 Now if you look up the definition of hope in the dictionary, it says a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. And hope is certainly what most Ravens fans, really if not all, had for both Joanne James and Kyle Fuller when both of them went down to injury against the Jets on Sunday in the game. What expectation was that they were going to be out for a while, really expectation was that they were going to be out for the entire season, especially once that card came out. And then in yesterday's presser, John Harbaugh, he confirmed it for the both of them. So Joanne James out for the year, Achilles, and I think Kyle Fuller was also an Achilles and they called Kyle Fuller really a freak type of accident. And that's unfortunate. It's unfortunate because with Joanne James, he had had a prior injury history. And this was his first time playing football in like two and a half, three years. He hadn't played since 2019. And he was finally getting back into it and he was doing all right too. And now it's over. That's a wrap. His season is done before it even really, really got started. And with Kyle Fuller, he especially being from Baltimore, that he was going to be a, try to help be a hometown hero and whatnot and just really, he was asked, he had a big task in front of him from jump because he was expected to be that primary slot corner and whatnot. It could help on the outside a bit too. But when Marcus Peters, when they decided he wasn't going to play in that first game, it was like, all right, Kyle Fuller, you up, you like really up now. And he took on the task and he had some ups and downs, but still, he was part of helping the Ravens to win. And he was part of that defense that for the longest held the jets to three points. And then finally at the very end, they ended up giving up that touchdown. But it sucks. It's those are big blows for the Ravens because they they are guys that were expected to be depth guys, but they got thrust into the starting lineup because of injuries to the people that were ahead of them. And they did all right. But now they both done, they both done for the year. So how do the Ravens counter that? Now, I think that for both injuries, while both injuries are super, super tough and very unfortunate, and you just hope that for the players, it's just football is just as much mental as it is physical. So, yeah, you, of course, hope that their bodies respond and whatnot. And their bodies can recover properly, but more so even their minds because that you as a football player, you look forward to the season. I mean, they signed Cal full and of course, I'm sure he was excited. All right, I got signed by the Baltimore Ravens and this been a team that's they've been close. Maybe I could help them get over the hump and now that's over. Now that's it. So you hope that their mental state ends up being all right. And they can really recover that way just as much as they do physically. But the Ravens, I think the Ravens have put themselves in a good position to be able to absorb these blows this off or this off season from the way that they've built the roster, especially with the offensive line and with the secondary starter with the offensive line, like we talked about with both players, they weren't expected to be the primary starters. But with Joanne James, he was just a fill in for Ronnie Stanley until Ronnie Stanley came back. And with Joanne James, I was honestly surprised when the Ravens didn't cut him this off season. But I was happy because I'm like, Hey, we're Ronnie Stanley, we can't put all our eggs in the Ronnie Stanley basket. Even though all our money's there, we can't put our eggs in that basket because Ronnie Stanley, he's had an injury history throughout his career. And then, of course, with the hole in TJ White landed on his ankle, that just that just made stuff a whole lot worse for Ronnie Stanley. But I was thinking like I thought that for some maybe it's a little bit of salary cap relief that they would cut Joanne James's off season, but they didn't they kept them. And I was glad about that. And because, again, Ronnie Stanley, he wasn't ready for the start of the season. When he'll come back, we'll see. We know that John Harbaugh did talk about that he wanted to see Ronnie Stanley practice for like maybe two, three weeks before he actually got into a game. So he was practicing last week leading up to this Jets game. So maybe he'll return maybe against the bills of the Patriots. The Dolphins, who maybe maybe maybe a John Harbaugh, given the green light, if he looks good enough, we'll see. But now with this injury to Joanne James, that in my opinion, it does put a little more pressure on Ronnie Stanley to come back. Now, they do have Patrick McCary and Patrick McCary is somebody he is like an upgraded version of James Hurst. And you remember with James Hurst, he was that feeling play all these different positions on the offensive line for except center. But that's Patrick McCary, but he's a better version of a James Hurst. And he literally plays every position on the offensive line. You need to play center. OK, cool. You need to play God. All right, fine. You need to play tackle. All right, I'll do it. So he can play all across the board. So that's a good thing for the Ravens. And it's different with him because he's he's one of those people where it's not just a feeling. And it's like, all right, go do what you can do. He actually provides quality. He's a quality feeling. Because there's some guys that you can put on the offensive line on a team. And it's just like, all right, let's just hope that we can get by. But with him, he actually brings you quality to whatever position. So with him, I would expect moving forward until Ronnie Stanley comes back. I would expect moving forward that it's going to be Patrick McCary that ends up taking those reps. Now, will the Ravens add somebody? They could. They could. I got to take a look at what their practice squad is looking like, because they could always do a call up. They could sign a free agent. And if they were to sign a free agent, just know that it wouldn't be anybody like this high profile player at the tackle position. I wouldn't expect that at all, especially because they're waiting on Ronnie Stanley to come back and they already have their high profile player at the left tackle position. So it's just a matter of time. So with Kyle Fuller. With his role, Marcus Peters, he should be back any day now. Maybe he'll come back for this dolphins game. That would be great, especially with Tyree Kiffin and Jason Waddle. But whenever he comes back, that'll be nice for the Ravens secondary. But with with him returning for that slot role, who's going to hold it down? The expectation would be Brandon Stevens. Brandon Stevens would be the prime candidate to hold it down from the slot. Now, we know Brandon Stevens is crazy because in preseason he was struggling something. It was like, whoa, hold up, what's going on Brandon Stevens? But then in the game on Sunday, he did pretty good. Yeah, he did give up that touchdown at the very end. But like I told y'all during that game, I'm whatever about that. The game was over and it felt like the Ravens defense had been defending the red zone and defending the goal line for like 30 minutes straight because they were there for a while. That drive felt like it was forever to me. So I expected the Ravens to give up a touchdown. So as every down that pass and every down that pass and they didn't, I was like, OK, wow, that's nice for the defense. But I was just waiting on that one breakthrough and a Jets finally got it. But Brandon Stevens, he played a pretty good game overall on Sunday against the Jets. And with him having that experience that started experience already had a lot of experience last year going from safety to corner to corner to safety. Now this year has been going from corner to corner, outside corner, inside corner. I am I just hope that there can be some consistency for him at whatever position he's going to be playing. Not to say that, oh, he can't do both, but it's always better when you can master one instead of having to do this, that and a third, because we've seen it in the past, especially with Ravens players specifically to where the Ravens will have them doing this, didn't have them doing that, didn't have them doing this and that. And then they'll wonder, like, oh, man, why did this player not develop properly? Why did this player struggle? Oh, you kept switching positions back forth, back forth. And I know everything depends on the need because injuries, they create need at certain positions. So you got to do some shuffling. So I get that. But still, that's something that you got to pay attention to is development over the long run. But Brandon Stevens, he'll definitely be a candidate. Also, Pepe Williams, Jalen and Moore Davis, they drafted not one but two corners this offseason. So the Ravens really made sure, like, hey, we know how it gets in our secondary every single year. Our depth gets tested every single year. So, you know what? Let's try to counter that before ahead of time. So just in case it does get tested again in 2022, which now it has, we'll be ready because their offseason slogan, stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. This is it right here. This is it. This is it. And I know Jeff Zribick. He also mentioned Ardarius Washington as a possible option to be in the slot. But I think they will go with the guys that are on the roster already before him. So, yeah, Brandon Stevens looking to have an increased role. And even though he already has a big role as is, but his role is going to increase even more. And even when Marcus Peters does finally come back. Now, if Marcus Peters doesn't come back against the Dolphins, then Brandon Williams is going to have a huge role. I mean, he'll have a huge role regardless. But I would probably expect him to be outside corner. Now, somebody that a lot of Ravens fans have been bringing up. They're like, oh, wait a minute. He didn't retire yet. Ravens are very familiar with him, obviously, because he's been a Raven his entire career. And that's Jimmy Smith. Being some Ravens fans saying, oh, the Ravens should give Jimmy Smith a call. And they could. That is an option. But yeah, he technically didn't retire yet. But is Jimmy Smith even trying to play football? Is he in football shape? These are these are questions that I don't know the answer to. I'm just wondering because we literally ever since the end of last year, we have literally not heard a thing on Jimmy Smith. As far as football, but he is technically an option. But then there's some free agents out there. No, some people mentioned the Joe Hayden. How's he been looking? How's he doing? So that's another option. There's another guy. He was a slot corner, played a lot of slot corner for the Broncos a couple of years back. And he was one of the better slot corners. But right now, I cannot remember his name for nothing. It's not coming to me. I remember what Chris Harris, Chris Harris, Jr. There he goes. A lot of people thinking about him. He's a possible option. And there's some other cornerbacks out there, too. But with this, I feel like Ravens have a little more flexibility when it comes to the secondary than they do at the left tackle. So we'll see how they address it. But it is good that, again, with the draft and not one, but two corners in the way that they just tried to really ramp up this secondary, they did a pretty good job of staying ready so they wouldn't have to get ready. And then with the left tackle situation, they tried to stay ready as best they could. They could have done a little bit better, but they do have some guys. Again, they had the Bron and Joanne James still kept Patrick McCary. So they did have some options at the left tackle position, just in case Ronnie wasn't ready, which he hasn't been ready yet. So hopefully soon he ends up being ready. And hopefully he is a full goal and he can return to form. But again, just another reminder for when Ronnie Stanley does come back, you're gonna have to bear with him because he hasn't played football in like a year and a half. So it's gonna be a process. Should we just expect Ronnie Stanley to come out there and just be dominant from jump at left tackle? No, I wouldn't expect it. I don't think that would be fair to expect it. He hasn't played football in forever. And that's a long time. That's a really long time. You can have a smart, you can have the experience, you can have the knowledge of the game, you can have all of that stuff. But if you haven't actually been out there, then it's just much different. Like they always talk about game, ain't nothing like game speed. It's nothing like it. Because you can look at having many iPads you want to, you can look at practice, you can know the playbook, you can know this, that and the third. But unless you're actually out there, then it just don't hit the same. So anyway, we'll see how Ravens do when it comes to replacing these guys, see if they make any outside moves or any interior moves, of course. Love y'all team, keep it clean, appreciate y'all. And unfortunately, like Joanne James and Kyle Fulleraw, when it comes to the season, I'm out.