 Now, heading into this Ravens 49ers game, there was a lot of talk from the media that whichever quarterback's team won this game, then that quarterback would be the new favorite to be the MVP of the league. And when I heard that, I was thinking, ah, yeah, okay. I mean, I get it, but they probably just adding a little extra hype to this game. They trying to add a little more fuel to the fire. Like it's two teams, both 11 and three, both the top of that conference is a possible Super Bowl matchup. Yeah, it's all a lot of hype to this game already. So that whole MVP talk, they just trying to add just a little bit more, but boy was I wrong. Because after the Baltimore Ravens and their dominated win over the San Francisco 49ers, Lamar Jackson is now your favorite, the NFL's favorite to win the MVP. Now we know he won it back in 2019, after that crazy season. You gotta be very special to win an MVP's award once. Imagine how special you gotta be to win it twice. 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Now, always say, when I get put on, I gotta put y'all on too. Harder than city clothing. I showed y'all the white hoodie, the play like a Raven Ray Lewis hoodie. I showed it to y'all over the past couple of days. Now I'm showing you the back in black. So you wanna get yours? You go down to the link down below in the description and you use code engraving for not five, not 10, not 15, but 20% off. So you can get your black play like a Raven Ray Lewis hoodie. You can get your white play like a Raven Ray Lewis hoodie. You can get both. Now, somebody who could possibly get both the MVPs in 2019 and in 2023 is none other than Lamar Jackson. Now think about this because there's been a lot of dialogue about Lamar Jackson if he really deserves to win a possible second MVP. And I've been appreciating the conversation because what a lot of people do who are in favor of Lamar Jackson, not winning the MVP, they point at his numbers. And hey, they have a legitimate argument because if you look at Lamar Jackson's numbers, this season, they are not very sexy at all. I'm not saying like he threw for 19 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 3,357 yards, but he's rushed for 786 yards and rushed for five touchdowns as well. And you got to take that into account. There's some people that try to leave the Russian stats out, but you cannot do that. But even still, like his numbers are not the sexiest numbers in the world. But the fact that Lamar Jackson is now the league favorite to win the MVP, that tells me a couple of things that I really, really appreciate. The biggest thing is that people are realizing that it's not just about numbers. And us as Ravens fans, we've been seeing that and been talking about that when Lamar Jackson for years. Numbers, they tell a lot. They tell a whole lot, but numbers with Lamar Jackson, they never, never, not once in his career. The stats, well, besides wins, but the stats, they never told the full story when it came to Lamar Jackson and his impact on these Baltimore Ravens. The biggest way, and we talked about this during the game against the 49ers, the biggest way in my opinion that you can truly tell if somebody is the MVP of the league or even just based off of that team alone, how is that team, when they're on the field, when they're playing versus how is that team without them? And with Lamar Jackson, everybody knows, everybody knows that with Lamar Jackson, Ravens always got a shot. They always got a shot no matter what team they go against, no matter who's hurt, no matter what, they always got a shot. But when Lamar Jackson's not playing, things ain't so pretty. So I really appreciated this, the fact that people are having conversations about Lamar Jackson being a possible MVP and they're realizing it's not just about numbers. Numbers do play a big part now. They play a huge part, but they're not the end-all, be-all, and I really, really appreciate that. So we'll see how this thing shakes out. Now, this season, speaking of Lamar Jackson and these Baltimore Ravens, it's been some crazy stats that have come out this year in regards to the team. This is one of them. The Ravens have seven wins by 14 points or more this season. So it's like, all right, we won seven games, about 14 points or more, that's good enough already. But get this part, listen to this. All of those opponent opponents are currently above 500. So it ain't like the Ravens are just blowing out these bad teams or anything like that, no, no, no. They're winning decisively against winning teams. That's real right there. And again, it listed Houston, Cleveland, Detroit, Seattle, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, San Francisco. And it said, no team, not one. No team in NFL history has had more than five regular season wins by 14 points or more against teams that finished the season with a winning record. So Ravens just, they are such a great team. This is why we continue to say they gotta do it this year. Cause this team is extremely special. Ryan Clark, he said something that meant a lot to me of the other day, because there was a 49ers fan. And it's been crazy because Ravens, obviously, they got a lot of wins this year. They won 12 games. And of course, when you beat a team, you hear from their fan base, you hear this, that and the other. Some fan bases, they give a lot of respect to the Ravens and Lamar Jackson them. Other fan bases, they just, they don't know how to, and I think it comes from a place of being spoiled. And it's not necessarily a good or bad thing. I mean, it's a good thing for the fan base because that means if they're spoiled, they've been winning a lot. Like I remember back in 2019 with Patriots fans. Oh boy, it was the worst. Because Patriots fan, and they had Tom Brady too. Patriots fans, they were so used to winning every single year. We win so much, we win all them Super Bowls and whatnot. So when the Ravens beat the Patriots with Tom Brady, beat them, and Lamar Jackson undefeated against Tom Brady, by the way. But anyway, he's two or no. When Ravens beat Tom Brady and the Patriots, so many Patriots fans, they were just disrespectful. It was, it was ugly. It was really ugly. But I've been seeing a lot of the same thing with a lot of 49ers fans. A lot of 49ers fans have just been trying to discredit Lamar Jackson, been trying to discredit the Baltimore Ravens, been trying to tear them down over this loss. And yeah, this was a big game. And it was a big loss for them. But they just, a lot of fans don't know how to move with respect. And there was a tweet that somebody put out. He said, it was a 49ers fan, by the way. He said, MVP race and odds are a joke. They are a joke. Games with zero touchdowns, rushing or passing in 2023, Lamar Jackson has three. Brock Purdy has one. And it said, Purdy's odds plummeted last night while Jackson's skyrocketed. How can you win MVP if your team went two and one in three games you didn't score? So how can you win MVP? Again, this is why I appreciate the fact that Lamar Jackson is leading right now because it shows us not all about the numbers. It's about impact. This is what Ryan Clark said. He said, probably because one guy has played without his most reliable and consistent target most of the year. Speaking about Mark Andrews, he lost a running back last week, speaking about Keaton Mitchell and beat the best team in the NFC without him, speaking about the 49ers. And the other guy was 0-3. Once one of his targets was sidelined. So speaking about like Debo, Samuel, Christian McCaffrey, when those guys went down, Brock Purdy has not won a game. And then he finished it off and he said, then Brock Purdy had a game like this head to head yesterday. So, ooh, Ryan Clark, shout out to Ryan Clark. I love Ryan Clark as an analyst. Didn't like him as a player very much because he shattered some of my Ravens. But anyway, and that's real right there. And you know what? Ryan Clark talked about the Ravens losing Mark Andrews, the Ravens losing Keaton Mitchell, but that's not even a half because from the very first game, the Ravens lost, they didn't even have Mark Andrews in the first game. They lost JK Dobbins for the year. They lost Marcus Williams for a chance. Like we ain't gotta go down the list, but y'all know Ravens, despite the Ravens being as healthy as they ever have been, they still have a long list of guys that are insignificant guys that are hurt, that are missing time, that have missed a lot of time, that won't be returning this year. And one that may hopefully be returning later on this year, but we'll see how that goes. Now, big game, huge game, coming up against Miami Dolphins this Sunday. Thought I was gonna get flexed, but it's okay, the game is at 1 p.m., so we'll all be there watching. Now, the Baltimore Ravens, they got something that's right there in front of them for the taking. And one thing that I really, really appreciated about this Baltimore Ravens team this year as opposed to other years and previous years is that when everything lines up for the Baltimore Ravens in previous years, if stuff will line up like, oh, Ravens, all you gotta do is take care of your business and it's yours. Previous years, they will fall flat. Previous years, they will come up short. Previous years, it seemed like they just did not know how to handle when things were laid out right in front of them. But this year has been very different. This year, we've seen it so many times throughout the year, especially recently when it's like, all right, Baltimore Ravens, this team lost, that team lost, that team won, that team won. Oh, that lines up perfectly for you. What are you gonna do about it? How are you gonna handle it? The Baltimore Ravens this year have stepped up and showed out and they have won. They have taken care of their own business. So now, this, another opportunity presented right in front of them, Baltimore Ravens, all you gotta do is win. You're the number one seed. You don't need anything else. You don't need no other help. You don't need nothing. All you gotta do is win and you're the number one seed and it's a wrap. It's a wrap. Week 18 is cool, but week 18 won't even matter. You win against the Miami Dolphins who's gonna be a tough team. You win against them and it's yours. It's yours. So, and obviously the AFC North will be theirs as well, but the Baltimore Ravens, it's exciting knowing that because again, they have taken care of so much of their own business this year already that they can even be in this position to where all they gotta do is win. They don't need help. They don't need that team to lose. They don't need that team to lose. They win and you're number one. And you still got another week of football left. That is a beautiful thing in my eyes. Now, another stat. Again, we got a lot of stats to talk about in this video because there's a lot of things at the Ravens. They just make you excited, man. Another stat. The Baltimore Ravens, and shout out to my god, Kevin Ostrich, I said the Baltimore Ravens have not trailed by more than seven points at any point during the 2023 NFL season. That is insane. They have not trailed by more than a touchdown this entire season. And you know what's crazy about that? And it's kind of sad about that. Well, nothing sad about that, but Shannon Sharpe. I know a lot of Raven fans are big Shannon Sharpe fans, especially recently too, right? But Shannon Sharpe, he talked about how with the Baltimore Ravens, and we've heard this before, when Ravens both teams out, when Ravens went in like crazy, then people will try to change their stance. They'll try to change whatever their narrative is. Now it's like, oh, well, I want to see how the Ravens do playing from behind. I want to see how the Ravens passing is when they're losing a game. And it's like, really? That's like, come on now. Come on now. But anyway, that is a beautiful stat. Now, another stat. And this was just a personal stat for Mr. Dan Ovloski on one Lamar Jackson from that San Francisco 49ers game. Thus, highlighting why people feel like he is the MVP of the league, the most valuable player and the most valuable person on the Baltimore Ravens, but in the NFL says, because he said he counted eight plays. Coincidence number eight, eight plays, right? He counted eight plays where Lamar Jackson made something out of nothing. A positive play out of a negative starting point. And he said those eight plays accounted for 143 yards of offense. So again, numbers don't always tell the whole story. They do tell a big part of it, but in order to really fully appreciate Lamar Jackson, you have to fully watch a Lamar Jackson. You cannot just look at a stat sheet. I mean, you can appreciate him for sure, but it goes deeper than that. You gots to watch the games. You gots to watch him play because you will not fully understand just how dynamic of a player Lamar Jackson is unless you actually watch and don't even just watch the highlights because highlights don't even show everything. So that's very important. Now, another interesting stat about the Baltimore Ravens just flipping it to the defense. They have 54 sacks and 26 takeaways. That's a lot of sacks. And guess what? Both of those are first place in the NFL. Number one in the NFL. So leading the league in sacks, leading the league in takeaways, and that's a beautiful thing. That helps so much. Now, these stats were brought to you by Cole Jackson. Pressures allowed against the 49ers by the Ravens offensive line. So how do they do with allowing pressure? Because sacks, if a sack happens, it don't tell the whole story. And sometimes they're even games where no sacks will happen and we'll feel like, oh, the offensive line did really good, but if you watch the game, you'll see there's a lot of pressure that gets through in the quarterback, especially with Lamar Jackson. He just evades it. But let's look at the pressures allowed in this game. Two pressures were allowed by Morgan Moses and Tyler Linderbaum. One pressure was allowed by Ben Cleveland, Kevin Zeiland, John Simpson. So one each. So first for Morgan Moses and Tyler Linderbaum, two each. Ben Cleveland, Kevin Zeiland, John Simpson, one each. But zero, zero pressures were allowed by Ronnie Stanley, Pat McCurry, and a bonus, Deo Philele. So against a Joey Bolsa, against a Chase Young, against a Hargrave, against all those boys, against 49ers defense, then they'll send blisters sometimes too now. They allowed a total of two plus two is four, then plus three is seven. Seven pressures. I'll take that all day. I'll take that all day, especially against 49ers. I'll take that all day. Now, somebody who has not only been getting pressure for the Baltimore Ravens, but they've been getting sacks as well. And that's my guy hashtag JC24, Mr. Jadavion Clowney. That was probably my favorite signing of this off season, obviously, besides Lamar Jackson. But that's probably my favorite sign of this off season. Love the O'Dell Beckham Jr. signed it too. It was right up there. But Jadavion Clowney was my favorite one. Baltimore Raven signed him for a 2.5 mil and a shout out to Zach Ballinger, who highlighted this. He said, EDCA Clowney 2.5 mil for this type of production. Absolute steal of the season. So he has eight and a half sacks right now. Eight and a half sacks. And he got a million pressures too. But see what Jadavion Clowney, that eight and a half sacks is supposed to be a lot higher than that. His number is supposed to be a lot higher. His sack total is supposed to be a lot higher. He's missed so many sacks. He's been right there. So the fact that he has been right there, he's been getting a lot of pressure and great pressure. He's been doing a phenomenal job. I really wanna see him finish with double digit sacks. I mean, this is good already, but I wanna see him get even more. Shout out to my guy, hashtag JC24. Now, another stat that is crazy. It's crazy. For Lamar Jackson again. Told y'all there's a lot of exciting numbers and news with the Ravens. More, there's more. Lamar Jackson is undefeated. So he leads the 6-0 or 7-0 against, in his career, versus top five scoring defenses. So the best of the best in the NFL when it comes to scoring defense. On the road. So he is undefeated. He has never lost a game on the road against a top five scoring defense. That's crazy. And that does not make any type of sense. None of it. It doesn't. But again, thus showing you how special Lamar Jackson really is. Lamar Jackson now 20 and one. A record of 20 wins and one loss versus the NFC. He's crazy, man. And obviously it's not just Lamar Jackson. It's the whole Baltimore Ravens team. And it's a collective effort. But that is an amazing statistic, man. That is crazy. So another thing too with Lamar Jackson. A lot of people have, they talked about the numbers and how all year he only got this much passing touchdowns and da da da da da. Now one thing, context is very important. Gus Edwards has 12 touchdowns this year. So shout out to Gus. Gus the bus. Live stream be calling them a G-wag. And we're gonna talk about that nickname a little bit later. Anyway, he has 12 touchdowns this year. But all of them have been inside the 10 yard line. All 12 of Gus touchdowns came right there on the goal line. Hey, hand it off to Gus. Run it off the gut, Gus. Go do your thing, Gus. They've been right there. But that lets you know that Lamar Jackson is Ravens offense. They've moved the ball downfield in order to put Gus in position to get these touchdowns. So that's something that needs to be highlighted to people too. It's important that that's recognized. He's your MVP. And then last but certainly not least, Kyle Hamilton. We love Kyle Hamilton. He is amazing. Kyle Hamilton is just great. His impact on the Baltimore Ravens has been phenomenal. But the NFL recognized that this week and they said that Kyle Hamilton, he was named the AFC defensive player of the week after his two interception game against the San Francisco 49ers. So shout out to SuperDuper Kyle because he has been killing it. Killing it this year. Last year, I remember it started off a little shaky for him early on in the season. But once he got it, he got it and it clicked. And I love, I love, love, love, love, love the fact that I remember last year the Baltimore Ravens just used him as a weapon. They had him in a slot. They had him do a little bit of safety. They had him do some pass rush outside linebacker. They had him everywhere. But they used him as a weapon last year. So then I remember this year I was thinking, uh-oh, they traded your clock away to the Jets. And now I would expect them to probably put Kyle Hamilton more of an inter-traditional safety role right there, strong safety. I'm sure you could probably do it, but I would have much rather them leave him where he is, don't try to fix what's not broken. Guess what the Baltimore Ravens did this year? They did not try to fix what wasn't broken. Mike McDonald, you are amazing. You are amazing. Todd Monke, you've been doing a pretty good job too. And now we still got some little kinks to work out, but the fact that the Baltimore Ravens, they can have an off game on offense and still put up 33, still put up 33 with having an off game, amazing. And we cannot, we cannot just give a shout out to Todd Monke. We cannot just give a shout out to Mike McDonald without giving a shout out to John Harbaugh. So special shout out to Raven's head coach, John Harbaugh as well.