here to talk about this man's money. He will absolutely get paid and he should. However, he literally receives 100% of the praise for everything the Ravens do. Unfortunately, with great power comes great responsibility. And simply put it, it's time to hold him accountable. As I said, our collapses are not all his fault. He has had a pretty good season, but these last three weeks, he hasn't played well. In 15 fourth quarter drives, we either thrown an interception or had a fumble on six of them and a turnover on downs on one. It's no time for excuses. We all give him the praise and the glory and we all say we go as he goes, right? That engine ain't starting. It's something like that last one. But yeah, Lamar certainly, he certainly got to step up. He certainly got to step up, especially in crunch time. And again, like the pick the other day against the Giants as that's inexcusable. You can't do stuff like that, especially in a clutch. And y'all were up, they were up. So yeah, Lamar. And I know I've seen a stat that's shown his first quarter, the second quarter, then his third quarter and his fourth quarter. Fourth quarter has been real, real, real rough. But anyway, you said it. Is EDC and hardball relationship that important? Hardball has certainly made some questionable decisions and mistakes in the past and we've seen them same hiccups throughout this year. I do believe he shall be in the hot seat, but I'm not going to call for his job. I will have a ask, what is EDC doing about this? These meltdowns and collapses have been happening since last year. And if you don't want to fire a hardball and you aren't all going to fire your newly hired defensive coordinator, can we look the other way? Now I'm probably one of those lone few people that believes Jiro is not a bad offensive coordinator and I think he has taken a step forward this year and is having a really good year play calling, but he deserves some eyes to look his way. While it's up to the players to perform well and they haven't, this offense performing well in the first half of games and collapsing in the second half is truly head scratching. With that, I feel it's time that EDC step in. If you aren't going to fire your neighbor, let his best friend walk. If you ain't going to fire either, go get your QB atop to your wide receiver now. Don't wait until the trade day line up, get a receiver past his prime, or that's been cut from another team. I don't believe it's overreaction to say it's time for EDC to step in, step up to make a season changing move while we are three and three now is the perfect time. Either we go up or we go down whether it's a hire, a fire or a trade, it's time. Hardball ain't going nowhere, like we know. If they were to fire Jiro, what's going to happen? Well, what's going to happen? Because they will still have the same head coach, they'll still have the same GM, they'll still have the same owner, but I say all that to say they'll still have the same philosophy and they've been here done that to where they fired offensive coordinators in the past and we back right back to the same issues. So I just, they can fire Jiro right now. And so many people be like, oh yeah, but they'll still have the same philosophy until it's philosophy changes, then yeah. He also said my guy, wide receiver syndrome and quarterback. I was just sitting and thinking about the ratings as usual and I have a million thoughts right now. Curious to know if I'm overthinking or something there. We all know how bad I want a wide receiver and I'm sure the flock wants one too. We also know how much we don't use wide receivers. I don't totally remember, but CBS put a graphic late in the second half and it displayed our tight ends having 100 plus yards and all three wide receivers having about 50, I believe. But anyway, while Jiro has been a lot better this year, it's the perception of the wide receiver syndrome trickling into the QB situation. Follow me. Raven's never ever valued wide receivers. We literally just traded away our former first round pick and while he requested for his usage sake, Ravens probably would have low balled him and let him walk anyway. Whether it's coordinator related like the last four years or not, like the previous years, Ravens just don't use wide receivers. Don't value them. It helps the Ravens in long haul because with little to no usage comes a discount or sale price tag. Even when they acquire wide receivers, they are coming off the clearance rack. Now, where am I going with this? Arizona and Kyla, Buffalo and Josh, Kansas City and the Chiefs. These QBs throw the ball a ton in high powered offenses. As I said before, little to no usage brings down the cost. Lamar's obviously the captain of the ship and I do believe he will get a wonderful payday but could this be the argument slash tactic the Ravens are deploying to gain leverage? So many people are seeing this, man. So many, I think more people are seeing this now than they've ever seen it before. There were people that talked about it last year. There were people that brought it up last year, especially in questions from subs. But now this year, like people are really, really seeing this. So I just think that that's crazy that so many people are like, oh, okay, I see what's going on. But anyway, it's why we've been a top tier offense that points throughout Lamar Jackson's tenure. It surely wasn't from throwing the ball. I mean, even before Watson's big payday, you seen you had a generational talent in MVP and quarterback. You also seen what these other great QBs have done when paired with top tier wide receivers. Why not capitalize and go against your old school philosophy to help your guy? Even right now, it's not too late to add a Curtis Samuel. Mike Thomas, Brandon Cooks, Jerry Judy. But I guess they figure, let him continue to carry all the bags himself and we will just hold the door open for him. Man, oh man, am I overthinking or could this be something? And as I typed this, Kyla got yet another guy in Robbie, literally shaking my head, bro. And then a little, cause he sent this on October 17th. In a couple of days later, the Ravens, they added a receiver of their own. We need a spot. Next question came from my guy, Nicholas. He said, ain't great. And first off, many ran. I was watching your live stream and chatting with fellow Ravens fans during the games, especially because I live in Steelers territory. But when we're losing the chat makes it borderline unwatchable. Yes, I get frustrated too, but calling Hamilton away, EDC, hardball trash for two hours doesn't help anything. I promise LOL. Everyone is entitled to their opinion to have their voice heard but can't we just constructively discuss the game and stop acting so salty? I don't know. Maybe it's just me. On my question, obviously something is going wrong because we should easily be five and one at worst. And it falls partially on coaching, which needs to improve as the season goes on. And as long as we get hot at the right time, our division is still 100% winnable with this team. One thing I think we need to improve on is our late game running. Thinking back to 2019, we would put up these 10, 20, 30 point leads and then just run the ball down and throw for the rest of the game. That was our identity and we would kill the clock, run up to score and other teams were helpless to come back. Obviously this is easier said than done but I find that we give up on the run game way too early. And if it's not working, yes, Drizzy was doing great versus Giants but we couldn't get extended run. Heavy drives going near the end of the game. That's true. That's true. And that's important, man. Especially if something's working. Especially if it's working. You want to, not that you want to just, you want to stay with it and don't do anything else. You do want to stay with it. And not that you don't want to mix it up but if it's working, hey, it's working. They ain't stopping it then. Hey, they ain't stopping it. So you, you, you want to keep going back to it, man. But anyway, you said with the trade deadline coming up, I think the Ravens fans all agree we need a needle mover. I'm not talking about a fifth round pick for a 40 year old pass rusher with 12 career starts. A Marcus Peters, Kalaeus Campbell and Kwon Bowden. We've had four first rounders in the last two years. We can give one up or two for DJ Moore, Roquan Smith, Deron Payne, a corner, a pass rusher. I used to be the mindset that I received was worth enough but we need someone for those clutch drives to get open besides Mark Andrews. Defensively we need a disruptor. Someone who the quarterback has to keep their eye on every pre-snap. Our D is consistent but it's not scary. And there's no one to rely on that has, that can make that final clutch play and that's what we need. I love draft season, but I'm ready to pull the dolphins and say, forget them picks. If we do, we'd only be giving up pick 32 anyway. That would be the hope. Sorry if my question came off as a little disorganized. It's more discussion prompts than questions, I guess. As always, thanks for entertaining Ravens fans throughout the wins and losses with a smile on your face. It's, I appreciate it, man. Well, it looks like Ravens, they got that needle mover that you were looking for and they got to sign them as a free agent. The most simple reason as to why the Ravens are failing. Next question came from Stowe and he said, oh man, it's gonna be a long one, but first off in Raven, I hope you're doing amazing. Your huge bright spot in the Ravens community and continue to lead others in being compassionate while keeping in respectful at all times. Thank you for being such a great role model to many of us. But until the real question, I don't think people are looking at the Ravens problems in the most simplest of ways. So make this very simple for all the people listening. What usually happens when you're up by 10 or more with one of the best Russian attacks and football heading into the fourth quarter? Usually the team tends to run the ball straight down the field and waste time until the clock is zero. But wait, don't the Ravens have the best run game coordinated in the league? Don't the Ravens have the best offensive coordinated for running the ball? This one's the best. Don't the Ravens have Lamar Jackson, AKA the best running quarterback in the league? So I think when it's put this way, it's very easy to tell that the Ravens problem all come from coaching. These three points summarize the Ravens problems in my opinion. Number one, style of offense. The Ravens need to realize this 2022, not 2000. You could have ended it right there. And that would have been enough. But anyway, he said you can try whatever you want, but the NFL has evolved to a fast, big play, wide receiver type of offense, which is the complete opposite of what Greg Roman is running. You can't expect to win games when you have two tight ends on the field plus a 300 pound fullback that is taking more snaps than any wide receiver other than Bateman when healthy. On the team, while running more routes than 75% of all wide receivers. That is a great recipe for absolute disaster when it comes to winning football games. Number two, John Harbaugh is out. Do you remember when Ray and Ed held the players only meeting? Or when Harbaugh almost lost his job before he threw LeMond to the mix to save him? Wait, or when Harbaugh lost eight straight games in a row because of his so-called analytics? How about this? Instead of having to rely on analytics, how about the Ravens hire a real head coach that can lead a football team? John Harbaugh's message to the team has gotten way too old and stale and we should have known it when Marcus Peters had his moment. Forget those picks. Do you think the Rams regret going all in and winning a Super Bowl? Do you think they'd rather have 13 mediocre seasons that have them over 500 but only a few playoff wins? Ooh. And not only, I mean they weren't supposed to be there because that garbage pass interference call or non-pass interference call. But they had just been to the Super Bowl a couple of years back too. So anyway, he said, let's be honest. No one wants to sit there and win games but not win a championship. The picks that the Ravens value so much really have minimal value. To make it simple, would you rather draft the receiver in the first round and hope that they turn into what you admire them to be or give up the pick to get the receiver that has already proven what they are? I know what my answer will be 110% of the time. Thank you for reading, much love. Yeah, man, that's, I agree. I, yeah, proven, proven guys. And I know the draft, the draft is cheaper. The draft, you can save some money but the draft, I mean it's, especially the receiver position, it's been very shaky. Got Hollywood, I think that worked out for the most part. Got Rashad Bateman and it's still super early. It's only been, it's only his second year. And he's been sometime being hurt and whatnot but I'm not a proven guy. It just makes sense. Next question came from OG3. He said, I love your videos and perspective on the Ravens and the game and wishing you and your family well. I appreciate that. My only question is what do you think it will take for the Ravens front office to realize they're stuck in the 90s and either clear out those who refuse to evolve with the game or change philosophy on offense? For me it seems like after we won in 2012, the team refused to see the direction of the NFL and change. We're still trying to win the same old way we used to and it hasn't worked out well for years. Do you think under halves we will change our approach toward the wide receiver position? I don't. I don't. I think they'll just continue to be the same, the same way because again, they could change offensive coordinators but they will still have the same head coach, same philosophy. So I think it'll pretty much be a lot of the same. Next question came from my guy Kevin. He said, why can't Lamar get paid? I ain't gravy man. I hope all as well. What's the reason that there that Lamar don't have a contract? He's right there above these guys as far as what he's doing for the team. The organization has made this so frustrated and how they're playing this out. There's a lot of good quarterbacks out there but Lamar is one of a kind. You won't see another as good as he can be if he gets the correct pieces around him. In my book, he's up there with Ray, Jonathan Ogden, Marsha Yanda, Erie, Terrell Suggs and so on at his position. I like to see all players do well just not when they play against my team but I don't like to see players wasted in their prime years on a team that's not going all in for them. Ooh, that was real right there, man. Yeah, I ain't got no response to that. You hit it. Next question came from my guy, Collin. He said, yo, what's up Ingraven? I hope you and your family are doing well. I'm starting to think that Ravens do not want Lamar to succeed. The reason I say this is because they won't provide Lamar with the help he needs. You see with Josh Allen and Jaylen Hurts how their careers have skyrocketed because their front office has gotten them a proven number one receiver. This is why I think they don't want to see Lamar become his best because countless times they had a chance to get him a number one and they said, no, we okay at the receiver position. Now, unless EDC does something different, they are going to waste their chance but not getting him a number one and DJ more or OBJ when they are available. And yeah, it's about making it happen, man. The opportunities that have been there, they ain't taking them. They've tried a lot of times but it just, they ain't been successful. Next question came from my guy, Antoine. He said, what's good Ingraven? I hope all is well with you and yours. I just need your opinion and I could be really wrong but I understand Ravens really never invested in a receiver department but I feel like the reason they didn't make a move on top on a top wide out is because of the money Lamar is asking for. And they knew if he had a true number one, then his numbers will go through the roof and his price will go up. He said, I could be wrong but I think that's one of the main reasons let me know what you think. It could be, man. It could be. You said it, hey, if he got one, his numbers go through the roof. Skyrocket and his price will continue to skyrocket. So, hey, man, Ravens will have to pay but I mean, Ravens gonna pay one way or another if you know what I mean. Next question came from my guy, Trey. He said, I ain't Raven. Hope the family is doing well. Appreciate it, man. As we know, our need at the wide receiver position is far from fixed. Do you feel like the signing of Deshaun Jackson means the Ravens are no longer in the market to make a big move, such as picking up OBJ or trading for DJ more? I don't think they were ever in the market to be trading for a DJ more. It's just not the Ravens way. It's not their style. It's not what they do. Oh, Delbeckham Jr. I don't think they would get him either. I really don't. I wouldn't mind if they did, but I just, I don't think he fits their style of wide receiver that they would want. Yeah, this feels like a dream. No jazz, but I mean. What I mean. You too, T. Keep it clean. You see my boy, he like out of made it. Out of made it. Boy, that's my homie. Ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven. Shout out to Raven.