 I saw James crochet realized today was cut down there. He was like, you know what? Let me show back up to practice. But anyway, YouTube team keep it clean. So the time is 5.02 PM. The Ravens made their initial 53 man roster official about an hour ago. And you know Ravens like when it comes to deadlines, Ravens like to push it not only to the deadline, but a little past the deadline. They did this last year before and they probably did it the year before too. But anyway, let's go over the roster cuts that the Ravens had to do because they had to cut and release wave 25 people. And that's a whole lot of moves, man. And there were a few little shockers on there. There was a few little shockers on some people who the Ravens released and a few shockers on some people who they kept and how many of them they did keep. But we'll talk about that all in this video. Sit down, relax. We probably gonna be here for a little while. Anyway, let's get to the releases first. Well, the waves first, wave release, pretty much all the same thing. It just depends on how long you've been in an NFL for. If you've been in an NFL for less than four years, then you're a waved. If you've been in an NFL for four years or more, then you're released. That's the only difference. But anyway, so the waved players, Tyler Bady. Tyler Bady, that was a tiny bit of a surprise, but I'm sure he'll be back on a practice squad. Quarterback Anthony Brown, practice squad as well. So no shocker there. No stack of Isaiah Mack, wasn't a shocker, but I know he did good in the preseason. But again, it's the numbers. Ben Mason, I was just talking to my guy JT a couple of minutes ago and he was talking about how, he said, I hope I probably really wanted to do this because just to get back at Ben Mason for last year because they tried to do the same thing last year, but Ben Mason ended up going elsewhere to the Patriots for a little bit. But we'll see if he returns to Raven's practice squad this year or he gives him the old Okie-Doke again. They cut, well, they waved, Zacoby McClain, McClain, excuse me, running back, Nate McCrary, outside linebacker, Jared Mayamoon, defensive tackle, Ray Shaw, Nichols, tight end, Tony Pauljohn, wide receiver, Mackayapok. I was hoping he would get a shot, but I know it was gonna be real tough. But defensive back, David Varine, wide receiver, Benjamin Victor, defensive back, Ardarius Washington. We've been talking about him a lot recently. I always thought that it was Gino Stone that was unlocked and Tony Jefferson and Ardarius Washington were a little iffy. And I always said Tony Jefferson would probably be over Ardarius Washington. I expect Tony Jefferson to be back. It'd be nice to get Ardarius back too, but I'm not really counting on Ravens to do that. But we'll see, we'll see. Wide receiver, Riley Webb, who kept making big catch after big catch in the pre-season and linebacker, Chuck Wiley. So all the guys that are under four years of experience in the NFL, they were all waved. So really no real shocks there. Yeah, no real shocks there. Now, wave slash injured. With these three guys, this is where I got my first real surprise and then my first real disappointment as well. Because with these guys, with them being wave slash injured, that means that if nobody claims them, then they would revert back to Ravens roster, but they would be on end reserve. So their season would be over unless the Ravens came to a settlement agreement with them. That means they will be released. Ravens will pay them a lump sum of money, but then they could sign elsewhere and they could play this year. So we'll see. But the three people who that happened to were defensive tackle Aaron Crawford, who had looked good about the injury. The timing of the injury is just really bad. Why receive a Shamar Bridges? This was my disappointment right here. Cause I was like, man, I was hyped for Shamar Bridges, especially after that first game. I said that he was a rock to make the roster. But then in the second game, it got a little quiet. I know he had a little injury. He had some sort of sting. I don't remember what it was, but he didn't really get much action. Like in the second or third game. And then that was that. So that was unfortunate. And then right here was my first kind of surprise. Daylan Hayes. Daylan Hayes. And I know last year, he missed the majority of last year with injury. This year, he, I know he got injured in the, I think the last game, but this year he has such a quiet camp. But I figured like, Daylan Hayes is gonna make the roster. Ravens are super, super thin at outside linebacker, but now they're even thinner. They were like, oh, you know what? Nope. So they gotta have something up their sleeve for that position. But we'll talk about that in a little bit. So again, Wave injured guys, Shamar Bridges, Aaron Crawford and Daylan Hayes. Now released. These are the veterans. So these guys have at least four years of experience playing in the league. Tony Jefferson, would that happen yesterday? Khalil McKenzie. I didn't realize he was in the NFL for that long. Steven Means, he'll probably be back most likely on a practice squad. Kevan Seymour, he'll probably be back most likely on a practice squad. Oh, I wonder if they'll bring him back to the rock because they seem to really love Kevan Seymour. I wonder if they'll bring him back to the roster and then put him on injured reserve. But at the same time, that really wouldn't make any sense. You can just sign up to the practice squad and just have him there. So I think that's what they'll do. Just have him on a practice squad and be ready and available. Davis Sharpe, that's like, oh, okay. Brent Urban, that could be another one of those handshake deals that they bring him back to and cornerback Darrell Warley. I think he was just primarily here for injury purposes and just to make sure that their cornerbacks didn't get worn out. So those are all the guys that got released in order for the Ravens to get to 53. But let's take a different look. Let's look at it from the opposite end of the spectrum for all the guys that actually made the roster for now because this is subject to change. Quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley, no shocker there. Running backs, JK Dobbins, Mike Davis. There was a little bit of talks about him some people, but again, I thought he looked fine. I thought he looked fine in the preseason. But anyway, JK Dobbins, Mike Davis, Justice Hill, look at him, check out my guy, and Pat Ricard. Now, JK Dobbins, I expect Tyler Bader to go to practice squad, but JK Dobbins is seeming like he may be headed to injured reserve. So he would have to miss the first three or four games if they put him on injured reserve. I think they changed it to four, I forget, but he had to miss the first three or four games if they put him on injured reserve. And that's what I expect to happen with him because, I don't know, you don't just bring in, it's not official yet, but you don't just bring in Ken Drake for nothing. You don't just bring him in. I mean, I love to stay ready, so you ain't gotta get ready. And that's the motto this offseason, but you don't just bring in a running back like that for nothing. So it's expected that JK Dobbins goes to IEL, but we won't know till we know. White receivers, Rashad Bateman, James Proshay, who just so having to return to practice today, he's like, hey, I ain't trying to be on the wrong side of this list. Devon Duvenay, the Marcus Robinson, Tyler Wallace, who there was a lot of question marks about him if he was going to make it, or if he was going to get stashed, what was going to happen with him, but he made it, he made it. So good for him. Now, this is where it gets very tricky. The Ravens keep one, two, three, four, five tight ends. Now we know Ravens love tight ends, but five tight ends, five tight ends. Now, I was just talking to some people earlier today, and I said that initially I expected them to keep four, but I actually, earlier today, I expected them to keep three, that being Mark Andrews, Nick Boyle, and Isaiah Likely. And I expected Charlie Collard to obviously make the initial roster, but then they put him on IR, which is still the expectation, but I didn't expect him to keep Josh Oliver. Now, I wonder, I don't know, man, because I don't see them rolling with four tight ends. They could, but I just don't see it. I don't see them rolling with four tight ends. But from this list, if they roll with four, it would obviously be Andrews Boyle Likely and Oliver, because Collard's going to go on Andrew's reserve, because he's not ready yet. But I don't know, I feel like with the roster numbers, especially with it, because it's so tight, I feel like they only keep three. So we'll see what happens with that. And then with the offensive linemen, they kept a lot of offensive linemen. A theme around this offseason has been build a wall around LeMau, well, yeah, they certainly doing it by keeping like 50 offensive linemen. So the offensive linemen that they kept, Ronnie Stanley, obviously, he still hasn't practiced yet. He got off the pup, but he still hasn't practiced yet. So, I don't know, week one, it ain't looking like it right now. I'm not counting on it for Ronnie Stanley right now. Week one, yeah, probably not, we'll see. But don't rush him, but what's going on? But anyway, so Ronnie Stanley, Kevin Zeidler, Tyler Linderbaum, Morgan Moses, Ben Powers. And I've been expecting him to get traded, but he's still there. So we'll see what happens. Joanne James, Daniel Philele, he's another candidate to possibly go on injury reserve. And Ravenling gonna keep all these offensive linemen. But anyway, Pat McCary, obvious, Tristan Cologne, that's another good one because Pat McCurry, he'll be asked to do a lot of different things depending on injury, depending on health, but to have somebody else who could play that center position that's smart. Ben Cleveland and Tyree Phillips. So a lot of linemen there. I do not expect them all to make the roster, but we'll see, gotta wait it out and see. Now on to the defensive side. Outside linebackers, Adafi Oway, Justin Houston, done. Well, David Ajabo, but he's gonna go to injury reserve. Like that's almost pretty much a guarantee that he'll go to injury reserve and then they'll bring him back whenever he's ready, if he's ready this season. So yeah, those are your two outside linebackers. Adafi Oway, Justin Houston, you're done, that's it. No más, no más. No more, that's no more in Spanish. But anyway, so we've been waiting on them to sign somebody, but now we just know that it's just a matter of time before they sign somebody. So clock is ticking there. Inside linebackers, Patrick Queen, Josh Bynes, Malik Harrison, Welch and Ross. So both of them made it for now, because that's a little okay. Like, all right, both Welch and Ross made it. So we'll see what happens with that. I think that could possibly change though, but we'll just wait it out. Interior defensive lineman, Kaleis Campbell, Michael Pierce, Matabique, oh, Broderick Washington and Travis Jones. Oh, I wish he was healthy, man, because I would just want to see Travis Jones week one come out there ready. Now, Matabique, man, Matabique has been very quiet this off season, very, very quiet. But hopefully he's one of those people that's more like, maybe not the, he don't like doing the little study groups when it's time to prepare for a test, but when it's actually time to take the test, hopefully he'll pass it with flying colors. So we'll see what happens with him. Cornerbacks, the secondary. Marlon Humphrey, Marcus Peters, Kyle Fuller, Jalen Amor, David Seed with him. I was wondering if he was gonna end up going the stash route, if they were gonna put him on injured reserve in his season, because he was missing some time from practice, but I think he returned to practice like yesterday. So he was like, look, man, I ain't, nope, I ain't getting put, I ain't getting stashed this year. Oh no, I'm gonna make that team. So he's there. And then Pepe, so Damarian Williams. Today was roster cut down day, and today he returned to practice. Coincidence? I don't know, man, he was probably sweating a little bit. Like, man, I done made some plays for these ravers, but I know sometimes if they need a spot and you sneeze the wrong way, injured reserve season's over. So he showed up. So shout out to him. And Brandon Stevens. The safeties that they kept. Marcus Williams, obviously, Chuck Clark, obviously Kyle Hamilton and Gino Stone, obviously. And special teams, Justin Tucker, Jordan Stout and Nick Moore. So again, a few surprises, but at the same time, while there are some surprises with how the Ravens roster is currently constructed, we know that that's not gonna be the permanent construction for it. And they do have some moves that they will be making. So when those moves are made, you know, we will gladly let you know, we'll keep you updated as much as we can. And if you don't see the video immediately, just know that it's on the way eventually. I appreciate y'all. Let me check one more thing before we get out of here. 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