 For a team that has been accustomed this year to getting so much bad news. It's always refreshing when we actually get some good YouTube team. Keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video. And in this video, Brandon Williams, Justin Matibike and Justin Houston are officially back after being placed on the COVID-19 list last week. After Jalen Ferguson tested positive and they were deemed close contacts. They are back and expected to all go this week. Well, they still have to practice, of course, but they're back. Jalen Ferguson is not back yet, but those guys are. And what that means to the Ravens? Oh, it's yeah, it's a lot. But before we get into it, I got to say that I appreciate y'all. I love y'all and don't let anybody throw you off your game, especially somebody who's opinion of you is insignificant. I got to admit, unless somebody threw me off a little bit yesterday, whether it was only for a couple of minutes, but that was a couple of minutes where I was just off for a little bit. And their pain, it really doesn't even matter. And it shouldn't have even mattered even for those couple of minutes. But I let it matter for those couple of minutes. So that's on me. But I appreciate y'all. I appreciate you all's positivity. Like 99 percent of y'all for Team Keep It Clean, y'all positive. And again, y'all are positive, whether we agree or disagree. Now, you know what? Actually, 100 percent, because if somebody is negative, even when we disagree, then they're not really Team Keep It Clean, because that's not what we're about, man. But anyway, I love y'all and I appreciate y'all. So back to the news. Brandon Williams, he's back and he was missed. A lot last week with Brandon Williams. We just know we always know when he's not out there because it showed. So when he's not out there for an entire game. Oh, yeah, it's we feel it. We see it. We understand it when we like, oh, my goodness, we need 98 more than ever because the run defense, they suffer big time. They suffer so much and it's just clear as day. Brandon Williams is such he's the anchor of this run defense. He makes the run defense that much better. He makes guys around him. He makes their job easier because he takes on all these blockers. He is just he's a force. And again, I always say if people ask me, oh, who's the most underrated Raven split, Brandon Williams, Brandon or who's the most underappreciated Raven split, Brandon Williams is him all day, every day. But he's back him back is big. It's huge. He's the first and second down linemen. He's not a third down. Well, when third down is a passing down, he's not a passing down defensive linemen. No, that's not him. But first and second down on a run defense. Yeah, that's your guy. So it's going to be nice having him back, especially against these Broncos, man. It's going to be really nice. Justin Madabek, he has been somebody who's had an impact. Both on run and pass defense because he's somebody who again, we saw him coming along strong toward the end of last year. And then this year, he's been very, very active. They've been using him a lot. They like we knew they really value Justin Madabek a lot. And I always tell the story with Justin Madabek because it's just so significant to me because of last year, last year when he got hurt. The Ravens could have put him on I.R. And they could have been like, you know what, you're going to miss three games, but they didn't. And I think he was out like the first two games. And I think he came back week three. But the fact that they kept the rookie spot on the active roster, instead of putting him on I.R. temporarily and giving that spot to somebody else that just said a lot to me about Justin Madabek and we saw throughout the season, especially toward the end of the season, we saw exactly why they felt that way. And then, of course, we've been seeing it this season, too. Justin Madabek is a force. He is a disruptive player. And he is in such a good situation because we all expect him to take over. Kalaeus Campbell, he ain't getting no younger. Brandon Williams, he ain't getting no younger. Panel McPhee, he ain't getting no younger. Justin Madabek, somebody who can bring it from the interior, even the exterior as well, he's somebody that you can move around. And we expect him to take over for those guys soon enough. And Derrick Wolf also ain't getting no younger. So he, the position that he's in, learning from Kalaeus Campbell, learning from Brandon Williams and taking everything, talking in all that knowledge while gaining a lot of experience at the same time is great for him. So when he does end up taking over probably next year, that he's not going in blindly like, oh, man, what am I supposed to do? No, he's got guys showing in the ropes right now so that'll help in the future. But he's somebody that we missed as well. Jared Goff. Yeah, I think Tavon Young sacked him, Chuck Clark sacked him and whatnot. But was Jared Goff getting consistently pressured? No, especially in that second half, especially in that second half. Second half was just they made adjustments. They adjusted to our defense and just made the game very stressful. There were some other reasons why the game was very stressful, but we didn't need to talk about those no more. So Justin Matibike, welcome back. And then last but not least, Justin Houston. Justin Houston veteran guy, Yoda guy. I mean, you could put the title of defensive coordinator on his job title right now, too, with him giving wink tips on stuff to do and that stuff worked. But again, the past rush, we were missing that, especially the second half against the Lions on Sunday. So him being out or him being back, it helps a lot, especially because timing is everything. Dalen Hayes, although it was his first game, so he hadn't played the previous two games. He was out there for a little bit, then boom, now he's out for at least three games. He didn't even finish the game the other day. So we down the past Russia. Tyus Bowser, he's been a little quiet this season so far. Almost made a play the other day, though, which was good. We wish he would have made a play, but that's why he plays defense because he ain't got hands like that. So that's cool. And better that he dropped that would be interception rather than him allowing it to go to a Detroit Lions players hands. So there's that look, you can look at the negative, but you got to look at the positive to look at it from both ways. But Justin Houston, with this past rush, he helps, he helps because we saw, I mean, we've been seeing it for the past all three weeks, really, that this team has been. I mean, because these games like just we've been gas from the games, but the team has definitely been gassed in these games. So when you're down so much depth, it just makes everybody that much more tired. It's like, oh, man, we really missing those guys because Jelly had to play that much more. Um, the guy they called up from the practice squad. I was McKenzie. Is it Isaiah McKenzie? I think I don't remember off the top of my head. But those guys, Kalaeus Campbell, of course, those guys had to put in that much more. But now we got our guys back. So it just this is big, man. So I know there was somebody and it was a good point. There was somebody who made a comment on the video before the game. And they were like, I think a lot of people are undervaluing just how big of a loss all these guys were. And so some of us did. And not even that some of us see, I take that back, not even that some of us undervalued how big of a loss it was. I think that we just felt like, all right, well, if this is going to happen, the timing of it is not good, but this is a better timing than it happening later against a better team, so to speak. Because since it was the Lions, then a lot of us were like, OK, so we we should be. All right, we should be OK. Since it was against the Lions, but we saw that and again, wasn't because of the defense. We the Lions, they they hung around. The defense actually they were doing pretty good in that first half. It's just the offense that they they they they let us down. They let the team down and that kept the game close. So these guys impacts these guys being out that impact felt it even more. So but it's nice that they're back now again. Of course, Jalen Ferguson, he's not back yet. So we'll see how long it takes for him to get back. And yeah, Ravens practices today. Sure, start actually in a little bit. But y'all again, y'all have a good day. You have a really great day. Do your thing, keep going, keep pushing. Just don't let nobody rock you off me or knock you off or whatever. Don't let nobody knock you off. I appreciate y'all. Thank you for always listening. Thank you for just making this thing a part of your lives. I mean, thank you for being willing to give me the chance to be part of you all's lives with what it's talking about. Ravens is talking about whatever in the NFL. I appreciate that opportunity. So I love y'all. And like Brandon Williams, Justin Matibike and Justin Houston no longer are. I'm out.