 Your parents your significant other your friend whoever somebody sends you to the store to pick them up some water They say a I either want Fiji water or if they don't have Fiji water then as a backup I want the sunny so they send you to the store with two options the first option and the second option but in the Ravens case that Fiji water was Bobby Wagner and The Dessani ended up being Josh Bynes and in a move that I don't think came to a surprise to anybody The Ravens have re-signed Josh Bynes to a one-year deal And Josh Bynes a solid last year Josh Bynes is somebody that the Ravens continue to keep On the back burner as a just-in-case option as a backup option as a backup plan just in case Whatever other plans they have just don't work out Take you back again to the 2019 season. We remember it was supposed to be peanut and Kenny young But peanut and Kenny young wasn't looking so good. Who did the Ravens call? Josh Bynes and LJ Ford So then following year they were like all right. We draft them Patrick Queen You know what we drafted Malik Harrison to Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison then look so good. Who do they call? Well, it happened again Then in 2021 same thing they just keep bringing Josh Bynes back So every time they re-signed him it doesn't come as a shock to anybody I think literally everybody expects it, but this is the thing that I'm gonna tell you The Ravens they cannot be done it inside linebacker. The reason I say that is because You tried to sign Bobby Wagner first for a reason You brought in Josh Bynes you keep bringing him in year after year after year for a reason Because the options that one with Bobby Wagner you try to get him before you re-signed Josh Bynes So that tells you something and then with Josh Bynes Patrick Queen was your first option, but you still brought in Josh Bynes after you gave Patrick Queen a shot You tried to hand Patrick Queen the keys and it just it didn't work out now When Josh Bynes stepped on the field He did something that we've been talking about this off-season. He made Patrick Queen's job a lot easier He allowed Patrick Queen to play a lot more freely play a lot more loosely play a lot more confidently all while doing his thing But see the thing with Josh Bynes Josh Bynes reminds me of Eric Weddle Especially Eric Weddle's last couple years with the Ravens Josh Bynes he is such a smart player, man He's such a smart player But his body sometimes his mind goes faster than his body. I know he's a older player He ain't broken down nothing by no means so I'm not saying that but I feel like his mind is faster than his body Because like with Josh Bynes He is able to read and dissect an offensive play like that But he can't always get to the spot He can't always make the play cuz he can't always quite get there If you mixed Josh Bynes mine with Patrick Queen speed Game over every game over But you can't do that. So this is why the Ravens cannot be done at inside linebacker They clearly wanted to upgrade they missed out on upgrading but then bringing back Josh Bynes That's a cool move, but that can't be it He does give you again a solid play in the middle somebody who you know is they they're gonna be solid for you Are they gonna take you over the top? I don't think so and that's of course no disrespect to him at all but I think the the Ravens they just need more and They again, they I keep repeating it because the Ravens showed it already publicly. They were going after Bobby Wagner Josh Bynes was not the Ravens first choice. He wasn't Patrick Queen He was a first-round drag pick in 2020 and they still have been bringing in other guys that inside linebacker to help So they know Patrick. They don't believe in Patrick Queen as their answer They don't Hopefully things can change this year. Hopefully that can be a shift this year where Patrick Queen just turns it on and it's like All right, let's go PQ Because he showed the flashes last year and again and he talked about how he didn't he didn't just play We'll line back. He said last year he played Mike. He played will and even He played it throughout the rest of the season when a lot of people felt like he got demoted or whatnot and in his role change He said he has still been playing both so That was that but Ravens still they they they got to do more. They got to do more it Josh Bynes can't be the end all be all at inside linebacker Because you can't just you can't keep relying on old faithful and again, he's still solid now He's still solid, but you know that you got a you got a solidified inside linebacker And you got to get a high quality guy a younger guy whether it's a rookie or whether you end up signing somebody else, but This cannot be it it can't be done here. They can't be like alright. Hey, we straighten that We ain't got to worry about no linebacker for the draft or for the rest of free a just knew You still got to keep going now the hope is that Course Patrick Queen that he turns it up another notch, but Malik Harrison. It's a lot of unknowns with Malik Harrison Um So we we don't know if if he's if he's gonna be inside linebacker He's gonna be more so an outside linebacker We don't know what his role is gonna be and I don't think the Ravens know what his role is gonna be either It is to be determined. Um, so we'll wait to see what happens with that But the Ravens they are man They're getting pretty thin and in quite a few different areas Uh linebacker right now. Oh well inside linebacker. Just a lot of question marks there. I was still a lot of question marks with the defensive line Somebody comment on one of our Melvin Gordon videos from today and they said hey, they said I'm a Broncos fan. Good luck. I Should have replied to them. Well, I don't believe in luck I don't believe in that So I don't need it. You can keep your good luck cuz it ain't doing nothing for nobody cuz I don't believe in it But um, that that was just funny to see that about Melvin Gordon So we'll see what happens with that. But anyway again solid move one year deal You know, it's not gonna be for anything crazy probably gonna be for the vet minimum So, I mean ain't got a trip over how much cap it'll take up or anything like that It ain't gonna take up no crazy cap. But again You can't be done here, but I hope Ravens don't feel like they're done here I hope Ravens don't feel like alright. We nailed it and that's it. Alright, wrap it up. No, no, no So anyway team keeping clean. I love y'all. Welcome back another year Josh Bynes And again, I it we should be Grateful that Josh buying still can do what he does but think about this like think about this We are we continuously keep calling Beckham and he's not a bad player He's not but this shows you just how much Ravens plans at inside linebacker. They just falling apart We keep calling on a linebacker an inside linebacker That once had to take the place of Ray Lewis So Josh Bynes yet He was on that Super Bowl team, of course with the Ravens Josh Bynes is somebody that had to fill in for Ray Lewis at one point so we continuously have to call on somebody who played in a completely different era of football and Again kudos to uh to Josh Bynes a shout out to Josh Bynes for being able to still play that long Because again that Super Bowl year was what 2012 they wanted in 2013. So that's the 2012 season and he 10 years strong still going Still going so that says a lot about his work ethic that says a lot about his skill That says a lot about him as a player and just him as a grinder too. So shout out to him But this again, it can't be it So we'll see how the Ravens address inside linebacker moving forward. Um, I'm I don't know man But I guess we'll see love y'all appreciate y'all and like Josh Bynes told the Ravens. He wouldn't be I'm out