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Thank you all for being so patient With questions from subs because again, like I said, it has been forever almost forgot how to do it But since I finally did remember let's go ahead and jump into it first question came from my boy daddy gaming He said my boy engraving. I hope you in the squad are doing all right got another question for you I thought very deeply about this one And I think it could be something us Ravens fans really need to keep a close eye on Wink Martindale getting hired by the Giants is huge for us The reason why I say that is because imagine if he flushes there and puts together an even better defense than he had here Maybe even better than Mike McDonald's that would make hardball look real bad and keep in mind But shawty got his eyes closed on him now You know why because in his recent statement about hiring Sasha Brown He mentioned how now the president GM and head coach all have to report to the shawty It wasn't like that previously. They reported that cast That they reported to cast the majority of the time things are shaping up and if wink puts together a better defense than us Hobbes Hobbes might skedaddle much love. I hope it ain't too long. Yeah, well now. That's all good Um, I don't really think so. I don't I don't really think if I think if if wink puts together a really good defense It would just all depend on how it comes together. I don't really think that will do much for John Harbaugh at all Because the the Ravens, they wouldn't be worried about the Giants defense. They will be worried about the Ravens defense Now if the Ravens defense is coming up short, that's all gonna be on Mike McDonald and if the Ravens defense is doing a great job and Despite what winks do I don't think wink has any bearing on The Ravens at all. I really don't work except when the Ravens play the Giants But I don't really think anything that wink does has any bearing on John Harbaugh or Mike McDonald at all People will compare of course cuz it's Ravens previous defensive coordinator compared to that new defensive coordinator But I don't think it'll have any impact. Next question came from my boy that hit man John He said at the time I'm writing this this morning. So good morning, lol Well, but when the time that I'm answering this is also the morning. So good morning back to you my friend He said will Lamar Jackson ever become a championship caliber quarterback under John Harbaugh and Greg Roman In my opinion the Ravens coaching staff should be embarrassed that Joe Burrow a second-year quarterback with a rookie number one wide receiver Just took over the AFC He also took over the AFC North with ease. I understand we were injured But wow we could only win one game without Lamar You're telling me that this team couldn't win two or three games in like an eight game stretch to make the playoffs without Lamar How many years has it been since we had a decent pass rush and after all these years We still don't have a consistent wide receiver one Sorry for the ramp, but you were right on your previous videos Ravens. Let John off the hook. Oh Man, yeah, the Bengals on Bengals put Ravens on notice for sure Because they said hey, we're here Hey What's up? We in the Super Bowl and the Ravens like man we like four years and we haven't even come close to the Super Bowl and You can even even if you take out this year with the injuries. Okay, take out this year. What about 2020? What about 2019? And even 2009 even if you take out even if you take out 2018 But like I know I'm always a rookie that year. He only started the last one seven eight games of the year Oh, take that out, too 2019 to 2020 the years where the Ravens rosters were most consistent Didn't even come close We thought I was short. I was like I just knew oh man Super Bowl about to be in Miami and Ravens about to be in there, too After that 14 and 2 so But will they ever be a championship caliber team under John Harbaugh and Greg Roman Mmm. Oh, that is something that's scary to think about I was just on a podcast the other day I mean and this question was asked as well I think they can be if a lot of philosophies get changed I think that with um With Greg Roman and John Harbaugh if they change a lot of the stuff that they didn't see that's the thing I Feel like John Harbaugh I feel like he could he would have a greater chance of being able to change a lot of his ways rather than Greg Roman Greg Roman is an offensive coordinator So that means he was hired with a particular style of his offense that the Ravens had in mind where they were like All right. Yeah, we think this could work out. We think you can do some good things here and he did He was a nice introductory offensive coordinator for Lamar Jackson amazing great job But it just seems as if it has gone stale, but since the Ravens they they're gonna stick with it. It's like, okay. Well pressures on them pressures on but if I Feel like they would have to like in order for them to really be a championship team under Harbaugh and Greg Roman They're gonna have to dish out some some of the responsibilities that those guys currently have especially Greg Roman to some other people like me I Don't know man. It's It's just it's scary to think about It's really scary for me personally to think about like man Like can they get over the hump with those two? It's because I just feel like the offense from the 20 to the 20. I feel okay. Cool. Yeah Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, they're gonna get that y'all it's but Inside the 20 is like oh man And I just cuz I just feel like this team they just rely on so much on Lamar's athleticism and It's kind of something. It seems like a lot of times Lamar's athleticism can almost be like a cop-out It can almost be like, ah, well, I really gotta do nothing crazy with the offensive line We can just get some guys there if pressure gets in Lamar gonna make a miss. Ah, it's straight. Oh Yeah, this ain't my best play call But yeah, hey if it don't work Lamar would just take off like hello, don't you get it? So that's something that scares me And I just I would love to see and again, this is nothing new from me This is nothing new from me. I just want to see The uh the play calling the passing game especially just evolved from where it was in 2019 I said this after that year after we went 14 and 2 Um after the playoff game. I said, okay. Well, what's next? What's next and even before the playoff game? I said, what's next because With with that playoff game. It's like, okay, they went 14 and 2. All right, but then they they went They they went directly away from what got them there again One of my biggest issues with greg roman is that he gets away from the floor of the game He gets away from the floor of the game I used to hate when people would say, oh man, like the announcers the analysts thought oh, man You can't run your way to a Super Bowl And it would be so frustrating because it'd be like man, like the ravens never even tried They never even tried Because in that playoff game where they broke all in the year where they broke all those russian records They literally ran a ball nine times what they're running back nine times nine times You had an engine mark angrily And what he got either six or three or six carries. I forget And then Gus Edwards had either the other three or six I forgot which one of them got three and which one got six They had nine carries what they're running back and it's like Gus Edwards was healthy He was healthy and he had been doing this thing in that that year along with mark angrily But you ran the ball six either three or six times with him And and it's like They just gave up on it And they were not down big either. They gave up on a run game. They just stopped completely like oh, you know what? Nope, not doing it not doing it And it's like what how why what for what? again the the the flow of the game for greg roman the flow of the game And it just At that point I was like, what's what's next? Well, what's what's it gonna be? What's what's what's gonna be next for this team for this offense specifically? What's gonna be next? What's gonna go down now? And we still got some questions now this year they they were the passing game It was taking another step. It did still have some times where it'd be like what is going on It would be with the playcaller now. Lamar wasn't perfect either. So don't get me wrong. He was not perfect at all neither were the wire receivers But it everything starts from the beginning everything starts With the playcaller itself And when you saw some of these situational play like it'd be one thing if they drew up this fire play and sometimes they did It'd be one thing where if they drew up this fire play and it's like, oh man, Lamar just missed him Oh, man, the wire receiver dropped it. Oh, man, the offensive line ain't blocked and Lamar got sacked He got hurried and had to throw it away or something like that and those things happened But far too many times you will see where the situational play calling It's like what are we doing? What is going on? Who is thinking of these things that the ravens are running? crucial third down third and long Oh Why receive a screen? And and and a lot of the the the playco third and long Oh QB draw qb power design qb run And it would be like How why why? When plays fail And and not to say that g-roll or offense got to be perfect Because they don't have to be But they have to be better. They have to be so much better They have got to be When players fail I would love it It it should be on the players It should be on execution It should be on execution It it shouldn't be where oh like like where the ravens even if a play would have worked That oh man, they still wouldn't got it anyway Oh that that was designing it wasn't even to get a first down That play design it was it didn't even it wasn't even designed to get a couple yards Like so much of the situational play calling last year had just been outright bad And we see that too many times too many times That's what scares me moving forward with the team That's what scares me because I just I hate that is and I had heard this a lot But then I was like, uh, well, I don't know But when you watch it it seems like oh man, that might be the case where it seems like On offense, they just rely on Lamar's ability so much To sort of build him out To sort of get them out of about oh, okay. If all those fails. Okay. Lamar will just run. You know what? Even if all else doesn't fail. We're just designed to play for Lamar to run We'll do that and it's like what and The the and then there will be those option plays It's like, oh, I hated those so much. Y'all know anybody that watched the games with us Oh, my goodness. Those option plays just drew drove me crazy They drove me crazy And that's another thing too with um We know the running backs were out. We know Ronnie Stanley was out too But the way that they, um Since jk and guston justice hill, they were all out for the year All right, you got the vante free militarius marion. They they weren't anything special in the beginning of the year We know that But then even what you got you got this other guy Who was with the team last year? So we got some familiarity with the ravens and lamar and stuff, but you got this other guy sitting there But the ravens are like, oh, no, no, no tyson. No, we don't know tyson. No, uh, no And it's like it's it's little decisions like that that make a big impact John hardball talked about it at the presser at his last presser Man, we we were just lacking on the explosive run plays this year Oh, well, yes, all your starters were out and your offensive line was banged up, but guess what? Guess what? You had an explosive runner sitting right there all year all year All year long and you decided no nope We're not gonna use that guy. We're not even gonna give him a shot We're gonna give the vante free minute shot. We're gonna give latavius mario shot We're gonna give labion bail a shot But this other guy Who's younger than those guys faster than those guys more explosive than those guys We're not gonna give him a shot at all It just is decisions like that that just make you scratch your head and wonder like What is going on? So to answer your question, um Will it can lemar be a championship quarterback under john hardball and giro? It's possible But a lot would have to change so much would have to change Will they make those changes? I can hope so I can hope so But I don't know I don't know I I hope this team Just starts heading in another direction When it comes to their philosophy And like I've said plenty of times all right hardball new year. Let's see We know what history says About hardball. We know what history says about g we know what history says about both of those guys But let's see And again lamar got improvements that he got to make too The hero ball that got to go man You got to live to see another down throw that ball away He got to improve on that that that short passing game Because there will be times where sometimes he will lead or receive it too far or he'll throw it behind him Uh, and it just won't be on the money with that short passing game So that that's what he got to make another improvement He also got to do a better job of seeing seeing the field because it's it's great because that's something that he did a great job at That's something that he had he had done a great job of that but He got to do a better job of seeing the field and finding this guys Another thing that he could do. Oh, it will make such a big difference. We've been talking about this for a while too We'll beat him timing routes. Oh He can start working on those that that's what I would love for lamar to work on this off season timing routes To where he don't got to just throw to the open guy, but he can throw the guy open That would be great And and we we know with the tight window throws that's lamar all day That he got that already. We ain't worried about that um but I think he also got to do a better job of gaining big trust with other people too He got to build his big trust up with his other guys too Because you know, hey mark angels could have three people on them. Hollywood could have four people on them and the mall would be like I trust him boys. I trust him to make something happen to throw it to him And hey, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't Uh, but you got to build up big trust for other people too. Got to give other people more opportunities as well So it's not just all john hardball and giro. There's a little more too everybody got to step it up everybody And then we could talk about everybody else too, but those those are the main three guys every cost of two now every cost of like last year He did a great job of building this team But then you got to think about the draft picks now last year's draft picks. It's still early And the early ones they they definitely had an impact like rasha baitman when he did play when he actually did get an opportunity to Uh die for your way He had impact he he started off real hot Then he kind of slowed up a little bit got a little quiet then he would go like up and down It's a rookie. He was a rookie And also he was a rookie in this defense Well in that defense because now it's mike mcdonald's defense. So it's different now um But every the cost of drafts got to be better. They got to be more impactful They got to be more impactful and that's that's on eric the costa and john hardball and greg roman and mike mcdonald because they have to increase horton too, but more so, uh greg roman and mike mcdonald because Though guys have to be used to their strengths. They have to be used to the best of their abilities But in the beginning they have to be used Not asking everybody to be a starter. Everybody's not a starter but These drafts got to be more impactful They got to be They have to be It's important that you get more playmakers Difference makers It's it's so important. Don't just draft. Just okay. We we drafted this guy that No, and the hoarding of the picks It got to be quality over quantity. It has to be in my opinion It should be quality over quantity You got what nine 10 picks 14 have as much picks they got I would rather them have six or seven great draft picks Rather than 10 11 Okay, or even good draft picks I would rather them have six or seven great ones Because that would mean that they got some players that can come in make a difference making impact And again, everybody don't got to be starters. Not everybody's gonna be a startup But the project players no Don't draft projects. You don't do well with projects. This is not a science fair. It's not It's not a science fair Don't draft projects draft guys that are ready to come in And play right away No projects No Because if a guy's a project, especially if you draft him late, then you're gonna be like, uh, well, he's just a project Anyway, our expectations are low form So it is what it is if he plays well cool if he doesn't cool But uh, it is what it no, you're not gonna care that much You're not gonna be as invested in him and I know it's a big difference between investment in like a first round pick Versus a fifth or sixth round pick. I I get that But if you look at a guy like a project Then you're gonna treat him like a project If you look at a guy like oh, this guy could be a potential star You're gonna possibly treat him like a potential star Don't do the projects So anyway, um To answer your question again Yeah, I feel like some things will have to change. Um, if if lamar is going to be a championship quarterback Under john harbaugh and greg roman next question came from my boy marco. He said engraving my brother. What's good? I was thinking what if harb's makes giro and tt co-offensive coordinators with giro focusing only on run game And t focus on on a passing game giro could still be the play caller But each of them focuses on the area of their strength. Let me know what you think That would be interesting. I think yeah, my guy skeptic gold. He had uh, he had brought that out in one of those little twitter spaces the other day um That would be something right there. Uh, if they had like co-offensive coordinator roles Um, but that would basically be the ravens sort of pushing giro out the door eventually because giro was hired as The offensive coordinator um and the ravens then uh after a couple years they brought in Y receiver coaches and pass game coordinators to help him with his job where he was struggling that So that already kind of lets you know like, okay. Hey, you struggling with this. You need some help so then if they had They took a guy who was a wide receiver coach and made him the co-offensive coordinator Then that would be the writing on the wall that giro would be getting ready to be gigo Uh, because you don't you don't bring somebody in to help somebody with their job where they're struggling at And then you give them the same, uh, exact job title Like, oh, this or this is our offensive coordinator. This is our Assistant an offensive coordinator or co-offensive coordinator. That's that's the beginning of the end So if they did that, I wouldn't be mad. I wouldn't be mad Uh, they would it would take a lot of humility right there to do that Like that's like imagine that imagine you at your job And you all right. Well, this person they're gonna do the same thing Imagine if you're at a job where only you do something where your your responsibility is only your responsibility and nobody else's Imagine that And then they bring on somebody to say, all right This person is going to be the co whatever you do this person's going to be the assistant of whatever you do Eventually you you would know like, oh man, uh, man, they they better get rid of me soon So if that happens, then that will be what that would mean. Uh, next question came from my guy adrian He said Fully healthy next season Where do you see us ending our season? Um, next year with no bias, uh, I think we could win a super bowl if And only if our offense is 65 passing and 35 running He put in all he put in all caps. No qb design runs If we do only one per game Hey I love it. Um I would say uh right now Based off of pending free agents because it's it's very early We haven't even got like even if they do get fully healthy next year Um, it's a lot of guys that are pending free agents. Um, they got to get through the draft free agency bringing back some of their own um But right now I would say um I can say afc championship maybe, um I just wouldn't be fully convinced yet Uh that this team would be ready for a super bowl I it would just I would have to see how they are in the regular season And if they really like take that jump if they really take a significant jump as a team, um, they again They were making a jump this year They certainly were but it was still the a lot of situational stuff that was like Uh But fully healthy Uh, this team would be a lot different than the way that they were last year Obviously more toward the end of the season. Uh when they lost more and more guys Mainly, uh, lemar jackson But if if you have lemar jackson in there, I think they were easily in the playoffs easily easily Like those last six games even if you get dog walked by the bingles again There's no way lemar jackson lose no five games six games. There is no way no way um But yeah, right now I would say maybe afc championship Uh, I can't say super bowl right now until we see that product on the field consistent