 The Saints and Michael Thomas seem to be headed down a road leading only to destruction. So with them finding him for conduct detrimental to the team, it seems as if to me that they may be over Michael Thomas and ready to move on. So should the Ravens try to take advantage of that opportunity and make a trade for Michael Thomas? With receiver seeming like a position of need as the season continues, what are some more low key names that the Ravens may be able to take a look at? And in continuing to speak about the wide receiver position, why have the Ravens had such a hard time developing wide receivers throughout the history of their team? These and a few more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. If you want to be part of NFL Questions from Subscribers, then send an email to teamkeepitcleanatgmail.com. Don't send it to any other emails or else your question will not be on Questions from Subscribers. 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And this is how we getting into this thing from jump. The title question topic question with a first question on this episode. So let's do it. He said Michael Thomas got into it with a teammate a couple days back. No, they said he ain't just getting to it. They said Michael Thomas turned into a big brother Earl and swinging on that teammate. But anyway, he said he got into it with a teammate a couple days back. And it seems like it's got it's not going to end well for the saints and Michael Thomas. They could wind up parting ways with him. I don't know if it's just me, but should the Ravens really make that move if he's trade or cut? I know what our fans would say. Oh, no, he's a terrible teammate. He'd be just like Earl Thomas. But the difference is his altercation was someone on the opposite side of the ball, which happens in football. Yeah, that was a little more normal. And I know he caught a million passes in New Orleans and you would think he'll feel okay with getting three targets a game sometimes. But I feel as though him and Lamar will be great together because Mike does a majority of his damage in the middle of the field. Oh, that is a good point. I didn't even think about that. He does a majority of his damage in the middle of the field and that's easy money for Lamar. You got Hollywood burning you over the top Duvenay in a slot and King got Mike over the middle and there's the indefensible offense. I don't know if they'll be shopping him, but man, he would help. I'd be really curious to see what they give up though. And I do think that I think it's a wrap for Michael Thomas in New Orleans. I really do. And the reason I think that is because just yesterday, I'm recording this video super, super early in the morning on October 15th. So yesterday it came out that the Saints, they find Michael Thomas for conduct detrimental to the team. So it came out obviously before the Money Night Football game that he got benched for getting into the fight with with his teammate. I think Gardner, I forgot his last name. He got the like the double last name, the hyphenated last name anyway. It came out that you got into the fight with him. So they were like, okay, no, you're going to be suspended. We ain't having it. You're going to be suspended. Nope. So then it also came out, I think either during or after the Money Night Football game that he also got into it with Sean Payton. And they actually said that the fight wasn't even what did it. They said that it was his argument with Sean Payton where they got into it. That's what really caused him to be benched. So if that's true or not, hey, who knows. But with them finding him, they could have find him for anything. They could have find him for anything and be like, okay, whatever. But with them finding him for conduct detrimental to the team, that is very significant because that whole phrase, that whole fine. If you find somebody for conduct detrimental to the team, and especially if you just signed into a big contract, that can mess with that money. That can mess with that money because a lot of contracts, most of them nowadays, because teams want to try to protect themselves just in case. But a lot of these contracts, they have language in them that will sort of offset bonuses that will cancel out, that avoid bonuses, that avoid some guaranteed money. If there is conduct, that's detrimental to the team. So conduct that's not good for the team, conduct that could hurt the team. And I mean, you see what the Ravens are going through. I mean, we haven't heard anything about it. It's been on a hush-hush. But you see what the Ravens are going through and went through with Earl Thomas. Before they cut, before they cut him. Little before they cut him. He got fined for conduct detrimental to the team. Or maybe no, he got fined, but they cut him. They cut him for conduct. No, they did find him, I think. But anyway, they said that Earl Conduct, he had conduct. I mean, Earl Thomas, he had conduct detrimental to the team. And then what happened a couple of days later? Oh, Earl Thomas is gone. He's out of there. He's out of there. And that was the beginning of the end. And you know, they paid Earl Thomas a lot of money. And I think they were trying to get out of that contract a bit. And I think with the Saints, I think with the injury certainly didn't help. I think the injury may have played a big part in it too. But the injury certainly didn't help because with the injury, Saints got to see what life was like without Michael Thomas. And it hasn't been the prettiest, but it's been bearable for them. And the whole argument, whatever happened there, it was bad enough to where Michael Thomas said, hey man, I'm taking all this Saints stuff off my Twitter page. I'm taking it all off. So if you were new to Twitter and you saw Cank God, Mike, you would not know what team he was a part of. You would see that he had a Pro Bowl jersey with the Saints helming on it. But you wouldn't know what team he was a part of because none of that Saints stuff is on his, his Twitter anymore. He said, I'm taking it all off. I don't know what his Instagram is, so I didn't see that. But I think it's over. I think him being on the Saints, I think he'll be out. And I think it's just a matter of time. I do not think that he will be on the Saints within the next two weeks at like the least. I think he's out of there. Now as far as with the Ravens, should the Ravens make that move? That would certainly be an interesting move. Now I love how Chris, my guy Chris put it that he could help over the middle of the field because he certainly could. I didn't even think about that. What I was thinking when the whole thing with Michael Thomas first started coming up really yesterday, because a lot of us were talking about it on Twitter with each other, with Michael Thomas, he, you know, he's the slant king. So this would actually open up the Ravens offense because if they got a Michael Thomas, they would have to run slants now. You have to do it. You got to run slants now because that's his specialty. Running slants. Michael Thomas fire. Michael Thomas fire. He could do that. That's it. That's him. And not to say he can't run any other rounds, but that's his specialty, man. And now the Ravens would have to, if you're going to get a receiver and I'm not sure what, because of the conduct detrimental, I'm not sure exactly how much that would affect his money and his guarantees and how much the Ravens would have to take care of or whatever. But if, if you're going to be getting a receiver, that will obviously become their most expensive receiver. So if you're going to be getting somebody, if you're going to give up assets to acquire somebody and bring them in, then you are definitely, definitely, you need to use them. You definitely need to use them. So they would have to incorporate that into their offensive game plan. And then you will get a sure-handed that, that is one thing about Michael Thomas. While I do feel like a lot of his numbers, they do get inflated, but hey, that's not a bad thing for him. It's not a bad thing for the Saints. So like if you got a reliable target, you got somebody who is good at what they do, use them. And that's exactly what the Saints have been doing with Michael Thomas. They use him and they use him a lot. So kudos to them for using their playmaker. So anyway, but one question, one of my guys on Twitter, he asked it yesterday. He said, but can he block? Can he block? And I said, I don't even know. So I wish I could tell you the answer to that. I'd have no clue. I would really have to just really sit down and watch his game, watch film on him because I just, I don't know. I don't know if he can block or not. Because that would definitely be important. But it's like, I mean, we got Hollywood. His frame is much bigger than Hollywood. And he's, I think he's taller than Willie Snead. And probably a bit, yeah, probably a bit bigger than Willie Snead. We got Boykin DuVernay. He's taller than DuVernay. And look, if it's far as bigger, but I'm sure he'll be fine. But that would definitely be a big part of the game too. And if Michael Thomas was here, that would be a complete culture change. Now New Orleans, they got a good culture over there as far as the team. But um, at numbers wise, oh, it would be so much different. Everything, because he's used to Drew Brees throwing about 160 passes in a game. And about 150 of those passes go to him. Not with the Ravens though. Not with the Ravens. It would be the exact opposite. Like, no, it's not going to be that way over here. It's really not. But it would give Lamar, and I mean, they haven't passed the ball in more than that. But we're still not on the Saints level as far as passing that football. So it would give Lamar a reliable target. Somebody that does have some good hands. That is one thing about Michael Thomas. You could hate on them all you want to. You could call them a five-yard slant king and all. I mean, I've seen Michael Thomas be called every name in the book. But he got hands. His hands are reliable. So that would give Lamar a reliable target. And that like the Ravens, we all know, especially as Ravens fans, we know that the Ravens, they don't seem to really invest in the offense like that. So this would be, that would be a pretty big investment. And a legitimate guy at Y receiver for the Ravens. So if they did it, I would be cool with it. And you know Ravens and Saints, they got that connection, man. They got that connection. I'm sure Mark Ingram will welcome him with open arms. Willie Sneed will be like, what's going on, man? Even though I don't know if they play together. I don't think, maybe for like a year or something. I don't know, but anyway. Ravens, I haven't seen too many Ravens fans be like, no, no, we shouldn't. I don't think I've seen any Ravens fans say that, but because I know we, we entertain a lot of ideas and we have a lot of fun. Y'all no questions from subscribers. Oh, we have a blast, man. We're entertaining just a lot of different ideas, different possibilities and whatnot. But Michael Thomas, I think that could be something, man. That could be something he is. He just got a deal. Like he just got a deal. But again, like I said, with New Orleans, they saw life after Michael Thomas. They've seen it for the past couple of games since he's been out. So again, I think that plays a big part in it. But we'll see what happens. I certainly wouldn't mind if they got Michael Thomas though. I'd be like, okay, Ravens, okay. But if they got him, like I said, they would just have to implement him. And they get like, they would have to implement him in their game plans. They would have to. But that could help Lamar just open up a little bit more. Because he'd have to. Because if he don't open up, you know, Michael Thomas is going to be on the side. Lamar hit me, man. Lamar, let's go, man, hit me. I'm open. But I saw he cool with it. Will it happen? It's actually not like, is this like, this is not far fetched at all to me. Because like I said, Michael Thomas, he's gone, man. I think he is out. Out. Like at the end of the, like at the end. Can't even talk. The end of the video is out. He's that type of out. Like, I think he is gone. Like, out. I think he's out of there, man. For real. Because that, when I saw the conduct detrimental, that's what got me, man. That's what got me. All the other stuff to find him being benched. No big deal. But that conduct detrimental, that's what really opened my eyes. Next question or sort of comment came from my guy, Travis E. He said, have the Ravens release Gus Edwards and sound Levy on bail? No, no, no, no, no, no. This would be so bad. It would be just terrible all around. Levy on bail. Nice running back. And he was obviously on a bad team, but him with the Ravens, it wouldn't be a good fit. His running style is not what the Ravens, he has a patient run style. Ravens don't have a patient offensive line. So nah, big yikes and then releasing Gus Edwards. No. Next question came from a boy, Mac. He said, as a trade that line approaches, what do you think about these potential options? Another wide receiver is clearly what the Ravens need. And here are three good options the Ravens can choose from. Number one, DJ Shark from the Jaguars. Two, Kenny Galladay, I believe from the Lions and then Devante Parker from the Dolphins. All three are good receivers who each had 1000 plus yards receiving in 2019 and could help this Ravens offense. This move could then put less pressure on Hollywood and potentially put Devon Duvenay in the slot, spreading the Ravens offense out even more. Adding one of these guys could be easy since the Lions, Jags and Dolphins are trash this season. What are your thoughts? Y'all know I really like Devante Parker. I would love that. The Dolphins, I don't see them getting rid of him though because Dolphins, it's still early. It's still early in the season. The Jaguars are looking like they're done. The Lions are usually always done. But with the Dolphins, they're looking like they got a little glimmer of hope. And when you have a little glimmer of hope, you don't give away one of your best receivers. So as much as I would love Devante Parker, I don't think he's going anywhere right now. We'll see how the Dolphins season continues to go as we approach the trade day at Lion. But I don't think he's going. Kenny Galladay, that would be a low key move and DJ Shark would be a little higher key than that, but still semi low key. Well actually no, not DJ Shark, but these guys are not high profile receivers. But that's the Raven style. Ravens don't go for the high profiles on offense. And I mean, it could be a gift in the Curse Hall at the same time. It can be like, okay, hey, we ain't overpaying. But at the same time to be like, hey, we ain't paying. Because as we know, Ravens invest heavy into their defense. And they're paying so much. Have you played defense? Hey, they're paying some money now. But offense, they say, oh, can you hit me back next week? So that can be something with the Ravens. But they've had a lot of team success, but their offense has been a little murky at times. And I'm just not talking about over the past two years. I'm just talking about in their entirety. They just invest in an offense. It's not something that they normally do too often. Here and there they do do it. I'm not saying they never invest in it, but their investments come heavy on defense. And the second question said, why do you think the Ravens have such a hard time at developing wide receivers? Kamar Akin was the guy we should have kept developing. In 2014, he just missed out on a thousand-yard season by a few yards. And he said, if the Ravens offense continues to struggle, you should give them your Madden playbook. I might do that, man. I might send him an email and say, hey, look, y'all, this is what I like to do. So maybe it'll work for y'all. But now, why do they have such a hard time at developing wide receivers? It's because of the situations that they're in. Well, the situations that the Ravens are in, they are always in win-now mode. And with them always being in win-now mode, they don't have time to wait. And they haven't wanted to wait. They feel like with receivers, like, hey, we can just bring in some guys, plug in play, and we'll be straight. Because we trying to win right here, right now. And with them having been in win-now mode so long, it's like it's been a gift and a curse. Because it's a gift because, hey, they've been competitive all these seasons and whatnot. That's cool. That's lovely. But then at the same time, their receivers, they don't benefit because they bring it. They draft some guys. They draft some guys here and there. But they won't let them develop because they're bringing these veterans and be like, okay, veterans, y'all know the NFL. Y'all know how this thing goes. Come on, let's make something happen. Let's do it. And the rookies, the young guys, they'll be just sitting in the background like, oh, well, there goes my career. And that'll be it. So it's unfortunate for the younger guys because a lot of them haven't benefited at all from that. And they end up just fading out of the league. Fading out of the league. But now it's been a different approach under Eric DeCosta so far with letting the young guys actually get opportunities. Of course, Hollywood and then Boyk in it. And we'll see what happens with Devon Dubin and Pro Shade. We're hoping they get more opportunity. And we're waiting and we expect them to, but we'll see. They have been, it's been a much younger offense at Y-Receiver these past two years. So that's something that's very different for us as Ravens fans. Something that we are not used to. But we have embraced it. There have been some frustrations here and there, of course, but we have embraced it and just hope that they can change this trend of the lack of development at the Y-Receiver position. Next question came from a boy, Ibrahim Rao. He said, just wondering why did Joe Flacco throw so many check-down passes toward the end of his time in Baltimore, despite having one of the strongest arms in the league? I'm not sure. Joe Flacco, that was always one of his go-tos was that check-down. If Joe Flacco didn't see somebody like he didn't see an opportunity that he felt like trying to take or a risk that he felt like trying to take. He said, okay, check them. Check them. And it's funny with Lamar. It's like with Joe Flacco, he got so frustrated with him with all the check-downs. Lamar is like, we want him to do some check-downs because Lamar, he'd be looking for that big shot a lot. He'd be looking for that big throw down the field, but we want him to do check-downs some more. So it's all about balance, man. It's all about balance. But with Joe Flacco, I'm not sure. I don't think that it was just toward the end of his career. Well, it certainly did. But maybe he just, did he have any deep threats? Because I know like, Tory Smith obviously went to the 49ers and then everybody else after that, he went to the 49ers, he went to the Eagles, he went to the Panthers. But Tory Smith was gone. So that was his deep threat guy. That was his deep threat guy. And at receiver, they had, when they got him John Brown, it was like, okay, it's back. It's back. The deep ball is back. But then he got hurt. He got hurt. And you know, they really wanted to put Lamar in the Raven. They really wanted to put Lamar in. They were like, oh, Lamar, we got to get you on the field. Because again, when Joe Flacco was a starting quarterback, they did everything in their power they could to get Lamar on the field. But when Lamar became a starting quarterback, you never saw Joe Flacco again. You never saw him touch the field again. They ain't run no more of them trick plays. They ain't do none of that no more. So they were itching to get Lamar out there. So Joe Flacco, and I don't think it was just at the end of his career, it just happened like that. He just loved that check down. And because he had a lot of, I mean, he had Ray Rice for a majority, or not a majority, but for a long period in his career, he had Ray Rice. And checking it down to Ray Rice, that's like, that's like passing a 30-yard bomb sometimes. Because we know what Ray Rice could do. And with Joe Flacco, like, again, you know, we all know the fourth and 29 where they only, he only got 28 yards. But we obviously would still take it. But he got, he ain't get the first down on that. But that, like, that was one of the, that was one of the worst plays by Joe Flacco. And it came at a crucial moment. This dude on fourth down, the season is on the line. Season is on the line. Playoffs on every, it's on the line. And on fourth and 29, you do a check down. You throw a five yard check down. Like what? It obviously ended up working out. But if you look at like, like really think about that, because I remember it took me some years. It took me some years after that to really, to really think about that. Because on fourth and 29, he threw a five yard check down, a check down. So, I mean with Flacco, it ended up working out for him and the rest of the team. But I don't even think it was just something that he only did towards the end of his career. But toward the end of his career, the weapons, they just, they continue to be shaky. They continue to be shaky. And again, like I said, Ravens, they just, they really don't provide. They don't put the, they don't invest in the offense like that. And that happened to Flacco, man. They didn't really invest in the offense like that. So he ended up suffering. And Flacco, he had his faults as well. But it, it's all good, man. Flacco, he did his thing with the Ravens, had a lot of success with the Ravens. And now he's with the Jets, with the Baltimore Jets or the New York Ravens, whatever you want to call him. And he's getting ready to do his thing over there and make them a playoff team.