 Tylin Wallace First question came from my guy BB, he said yo fam, hope all is well. Tylin Wallace is Topic. Yacht guy with tons of talent, blending the call for war finalist that has to get more opportunity. Yeah, special teams is good, but Tylin has to be used as a primary weapon in this offense along with Bateman. This team is dangerous and depth is the focus. If Ravens don't sign a veteran wide receiver, Tylin will be the wide receiver too. Thanks for the channel and just like Earl Thomas hitting Mason Rudolph, I'm out. This guy right here man. When I think about who could be that number two wide receiver for the Ravens right here right now, with their current roster, he is the one that sticks out to me the most. For Devon Duvenay, I really don't see him as an outside wide receiver like that. I don't know if it's me being naive, I don't know if it's because the Ravens they have scarred me with the way that they used Devon Duvenay, but I just don't see him as the outside receiver like that. Tylin Wallace, even though he hasn't had much of an opportunity when you look at what he did in college, like you mentioned, then it's like, oh, okay, and we know the biggest reason that Tylin Wallace dropped so far down in the draft. And he did only drop to the fourth round, but that is significant money from like second round to fourth round. But still, the biggest reason why he dropped was because of injuries. Now, one thing with that is that, again, another reason why I want them to really load up at wide receiver is because of that word right there, injury. Now his first year in the league, first year in the NFL, he got injured. He had injury problems in college. So we hope, of course, that the trajectory of his career takes a different path, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Now, of course, if you put a lot of stock in him and he ends up being that number two guy, that other outside threat for Lamar Jackson opposite Rashad Bateman, and it works out great, great, but you still should have other options just in case. But when it comes to the receivers that the Ravens have right now, all the guys that are returning from last year, then he's the one that sticks out to me the most as that number two. Next question came from my guy, Terry, he said, who will wear the green dot? What's up in Greg? I hope you and the fam are doing good and God is continuing to bless y'all. Oh yeah, for sure. Appreciate you. It's been a minute since I sent a question. I wanted to ask if the person that I want to wear the green dot is valid and who would you pick out of these guys, Marcus Williams, Chuck Clark, if he was to stay, Kyle Hamilton, Patrick Queen or Marcus Peters? So Marcus Peters, I'll take him off right away. I feel like somebody who to wear the green dot in my opinion, but somebody who wears the green dot, they got to be able to see the whole field and they got to have access to look around the whole field. Marcus Peters, him being a cornerback, he's going to be on one side of the field. So there's going to be a section of the field that's kind of obstructed. So obstructed because he's on one side. Humphrey's on the other. Well, whoever's going to be on the other side because Humphrey may be on the inside sometimes. You know how that goes. But so now I will take Marcus Peters out. But anyway, he said out of these guys, who would you have wearing the green dot out of those guys? I feel like the Ravens would want to give it to Patrick Queen, but based off of how things have been so far, I don't think they would give it to him yet. Um, I would probably say, um, Marcus Williams. If not Chuck Clark, because we know Chuck Clark has been, he's had it. But I would say Marcus Williams. And I think that one, one advantage or not even advantage, but one, something that he has that goes in his favor is that Ravens are learning a new defense. Yeah. They did say it's going to be some similarities and whatnot to the old defense, but they're learning a new defense. So new terminology. So everybody has a clean slate. So nobody necessarily has an advantage over the next person as far as knowledge and whatnot. Well, when they have the similarity to the previous defense, they will. But overall, everybody's learning this new defense. So that means that that green dotted could get passed to somebody else. So if it's not going to be Chuck, then I would say Marcus Williams. Uh, and he said, I did my research in no corner. Where's the green dot? I don't know if it's possible for a corner to wear a green dot. But if it was, I would want Peters, uh, to play every single game. Um, and he could put Mike McDonald or he could, you could put Mike McDonald smarts with his and put teammates in positions to succeed, stay safe and trust. Yeah. We know he certainly got the smarts for it. He certainly does. Certainly does. Um, but yeah, like I said, I would rather somebody who has sees everything. They got that broad view of everything happening on the field. Now, if, if any cornerback could do it, it would be him. Um, but I would rather somebody who got more access to everything and everybody's question came from Julius. He said Ravens blame game. He said, listen, I like Lamar, but I think I know how this is going to go. Cause whenever you see a comment start off like that, you know, the direction that is turning. But anyway, listen, I like Lamar, but at the end of the day, we all have seen this before. Let's say Lamar bets on himself, wins a Superbowl and Steve finally gives him the money he deserves. I fear will be another Joe Flacco effect where he gets the money, but yet they don't invest into the pieces to keep a, keep a winning formula. Uh, for example, they traded in Quambolden, uh, Tory Smith left, Bar Scott left, et cetera. And they never replaced the pieces to keep a consistency of success. Uh, well, first off with that, um, I feel like they should have done a better job investing pieces in the first place before the contract. But anyway, with Lamar is see that that's where scary because the Ravens as far as pieces around him and the quality of those pieces around him, he's shown that, and I love how shady McCord. Oh my goodness. He had a segment on ESPN. Um, I think it was him, Joy, Joyce Taylor, Joy Taylor. Um, and it was one more person. Maybe it was, uh, Akko, Acho, uh, Emmanuel Acho. And they were talking about Islam are Jackson, a top 10 quarterback. Uh, Acho said yes, but put him at like nine or 10. I forgot, uh, Joy Taylor said yes, and put him at like six or seven. I forgot, but either way, shady, uh, Lashaw McCoy, he said yes. He's certainly, uh, a top 10 quarterback. And I think he put him maybe top five, something like that. But he was like, he is, uh, the most important quarterback to his franchise. And he said reason being, because if you put, uh, if you take away, um, if you took away Patrick Mahomes for the roster that they had, if you took away a Josh Allen from the roster that they had another quarterback could come in there. You take away Joe Burrow from the roster that he had another quarterback could come in there and he had some other examples as well, but he said another quarterback could come in there and they could make some stuff happen because of the talent that they have at the skill positions. But with Lamar Jackson, if you take him out, it's like, oh, oh, yikes. Uh-oh. So I was just like, oh, man, that just makes so much sense. And that speaks to the quality of the Ravens talent. And again, not saying that these guys are bad, but the talent level is just it seems to be a little mismatched there. Obviously mine is tight end. We know tight end. They got the one who was the best tight end in the league last year. Top three tight end. But anyway, as far as wide receive, it's like, oh, wow. And we know how this team lives and dies through one Lamar Jackson. So the reason I say that is dangerous is because if the Ravens were to sign Lamar Jackson to a big contract, I would just hope that they wouldn't be like, oh, well, all right, we paid you. We can't eat. We can't we really can't get nothing now. We really can't get nobody on offense now because defense, you know, they're going to find a way, they're going to find a way. But I feel like I would be a little worried about offense. Like, oh, how would they handle that? Um, because I mean, the biggest contracts on offense, their left tackle running Stanley and injuries kind of made that contract really bad. Um, it's been rough. Right. Stanley is a great player, but the injuries, you can't be a great player if you can't be on the field. Uh, Mark Andrews, his contract phenomenal, phenomenal, great contract, great value, um, because they sounded to a big money. But then, uh, all these other tight ends, they end up getting paid and more. And the timing of his contract was excellent because had they waited, and especially after he had to get it here, Mark Andrews price would have been way up. And I would have been like, pay him, pay him, whatever it is, pay him because he would have deserved it. Um, but they pay him a year early rather than a year later. And they saved a lot of money. Oh, that worked out for them. Um, but who else? Everywhere else has been pretty much bargain shopping. Yeah. I think Morgan Moses, three year, $15 million deals. So five mil per Patrick McCary, he about five mil per, um, running backs. You got two, you got a drafted guy, J.K. Dobbins, you got Justice Hill, who you drafted in the fourth round a couple of years ago. You got Gus Edwards, undrafted, uh, Mike Davis, uh, your free agent. Um, a wide receiver shot baby draft first round pick. So there goes a nice significant investment right there. Uh, you got a third round pick. You got a fourth round pick. You got a sixth round pick. Um, so it's just like, uh, I just, but I wonder like if the Ravens, the way that they move now, how would they move after they pay Lamar? That's one thing that I would be worried about. But Lamar has shown already that he can still win. He can win. But I, I still, I just wouldn't want that to take away from what the Ravens do for him and really for the team as far as those skill positions. But anyway, back to your question. Um, after all the money, uh, after all the money, can they afford to keep up is the question? Who can they afford after Lamar? See, again, my, my, my biggest fear, what, what have they done before Lamar on the offensive side of the ball? So yeah, after they pay him, how, how will their philosophy be? Will it change all of a sudden? I can't say yeah, but what's going to happen after they pay him the bread. But we, yeah, we were just talking about that. Uh, we have to be able to help keep Lamar successful too. By continuously giving him receivers, offensive linemen, running backs, tight ends, top tier players for a top paid quarterback. Yes. And another thing too, once you pay Lamar Jackson, um, you, you can still pay other people like teams have shown like the, just because you pay a quarterback, it does not stop there. It does not start. Look at the Raiders right now. Max Price, we got paid. Chandler Jones got paid. Um, Derek Carr got paid. Devonte Adams got paid the most in the league. Darren Waller, he's, he's probably underpaid right now, but he even got, but so you get the, you could still make stuff happen. So just because a quarterback is paid, that is not an excuse. It's not, but anyway. Um, if we could put top tier pieces, Oh, but what I was saying too, um, with that, uh, the drafting, it becomes that much more important too. And the Ravens, I mean, let this year we'll see how it pans out. But previous drafts, they've been a little shaky. I mean, 2021 it's looking, it's looking decent. And it's one of the better ones. And Eric, the cops have been getting better every year and making more impact every year, but it's still been a little bit shaky. So the drafting will have to improve, have to improve too. Uh, he said, if we could put top tier pieces around Tyler Huntley or Anthony Brown, Jr. to where they could be, uh, they could win a Superbowl or they could be Superbowl winning quarterbacks for an affordable price. Would that be so bad? Uh, see this, this is where your butt came in. That's where the butt came in. So I knew it was going to go somewhere or anything was going to go that route, but I knew it was going to go somewhere. Cause whenever somebody said, listen, I like Lamar, but then it's, it's, it's, it's headed down a rocky road. So we on that rocky road now, would that be so bad? Yes, it would be. Um, the reason being because they're not Lamar, Jack, well, Anthony, Anthony Brown, uh, we don't know what he is in the league. Um, so no, right now he's not Lamar Jackson. Tyler Huntley is not Lamar Jackson with Tyler Huntley. You saw what happened. Lamar went out, Tyler Huntley went in. We never want to game again. Oh, that rhyme, by the way. But when we love Tyler Huntley, but he's not Lamar, he's not Lamar. But anyway, he said, if Lamar got traded to a team that could afford what he wanted on the contract and put top tier players around him without it having it be a financial issue, would that be bad for Lamar? No, it wouldn't be bad for Lamar at all. It'd be terrible for the Ravens though. And for them to have to start over at the quarterback position would be very scary, very scary. Uh, he said, maybe we as fans have to not be so selfish and look at all, look at the overall success of a player and they having a great future in the NFL versus having a winning football team. Fans want both. We want both and it's possible to have both. I understand what you're saying. You're saying look at the business aspect of the NFL a lot more, which, which, yeah, I get it. Trust me, I do. But anyway, he said, I'm just saying, I want him to stay, but are we going to invest the extra money to surround him with the weapons he needs? It's like getting a $260 million contract to be a QB in Detroit. Yes, the money is good, but you also want a winning cast with you. Now that's an extreme right there. Now the Ravens, the way that they run stuff, it is not like the Detroit Lions. It's not. We, we, we disagree with them on the way that they do some things, but it is not like no Detroit Lions. And I think the reason why we get so frustrated with some of the things that they do is because of their success that they've had overall in their existence. So our expectations are higher and there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with having high expectations for the Baltimore Ravens. He said, we still, oh, excuse me. Yes, the money is good. So back to his Detroit comparison. He said, yes, the money will be good, but you also want a winning cast with you. We still need to add more weapons for him, period. We all need to take a hard look at Eric Dacosta in scouting after Ozzy has been rough. Or am I the only one who's paying attention? Would Ozzy, Ozzy was not no perfect drafter now. Let's not forget about that. And we ain't taking shots of nobody, but Ozzy was not no perfect drafter. Ozzy had a lot of misses too. Eric Dacosta has had a lot of misses. Ozzy had a lot of misses too. But with Ozzy, the hits, they were the hits. And it's like, oh, whoa, Ray Lewis, Jonathan. I read Terrell Suck, Lody Knox, Joe Flack, Lamar Jack, Mark Andrew, Landel Brown, like the hits have been the hits. So and he got a long history of hit. He got a long history of misses now, too. But the impact of those hits, it was like, whoa, oh, my goodness. Like a lot of historic players, too, but if I was Lamar, I wouldn't sign anything until you put some pieces around me. Tom Brady had West, Gronk, Randy Moss and list goes on. Give this man the players he deserves. And don't forget on that time, Brady lists the refs too. And if you couldn't tell, this is an episode of NFL questions from subs. But anyway, next question came from my guy, Liam. He said, hey, I'm a huge fan of your channel. And for a while, when I go on a walk or a run, I tend to listen to you because of your energy. Oh, OK, I appreciate it, man. Thank you. But I have a set of questions for you. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions. Thank you. But I have a serious question, and especially with the long video, you can get a lot of walking and exercise done during those. So appreciate it. But you say, let's say perhaps the Ravens get all injured all over again and Lamar has a season similar to his 2020 or 2021 season. And those two different seasons now, I think 2020. What was the 20 and 6, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions? Well, 20, I forgot what it was. But anyway, he said, do you think that the end last year was like was like 16 and 14 and 16 and 13? So I forgot what the ratio was bad. And I know context matters, too. You can't just look at the numbers. But yeah, anyway, do you think that the Ravens would fire John and the boys or would John be fired? And Greg moved up to head coaching position. I know this sounds dumb, but I was thinking about this for a while. No, I don't think that if with the part that you said, if the Ravens get all injured all over again, didn't know I think they would give they give everybody a pass again. But I wonder because again, I I thought that there was a lot of decision making even with all the injuries that was very questionable. And they didn't take into account who was out there and what was going on in a different situation. I thought a lot of the situational football last year was bad. A lot of situational decisions last year, in my opinion, were bad. That was in real time. That was looking back at it. It wasn't just one of those, oh, well, hindsight is 20 20. No, no, no, we talked about this in real time as they were going on, as they were happening, as they were being decided. I did not agree with a lot of stuff that they were doing last year, especially a lot of those two point conversions and whatnot. But and then a lot of the way that the defense was being played with a lot of guys injured, just a lack of adjustments, a lot of lack of in game adjustments from both sides of the ball. But I don't think I don't think they would fire John Hall ball if that happened again. We don't want it to happen again. There's no way that was so bad last year. Oh, that was so bad last year with all the injuries. But no, I don't think John will go anywhere. Next question came from my boy, Luke. He said, yo, what's up, engraving? I've been watching your videos for a while. Quick question. Do you think that EDC is planning to keep the wide receivers on the roster to see how they play? But if things go south, he will make one of his famous end season trades. Oof, that is a really good question. And I think it depends on so much. Obviously, it depends on how the wide receivers are doing. Hopefully we don't even have to have this conversation. Hopefully they over there killing or they balling and they doing that thing. But it also depends on who's available to. Now, of course, there's always somebody that's available. But who would it be? Would they be worth it? Would they be somebody that can really help get the Ravens to where they ultimately need to go? So much just so much depends on everything, really. So it's one of those things that's really to be determined. Hopefully we don't have to get there. But we just got to wait and see. And the last question on this episode came from my boy, Jay. He said, I think it's time for me to just enjoy the ride with the Ravens. Hello, engraving. First time sending a question, really more of a thought. Me as many others, I feel frustrated with the poor effort Ravens put on the wide receiver position and how little they value it. As the seasons went by, and especially this offseason, this thought hit my mind that, yeah, the Ravens as an organization from the top to the bottom, they really don't see the wide receiver as a super important element on their foundation. Is that right or wrong? Yeah, I mean, yes, right. Ravens haven't really received. It's not really there. That's obviously not their burden, but they never really put much into receiver at all throughout their history. They they've been a couple of first round draft picks like Mark Clayton, Travis Taylor, Rashad Perryman, Hollywood Brown, Rashad Bateman. Did I miss anybody? I don't think so, but then there's been a lot of times when they signed a receiver to be somebody that's well past their prime. Now, the 2000 team, that was defense. That defense got them that Super Bowl, boy, that defense wasn't playing. One of the best defense to ever do it. But in a more modern day, in that fail, the 2012 year, no Anquan Bowden, no Super Bowl. No Jacoby Jones, no Super Bowl. No Tori Smith, no Super Bowl. And those receivers, they made a countless amount of plays for the team throughout and they had a big three. That was a big three. And then on top of that, they still had Dennis Pitta. And they had Ed Dixon too. And they had Ray Rice. And then they had Bernard Pierce too. But you see, they had a good, significant weapons and guys that were playmakers. They made big time plays and big time moments. And Anquan Bowden will come through with a clutch crucial catch. Tori Smith will come through with a bomb down the field. Jacoby Jones will come through with a huge return that gave the team a spark. So you see the impact of wide receiver quality. Wide receivers and what it does for your friends and balance wide receivers because they had Anquan Bowden. He wasn't a speed guy, but Anquan Bowden, that number one, that dog, he just got that nasty enemy that go up and get it. No, I'm gonna outmuscle you for this ball. This is mine. It's not yours. And I'm gonna let you know that it's mine. Tori Smith, the deep downfield threat and legitimate deep downfield threat. Teams, they realized, you're gonna try it. You're gonna try it. And Tori Smith getting to doing his arm like that. That means he getting ready to catch the ball. So he gonna, Flacco was gonna try it. And then you got Jacoby Jones, who was a decent receiver, but he was more so a specialty return guy. But he did make some plays as a receiver too. So yeah, so Jacoby Jones, he contributed in more ways than one. So they had their big three. But anyway, he said, is it wrong because this is a passing league and therefore they should go with the flow of big wide receiver market. But if they went to championship with their own philosophy, would that make the other ones be wrong? No, it would just make Raven's philosophy. It would show that it can win a Super Bowl. It wouldn't make the other ones wrong though, because the other ones have won Super Bowls. And those have been the Super Bowl winners. But it wouldn't make the other ones wrong. It would just add the Ravens into being right as well. Saying, hey, this way works too. If whatever formula you choose takes you to win the championship, then which formula is right and which one is wrong? What I know is that you should always keep balance or at least keep it the most balanced way possible. What I mean when I say enjoy the ride is that we the fans can't really make things change when that's an organization decision. And I'm just in a position of, okay Ravens, you're not better than all your money on a YRC position like other teams because you believe you can do the job in this other way, then I'll hope that you get the big prize. Yeah, excuse me, that's what it is. I mean, we can't change anything. We don't change anything. We get on here, we talk about it, how we feel things should go, sometimes we're right, sometimes we're wrong. And that's just how it is. We can't change anything. We just watch and see what they do as a team, as an organization. And yeah, we just, okay, hope it all works out. There'll be times when stuff does work out and it'd be like, oh, well, I could have told you that was gonna happen. Or they could have been times when stuff doesn't work out and be like, oh man, I thought that was gonna work but hey, it really didn't, at least they tried. So it's just, yeah, we don't have any control over that. He said that, I guess what I'm trying to say is if the Ravens truly, truly, truly believe that the adjustments, additions, strategies they are using right now is the optimal path for them to win a championship, then so be it. I'm not gonna fight it or cry about it. I will hope for the best. See how this unveils itself and we'll be hoping for that championship. Now, if this doesn't happen, the, I believe the Ravens will change that whole philosophy when they reach the lowest of the lowest. I don't think so. I don't think so though. But anyway, he said until then, I believe they will keep going at it. So I'm just gonna enjoy this ride, truly believe, believe in this team, hoping for the best and hoping that this path that they're taking will take us to a championship. Just trying to be stress-free with this team. Ha ha, hope I make myself clear. Thanks for your time reading this. Oh yeah, El, what you said, as far as just enjoying a ride, I get that. But then that last part, that's the only part that I disagree with you on because you said stress-free. Stress-free and Ravens, they don't mix. This feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You two team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, automated. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven. Shout out to Raven.