 You ever been watching the Ravens game and you start calling out the players before they happen? You're like, uh-oh, Lamar's about to keep, and then he keeps. It goes a hand off to Mark England, where I know it's going to him, and it goes to him. Alright, this pass is getting ready to go to Mark Andrews. I already know, and the pass goes straight to 89. And when stuff like that happens, it can make you feel like, okay, yeah, I'm a Ravens fan, I know this team, I know how they operate, I know how they run this thing. But when it's the opposing team's defense calling out the plays, then it's a problem. And you know just what I mean, YouTube team keep it clean. They got em' made it, wood as my homie. And then Raven, Raven, Raven, Raven. Shout out to Raven. So YouTube team keep it clean, what's going on is saying Raven here with another video. And in this video, as we know, the expectations going into the season for the Ravens offense, they were sky high. And even if we felt like they were going to be a couple of notches below what they were last year, that still would be a really good offense. We expected them to still be running the ball with the same efficiency, to still be evolving in the passing game, because we had the same quarterback, pretty much the same pass catchers and the same coordinators. So there was not much change, and as weird and crazy as this offseason had been, Ravens actually had an advantage, because they had something that a lot of teams lacked, and that was consistency. When you have a lot of returning personnel, a lot of returning front office and coaching staff, then that gives you that consistency that a lot of teams want, that a lot of teams envy and that a lot of teams desire. And the Ravens had all of those things. But for some reason, the offense just had not been clicking like that. And we've talked about it extensively on here from week to week to week. And we've come up with our own conclusions and different theories and whatnot. But why not go straight to the horse's mouth? Why not go straight to the source? The main person who this offense was created around, Lamar Jackson, to hear what he had to say was the issue with the offense this year. So shout out to my guy Slim Dog Millionaire from Twitter, and also Oven On Preheat from our Ravens Flock flick chat group. They were the ones that put me on to this Rich Eisen interview that he did with Lamar Jackson. So I'll leave the link to that video in the description below. But let's check out a very important clip from that interview. How would you rate your season to date, Lamar? I don't know, you know, because we had our ups, you know, at first week and then we just had our downs. Usually, you know, we're high level offense, but it's been all right. You know, it's not what we want to be, but you know, we're still winning, so it's all right, I guess. It just from the eye test, it looks like things aren't coming as easy for you this year. Is that a safe way to look at it, that things aren't? Oh, I feel, you know, it's a lot of, it's a lot of with schemes, you know, we want to get the differences. They call it out of play and stuff like that, like they know what we're doing, so a lot of that, you know, sometimes, you know, stuff won't go our way if they beat us to the punch. So you're hearing on the other side of the line of scrimmage the defense calling out your plays? Yeah, it definitely do, like, run, stuff like that, or watch out for this, watch out for that. Sometimes that's what's going on. So how do you combat that, Lamar? So I guess we're going to have time and let Coach, you know, let us know what he sees upstairs, and we just go from there. And so this time around, you know, so much has been made about the fact that you've been ahead quite a bit and coming from behind has been something that's been difficult for you. And then this is the first time that you were able to come back from a half-time deficit. Is anything like, does that mean anything to you at all, Lamar? Or is it just the way it's the ball's been bouncing? So I guess that's the way the ball's been bouncing, you know. I try to win regardless. I don't care if we down or up, you know, I'm still trying to put points on the board. And sometimes it just didn't go our way. But, you know, just this past Sunday it did. Are you running less than than last year at this point in time? Or what would you say the difference so far? I don't know. I'd just say the paint calling really is... No, I want to say I'm running less or running more. I'm trying to do whatever it takes to win. So listening to that part of the interview, listening to Lamar Jackson speak about the Raven struggles on offense and hearing him talk about how these defenses, they know what's coming and they calling it out. You're saying, watch for this, watch for this. Oh, you're going to keep it. They're going to run. They're going to do this. They're going to do that. That's concerning, man. That's very concerning because as great as you can execute, as fast as a receiver might be, as strong as a running back might be, as good as the offensive line might be, football is mental. So if somebody mentally knows exactly what you're going to do, then they can stop it. They have a great advantage right there in stopping it. And there will be sometimes where it still works out, where it's like, oh, okay, we are going to wheel all way through this play. And even though they know what's coming, we still going to get the best of them. But if that is the case, like Lamar said it, and this is not from any reporter. This ain't from this ain't any rumor. This is straight from Lamar Jackson himself. He said it. Defenses know what they're doing. Now, of course, the struggles on offense this year have not been completely on Greg Roman. So we can't act like that. Lamar has struggled a bit. The offensive line has struggled a bit. The receivers have struggled a bit. It's been a good blend of everything. But at the same time, the play calling, it has struggled a bit too. Not in every single game, not in every single situation. But overall, there's been this sort of lack of consistency in the play calling. And there's been a lot of headscratcher when it comes to the play calling. And this was with winning and with losing. Because I don't want people to think that, oh man, y'all just talking about the play call when we lose. Y'all just complaining about the play call when we lose? No, that's definitely not the case. Because this is something that we've talked about pretty much every week, minus the Eagles game. The Eagles game, I thought the play calling was fine. The Steelers game, oh, some parts it was hot. Some parts it was definitely not. And then in this last game against the Colts, I thought the play calling overall was actually pretty good. And I thought that in the first half, yeah, they did struggle. Big Yikes, they struggled. But I thought the struggles in the first half were more from an execution standpoint rather than a play calling standpoint. But with Lamar Jackson and these Ravens is clear that, and you saw the presser today, if you listen to the presser, there were even little tidbits and little hints that Lamar Jackson gave in there. Because initially when I first listened to it, I didn't catch it. But maybe I just wasn't paying attention enough. Then my boy D hit me up on Instagram. He said, hey, did you hear that? He said, did you hear that? So I ran it back and I was, oh, okay. I see. And then of course this interview with Rich Eyes and Lamar says it straight up. He says, this is the schemes. Said teams know what we're doing. Then Hollywood went to tweet. And I don't mean to keep hopping on this tweet, but he said it too. What's the point of having all these soldiers if you ain't gonna use them? And we know that, I mean, you never know, but at the same time, I don't think that was directed at Lamar, it could have been, but I think it was definitely directed at Greg Roman. And with Hollywood saying that, Lamar saying this, like Hollywood was, again, that was to be left up to your own interpretation. But this Lamar, like, he ain't saying it in a disrespectful way, anything like that. But he did let it be known that the schemes. And then the way that he said when Rich Eyes asked him, so how do you fix that? How do you adjust to that? He said, well, it's up to the coaching staff and they just gotta make the adjustments at halftime. And we come back out and see what we got. So he completely deflected it, left it up to the coaching staff and said, hey, they handle that. That's on them. They take care of that. They call it a place. We just roll with it. So it seems like there is a little bit, a lack of trust. Seems like it ain't the big trust there. Seems like it's baby trust. Between Lamar and the offensive players and Greg Roman. So hopefully moving forward, Ravens are six and two. So that's a beautiful thing. We know they're six and two that does have some room for improvement, but they have been improving along the way. But they still got some work to do. And hopefully whatever this disconnect is between Lamar and Greg Roman and offensive players and Greg Roman, hopefully this thing can be fixed and not just fixed, but it can really be enhanced. Because that's been a word that I feel like I was expecting going into this season when it came to the offense. It being it enhanced, it evolving, it taking that next step. And so far we really haven't seen that too much. We haven't seen it too much. Because there's just really been this lack of consistency. But starting this Sunday night, let's see if they can start to build up that consistency on offense and really take this thing to the next level because while you are going against a decimated team with the New England Patriots, they did lose a lot. But one thing that they didn't lose is a really good head coach. It's a really great head coach. And the Chief's game against the Patriots, that was a prime example of how important coaching is and how much of a difference coaching can make. Because that Patriots team, they had to travel on the same day. They had lost that starting quarterback and you go from Cam Newton to Jared Stidham or Brian Hoyer, that's a huge drop off. They had so many players that had already opted out. They had some players that were injured, some significant guys, some starting guys. And it was in a way game against the Chiefs, against the best quarterback in the NFL right now, Patrick Mahomes. And these dudes, the way that they played, despite all of that stuff, they were holding it down. And if not for a couple of just terrible calls, and it's weird to say terrible calls when it comes to Patriots, but if not for a couple of terrible calls, they probably should have won that game. So my point is, when I say all that, is that coaching makes such a big difference. And it can take your team a very, very long way. But at the same time, it can also hold your team back. And I know a lot of people have been feeling like, man, just let Lamar go. Stop having him on a leash. Let him go. Stop holding him back. Let him do his thing. And a lot of people felt like in the second half of that game against the Colts, that the offense actually was able to do their thing. They were up tempo, they came out in the spread, and they were just Lamar was throwing all over the field, and they were moving consistently. They were moving. So they need to just continue to do that. Because I think it was Mike Preston from the Baltimore Sun, think he made a very good point in an article that somebody shared with me yesterday. I think it was Nana from the Ravens group chat on Flick. Make sure you join the group chat on Flick. But the example was that, and I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember exactly what it said, but he was saying that when you run that up tempo offense, they said talked about how Lamar just looked so much more comfortable than he's ever looked this entire season. But when you run that up tempo offense, that gives teams less time to adjust. That gives teams less time to substitute. That gives the defense is less time to prepare for whatever it is that you're about to do because you're moving so fast and whatnot, these teams, they can't keep up. And with the Ravens, a fast young offense, that can do wonders for them. So again, we'll see what type of consistency the Ravens start to build upon when it comes to these Patriots up next and just really throughout the remainder of the season. Here's hoping that this offense gets it right, and they can start taking off from here on out. Team Keep It Clean, I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. We out. Ravens. And you know just what I mean. What I mean. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated. Automated. Whatever. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Shout out to Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven. Right in Raven.