 And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Yeah, this fam's like a dream boy, he like automated, automated. So, YouTube team keep it clean, welcome to another episode of questions from y'all. But before we get into it, if I'm looking at the watch that I do not have on my wrist, then I believe it's almost that time for Lamar Jackson and Ravens. It's almost that cutoff time when it comes to contract talks. Because Lamar Jackson let it be known like, hey, week one, that's it. That's it, week after week one, we're going into week one. If we don't have a contract by then, hey, it ain't gonna happen. And Lamar Jackson, he has been a man of his word with stuff that he says. And so, I mean week one is like, we're going into week one now because preseason is obviously over. That time between the last preseason game and the first week going into the first week of the season, that's like now. That's like now because tomorrow is going to be Monday. And hey, that's when they really start preparing for those jets. And Joe Flacco, of course. But anyway, so they obviously haven't come to a contract agreement yet. So, that might be it. That might be it. So, we'll see unless something crazy happens over the next 24, possibly 48 hours, then that cutoff time, that thing may come up. So, anyway, we'll see how it goes. Well, we of course are going to talk. Ravens, we of course are going to talk contract. But first, we of course are going to talk the newest team keeping clean patrons. Shout out to Kevin P. Shout out to B. Jones and shout out to Tim M. Appreciate y'all being patrons. If anybody would like to become a team keeping clean patron, again, you don't have to. But if you would like to, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving vids. Now, also, we got a lot of new team keeping clean channel members. Now, remember for the channel members, that's another way to show extra support. If you choose to, you don't have to. 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Let's go to one of our newest team keeping clean patrons. It came from my guy, B Jones. He said, what's going on, man? Love what you're doing. You have the good work. Hope you remember me, the truck driver from Be More. Much love to you and the family. Hey, appreciate you, man. All right. No, no, no. We appreciate it. Not I. We appreciate it. Because again, like I said, that's what it's about, man. It's about love. It's about positivity. It's about support. It's about family, man. Like straight up. Next question came from... Oh, this guy. Next question came from Gary, another team keeping clean patron. He said, I hate on you because you have weird eyebrows and your ears are weird. But I watch anyway. Hey, don't call it weird. I'm unique. I'm unique. So whatever's going on with these eyebrows that you hate on, whatever's going on with these ears that you hate on, they are unique. So thank you, Mr. Gary. Next... Oh, okay. Next question came from Outlaw, Outlaw88. He said, just saying thank you. Thank you for reading my question on your channel. Me and my co-workers, who are Ravens fans, have been following you for at least two seasons now. I agree with everything you say and I can't wait to hear what my friends think. My last question made me sound like I'm not a Lamar fan, which everyone will find funny, by the way. Sometimes he just makes me think he doesn't want to be here, like on Twitter. Oh, that trolling. It must have got you there, man. He said, Lamar has been underpaid for years now, just for immediately bringing us back to life. I have not forgotten. Because he's always in the news and how good he is, makes the Ravens more popular and more valuable as a franchise. Oof. Yeah, you certainly use the word right there, more valuable as a franchise. So that's... He said, I can't wait to talk about the games again, contract or not. So hey, I appreciate that, man. I appreciate it. Yeah, man, Lamar, I know with Lamar, him being such a polarizing figure, a polarizing topic that he... There's a lot of attention that he brings and anything that he does has a lot of attention on it. So I know how big that can be. But I appreciate you a lot, Outlaw. Thank you. Next question from a patron came from Rasta Sheen. And again, let me know if I'm pronouncing your name in the wrong way. But Rasta Sheen said, good afternoon. Do you think the Ravens will bring in Blake Martinez for a visit? So recently cut a linebacker from the Giants. And I know he used to play for the Packers before. I think he was number 47 on the Packers. I don't, though. I mean, I think he's coming off a big leg injury. I think that's what it was. I don't. I think that... I think one possibility that a lot of us, including myself, forget about is LJ Fort. If the Ravens may feel like the linebacker unit is a little bit shaky, they may bring in somebody that they're more familiar with in LJ Fort. And we of course know he got injured in the second pre-season game last year. Or was it the third? I think it was... I forget which one it was, but he got injured in the pre-season last season. And that ended his year. But I think with them being familiar with him, familiar with his game, familiar with his body, since that he's been on the team for the past, like, what, two years. I think that could be a possibility if they decide they want to bring in another linebacker. Next question also came from another Patrons from Nazarene. Said, don't get me wrong, if they give Lamar Jackson 200 mil, good. Give him 205 mil guaranteed and 275 mil total. He shouldn't step on a field without signing something. I've seen that question brought up a lot, that Lamar, he shouldn't take the field without signing a new deal. And I mean, I couldn't be mad at that. But he did already say, like we talked about, he's a man of his word. He said he wasn't gonna hold out. He said he wasn't gonna hold out. I do think, I mean, I know, I think we all know that if Lamar Jackson decided to hold out, then that would really be putting pressure on the Ravens. Cause that, like, again, if he decided, even back OTAs, mini camp, and obviously training camp, if he decided he was gonna hold out, then that would have made the Ravens make some real tough decisions. Because they, and it would have made them, it had to make decisions fast. And the longer it took, the more leverage that Lamar Jackson would have had. Reason I say that is because, St. Vincent, he decided to hold out and the Ravens are like, oh, okay, what are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? And they were like, they were like, you know what, we're not gonna do this. We're gonna trade them. We're gonna trade them. We're trading Lamar Jackson. Then if they did that, they would have had to have done that early. So whatever their plan, their backup plan was gonna be at quarterback, they would have had to start it inserting it like right away. But on the flip side, if Lamar Jackson held out and they were like, man, we want Lamar Jackson here. We want him to be our guy. We gotta get something done. We gotta get this thing moving. We gotta get this thing going. Oh, man, come on, man. So the longer it took, and the longer they were like, hey, we know Lamar Jackson is our guy, and he was holding out, they would have had to have come to a contract agreement with him. They would have had to like really stepped it up. And the reason I keep saying the Ravens would have need to step it up because there's no deal yet. There's no deal yet. And so obviously that means, especially since they have been in contract talks, if there's no deal, then that means both sides ain't happy. Both sides ain't happy with the way things are going. And Lamar Jackson obviously, because he's the one that has to agree to what they offer, but they ain't offering nothing that he agrees to yet. And on the Raven side, it's like, hey, who knows the way that they're going? Are they slowly offering him more and more? Or are they like, hey, Lamar, this is the most that we're gonna offer you, take it or leave it? We don't know. We don't know. But that has been one of the most fun things about this whole deal. We don't know. So we can wait. We can watch. We can think. We can speculate. But we just don't know. But anyway, he said another quick question. Why didn't Lamar debunk the source? Oh, but anyway, to the previous question, Lamar Jackson, if he would have held out, something would have got done with him one way or another. But this is the next question. He said, why didn't Lamar debunk the source that said the Ravens offered him more guarantee than Kyla, but debunked someone on Twitter saying that he was offered more than Watson? I don't know. It could be to just put a little pressure on the Ravens to offer him more than Watson. Who knows? Because I think with the source, with the whole thing about him being offered more than Kyla, I think that would be obvious. Like there would be no way that Lamar Jackson would take less than Kyla, especially again, first off, the way that the quarterback market works. And then Lamar Jackson versus Kyla Murray, like, hello, no. There's no way that he would accept less than Kyla Murray. So I feel like that him being offered more than Kyla Murray, I feel like that's a given. That's a given. I feel like that wouldn't be a secret anything. That wouldn't be somewhere it's like, oh man, is it really true or not? No, of course he would need to be offered more than Kyla Murray. So that's why I think he wouldn't even bother debunking that. Next question also came from a patron, Kendrick. He said, what's the word in Raven over this time? Every media outlet discussing Lamar and spewing out information on their own opinion. They better not be sharing their opinion. You know that's frowned upon. Anyway, that are not facts, but they want you to believe that they are. Anyway, I feel like all this money being thrown around media outlets and some players turn media as well as some players, they let money be more a reason than love of the game. They're more focused on who makes more money and the fame. Lamar Jackson hasn't done that last year. He got paid 1.2 or so mil this year. He's making 23 mil and some change. Like that's a big difference, especially coming from where he came from. He could only imagine seeing that type of money. So people telling him to hold out and not go into the season with a contract, don't have the love of the game like Lamar. He just loves the game and the pay is a bonus. Don't get it confused. He knows it's worth, but why hold out when he could break out the season and break the bank? Just a thought. Let me know what you think. Big trust. I see what you're saying. Trust me, I do Kendrick. But wow, Lamar Jackson, he obviously loves his job. What do you sign up to work for? What do you sign up to work for? Do you, in your job, do you go to work? And especially if you love your job, you love your coworkers and stuff, you love the environment, do you go there and be like, oh man, you know what? Hey, I love my job so much. I love the environment so much. I love my coworkers so much that, you know? Y'all don't gotta pay me? Well, what you pay me? I don't need a raise. I don't ever need a raise. Even though I am such a significant part of this company, this company would not be doing nearly as good as it is without me. I don't need a raise. No, I'm underpaid now. Yeah, I'll keep being underpaid. Now, and why you appreciate getting paid for what you do, but you are also deserving of a big hefty raise. You're gonna take that raise. You're gonna try to get that raise. Especially, again, you're looking at your peers who have done a lot of what you haven't done or something. Haven't done what you have done. Oh, that was a little tongue twister. Kind of confused myself with that, too. But you're gonna want to get paid. So the thing with Lamar Jackson, again, him wanting to get paid does not mean, oh, he doesn't love the game. No, no, no, no, no. Get your money. Get your bread. Get it. Get it. It's plenty out there for everybody. Get it. So with Lamar Jackson, yeah, I understand where he came from and everything and that, yeah, he already done made a lot of money, but now he getting ready to make a whole lot more. So, hey, the clock is ticking and it's time for him to take advantage of it. So, I mean, with the whole holding out, it wouldn't mean that he didn't love the game. But again, he already said he wasn't gonna hold out, but if he would have held out, it wouldn't mean he didn't love the game. It means that he is also a businessman. You can love this game all you want to. This game don't love you, though. This game don't love the players, man. It's a business. It is a business. That's why I never fault players for trying to get as much bread as they possibly can because the NFL is a business. And they don't love you long time like that. Yeah, you make them some money, but once you're done making them money, they will chew you up and spit you out quick and you will be replaced quick, quick. They don't care, man. They will move on to the next greatest and greatest thing. So that's for any player. For any player, get your bread because, again, what I just said, I'm not saying that Lamar Jackson is just so replaceable. What I'm saying is that, again, the NFL, they will move on from players. They will move on from stars. They will move on from those people because the next big thing will come up and the next big thing will come up. So they'll keep going. They'll keep going. But, hey, if you ain't get your money, your money won't keep going, at least not from the NFL. No. So get it why you can. Next question came from another patron, my guy, A.W. Jukezman. He said, A.N. Graven often think and still scratch my head about this. Do you think if we had Tyrell Suggs, C.J. Mosey, and Michael Crabtree in that, oh, 2019, 20 playoff game in the 14 and two season, do you think C.J. would have stopped Derek Henry and Suggs would have gotten to Tanner here? Oh, they all certainly would have helped, especially the first two you mentioned. It's funny that you, oh, a lot. Let me keep reading because I was about to say, it's funny he didn't mention Crabtree yet. He mentioned Crabtree last. But anyway, he said, and I may get burned for this, LOL, but yes, Crabtree. Let's not forget he had a big game against the Titans in 2018 when he was lined up on Malcolm Butler. I wonder if that's the game where the previous week, he had all them drops and then he came back and he had a good game. I think that might have been it, but I don't know. He said, Crabtree is no bolder. No, not even close at all. I remember when Raven's first signed Crabtree, I was excited because I'm like, man, we got a number one wide receiver with that attitude and we need that, man. And he did have it. And one thing I loved about Crabtree, he was extremely supportive, no matter the situation, extremely supportive, no matter what. And Willie Snead was too. John Brown, no, he wasn't like that. But Michael Crabtree, when they showed him on the sideline and stuff, and you just saw his body language and stuff, he was always super supportive. He came there for Joe Flacco. All right, Flacco got taken out. Lamar inserted in. Crabtree was with it, man. Willie Snead came there for Joe Flacco. Lamar Jackson got inserted in. Willie Snead was with it. John Brown came there for Joe Flacco. Lamar Jackson got inserted in. Ooh, alligator arms. He said, I trusted Crabtree much more than Miles Boykin, Seth Roberts. He had chemistry with Lamar a bit. Only one who didn't, oh, who didn't out of him. Snead and John Brown was John Brown. I think they might have been missing a word right there, but it's all good. He said, so how would a team be with CJ Moji Suggs, Judom, Brandon Williams, Marlon Humphrey, Juice Man, Jimmy Smith, Brandon Cart, and the offensive of Lamar Jackson, Mark Ingram, Gus Edwards, Mark Ingram was hurt. But anyway, Justice Hill, Crabtree, Hollywood Snead, and Miles Boykin, Seth Roberts in our three-headed monster at tight end at the time. How would we have fared against the Tennessee Titans? I mean, we saw with Michael Crabtree, he struggled with drops too. But hopefully he would have been one of those players like Hollywood to where they have their drops in the regular season. But playoffs, they turn it up. But it's one of those things we just never know. But that was a cool little patron question, mash up to where we did them all in a row. But anyway, next question came from my guy Christian. Oh, he said, good morning, Graven. I just want to say thank you, and I appreciate everything you do for the NFL community. You ain't got to do that. I thank you all for everything that y'all do for Team Keep It Clean family. But he said, that's for the question. The main topic is about Lamar Jackson getting a fully guaranteed contract. Like, yes, in my opinion, he's done more than Deshaun Watson. So he deserves it. But then you look at Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen. They've done more than Lamar, as far as accomplishments besides MVP. Oh, yeah, it's because Russell Wilson, Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, Super Bowl, and Ben two Super Bowls and like a million ALC championships. Josh Allen, Divisional, no, Divisional, no, that was Divisional round. Well, that's a crazy game though. But I think his highest is Divisional. But anyway, they've done more than Lamar, as far as accomplishments besides MVP, and don't have fully guaranteed contracts. How do you see this playing out? I obviously want Lamar to get his money, but do you think Russell Wilson makes it even harder to get the fully guaranteed contract? He said, thank you again, and I apologize for laying through the question. No, this wasn't a long question at all. Russell Wilson, I don't think Russell Wilson necessarily makes it harder. It all just depends on how Lamar and his people, they present him, because Ravens could be like, Hey, look, Russell Wilson, he's just the latest quarterback to get paid. He didn't get a fully guaranteed deal. And Lamar Jackson could be like, Oh yeah, that's cool. But hey, Russell Wilson is like 33, 34, something like that. I'm 25, 26. So when you talk about what I've done already, especially how much y'all need me, but what I've done already, and what I still have yet to do, and especially based off of potential. Like again, Russell Wilson, he gonna go over there and Denver do his thing. And I think they're gonna do really well, because that's the biggest thing that they will miss, even though they're in a tough, tough division. Oh, they're in a tough division. But Lamar, he could look and say, Hey, Russell Wilson is like, He's older. I'm not older. Give me my guaranteed money. He said, Hey, Russell Wilson, cool and everything, but look at the Sean Watson and what he got. And he said, Everybody's saying that that's an outlier of a contract. Lamar gonna be like, No, no, no, no. I want that to be my new norm. Next question came from my boy, Javo. He said, Do you see a scenario by us not paying Lamar Jackson and keeping Tyler Huntley? Um, I certainly think that the Ravens, I think they will consider that. And I'm pretty sure that they've thought about that option, not that they're not saying that they would want to do that, that that will be their first choice. I think their first choice would be to get Lamar Jackson signed before a deal that they like, to where they come out of it, feeling like, All right, we didn't necessarily lose on those contract negotiations because somebody, somebody gonna lose me. Somebody gonna lose. Not everybody can win when it comes to contract negotiations. Somebody got to give something that they didn't want to give and it could come from either side. But I certainly think that the Ravens would think about that option as like, Hey, just in case, just in case. Because again, like we keep talking about, yeah, Lamar Jackson, he is a businessman. I mean, we're seeing with all the commercials, the endorsements and sponsorships, all that he is a businessman. But the Ravens, they also a business too. So in business, especially in negotiations, you got to consider all options. You got to consider the options. Like, Hey, if this person in negotiations, if they end up getting over on us, All right, cool. Do it. Hey, if we end up getting over on them on negotiations, okay, cool. Oh, well, if we can't come to an agreement, what's going to be all other options? Next question came from my boy, Melvin G. He said, What's up, team keeping clean? I don't think we realize something that Lamar Jackson has the potential to be top 10 in passing and rushing. And in my opinion, whoa, whoa. Hey, I told y'all be careful about sharing your opinions, man. Be careful. Let's just found a point. He said, in my opinion, he deserves to be the highest-paid quarterback in NFL. The only person on the Ravens offense that makes at least 20 mil is Ronnie Stanley. Oh, he said, Ronnie, stay hurt Stanley. But yet this offense is consistently top 10 in the league, which is why I don't understand when people want Greg Roman to be fired. Have we already forgotten why Justin Tucker is the goal? It's because Joe couldn't get the ball in the end zone consistently. But what he could do is get passing a variance to get us in a field goal range. Lamar deserves to make half a billion, like my boy Mark Ingham said years ago. Pay this man before you lose half the fan base. Well, yeah, he does have the potential to be top 10 in rushing and passing. I just, I don't know. Like I keep saying, the fact that he's asked to be the Ravens top passer, oh, cool, but top rusher too. It's like, come on then. And I just, I think it just, it's based off of so much. Sometimes it's design runs. Sometimes it's just the lack of quality and offense. And again, the way he's looking, waiting for something to come open, waiting for some guys to start running next to each other. But it's, I don't know, man. It's just, he deserves his money from everything that he's done and everything that he's gonna continue to do, especially a healthy Lamar. Because again, last year, we didn't even have a healthy Lamar even when he was playing. He was not fully healthy at all. He wasn't. Lamar Jackson looked significantly slower last year. You could just tell, man. You could tell. And it's crazy because of significantly slower Lamar Jackson still got speed, but he still, he looked significantly slower than me all last year. He really did. So hopefully this can be a year where, oh yeah, if he get top 10 passing, cool. But really just, I just really hope the Ravens just, they have more of a flow. The offense has a better flow. And their offense can complement both sides of it. The running and the passing, they can complement each other. The Ravens can consistently have options as far as the type of offense that they run and the different options on the offense as far as the weapons. And hope people can really be put in position to do well. That's the biggest thing for me this year, man. People get put in position to do well and they get put in position to do well consistently. That can just take the team, the offense to another level. And that can also take Lamar Jackson's pockets to another level as well. This question came from Chazeray. He said, I think Raw should be the Mike Linebacker and put Patrick Queen on the outside to use his speed sideline and sideline. I don't know if you all have seen it, but I've seen how he avoids contact and makes business decisions on certain place. Raw showed that he is not afraid to hit the gaps and this move will make Queen show off his talent. You know what? I honestly would not be mad at that. Because again, like you mentioned, Queen with that speed and he is an excellent blitzer. And Raw's with his smarts. That'll be a nice combination of both. And I'm saying Queen is stupid or anything like that. But that will be a nice combination, somebody who is a good tackler. Now, I feel like you couldn't just throw Raw's in there from jump. It would have to be like a gradual thing. Because while those were NFL players that Raw's was going up against, all right, let's see how he goes up against those starter running backs. The Derrick Henry's, even though I know we don't play them this year, at least in regular season. But the Derrick Henry's, the Joe Mixins, the Kareem Hunt, the Nick Chubbs, let's see how he goes up against those guys. But it would be hard to know when he would get an opportunity to do that because you have Patrick Queen, because you have Josh Bynes, because you have Malik Harrison, and depending on how the roster shakes out. So I do see your vision, but I just don't know how he would get there. What if, next question came from my guy, 5-3 Giant. He said, I just want to start by saying, I want Lamar to stay and I want to see him paid. With that said, hey, that's disclaimer talk right there. I just want to start by saying, I want Lamar to stay and I want to see him paid. With that said, it looks like the franchise tag looks more and more likely by the day. What if Lamar didn't sign the tag and sat out a year? Don't think it would ever happen, but how would you feel about that? Thanks for the great content. It's very appreciated. No, I appreciate you, man. I just, I don't envision that happening. I could envision him sitting out with a franchise tag, but for a year, no. I don't think that would have, something would be done before it got to that point. Something would be done, whether he got moved or whether he came back, something would be done. If he didn't want to play on a franchise tag, then, and he really, excuse me, made it known to the Ravens, he didn't want to play on a franchise tag, then they would either have to come to a deal with him, but if they didn't want to, I think they would move him. I really think they would move him. This is why I just, I hope the franchise tag just does not even happen, because it, I don't know, man. It just, that's, because I know a lot of people, like they've been panicking now by Lamar Jackson, the whole contract thing, I would be panicking right now. Right now, like, okay, cool, whatever, we'll see what happens. But if it got to that, to franchise tag time, then I think that's when panic should kick in. Next question came from my guy, Joel. He said, Lamar is akin to 2007 LeBron James. Hello, Mr. Engraven. I want to commend you on building a platform that allows us Ravens fans to ask questions, interact and provide our perspective on our favorite team in a respectful manner. Super W and I wish you more success. I appreciate that, Joel. That, I mean, that's what it's about, man. You, like, you said everything perfectly. That's exactly what it's about. He said, I believe that Mr. D'Costa and John Harbaugh have failed, Lamar Jackson. After his rookie year, we understood that Lamar had immense potential. So I commend the organization for putting the ball in his hand and telling the offense to his abilities. My problem is once we realized he was a generational talent, we did nothing to assure ourselves a chance to win. That's it. That's it. I mean, they, I just feel like the lack of getting those guys, guys like that on offense. Not guys that just necessarily just had potential, but guys that have been reaching their potential already like that with a mix of guys with potential. It don't got to be one or the other. It can be both. So potential is the high draft picks that I received, Hollywood Brown, then eventually Rashad Bateman. Okay, those are potential guys. But what about guys who have been reaching their potential already in the league? I think that would have made such a big difference. And yeah, after like two rookie seasons, like, okay, question mark still. After 2019, it's like, oh, okay. Oh, we got one. We got one of them guys. Unanimous MVP. That mean it ain't no other like debate, no other decision or other questions. Hey, oh, this was that guy. Oh, yeah, yeah, we got him. We got our guy. All right. Let's really try to take him to another level now. But anyway, I say like LeBron in 2007, who led his Cavs to the NBA championship with marginal talent around him. The teammate no moves the following years in order to compete for a championship. So LeBron James left. We see what the Eagles have done for Jalen Hertz, the bingos for Joe Burrow, the Beals, the Bucks, the Dolphin Saints. The list goes on and on. It does. Rather than capitalizing on the Marz rookie contract, they remain conservative. I personally think that they, the Ravens will love to win a championship, sure, but are just as content to be known as a well run organization that is always in the mix. Joe, you can't be bringing it like that right now. It's too early for this. Woo. He said Eric DeCosta has this lore among some Ravens fans that he is some great GM. I'm personally unimpressed. He has drafted no one of consequence thus far. I could be wrong this year. For some draft guru, he sure does miss a lot. Like why would you hoard picks when you can move up and get elite talent that would make the team better in positions of need? And then we pick up a million undrafted free agents just for them not to make the team. Well, my name is Josh Ross. He made the team. But yeah. Wow. Joel is, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Wow. The draft pick thing. Oh, that, that one like, I felt that one on another level because that's something that we've been saying too with the draft pick is like a quality over quantity. That's why I never thought going into this draft especially like 10 draft picks. No, there's no way. And they went and drafted 11 players. Now, so far they've been getting good stuff out of a good amount of those players. But we're going to see over the years and whatnot. But there have been a lot of misses in the draft. There have been a lot of misses. And then trading guys drafting some guys and cutting them the same year. It's a in the draft. Hey, it's you never know. It's a risk. But we hope it will be a more calculated risk. And I agree wholeheartedly about the part as far as using instead of having a bunch of draft picks then putting something together and moving up for the, yeah, like you said, the more elite talent. Oh, I'm with you all day on that one. Anyway, he did say, I respectfully disagree with you on the idea that the style of that the style of offense cannot win a championship. The most dominant team this past two out of three years have been the San Francisco 49ers. They won. They won the Super Bowl past two out of three years. 49ers did. Did they? Did they? Did they? Because they, I think last year, they beat the Packers in the playoffs. It was great. And with the Cowboys, I think they beat them. But then, oh, hold up. Oh, no, the Rams won the Super Bowl. I think a couple of years ago when the Super Bowl in Miami 49ers, they came through. Hey, they came through the championship. And oh, oh, no, it was the Chiefs. The Chiefs. But they didn't make it, though. They didn't make it. And they've been competing. They've been competing. But with the 49ers, they are a run heavy team. But they have a passing game that is very creative and it puts their guys in positions to have success. It does that. They got a dominant tight end when he's healthy. In George Kittle. Raven's got a dominant tight end too. With Debo Samuel, they featured him a lot. Obviously, as a receiver, but obviously running the ball too. But they featured him a lot and he was nice, man. But they find ways to put guys in position of success. That's my biggest thing with the Ravens that we've just been echoing a lot. But anyway, let me continue. He said they rely heavily on their run game in defense. Oh, yeah, I forgot about the defense part. With the below average quarterback. But they have such a talent gap on most of the NFL that even a bottom half quarterback can be a drop pick away from going to two Super Bowls in three years. Our team, oh yeah, that safety. Who was the safety that dropped that pick? That safety he had. He was like, oh yeah, it's coming in then. But anyway, he said our team lacks high end talent. Oof, besides the QB. And that is why we will not be able to compete for a championship. Oh my goodness. See, Joel, why are you doing this, man? Why you had to break stuff down so just beautifully, man? Why you gotta do that? Why you gotta do that, man? Oh gosh, this has been one of my favorite questions in a long time. And that's obviously no offense to any other question. But the way that he's just going through and explaining everything that he's thinking and he's explaining it in detail and he's giving you the reasons why this and why that. Man, oh boy. He said, I know I ramble for forever. And I do apologize, please don't apologize for that. But I'm such a huge fan of the content and a frustrated Ravens fan who knows we will barely make the playoffs this year and get knocked out in the first round with a generational QB. And he will get all the blame when it should be. So he plays at the feet of the organization and not him. Oh, wow. Oh, I should have just made this question this on episode, man. Wow. As far as the lacking high-end talent, I think, oh yeah, on offense. I mean, they got Mark Andrews and he was homegrown. So shout out to them for that one. But yeah. Wow. I mean, well, yeah. Defense, they begin some guys obviously on defense. Yeah, offense. I think you were talking more specifically to the offense, but I don't know if you just talk about the team as a whole. But I think you're more so talking about offense. But man, I don't see. I don't think they'll barely make the playoffs, but I'm just, that's I think that's most of our biggest worry. What's going to happen in the playoffs? But as far as the high-end talent, yeah, this and that that goes back to your second paragraph about, um, yeah, after 2019, it's like, all right, we got a generational guy. Okay, boom, it should have been like, all right, let's let's get it. Let's go. Let's do this. Let's make it happen. But yeah, it's just more pressure put on the guys who aren't established yet. So we just we got a hope for the best. It's like I would rather me just my opinion, I would rather go into whether it be the playoffs or whatever, the season, I would rather go into the season with again, of course, the potential guys, but also the guys who have reached their potential already, who have continued reaching their potential, whose potential has been being tapped. I would love to go into the season. I would have loved to go into the season with both, but they're not. So it's like, okay, we just got to see how things shake out. Hope for the best. Hope for the best. Because again, these guys are NFL players, so they obviously got tapped. They made it there. They in the 1% of the 1%. We'll see how stuff shakes out. The Mars contract ordeal. The next question came from my boy, uh, uh, Bayo, Bayo me. He said, hello, engraving. This is my first question from subscribers. Keep up the good work. I believe they'll appreciate you. He said, I believe the Ravens weigh in, hurts them big time as it has done so far. Give them all a five-year, 250 million guaranteed contract. Oh yeah, that's, that's 50 per year, right? 50, 50, 50, 50. Yeah, yeah, that's 50 mil per year. All right. If the mall goes out, balls out this season and wins another MVP or better, still wins a Super Bowl like Flacco, the price starts at 300,000. 300,000. Oh, uh, he said minimum or even more. What do they do then? The ridiculous thing is that all these analysts saying team owners don't want guaranteed contracts and there's pressure on the Ravens for an office not to give them all a guaranteed contract. However, if Lamar somehow becomes a free agent, Ravens would never let that happen. They would never. But anyway, he said if Lamar becomes a free agent, other teams will line up to give Lamar the same guaranteed contract that we don't want to give him right now. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish, EDC. Yeah, the free agent part, Ravens would. They would never. They would do franchise tag. They would do whatever transition tag. They would not let Lamar just become a free agent and just walk. But it's, yeah, hey, again, like you mentioned, what you won't do, another team will or what you won't pay another team will. And I would love, especially if the contract talks, do end up getting cut off. I would love if Lamar and the Ravens, they really put the pressure on, I guess, Lamar. He really put the pressure on them. Like going out and winning a Super Bowl. That would be such a great problem to have. Important. Cap is cap. Next question came from my guy George K. He said, we just listened to the Ravens Film Study podcast. And oh, is that by Ken McCusich? Shout out to him. That's that's my guy, man. But anyway, he said, and have some info. A lot of fans don't know or understand. All guaranteed money in the contract, in a contract, the owner of the franchise has to put that guarantee cash in an escrow account for that said player. Yeah, we've been hearing that escrow word a lot recently because the conversation of guaranteed money has been coming up a lot recently, especially with Lamar Jackson. Anyway, well, let's keep going. He said on the podcast, they were saying the Haslums did the guarantees for Watson because it's a tactic they are able to do that. Many other franchises can't. And see, I wonder with that, and some people have brought this up before too, I wonder if that was their way of, yeah, securing their quarterback and making sure that they got the Sean Watson. But then at the same time, these owners, they're not stupid. And they know it's a game within a game. So I wonder if that was their way to try to put pressure on the Ravens, because Lamar had obviously hadn't signed yet. And they was like, hey, we know Lamar's going to look at this contract and be like, ooh. So let's really put that pressure on the Ravens too. Because obviously they were thinking about Browns first and foremost, but that would be an added benefit for the Browns by the Ravens suffering because of the contract that the Browns gave to the Sean Watson. He said, it gives them an edge. For example, the Bengals are going to have to literally take out a loan from a bank to sign Borough. Ooh, yikes. Now I heard something like that, that like that's the reason why the Bengals had to change their sell the rights to the stadium and change the name of it. I forgot what it's called now. But I don't know all the details of that. He said, some owners are legacy owners, meaning inherited from family and don't have the finances to do so. Excuse me. As it seems, there are only a few franchises that can. So even though there is a cap, there is a lot more to it and a lot of owners still have advantages and disadvantages that fans don't know or realize. This is going to affect a lot of deals in the future and have an impact on Lamar's contract. And I appreciate this, man. I appreciate this breakdown because yeah, I got it myself because I don't fully understand the whole the escrow thing and all that. I've been hearing a lot about it, but I don't fully understand it. So this helps a little bit too. So I love the content of everyone that's positive today and just wanted to show some things that are beyond what coaches, GMs and owners are capable of. A lot more to it than just the cap, LOL. Oh yeah, you were 1,000% right on that. I appreciate it, George. Next question came from my guy, Manuel. He said, what's up? Are we tired of Lamar Jackson questions about his contract? Not really, but I mean, it's fun to talk about. But anyway, he said, it doesn't seem that way. Oh, okay. He said, anyway, when Lamar wins the Super Bowl and the Ravens still don't want to give him his money, Lamar will leave plain and simple. But what if they give Lamar Jackson a 260, fully guaranteed for four years and could you be able to build around Lamar in those years? Oh, there's always a way. If there's a way or there's a way. If you want to build around a quarterback, even with giving him a lot of money, you will find a way. But 260, let me see that man. That ain't 60 per year, is it? 260 divided by four. Oh, 65, wow, wow. I think that would be a no-brainer. That would be a no-brainer. Four years, 265, you get 65 mil per. Yeah, that would be a no-brainer. I will go sign a contract for Lamar. And to take us out, this episode of questions from y'all came from my boy, Flirt Nowinsky. He said, per usual. Hope all is well with you and yours. Oh, you already know, man. He said, hey, that baby shower fiasco on IG was funny. Who knows what Team Keeping Clean could be manifesting? Something, no, they cannot. No, sir. He said, but anyway, I was watching your last question from subscribers. Somebody talked about losing the draft picks that have been drafted, which was an insane point. Hey, and my guy, Joe, brought it up in this episode too. So look at it. He said, but have you ever thought about it from the other side, which is our worst nightmare? Uh-oh, what are we talking about? All right, let's sit down for this one, even though we're already sitting. Theory, Lamar said he's going to bring us a ring. He did. He got drafted, talking to Dion. He said, hey, y'all gonna get a Super Bowl out of me, believe it. All right. He does it this year without his contract because EDC and them wanna twiddle their fingers. Now, instead of three, he's demanding four. And I know a lot of people think this is ridiculous, but it's really not. He's the most winning QB since coming into the NFL, least injured, won an MVP, debunked any false narrative that they set for him, and then wins, and then wins a ring. Definitely four. That's the floor. But anyway, oh, you talking about 400? You talking about 400 meal in a contract? Okay. Oh, you talking? He said, that prices him out of Baltimore. He came true to his word, but goes elsewhere. When they said something about losing picks, this made me think, what would happen if we lose Lamar Jackson? We lose to probably guards because of Lamar's ability to be Superman. I know we only have one right now, but just manifesting LOL, even though he wasn't a Pro Bowl guard before Lamar anyway. We lose wide receiver production because the loss of the line. Mark Andrews is still lead because he's the closest person to the quarterback. Our running game takes a hit because of that dimension Lamar brings to the running game. These are small things, but this is literally our whole offense now. Snoop is our boy, and I love Snoop, but here is the nail in the coffin. Now Snoop didn't win any games, but Snoop also stood tall with a practice team. All season barely losing. His contract is here too. You know how many people will throw money at Snoop? So he's going too, not unless the Ravens want to give their backup QB 100 meal, LOL. Now, see, I think if it came down to that, if they end up losing Lamar, whether it be through free agency, even though it wouldn't be through free agency. Like if they did a franchise tag and trade, I don't think they would let Snoop go too. It would be, it would not be like both. Well, you know what I mean? Somebody throw the right draft pick in Raven face. You never know. But no, I don't think they will let Snoop go too. If they let Lamar go. I feel like the Ravens would, they would give him a deal. I just, I don't want it to get to that. But anyway, he says, so that leaves us at a stalemate. Lamar literally has the Ravens by their throat and I hate to see it, but I love it. I love him and his story. Pay that man. Side note, this year on Madden, Christian McCaffrey is rated higher than Derek Henry and it's an uproar. But they always say he does more than just run. Well, Christian McCaffrey, man. Yeah, he does do more than just run. He's running. He's a little receiver, but he's always hurt. He's always hurt, man. But anyway, he said, yeah, and Lamar makes the old line better, runs 4,000 yards a season, is a top 10 in major passing and quick categories. So with that logic in mind, why isn't Lamar Jackson in 99 and Madden? Why do people consistently want him to take less money? I love how you put that about how he does a lot for the team and makes a lot around him better. And yeah, people want him to take a discount. Yeah, that's crazy, right? He said, also, did you notice how they signed so many running backs? And Gus was questionable for week one before preseason. I think it's something we don't know. I know this another theory, but they put Gus on the pup before a job. And we all knew a job was going on pup, even the I.R. night we drafted him. That's kind of alarming to me. What you think? Not necessarily, because I know they were trying to do something different with a job, but they were trying to put him on the NFI list to where it's non-football injury. They were trying to do that, but with the timing of him signing, finally signing his deal, they didn't have time to put him on it. So now he is on injured reserve though. Anyway, he said, last but not least, I take pride in my dad's side of the family. That Phillips name is crazy. They cut one of my cousins and brought another one in. It baffles me why they let Phillips go. Why do you think? We all know he's very serviceable. Yeah, that was just weird. Even like, all right, have him as a backup. But I don't know, maybe it was something else. And if it is something else, then I guess we'll find out in the future. But to just outright cut him. I know they did say they tried to trade him, but I mean, I thought that worst case scenario for Tyre Phillips, he was going to be a backup. He was going to be a depth guy. And he was somebody that had started before. So you like to have guys who started experience on the team at any position, but certainly at offensive line. But I guess I don't know, man. He said him and Patrick hold more value than anybody on the offensive line. I know it's a stretch, but with them to his plug and play, you can't find that anywhere. Now, I know it isn't always pretty for sure, but he gets the job done. Yeah, it ain't always pretty with Tyre Phillips, but. And I think a lot of it had to do with him moving. Because it's like, all right, what is it? He's a tackle. Nope, he's a guard. Nope, he's a tackle. Nope, he's a guard. No, he's a tackle. No, he's a guard. So it's like there was a lack of consistency there, too. He said, if they couldn't trade him, they definitely aren't going to be able to get a trade for power. So I'm just confused. Yeah, power. Hey, powers here. Y'all know, I thought that powers was gone. I thought it was gone, but nope. We better be real deal for Ravens, boy. It's all for the long run, but the Lamar theory has been on my mind for months now. Not gonna lie. And like we all are soon, as soon as we see another quarterback reset the mark, while EDC sits on his hands, I'm out.