 Ravens offense is always a big topic of discussion, but this year seems to be a bit different. It seems to be a lot more optimism surrounding Baltimore Ravens offense. Of course, they made the big change going from one Greg Roman, who had a lot of success over the years with this Ravens offense to now new offensive coordinator, Todd Munkin. They brought in guys like Odell Beckham Jr., Nelson Aguiloy, via the draft, they brought in Ze Flows. Oh yeah. They re-signed Lamar Jackson, so that was pretty big. But what can we really expect from this Baltimore Ravens offense? How good or great can they possibly be? How far can they go? And what are some things that we should also be concerned about? Well, we're going to talk about all those things and more, but I couldn't do it alone. So in this episode, I had to bring on a very, very special guest to help us answer all those questions and more. Team Keep It Clean, let's get to it. Team Keep It Clean, a very, very special guest in the building, my guy Cordell Woodland, who covers the Ravens. You know, before you get into it, introduce yourself to everybody, let them know where they can find you at, let them know what it is that you do. Yeah, my name is Cordell Woodland, I'm with 105.7, the fan here in Baltimore, I cover the Ravens and the Orioles. I also host Shaking It Up Sports, weeknights on the fan as well. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Cordell Woodland, Just High Sound, C-O-R-D-E-L-L-W-O-O-D-L-A-N-D. Cool, I appreciate that. Now, how did you get started covering the Ravens and the Orioles? Yeah, man, kind of a little bit of a long story, so I was originally working years ago, I was originally working, because I am from D.C., so I was working in the federal government in D.C., and I was, you know, not regular nine to five good benefits, making good money, and I'm maybe 22, something like that, didn't go to college, I went to college and I basically stopped, because school was really never my thing. Me too, I feel you on it. You know, yeah, it was just never, I was going just to kind of go, to be honest, but I never really found what it was that I was interested in while I was there. All the prerequisites and everything was really turning me off to college, because I felt like I wasn't able to actually take the classes that I wanted to take to get me to where I wanted to be. So I ended up working in the government, and funny thing was it was actually a paid internship, and you know, like I said, I was making good money and everything, but it just wasn't fulfilling. I was getting up early every day to go to a job I didn't like going to to work for a boss that I didn't like working for, and I just didn't want to be one of those people that grew up complaining about his job, you know what I'm saying? I felt like I was just young enough to where I could take my life by the rings at that point instead of kind of just forfeiting my future into something that sure I probably would make good money and everything, but money isn't everything, you know what I'm saying? And like if you're unhappy and you're making money, it is just we see all these rich, you know, celebrities in them that go through it, man. And, you know, sometimes it doesn't end well. So that right there lets you know money isn't everything. But, you know, sports was always my passion. And I would even when I worked in the government, I was known as the sports guy in the building. Anybody that wanted to talk sports would come talk to me about it. So, um, and I've always, you know, sports has always been kind of like my first love, especially football. So, you know, I kind of just figured like, why not go into something that I actually enjoy doing? So I went into radio broadcasting school and they paired me with a mentor who worked at the nationals ballpark and Stephen Strasberg is making his debut and I'm there and my mentor is working and ESPN 980 is broadcasting outside and that's with the old legendary John Thompson, former coach of Georgetown and Doc Walker and all those guys. Chuck Sapienza was the producer of that show who's the boss. My boss now at 105 seven and I used to call in the John Thompson show all the time. I was an everyday call and so they knew me. So my mentor went and gave them, he went out there and talked to them, talked to Chuck and Chuck gave him his information and told them to just tell me to hit them up. So I did. They hired me for an internship. I worked there for a year. They ended up picking me up to actually be a real employee after that year. So I'm bored of him, but then they start adding things onto my plate. I'm able to cover the capitals. I'm covering the Wizards. I'm covering the Georgetown. I'm covering who else? I mean pretty much every team, the nationals, you know, I covered every team in the DC area other than the commanders, then Redskins. And it was a lot going on, man. And I mean, I'm in one of the major markets. I'm like 23 years old by far the youngest person in these media rooms. And I'm, you know, one of the few black people in the media room. So I'm sticking out like a sore thumb. And while it was, I was getting everything I wanted to do. I think I wasn't just looking back on it. I don't think I was really mature enough to handle everything that was on my plate. I think I got a little complacent. So I went on a birthday trip to Miami and I thought I took a couple days off, came back, turned out I was actually supposed to work. And long story short, I ended up, I ended up getting fired because we were the flagship of Orioles at that time. And the Golden Sin in radio is no dead end. So I was, I didn't know I was supposed to be there. Man, it may have been about 45 minutes of dead air going on. And this, like I said, they're the flagship of the Orioles at that point. So it goes beyond me. So Chuch Chuch who's my boss now was all, by this time he ended up being my boss at ESPN 980. He had the fire. He had, like he, he was like, it's out of my hand. It was my first screw up that I had had. And he's just like, you know, it's out of my hands. I don't want to let you go, but it's over me at this point. You know, I'm out the business and it all just starts crashing down on me like, man, I don't know what I'm going to do. You know what I'm saying? Like it's so, it was, it's so hard to get into this business, especially in that market. And so I'm like, I don't know what I'm going to do now. So for a while, you know, I decided to go back to school. I went to Morgan and I'm majoring in communications, broadcast journalism, and my senior year, they're having a sports seminar and I wasn't even going to go. And then one of my friends showed me the rundown of the guests that are going to be there. And I knew everybody that was speaking and Chuck was one of them. So this was the first time I had seen Chuck since then. So I go in there and Chuck remembers me and you know, it's all love and he's like, you need a job or he's like, you know, if you need anything, let me know. And I'm like, well, I could use a job. So he picks me up. I'm at the fan. I'm bored, I've been in everything. And then I'm, you know, as I'm there, I'm starting to get more responsibility. So eventually I end up producing inside access with Jason Larkin for and Ken Wyman. And I wanted more, you know, I'm, I'm growing, but I'm not where I wanted to be. And I just wanted to get on air. I got to a point, especially the pandemic really started away on me like, man, I need to do something else. And so I got to the point to where it's like, and I even told Chuck, like, and it was no disrespect to Jason and Ken, those guys were great to work with still on to this date. But it was just like, I feel like I should be putting my show together, not somebody else's. And I had to kind of jump off the bridge a little bit and I just quit. You know, I quit with, I'm not going to say I didn't have anything in my back pocket. I was able to go to Morgan and cover the Ravens of that year and get some on air time there. But then after that year, Chuck brought me back and he brought me back to cover the Orioles and the Ravens. And then that summer, he gave me my show, shaking it up sports and it's funny. People always come to me when they see me like, man, I don't know how you do that show by yourself, man. It's so tough. And I tell them, hey, it is tough. It is very tough. But number, but I didn't know that I would be doing it by myself this long. Chuck originally asked me, like, do you have a co-host? I'm like, no, I don't have anybody off the top of my head. But I'm thinking, like, if maybe if somebody comes across him, he'll throw them on to the show and we'll kind of, you know, I'll have a co-host. But it's kind of taken off and they keep cutting my mic on. And so, you know, I guess I'm doing something right. But now it's been cool, man. So it's been a fast place. But I just gave that long story to say, man, that, you know, it's always going to be a tough journey, especially when what you want is something big. It's not something easy to get it. And I mean, I'm still not done trying to get to where I want to be. But I know a lot of people can get down because things may not go their way. They may take an L here or there. And I always try to tell my story, man, just because I was in a dark place at one point and I didn't think that I'd be able to do anything. And then, you know, now here I am and I got people that I've never even met before coming up to me talking about how they listen to my show and I appreciate everybody that does. Oh, yeah, I love it. I love it. I appreciate you sharing that. I remember I first got put on to you early on last year from the show that you had did with Rita and I forgot where I had initially saw you at. But I do remember going to training camp last year and I was sitting back. I was in a bleachers with the fan. You know, it's regular people. We got to sit in the bleachers. The special people, they sit in front of the rope. So I saw James and Hensley. I saw Jeff Zaryvik. So I saw Rita too. I seen this one dude. I see it. Yeah, Dredd, but he was clean. I said, whoa, I said, hold up. That's that cordel. And I was like, hey, what's up, Cordel? And he was like, yo, and I'm sure you fight like who is that? But it was it was cool though. But I was like, oh, that's that's him. But yeah, you you were cleaning. And every time that I seen you at an event, were you clean, man? You clean. Like even right now, yeah. But now that and I love that. I love that especially because I love when I'm like you you you created your own lane. You don't went through a lot of different things and went through a lot of different hoops and whatnot. But you created your own lane. But especially like in sports journalism, they can be sort of a people can feel like there's a certain look for that a journalist should have. But you came, you clean, had your own style and whatnot. And I love that. I love that for you. And I didn't even know the backstory, but I'm glad you got to share the backstory. I appreciate it hearing that. So good stuff. Now, I'm how has it been and congratulations, by the way, because you are a new a pretty new father. How has that been just balancing fatherhood with work and just really making that adjustment? Man, it's been just that an adjustment. You know, and my son six months this week, and those six months have flown by. Yeah, it goes fast. Definitely is definitely challenging, man. To be honest with you, because a lot of the work, you know, in this field, we have unorthodox hours. And so, you know, we don't it's not a regular nine to five or or a structured situation like we I could work anywhere from eight to nine hours in a day to just three hours in a day. You know, it really depends on what's going on. And a lot of my schedule right now is midday because especially if I'm at the Orioles, I'm there maybe around two thirty three o'clock and you know, I'm there for everything leading up to the post game. And then I have my show that isn't over until nine o'clock. So, you know, I'm not getting home until around nine thirty and the baby usually asleep. You know what I'm saying? So it's like I do feel like time gets away from me sometimes because I really the most time I really get to be around them is in the mornings when I'm getting them ready to take them to a grandmother house and you know, I drive them over there and stuff like that. So I try to appreciate every moment that I that I do have that I'm especially when he's awake to know that I'm there. But yeah, man, I'd be lying if I said it's not tough sometimes knowing that I'm only going to see him maybe for hour to throughout the day because by the time I get home, he's knocked out and I'm not really of course, I'm not trying to wake him up because that's I'm going to have to deal with. So, you know, to say I just it is definitely a balance and I'm trying to kind of adjust to it on the fly and I'll admit I'm not even I'm not even doing as great at it as I should be. But I'm like I said, I'm trying to piece it together on the fly right now because this is a very busy time of the year with the Orioles now and OTAs getting started up and many camp and training camp right around the corner. Oh, yeah, the days are only going to get longer. So any moment that I do get to kind of have when I'm in here with him, I'm like I said, and even my girl too, just trying to appreciate it as much as I can because that work life balance, especially when you have a family, it's tough. That's true. And I know it sounds really cliche and whatnot, but it is important to cherish those moments, especially when you have a young kid because I know like with my son, because I cover the Ravens, but I do it from home. But still it can get very, very busy, especially like because Ravens are the type of team. They'll be quiet for a while. They'll be quiet. They'll be chilling whatnot. Then all of a sudden if they make one move, then they do another one. They do another one. They do another one. They throw everything along you at once. So stuff can get real busy real fast. And there have been some days where I'll be working and then he'll just, he'll be able to be in the living room, whether he be in his room or whatever, and he'll just be there and my wife, she doesn't work, but so she's home too, but I will still feel kind of bad. Come like, man, like a day can just pass like that. Time can go by so quickly when you just working, working, working, and there'll be some days when I'm like, no, I just, that's got to wait. That's got, I got to put that on hold right now. That I really got to spend time with him and really with them and that's why taking time off is important. Balance is important, but I know, I know what, especially with a young one. No, this is a tough, tough adjustment. I remember when he was born, it threw everything off like everything because it's just, it's crazy because they make your schedule. You don't make your schedule. They make your schedule and they make their own schedule and whatnot. So I get it. You talked about adjusting on the fly. That's something that just segue into the Ravens now. That's something that sometimes it seemed like they struggle with because over the past couple of years, there were times when under the previous offense, it felt like there weren't enough adjustments on the fly. But now they let go of Greg Roman. They brought in Todd Monkham and just what are some of the differences that you expect to see with this new offense under Todd Monkham? What are some of the big changes that you expect to see from the Ravens moving forward on offense? Well, the number one thing is creativity. I mean, and specifically in the passing game and in the red zone, Greg Roman is a mastermind with the run games. Nobody can take that away from him. We can talk about all the downsides of a Greg Roman led offense and the way that it pretty much, you know, got worse as the years went on, but that running game is something you can't take away from him. That said, this is a pass and leave. I really believe that and Lamar said it the other day, running can only get you but so far and it's true. It's great to be able to run the ball. You have to be able to run the ball because it helps with possession. It helps you dictate the pace of the game. You know, it helps you kind of control the game. But if you're talking about going from being a good regular season team to being a true Super Bowl contender, you have to be able to pass the ball whenever you want to or whenever you have to. And that's what I'm looking for from Todd Munkin. He's introductory press conference. He talked about balance and how everybody, people can kind of think that balance means 50% run, 50% pass. But no, balance means being able to do both things well, being able to do them when you have to be able to do them. So for me, it starts with creativity. The Ravens are too good of a team, even despite them having the deficiencies at wide receiver over the years. They're too good of a team when you have Lamar Jackson at your quarterback. They can put so much pressure on a defense. There's no reason they should have been struggling the way that they were last year in the red zone. It was just blind blowing to me. And they run the ball so well that they get inside the 20 or the 10 and all of a sudden the run game is cut off. It was amazing to me to see. So I'm looking for more creativity to kind of have defense is all balanced to go against tendencies, a lot more tendency breakers, because there was too many times in that great Roman offense where I would see them line up and I know where the ball is going. That shouldn't happen. So, you know, a spacing is a big thing that Todd Munkin talked about. And you get you get guys like Zay flowers. You get guys like Odell Beckham. You want spacing because these are guys that can make something Rashad Bateman as well. You know, they can make things happen in the open field. And it helps Lamar as well because things aren't as crowded in his vision. You don't have too many guys running into each other and the route concepts and everything like that. And in terms of him, whenever he does decide to take off the run, it's going to be even tougher to get to Lamar. If the field is already spaced out and all the receivers are kind of scattered all over the field. It sets it up for Lamar to have more one-on-ones in the open field with a linebacker or safety, whoever they choose to spy on because of course they're always going to keep a spy on them. You know, it just makes it easier for him. So and it sounds like more player friendly Lamar talking about being able to call all the booths at the line, being able to hop out at the line, which is weird to me because I specifically asked Greg Roman last year towards the back end of the season or before Lamar got hurt. How much control does he have in the offense? And he said he has total control, but it doesn't sound like Lamar had total control when you when you hear him talk about it. So those are some of the things that I'm expecting to see and I could tell you and I know a lot of the other beat reporters have talked about this being at OTA's last week because I wasn't at any of the football schools with being at OTA's seeing Todd Monk in on the field during practice. You hear him. He he's the only coach outside of maybe Chris Horton and Joe D that you are going to hear all throughout practice. I mean and Todd Monk is the loudest one out there and it's not necessarily him getting on guys. It's a he's passionate. He you could tell he loves football and he loves coaching but it's also look they're installing a new offense and he's on everything everything and he's even he was really on the wide receivers the other day and we know he has his history wide receivers as a former wide receiver coach but every detail every small detail he is he's on it with them right now. So I think that this could be a good thing for all of these guys including Lamar because Todd Monk it may be the first coach that I've seen Lamar have at this level that may hold him accountable if he's not doing what he's supposed to do. He seems like the type of coach that he doesn't care who you are. If he has something to say to you. He's going to say it. I like that. I like that. Now you talked about. Say flowers. O'Dell Beckham Jr. Some of the different additions at the Ravens have had this offseason how you feel overall about what they've done specifically in the wide receiver department this year. So I've had people I'm seeing people like oh the Ravens have a great wide receiver core or the Ravens have maybe the best wide receiver core in the division. I'm not ready to go there. Yeah I'm not ready to go there. Now better is the word that I use. They have a better receiving core. They are improved. No doubt about it. And it's tough not to be better based off what they've had but getting O'Dell Beckham is a pretty good sign and I think that signing goes beyond just the on the field aspect. It was a recruiting tool for Lamar. It's just to kind of help them lower Lamar. That said if if you put some truth serum in them and you ask them what they have rather gone to get O'Dell or wait it out to see what happens with what would happen with the DeAndre Hoffman situation. I think you get a unique answer from them. But it's a good pick up. It's a good pick up. It's a veteran guy a quarterback friendly wide receiver that knows how to play in this league knows how to get open. Obviously he has major injury concerns missed last year completely and that's the one thing with me your top two receivers essentially are major and have major injury flags. Rashad Bateman I get it. He doesn't want to be labeled as an injury prone player. I understand that but the proof is in the pudding. I mean he has not been able to finish a season play a complete season since he's been drafted and he's going into year three. It's a pivotal year. They have to decide whether or not they want to pick up his fifth year option pretty soon. You know at the end of the year. So I mean this is a pivotal year for him. I again I do like the sound is I do think that they'll be better than what they were. They flowers looks good. He looked good the other day but it's OTA's it's made got a really pumped up breaks. They're not even in pads right now. You can't you can barely even breathe on these guys. So it's easy to get open. It's easy to get open right now. But I do think that he is a guy that has that gain breaking ability. He he has big time yack ability which goes along with what Rashad Bateman has Beckham even has it Andrews has it likely has it. So to get as a fly was there. They now have a lot of different guys that can hurt you after the catch and I think he's another guy that's going to be tough to get to in the open field. He's very shifty. He plays bigger than he is. So I think I was was my favorite receiver in the class. So I was definitely pleased with that with that draft pick up all in all I think they'll be good. They'll get the boost naturally just from having a new offense. I think you look around the league and you see what NFL offices do when they come with something new. They they get that boost and I think that the Ravens will get an even bigger boost because it's a morale lifter to Lamar sign no more contract question. They'll Beckham you know and is here you know a new offensive coordinator no more Greg Roman like it's a big morale boost I think on the offensive side of the ball and I think it's a lot of guys that are this year on the specifically on the offensive side of the ball for the Ravens. They have a lot to prove Rashad Bateman. I talked about how he's got a lot to prove right now not just to you know to the Ravens but I think a lot of people we all know Rashad Bateman can be a good player. But we just don't know how good we haven't really been able to see it consistently enough Beckham he's been out the league a year you know he's got approved he's on a one year proven deal right now you know so he's definitely got a lot to show. J.K. Dobbins is in a contract year right now you know Lamar just got signed but I'm sure he wants to show like you know hey they finally got me some receivers they they went and gave me a offensive coordinator that has a more pro style offense they paid me you know it's time to go get it. So I think it's a lot of guys that have a lot to prove this year and you know maybe that in itself will give the Ravens the juice to get to where they want to be real good points and you spoke about the Ravens a lot of them wanting to prove themselves you brought up a player that has proven himself in this league throughout his tenor in the NFL and that's the Andre Hopkins. Of course he just recently officially was released from the Arizona Cardinals and there's been a lot of speculation on where he could end up of course there's been talk about the bills and talk about the Chiefs and there's been some other teams thrown in there too but I know those have been the main two but few of the GM few of Cordell the Costa what would you what would you do would you go after a DeAndre Hopkins because I know that there's been a lot of discourse amongst Ravens fans and Ravens people should they do it yes should they do it no how could it affect this guy that guy what could it bring to the team is it overkill how do you feel about the potential if the Ravens were to add a DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah I mean well full disclaimer I saw what Jeff Zaryback put in the athletic about the Ravens they did their due diligence and it looks like they're going to pass. I've heard the same thing to be honest with you I've heard that they did check in on it but there were some things that I think kind of turned them off a little bit so I don't know if it'll happen who knows who knows but that aside if I'm the GM I'm an aggressive guy you know I'm all about I'm all about man like being as good of a team putting together the best team I can possibly put together the Ravens have no problem getting to the playoffs the Ravens have they could win 10 games in their sleep you know what I'm saying like that's not their issue their issue is getting to that next level getting to yeah they could beat the Chiefs in the regular season they could beat the Bengals in the regular season but can they beat these teams in January that's the question those are totally different teams in the month of January even the bills right now you know you got to throw them in there as well so that's my only thing the Ravens roster right now is improved but you add the Andre Hopkins to this team I mean you're dreaming big if nothing else right now you're dreaming big if you get the Andre Hopkins and we can't ignore the fact that again their top two wide receivers have major injury questions if those two guys God forbid go down the Ravens are right back to square one at the wide receiver position they're right back to putting guys on the field that they don't want to have to play you put the Andre Hopkins out there you bring another quarterback friendly wide receiver to the fold you bring in my opinion people are talking about he's losing the step he's probably 31 if not 31 already he's naturally lost a step just because of father time but this dude is still in my opinion a top seven to eight wide receiver Indiana fail he walks in the best wide receiver on the Ravens yeah so I'm I'm going to get him and I don't like I could buy some of the things that people have said in terms of why they wouldn't bring D happen the one thing I can't buy is what about Bateman and how is he going to feel I'm not allowing Rashad bait and no disrespect because again I think Bateman can be a really good player I do but he's going into year three and I still don't know who Rashad Bateman is I will I cannot allow him and Odell Beckham to handicap my team I'm not I'm not looking at it like because at what point does it become oh I need to get my numbers so I can get paid and at what point does it become it's all about winning is it about getting your numbers up people are talking about Mark Andrews is going to be upset because his targets are go down I don't know if that's the case maybe but Mark Andrews is still I still think Mark Andrews is going to be the number one option in this offense even right now with all the new weapons they've added I got to see it to believe it to see Mark Andrews take a back seat in this office to be honest that's that's Lamar's guy but I think that there's enough I get that there's only one football but but there's enough to go around to wear sure nobody may be putting up all pro type numbers in the offense that's fine but they'll be the toughest offense to guard in the NFL with that type of receiving core that type of running game with J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards and Lamar Jackson and then just having Lamar as your quarterback in general I mean of course unless health gets in the way that being hop on this team is big time I would have a hard time ranking teams in the NFL and not putting the Ravens in my top five if D hop is on this roster and I get and again and I get they have other holes because people are talking about Edge rusher and cornerback that's true but the Ravens have tried to be as balanced as possible you can't you can't cover every hole and while those are needs there is nobody that's available as an edge rusher or a cornerback that's going to be more of an impact on this team than DeAndre Hopkins I'd rather get more bang for my buck and spend money on a guy that I know is going to be able is more times the night is going to make me feel good about paying him as opposed to going and just getting a veteran guy as an edge rusher that realistically is going to be a backup or another corner that most likely is going to be a backup as well and the corners that are even if we're talking about Marcus Peters I'd rather go get DeAndre Hopkins to bring Marcus Peters back right now to be honest with you I'm sorry yeah man um DeAndre Hopkins and just really anybody well not anybody but DeAndre Hopkins would open so much up for so many people and I feel like with the more weapons you add you add the more options you have and when you have more options then that allows your offense to be that much more diverse so not everybody is like all right we cover 89 we straight we ain't got to worry about nobody else know you got other guys that you got to worry about too so that's a beautiful thing so we'll see what happens with that now just to close it out with the Ravens their offense the quarterback went over the wide receivers spoke about the tight end some the running backs and the offensive line do you think that this offense and it being a new offense to new offensive coordinators well so new mindset going into this season do you think that right now they have enough to get with health out the way but do you think they have enough to get it done that's a deep side right there I think they they could I'll say they could we're taking health out of the equation right they could because the Ravens have done a lot with less in the past so I have to imagine that with the improvements that they have been able to make so far I am willing to say that as long as health doesn't get in the way I do believe that they could be in the fight I think they could be in the fight I think that they could I mean obviously I believe this is a playoff caliber team but then again you get to the playoffs and it's about can you beat the bingo can you beat the chiefs can you beat the bills shoot can you beat you know some of these other teams now like the Dolphins or the Jaguars or maybe even the Jets I don't know like you know it's a lot of other teams now in the fold they're going to have can they sustain and a lot of these other AFC teams have juggernaut offenses so the Ravens are going to have to score that's why for me I'd rather have the best offense than the best defense give me a top five offense and a top 10 defense over a top five defense and a top 15 offense or so like that's that's where I met with it so you know they have the weapons man and Lamar gives you the ability because he's that he's that X factor like he's I'm not I think Patrick my home is the best quarterback in the league and I don't I don't even think it's close but he is that Superman for the chiefs he he's able to do more than what the paper says the chief should be able to do that's what Lamar does for the Ravens they have that guy that can kind of put the cape on and make something crazy happen happen so when you have a guy like that on your team sure the sky's the limit the sky's the limit so you know the bills have that with Josh Allen like I said the chiefs have it as well Joe Burrell out there with the bingles you know and Jamar Chase is another guy that could they have multiple cars for real yeah I can kind of put the cape on for them so you know I think that the Ravens do have their guys and I think JK Dobbins when it's all said and done because nobody's really talking about him this offseason but I think he is primed for a great year as long as health allows him to do it that in a mix within a much improved I'm anticipating a much improved passing game I do I do think the Ravens could be in the fight okay okay and yeah I do think they can as well I think one of the biggest things that has gotten in their way even beyond the offense beyond the defense has been injuries or it's really been injuries because we saw a little with like even with Lamar and that builds playoff game he got knocked out with the concussion and then the past two seasons he ain't been able to be around at the end but yeah he has shown and they have shown like when Lamar is there they can rock with anybody they were like I think eight and five last year when Lamar got hurt and then the year before they were first in the AFC when Lamar got hurt so yeah I mean the proof is in the pudding you know and they are a dominant team or they are a team that wins games if nothing else if eight is on the field if he's not it's a different story it's a much different story it's a whole different book but yeah anyway Cordell I really really really appreciate you coming on um before you get out of here let everybody know one more time where they could find you it yeah man appreciate the invite man it's cool anytime you need me man just just hit me up um my you can you can catch me on Twitter and Instagram at Cordell Woodland C-O-R-D-E-L-L-W-O-O-D-L-A-N-D also catch my show weeknights on 1057 the fans shaking up sports you can download the Odyssey app you can listen wherever you are so if you're not in a car the Odyssey app allows you to listen live as well as rewind to hear something you missed 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