 First question came from my god Caleb. He said engraving. This is Caleb I remember sending a question for subs last year when Ravens were gonna play the Patriots I was mentioning how the Ravens and past game was going to be my first Ravens game I will engrave my parents surprised me with Baltimore Ravens divisional round playoff tickets the last time I was at Ravens game Lamar Jackson dropped a Jackson 5 and I'm excited to see these boys in person aka The number one seed in the AFC. Oh Caleb Congrats to you going to that divisional game should be it's gonna be crazy It's gonna be really really really crazy there So I'm glad you're getting to go and have a lot of fun for yourself or your family for all of us here to a team Keep it clean. He said wish me luck because it's gonna be very cold That's the nasty part right there, but the game I'm sure you'll heat up from doing all the yelling and screaming and all that You know the first thing I would like to say is a statement I think many of us Ravens fans need to apologize Todd Monkham Many Ravens fans were upset at the fact that we didn't wait for Eric B enemy to try and sign him for the OC job Now we have one of the best offenses in the league on the Todd Monkham He has done a phenomenal job with Lamar Jackson, and I'm excited to see where this team goes well, I Won't even say necessarily to need to apply it Well anybody that disrespected Todd Monkham will need to apologize to him But I know I was somebody I wanted the Ravens to go after Eric B enemy But when they decided to go with Todd Monkham, I wasn't like oh man, I hate this this sucks This guy's gonna be terrible there. No, I was all right. Let's get it I hope that he does well because sometimes there will be people that if their Prediction or their assumption or what they think is gonna happen doesn't end up happening Then they hope that everything burns down and we've seen that with some Baltimore Ravens fans and whatnot They'll be like alright if what I think is gonna happen and it didn't happen All right. Well, I want whatever it is to just fail. No that ain't the case We still want this team to succeed. We want them to have the ultimate success And that's obviously reaching a superbowl. So while I was definitely somebody that wanted Eric B enemy I was just thinking about this the other day Especially with everything going on with the commanders and who knows what he's gonna end up here probably end up somewhere else But I remember thinking because my reasoning for wanting Eric B enemy. I'm like man This dude he coached an offense that is multiple times Superbowl Champions, why would I not want that and looking at how the the Kansas City Chiefs offense operated? I'm like, oh, yeah, they use so many different guys in different ways They got all this they create all this diversion and whatnot. They just do such an excellent job and I mean now you see Eric B enemies going Kansas City Chiefs that they just doesn't seem to be the same. Is it the past catchers of the offensive self? Hey, who knows but either way, that's who I had wanted But when they hired Todd Munkin, I was like, okay, let's let's learn about Todd Munkin Let's see what Todd Munkin got in store and hope that this is a hire that just goes off and that it is the right decision So I'm glad that everything really ended up working out for the Baltimore Ravens when it comes to Todd Munkin Because yeah, the offense is one of the best and they are really starting and really hit this stride to not in this Last Steelers game. I mean that was you know, but before then they really started hit that stride And even when they're not in full units and even when stuff is not clicking all the way They still been putting up over 30 points. So coupling that with this defense It should help take them a very very long way He also said my question is what do you think this team needs to do to make sure they make it to the Super Bowl? I understand 2019 is behind us, but what can we emphasize to make sure something like that doesn't happen again? That's a good question Just staying focused and knowing exactly what was right in front of you and I think that they really do I think this team has a different level of maturity on it They have a lot of experience from a lot of different places from a lot of different players But just stay in the course just really staying focused and really knowing that a this is it That this is it like this team is gonna be much different next year The coaching staff could be much different next year of the players who are here It could be much and it will be much different next year So capitalized capitalized on everything that's right in front of you. Yeah, you know that you you can handle your business handle your business Make sure that you realize the importance of everything That's right. It's right there in front of you You've made it this far and you've earned the right to have the bi-week and whatnot You've earned the right to have this week off But like they said they said they're gonna still be focused still be all taking care of business in a bi-week So it's important that they just remain that they stay laser focused And they have like Mark Andrew said about Lamar Jackson early this season They have elite focus next question came from my guy Java. Well, he said when do you see Dalvin cook playing? Did you think that he was gonna play in the preseason? I mean, excuse me. I'm tripping. I'm on my fault Did you think he was gonna play in a week 18 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers? I didn't think he was gonna play in that game. It was just so soon It was like he had just got signed and then the game was on Saturday. It was just extremely soon But yeah playoff time like he'll have two weeks two and a half weeks I think to really ramp up with the playbook and everything really good acclimated and everything so he got some time So, yeah, I think he will be active for the first playoff game I don't think he gonna be out there like that like that But I do think he will be active for it for sure He said I really feel like this is all yeah, especially with so many upcoming free agents So my next question is am I getting too excited or should I just take things game by game? See, this is always funny Because I seen a lot of Ravens fans that like when I talk about oh, yeah, I think Ravens went in the Super Bowl this year I even last night well last night from when I'm recording this Michigan they won they won the the national championship college football So I had tweeted I was like man What what a year for for drew and he's a Ravens fan who's also a Michigan fan I'm like what a year for him He is getting to see his college team when the national championship and he's gonna get to see His NFL team the Ravens win the Super Bowl. Wow. What a what a great year So some people like oh man, no no relax Two people one person like oh relax. We need to take it one game at a time and I'm thinking like We not playing Ravens fans can say whatever they want to say they feel like the team is gonna win a Super Bowl They can say that's fine. It has no impact no bearing on what happens on the field and Somebody else was like, oh, well, I can't believe Ravens fans are saying they're gonna win the Super Bowl If they lose in a division round, then they're gonna be depressed Yeah, they would be upset. It would be very upset if they lost in a division around I don't expect them to I don't expect them to lose it off for the rest of the year But if they didn't look yeah, it will be upset But my point is the players they're the ones that got to stay focused. They're the ones that's playing We can focus on whatever we want to we could think about next year. We could think about the draft We could think about free agency. We could think about so many different things But because we're not the ones playing money over rings next question came from my guy Michael He said good morning. Happy new year to you and your family. Congratulations. Congratulations on the fourth player in your house Oh, hello. Just want to ask you a question. Appreciate that by the way. Thank you Yeah, I want to ask you a question if you were up for a big contract like Queen In Mata BK, would you sacrifice the money for a chance to stay in Baltimore to possibly win chips and know a good team? Mmm. That's a personal question. Um, probably not Maybe it would all just it would all depend on what office I was getting from other places Now if there were other places that were just extremely dysfunctional, it was so much turnover It was just a bad situation. There was no chance at all It would just all depend it would all it would all depend and it would all depend on how much money I was leaving on the table Versus what like how much money I was leaving on a table with Baltimore Versus signing elsewhere and getting more money. So it would all just depend on the situation But I never will fault a player for I know some people be like, oh man that player now He's going to a sucky team. Okay, that player is getting paid. Let him get his bread I like let him get his money I never fought a player for getting their money because the NFL stands for not for long It is not for long at all if you have a career more than a year Oh, man, you're fortunate if you have a career more than three years. Wow, you really like You really got to be considered fortunate for sure and then if it goes on beyond that Oh, man, if you get a second contract whether big small way you get a second That's crazy man. Cuz again, there's so much turnover like I was thinking about this the other day Like there's a draft every year every year. There's a draft and there are 32 players There's seven rounds and they're 32 players in every single round. What is 32 times seven 32 times seven is 224 so that's 224 people going to different teams one new team and Then there's free agency free agency be going crazy. Then there's undrafted rookie free agents So there's so much turnover in the NFL. So if you can last That's what I say if you can last a year great Oh, man, if you last two great if you last three years, it's just crazy. So get your money Motivation next question came from T. I now I came from I got Oreo cookie He said a engraving hope you well as we know the Ravens got to buy in our resting Lamar Which is the right decision. There's a fear of rust, which is fine here And that is where I think we are fine. All you need is motivation and being locked in I have now lost 80 pound You ain't playing man. Hey, we happy for you. You like you you are going hard, man That's what's up. Yeah, I'm now lost 80 pounds, which is a small step But we are getting there 2019 team was immature and looking ahead. You heard them all say they are not going to make that same mistakes Sorry, here comes a question. How worried are you about rest because me personally? I'm a little worried a bit not too much though. We're getting that little body. They'll go Ravens All right, I ain't worried about much rather rest over The possible risk of them getting hurt in a meaningless game and I'm not really worried about it They're professionals. They got experience. They got a lot of different guys who done been there done there So they know that what they need to do to get the job done the Ravens draft next question came from my he said Raven what's up? I was watching the Alabama Bowl game. I haven't seen much but Jace McClellan looks legit in that game and he's projected six or seventh round So I was thinking we could draft him and maybe the fifth or seventh and get a steal to replace Gus He's 5 11 to 13 so him and Keaton would be a one-two threat I feel what do you think much love to you and the fam and stay safe and he said he has first time emailing But I've been watching the Vincent's 20 the Vincent's 20 21. I appreciate that. All right. Thank you, man Um, I don't know. I haven't looked at him or really anybody at all I did watch the the national championship though. I did watch the majority of that So I was like, okay, these are these guys that already we talked about but anyway Just thinking about possibly replacing Gus I wonder how that will be because yeah, he I believe he is a free agent after this year I wonder if they um They offer him something I can see them doing that cuz Gus is a he just Such a Baltimore Raven like he's one of those guys that you just don't envision going somewhere else But again business is business. So we'll see how it shakes out No, there's been a lot of talk from people since Derek Henry's gonna be leaving the Titans There's been a lot of talk of the possibility of having him Especially because the Baltimore Ravens were so close to trading for him at the trade deadline but That not happening ended up working out for the Ravens and for Keith Mitchell really allowed him to show his stuff Then oh man, that sucks what happened to a man. Just a man. We could have keep Mitchell too We could have keep but anyway And even JK Dobbins like thinking about running back like oh, we've been through so much at running back Yeah, after you after yeah, but um, we'll see we'll see I can't answer this like oh Yeah, for sure. I was because I don't know about him yet But I'm sure come draft time there's a lot of draft heads out there and the draft nerds out there They will let me know next question came from the car. You said a engraving. Hope all is well with you and your family I want to say I really appreciate your page being Ravens family whole life It helps to see someone else love the Ravens as much as I do. I got two questions if you don't mind I appreciate that the car I said it'll number one if Lamar wins his second MVP and gets the Super Bowl ring this year Will he be considered a Hall of Famer? Yeah. Yeah He got to gets all of that like that would be crazy in what six years that would be insane So, yeah, he said there have only been A few people who have gotten two or more MVPs and all of them are in the Hall of Fame or soon to be personally I think after his unanimous MVP He should have already been all the fame since there has only been one other player to do that That being Tom Brady But his next question he said which team are you most worried about facing in the playoffs? Personally, I would say the Browns. I believe the Browns have the only defense who was fast and quick enough to keep Lamar Keep up with Lamar Jackson speed. Also, although we have home field advantage Let's not forget the Browns have a quarterback who has won a Super Bowl with the Ravens That being Joe Flacco, which means he surely won't be scared to come into Baltimore since it's practically a home for him Flacco also doesn't have much to lose. Also the Browns are one of the two teams who beat the Ravens in Baltimore I feel with a team who has already seen us play twice A quarterback who is familiar with this territory and really has nothing to lose in a defense like the Browns defense This could potentially be a game. We lose. I'm also worried about the Beals Josh Allen has been to Arrowhead multiple times and beaten the chiefs who in my opinion have one of the loudest If not the loudest stadium in NFL I feel our crowd noise won't stop. Josh Allen from balling out. No not doubting the Ravens. Just a thought Sorry for the long questions. Don't apologize for that now, um With Joe Flacco in the Browns like if we do end up playing the Browns in a division round We will have played three completely different Browns teams One will be against DTR. Well, actually, yeah one will be against DTR Dorian Thompson Dorian Thomas Robbins. I forgot the DTR the quarterback where he got hurt Then the next one was against the Sean Watson where this dude was hurt had a little rough Kind of rough first half, but then in the second half. He literally didn't miss a pass He went here like a hundred percent completion percentage touchdown. They ended up winning the game Um, and then there will be Flacco Uh, so it'll be complete three completely different Browns teams with different quarterbacks Um, and now with that the Browns. Yeah, they they definitely obviously pose a threat against the Baltimore Ravens Their defense, uh, is nice. The defense is like that, but so is ours. Um, and the Ravens They weren't clicking all the way back then their offense wasn't rolling all the way like it's been rolling more recently Not again credit to Browns defense because they've been doing their thing, but then Ravens put up over 30 points in that game. I I believe let me just look it up real quick to see how many, uh How many points the the the Ravens put up in that game? Yeah, they put they put up 31 points not offense put up 24 because remember first play of the game Kyle Hamilton with his pick six on uh, the Sean Watson, which was nice. Um But with that, uh, my thing is the the Ravens like and they had a lot of miscues in that game They were just they were a little sloppy in that game. There was the pick six. There were there were some drops There was just a little bit of everything and again credit to the Browns defense for causing all of that stuff to happen. Um But even with that, yeah Which team? Oh back to your question Which team am I worried about facing the playoffs? I've been worried about facing everything because it's playoffs And you got to bring your a plus plus plus plus game because you can't get away with bringing anything less Uh, but I do believe the Baltimore Ravens can beat and will beat anybody who they face In these playoffs now with the Browns with Joe Flacco. Yeah He is Baltimore Raven Super Bowl champion with the Baltimore Raven got plenty of experience there Um, and yeah, like you mentioned, he got nothing to lose Joe Flacco is playing with nothing to lose because Even from when he first signed on with the Browns He had nothing to lose because he's like, oh, I'm their fourth quarterback. All right. I got signed to the practice squad Okay. Oh, they called me up for a game. All right, whatever. I just got there I had some fun and he went out there and just he'd been winning ever since Um, well with Joe Flacco one thing about him is why Joe Flacco here here running a little bit take off But Raven's pass rush should be able to get to him They should be able to get to him Because they have a lot more speed than Joe Flacco does now Flacco got that on man So it would have to be a game where the safeties they stay ready. So they ain't got to get ready So they will be backed up. I know they were bliss Joe Flacco like crazy though, but uh, Amari Cooper, they will have to be watching him. Um, and just Yeah, but I think pass rush would be big in that game because you can keep getting the Joe Flacco that can make a big difference Um, so we'll see we'll see. Uh, and you also mentioned the bills You mentioned that the bills you feel like josh allen with the crowd noise They wouldn't be able to stop josh allen from balling josh allen. He is a baller. He is a baller He's somebody else that turned he he could score a lot of touchdowns or what now He'd throw for a lot of yards and all that he turns the ball over a lot too. So but hit he's another one It's like Joe Flacco. Like I feel like they are Not similar but kind of similar not in their styles, but with what they do They put up a lot of yards through the air. They'll throw for a good amount of touchdowns But they also throw them picks. They also turn that ball over. So they'll give you an opportunity man. Um But they can make all them throws too So they're they're tough everybody every team presents their own challenges and uh, what they're good at what they struggle with Um, so whoever we play like it's it's gonna be a tough game in my opinion Whoever we play because it's playoffs and these teams made the playoffs for a reason So it's up to Baltimore Ravens to show like a we the number one seed for a reason next question came from my god BB he said do you think Lamar Jackson's performance was quarterbacky enough for him to get the respect? He deserves lol mvp afc division and conference champions I would hope so, but again, like we say He'll get his credit. There'll be some people that change that tune on Lamar Jackson But there'll be others that no matter what he does He won't ever get it next question came from my god, Michael C He said ain't great. I hope you and family are doing well and congratulations on the new member of your family Appreciate that. He said my girl is pregnant with twins. Oh Oh, y'all knock two kids out and one. Okay. Congratulations to you. He said it'll be my first and second child a little nervous But I'm extremely happy as you should be man. Congrats to you man. That's that should be fun Uh, and he said I'm just hoping for the best of health and I hope the same for you And that's all that matters. That's true. Mike. He ain't lying man. I appreciate you He said I had a question for you and that was a lot with all the free agents That we're gonna lose this off season From the white out or the white outs to linebackers Offensive line from free agents to guys that are going to be retiring as well How do you feel if the next three years will be rebuild seasons or at least One as long as we win the superbowl. Would you take that trade off? Yeah, I would Yeah, I would take that all day, but see the thing is Say for instance, Ravens win a superbowl this year And then they got a lot of guys who would be leaving because again You they already got a lot of good players that are getting ready to be free agents But then they add a superbowl to their resume. Oh, that gets them that much more money on the market That makes them that much more market to bull so, um The Ravens will lose a lot of guys they still have a lot of guys too They still got a lot of that guys locked up But think about this like Lamar the Ravens have Lamar Jackson. They got Lamar Jackson They always got a chance always got a chance They would have uh ze flowers. They have Mark Andrews. They have Isaiah likely We'll see what happens with Shaw Bateman. We'll see what happens with Odell Beckham, Jr. But they will have uh Kyle Hamilton. They'll have Roquan Smith. They'll have Marlon Humphrey Marcus Williams will see I expect him to probably be here, but we had a conversation later They have Brandon Stevens So they have well man to be gay free agents. Let's see But my point is they got a lot of guys even with everybody who will be leaving and everybody who does end up leaving What they got Michael Pierce they have Travis Jones Um, but even with everybody that's that will be leaving They'll still have a lot of court guys that can make some stuff happen. So I don't even think it would be a rebuild But if they did win a superbowl, uh, yeah, I would take a rebuild But we have Lamar Jackson. So we don't have to worry about that Uh, he said I've been having this argument or debate with some of my friends And they are not willing to do that But knowing how to rave in his draft the the trades that we could work out in our salary cap situation I think if we can win a superbowl this year, I'm willing to take a complete L next season I wanted to hear your thoughts. Yeah, again, you wouldn't even have to worry about that Because you again with what you have in place You don't have to worry about a rebuild in my opinion He said by the way, I've been watching the video since 2019 and it finally hit me Who your doppelganger is? Reno Wilson. Hello. Have a happy new year and I'll watch you on Sunday team. Keep it clean That's not the guy for Reno 911 is is it? Let me look up Reno Wilson. Oh, please don't let it be. Oh Oh that guy from uh That guy from um Mike and my I love that show Mike and Molly. Oh, I watched all every season. I watched every episode loved it Um, but okay this guy. Okay. I I mean, I see the little a little bit um I think it's just uh Black dudes with a low cut. Maybe that's what you see next question came from my guy Jaylin He said what's up engraving blessings to you your family and team keep it clean I know it's a bit early for this conversation But I can't help but to think of how big and off season edc has ahead of him He has a task of trying to retain Mike McDonald who is more than worthy of a head coach position He also has to try to resign key role players that drove their price tag up this season Or fine players that can replace their production and that goes without mentioning arguably the biggest part the draft Edc has done a great job drafting But now that Lamar has signed his new contract He's going to have to start drafting guys that can have an impact on the team earlier on in their careers We'll love to hear thoughts hashtag team keep it clean. Yeah, Jaylin. It's true He got a lot of work ahead of him, but hey, he took on his GM role for a reason So now it's time to see it's it's really time to see um because yeah, it's so much like especially This off season like this off season coming up Last off season was probably the uh, the biggest off season uh for Eric Dacosta In my opinion it was biggest off season in his short tenor as Raven's GM But now this off season Will be the second biggest and speaking of Eric Dacosta This next question came from my guy for one old Byron. He said edc for GM of the year What's going on in graven has been years since I emailed you about question from subs I hope all is well with the family and the dogs. Hey, appreciate that man Shout out to Carter for not only becoming a big bro soon But for taking one for the team by allowing you to make that dalvin cook video before you took him to the park I appreciate that man And i'm i'm gonna show him this he said uh I made a list of notable transactions and accomplishments that edc has done In all of 2023 to obtain this super bowl caliber roster It may take you a while so you can read the notes or read the ones that interest you But here it goes. Oh, oh that is a lot He said on january 11th. He did the extension with roquan smith on march 10th Restructured michael pierce contract and now um just a couple days ago sign him to an extension uh march 13th Released kalaeus camber march 14th initially signed tray von mollin Then march 15 traded chuck clock to the jets Then re-signed justice hill re-signed geno stone re-signed nelson agilore signed odell beckham jr Those were four huge moves that made such a big difference huge moves Uh, they talked about uh signing tyler huntley drafting zay flowers drafting trend simpson now zay flowers obviously huge impact trend simpson Not so much, but we see in that stealers game. We saw what he could do uh Then he traded um Drafted andrew vorhees, so we'll see about him in the future decline patrick queen's fifth year option We'll see what happens with him sign a rocky scene extended Lamar jackson signed Arthur mollett that that was big too sign ronald darby that was big too Signed jadevian clowny. That was huge sign uh keaton mitral and malik ham. They made the initial roster Obviously significant moves too a restructure malin humphrey signed calvin noy signed malik cunningham Uh clincher number one c designated ardarius washington returned from iyaa then just recently signed alvin cook to the practice squad So the the the thing the thing with edc is that we can all see It don't stop It doesn't stop and in my opinion, that's how a good gm should be it shouldn't stop It should never stop. You should never be content. You should never feel like. Oh, yeah, we're good enough We we don't need to get better. No You should always feel like and always be looking for ways to make your team Even better even stronger even though the raven's number one seed Number one seed they still mess around sign sign davin davin cook Even being the number one seed Like that that was great man. Even they were doing great and they were trying to get derrick henry They were still trying Like so i i i've loved that about the baltimore ravens this year that they've continuously tried to get even better And he said in the story continues with that being said Do you agree that the gm of the year should easily go to eric the cost of how he constructed this roster? About making sure that every dollar counts a year ago the fan base was divided, but now we're reunited and And it's because of him like OBJ said a day before we Lamar agreed to the contract on Twitter It's time to book them flights to BWI next February and Raven's flock He said let's fly to M&T to celebrate this parade. I love it. And yeah, the EDC for GM of the year At least in Raven's fans hearts at least to us. He's GM of the year for sure I mean and then you you also got to think about too How the roster was constructed, but everybody that they lost along the way because they lost a lot of people They miss a lot of people on the way But and they've had some people that's come back a lot of people have come back some people are done for the year But the depth the depth it says a lot about the depth and how these Baltimore Ravens have continued to have success Despite this guy being out that guy being out that guy being injured that guy being out for the season that guy missing a month That guy like they've continued to have success despite all that so that says a whole Lot about the depth that you have on your team