 And the first question in this episode of questions from subs came from my guy Dominique he said what's up in gravy and hope things are going well Hey, things are going really really good really busy, but really really good In business life and personal life just everything so I appreciate that I hope things are going really really good for you and really just good for anybody watching this man And he said oh and hope that you have been a wonderful day I appreciate that I even see that part so I just saw that Zach Wilson just got hurt on a scramble run And they said it was his knee So yeah, Ravens are preparing then and they said Zach Wilson could be back, but Ravens are preparing for Joe flacko Joe flacko Joe flacko first Lamar Jackson Wow This could be something Now as much as a love flacko shout out the flack Appreciate flack But I hope the Ravens they whooped them Jesse I really hope the Ravens with everybody on their schedule, but it's it's like you know for me personally I just feel like especially with flacko plan. I feel like it's just gonna be one of them games, man I feel like it's gonna be one of them stressful One of those stressful games man, it's funny because I'll comment on Twitter somebody was like um Because uh flacko was talking about if he may have to go up against the Ravens like oh, yeah That's it's not just any game obviously we know that and somebody was like oh man flacko over there cheese And he must miss the Ravens. I was thinking oh, yeah But yeah, it should it should be a lot of fun, man It should be a lot of fun that first and foremost obviously you hope Zach Wilson ends up being okay Excuse me and we hope it ain't no long-term damage anything like that and hope that it's a clean Recovery process and the surgery goes good and everything like that, but if flacko is gonna be the guy. Hey, um Garrett Wilson One of Jets first-round picks. He said that uh flacko. He throws a more catchable ball than Zach Wilson Said flacko knows when to put some zip on it knows when to take it off But yeah, the Ravens gonna be prepared against him and flacko like The most always say this the most dangerous teams to play Are teams that have nothing to lose The Jets while of course it's the beginning of the season. It's gonna be week one everybody a Super Bowl hope Super Bowl hopes Realistically, you know the Jets they they don't have Super Bowl hopes Of course, they can say everything they say all the right stuff and da-da-da with changing new culture, but They don't have Super Bowl hopes. I mean anything's possible today impossible no more, but um my point is saying that is that They will be zero and zero just like the Ravens will be zero and zero And Joe flacko knows that he is not the future for the Jets and what I mean when I say that he's not gonna be that franchise quarterback But Joe flacko has nothing to lose He's man Joe flacko been in the game for 14 years. He came in in 2008 Check out flat. Oh, yeah him him and hobo So hobo been coaching for 14 years, but flacko um He been in the league for 14 years um And he knows like he's coming to the end of his road. It could be whenever now Um, so he knows he's not the future So he could be out there. He's gonna be out there taking the chances throwing that ball deep He's gonna be he's gonna be trying it man. He ain't got nothing to lose He ain't got nothing to look Zach Wilson is the Jets future Flacko's not he ain't got nothing to lose this team. They have low expectations. They ain't got nothing to lose But that's why they could be so dangerous They can be very dangerous And with it being the first game, um, I mean, I hope the Ravens they get on the road early But they may not be on they may not be clicking all the way. I think they'll be fine The huh wouldn't even really over think that or anything like that but It's flacko time It's flacko time So we're gonna see how this thing goes that that just the fact that it's flacko We've joked about it. Um, obviously didn't joke about no injuries anything like that But way before Zach Wilson got hurt. Uh, we joked about that flacko will beat him out in camp and we might end up facing flacko week one Uh, it didn't expect it to happen like this though and didn't want it to happen like this with no injury Um, so we'll see. Um, but anyway back to the question He said first off, I hope he's okay and he gets better But I feel like nobody's gonna talk about this but if this was Lamar, this would have been on every social media Possible I think that's uh, that is just unfair how many critics are against Lamar saying he will get hurt But we have seen the likes of my homes Wilson Kyler and others before get hurt on scrambles or running plays and they don't ever get much backlash So my question is why do you think so many people pray on Lamar's downfall in order to be right? But when it happens to others, it's just yeah, he's hurt I don't understand why we can't why can't we all as fans in the media want the best for everyone? Because that wouldn't make media what it is um A lot of media's job is to drive narratives to push certain people up to certain people down Um, and they wouldn't be doing their job if they were like, oh, we're gonna uplift everybody. We're gonna up build everybody It wouldn't be media But with Lamar Jackson Uh Because I think just because over time they just painted him They just they just painted this picture that he's around first quarterback and that that's all that he is Uh, so they they take that and they like hey This he's gonna get hurt with his play style. That's it. It's just It's just the same lazy narrative. Y'all already know what time it is with the laziness and the narrative um, but his next question he said, um My what are three goals you would like the team to achieve to be successful this season Um, I was gonna say Superbowl, but I think you mean in order to obtain success um, I will say uh I mean, y'all know the first one Doing more in the passing game having more emphasis. Uh, put more emphasis on the wire receivers um putting players this goes for offense and defense Putting players in position of strength Highlighting player strengths. That's a better way to say it highlighting their strengths Highlighting what players are good at and putting them in positions to succeed. That would be number two. Um, and I'm gonna say like a boring answer like oh, yeah In in the trenches winning in the trenches like offensive line blocking and defensive line getting pressure Well, it and that's true, but that seems to like just an easy boring answer. Um I would say, uh calculated aggressiveness Not just being aggressive say hey, we aggressive. You see what we did. Look at us We're brave with a big bold brave ravens But being calculated with it being smart with it not overthinking it, but just being smart Uh about it. So that's what I would say. Uh, he said my second question is what are three goals You may have for a player or players from a growth standpoint. Oh, I like that one um For lamar, I would say seeing what we've been seeing in training camp like with the back shoulder throws Just that continuing to get expanded them just expanding on that Uh more timing routes. Um, so that's that's like lamar, right? Y receivers and uh offensive coordinate That's all three of them and one man. I just went like three and one But yeah, seeing that from lamar, um Seeing what like what we're babing that I feel like it's so expected that he ends up being the wire See why receiver one for the ravens and that's cool. Um, but just seeing seeing another guy at the receiver position emerge Seeing somebody really step up big time and be that reliable target that and just add another significant weapon to be another significant weapon Because y'all know we've been talking about it all off season So but to if they're gonna roll with the guys that they got, all right Who's gonna be that other guy? I ain't talking about marketer. I ain't talking about a tight end I'm talking about a receiver so that and um Hmm Seeing a cow Hamilton slowly take over Seeing him slowly take over uh that safety roll and him slowly like really be like, all right This is mine Because it's not going to be anything that's like handed to him right away But to see him slowly continue to progress and again, he he's off to a good start He's off to a real good start. So that would be mine And he said my last question is what are our three goals you have for this coaching staff or coach? Oh, that's a that's another good one I like that. Um for the coaching staff, uh I mean, we kind of talked about it earlier, but I guess we can come up with new stuff. Um, just to not overthink stuff To not overthink and not over complicate, uh the game Um, because it seems a lot of times that the ravens they they can tend to do that. Um to Try to get rid of Make the game easier for everybody um and add more flexibility uh to people's jobs, what I mean when I say that like for instance the uh With Lamar being coming to the line with like five seconds left I'm gonna get out there earlier So he could read the defense and he could be like, all right, you know what we about to change this We about to do something different because what I'm seeing from this defense. No, this ain't it Instead of them having to rush stuff and whatnot um, and I would say really for the coaching staff to really enforce, um The the the team to do a better job of the pre snap penalties On offense because those have been continued to be killers Ain't gonna say that that ain't saying that the team's gonna be perfect ain't saying that there's never gonna be a false start um, ain't saying that but To really just try to put so much emphasis On cutting that down and I think they will be in a much better spot Team keep it clean welcome to another episode of nfl questions from subs Uh, and this is where you can ask me any nfl question you want and we answer it in a video just like this I don't know why I just cannot talk today. Well, I mean I can really never talk. I'm always messing up But today it's just I'm like off. Uh, but anyway, um This next question is coming from a patron my guy, uh, martin Now, uh, if you would like to become a team keep it clean patron, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving vids Um, and just shout out to y'all. Thank y'all. Thank y'all for supporting and always being super active Always coming with some fire some crazy questions I appreciate what we all appreciate it because it gives us all something to have a little conversation about to talk about Um, so we we thank you for that all y'all that's sending stuff and all y'all that participate in the comment section Answering the questions saying how you feel about the questions with respect Of course, but anyway next question came from my guy martin. He said I know it's been a minute since I sent in a question or but Or comment, but then anyways, I still watch all the videos even if I don't send anything I still love the videos, but hit my comment for the day. Hey appreciate it He said my friend was asking me why I think edc is a bad gm, which I don't think he's terrible I just have my problems. The first one is that he's cheap. All right I want to say edc is cheap. He resigned ronnie stanley. He resigned Arlin humphrey. I could not think of his name. I don't know why I slipped me He resigned or gave extensions to these players. Uh, marcus peters gave an extension two extensions to justin tucker Gave an extension to gust ed was signed earl timers to that. Whoo. Whoosh He signed up to that 55 million dollar deal for four years. Uh, he signed marcus williams to that 70 70 million 72 mil. I forgot what it was um Signed nick boy So i'm all at mark andrews so mark andrews to an extension It's not that he's cheap. Um Is that in certain areas? He's cheap. Well really the ravens in general. Um, and I think a lot of times and and this is just really business This is business in general. It's not even an area to cost a thing But what companies do They want to get the most work out of you For the least amount of money. Um, and that's that's that's just a business thing. That's why negotiations are done That's why when you get hired somewhere, um That's why hey That's what we're offering you as far as pay And that's why you you don't have to just accept it. You can be like, you know what? No, I want this So you slide you slide the offer back to him with your new number on there and whatnot and they'd be like, hmm. Well You know what there you go and then y'all end up meeting in the middle Um, well, it don't always work out like that, but uh, that's the hope but It's just business. So like what does the Darius Smith thing? EDCA. Hey, we we we got him for cheap. We got him for super cheap, but there's our Darius. He's like, what? Hold up now. No, I ain't going for that Um, but then on the flip side, it could be where he offers more For a certain player like bobby wagon. He offers more than what the Rams offer more guaranteed money and all bobby wagon's like, no, I'm straight So it is it's that he's cheap in certain areas like wireless even that's that's that's the one but He's not he's not a cheap GM. They they spend they spend to the cap every year But it's just that again, certain areas he's cheap in but anyway, let's continue He said the second problem is that his draft so far haven't had a lot of impact. Hopefully that'll change this year Well, yeah, that has been an issue, but it's it's been getting better every year It's been progressing every year to where there has been more of an impact every year So slowly but surely it seems as if things are changing moving in a positive direction But only time will tell with this drafting with the last draft too and we'll see Um, he said my third problem is the philosophy like I'm not saying he has to completely change everything But I think it's okay every once in a while to say hey Maybe bpa isn't the best option for us or to stop treating draft picks like they are diamonds. It's He died of it boy. He said uh, and stop trying to okey-doke teams with fifth round picks. It's not working I'm not saying we need to be like the Rams, but I definitely I I definitely don't think it would hurt to go all in One year. Oh, I certainly wouldn't mind the Ravens Taking a more aggressive approach when it comes to competing for a super bowl Um, so anyways, I just wanted to send him my thoughts. I got a little more to say But it's kind of hard for me to form the words shout out to team keeper clean Appreciate it more the next question came from my boy field and appreciate you being a patreon field He said I know we have talked about this a lot fans were interested in when rocon smith was requesting a trade It came out today that players who represent themselves and are still under contract cannot Talk to other teams. They have said you have to have an agent who represents you to communicate with agents of teams gms Otherwise it's considered tampering of smith when contacting teams To see who's interested in him where him in chicago will be fined and punished like miami's owner was That's tricky business right there Because if you represent yourself Like you should be able to contact other teams about a trade because it would be you representing yourself Um, so I guess I got to look into that a little bit more and the next question also came from my guy field Let's make a quick little transition. I know it's early and it's only been one preseason game I know it's week one or preseason, but you have to admit Shamal bridges and likely were flashing on offensive side going for contested catches. Yes, they looked great And you had travis jones and gino stone on the defensive side. Yep Making plays tylen wireless after game with a knee injury. Hopefully it ain't serious Could you see shamal bridges earned a number four wide receiver spot if he continues to shine on the field And number five wide receiver still open. Yeah, um, especially because with tylen wireless injury so much depends on that Um, so much depends on what his injury is How long he's out for because that could end up making two guys Take up those last two receiver spots And the last question on this episode came from another patreon my guy mg He said hey, what's good engraving is your boy mg? What are your thoughts on possibly trading tylen honey for draft picks or For a linebacker and having anthony brown as backup I think snoops had good value right now and I don't see ravens extending both him and lamar. No, of course not No, I wouldn't do that Uh, why not trade him and get something special or something especially when brown looked good as a backup Your thoughts like always stay safe to take care and peace um If it would have to be like a an offer that just the ravens could not refuse Like they really couldn't refuse. Um, because the thing about tylen honey is you uh, he has starting experience um And but he's your backup a lot of backups depend on the situation They don't have much starting experience but tylen honey now he got like extensive Starting experience ravens have had him for what the past two years um But yeah, he so him with having that experience as your backup you like that just in case anything were to happen with lamar Um, he's a good option to have um, so I I think they would they would absolutely have to be blown away By an offer that they receive for tylen honey in order to get rid of him Shout out dig raven