 If you've ever been in a bad work situation, or a bad work environment, being in a good one can make you appreciate it even more. Because in a bad work environment, you got coworkers who just, they don't ride for each other, they don't help each other out. You may have a manager that really just doesn't really care much about you and may tell you that they want to get the best out of you, but they don't really put forth that effort. And they don't invest time into making an attempt to really get the best out of you. But with the Ravens, it seems as if that is the exact opposite. Raven seemed to have such a good work environment, such a good vibe throughout the team, just such a good energy. They obviously had a lot of fun throughout the season. They joke around with each other. They have fun on the field, off the field, and it shows. It shows. It showed in the game play. It showed just when you see them via social media. You see them in interviews, post game, pregame, all that stuff. And it's been showing through this offseason two, just the support that they have continued to have for one another. Now there can be jealousy in the work environment. There can be envy in the work environment, especially when you see one of your co-workers come up, because you may feel, some people may feel, oh, your coworker, he doesn't deserve it. He or she doesn't deserve it. I've been putting in work for as long as them, or even longer than them, but they got to come up before me. What's that about? But with the Ravens, you saw somebody like a Matthew Judon, when he got franchise tagged, you saw nothing but congratulations. You saw nothing but, hey, I'm happy for you, homie. And you saw just a celebration with all his co-workers. And now with Ronnie Stanley, his co-workers, they're coming to his aid when it comes to him being paid. So there was a tweet from Pro Football Focus about the Ravens, about Ronnie Stanley in particular. And it said the highest pass blocking grade in 2019 went to none other than Ronnie Stanley. No sacks allowed in 2019, regular season went to none other than Ronnie Stanley. And it said that Ronnie Stanley is becoming a premier left tackle. So Ronnie Stanley has shown that he is consistent. Ronnie Stanley has shown that he is one of the better left tackles in the league. Ronnie Stanley has shown one of the biggest things when it comes to being a professional football player that is so important, and it often goes overlooked. But when it's a problem, oh, you know it's a problem, and that's being healthy. He's been there, he shows up all the time, and he does his thing. So that led to Willie Snead. He caught wind of that. And he quote tweeted and said, pay that man, pay that man, pay Ronnie Stanley. And this has been something that we've discussed on here quite often, especially recently since Ronnie Stanley, he's in the last year of his contract. He could get a contract any day now, any day now. He does not have any restrictions right now for when he can agree to terms with the Ravens. They could announce any day now that, oh, we've extended Ronnie Stanley. Oh, we came up with a contract agreement with Ronnie Stanley, any second. But with Ronnie Stanley, it's just, it's not that simple. I wish it was, but it's really not. But Lamar chimed in too, and he said, please, please, and put three of these emojis, even though these are really high five emojis. A lot of people think that they're like praying emojis or begging emojis or whatever. These are really high fives. But anyway, he put, please, and you can understand why both of them, and I'm sure plenty of other people on the Ravens would be advocates for one Ronnie Stanley getting paid. Again, you, you heard what we just read about him from pro football focus. No sacks allowed in 2009, like none, zero. Now Lamar Jackson is his quarterback, so that certainly plays a part in that because if somebody were to get past Ronnie Stanley, then enough times Lamar could evade them. But still Lamar didn't evade everybody last year when it came to being sacked. So for Ronnie Stanley to really hold it down like that, for him to really, literally hold up his end of the bargain like that, that's a beautiful thing because your quarterback, you're protecting his blind side since he's right handed. He can only see, well he can't really see what's behind him. So you being that left tackle, you're protecting everything on his left side because as a right handed quarterback, you're like this and the left tackle's over there. Your right tackle, you can see over there and you got to obviously look around. You got to have pocket awareness and pocket presence, but to have a good left tackle that's holding it down like that, that's a beautiful thing. That certainly isn't something that is underappreciated by Lamar Jackson, like he stated, please, in support of Willie Snead saying they need to pay Ronnie Stanley. Now, with the Ravens paying to Ronnie Stanley, again, I am not envious of Eric DeCosta. And now with all the possibilities of next season, Eric DeCosta's job just got that much harder because as you know, the NFL and the NFLPA, they came to an agreement on how this league year is going to play out. They came to an agreement with the testing. They came to an agreement with the salary cap, but with the salary cap, some of the specifics about that is that this year is going to remain the same because there were some talks about potentially dropping it this year. And if they dropped it this year, ooh, that could cause a lot of chaos because a lot of teams are close to the salary cap. They're right up against the salary cap like Ravens right now. They only have 7 million cap space. And with them only having 7 million cap space, if the salary cap were to drop, if it dropped 10 million, then okay, you're 3 million over, you got to cut somebody. If it were to drop 25 million, oh man, then stuff just gets scary and ugly, but they don't have to worry about that this year. But next season, they're saying that if the NFL suffers enough losses, enough revenue losses, then the salary cap is going to drop to 175 million because again, right now it's at 198.2 million. So it would drop to 175 million and they would sort of try to cover the losses over the next four years from I think like 2021 to 2024, something along those lines. But the salary cap will be lower. So a lot of teams that like that's going to make stuff that much harder. But speaking for area to cost us specifically, now if that's the case, it's so much unknown with that. And that can make it very, very scary. Because you don't know if or when or by how much the NFL, how much revenue they might possibly lose this year. But if they do, then you'll know, okay, well, salary cap is dropping, salary cap is dropping next year. So now that really has a huge impact on your future deals, guys who you would normally come to an agreement with. And this is not just obviously with the Ravens, this is league wide. So a lot of tough decisions are going to have to be made. And it's a possibility too that some guys may have to end up taking a little bit less. They may really have like, you may not have any choice. There's going to be like, I mean, we already see a lot of crazy cuts every single year. We see a lot of crazy trades every single year. Next year, if the salary cap drops to 175 mil, you will see that even more. Because salaries are going to have to get cut, rosters are going to have to get reduced. Because you, I mean, you already can't pay everybody. But if the salary cap drops by that much, you really can't pay everybody. You really can't. And I mean, it just, it's just a tricky situation for the Ravens specifically, but again, for everybody. Now Ravens as of right now, according to the spot track, as of right now, if the Ravens left everybody on the contracts that they're currently on right now at this moment, then next year, they would have with the salary cap going down to 175 mil, they would have about 30 million cap space. And while some people might be, oh, that's not too bad. And it's not, but Ronnie Stanley, free agent, Matt Judon, free agent, Marlon Humphrey, eligible. So I think they will put that on hold. If the salary cap did does drop Lamar Jackson, eligible, I think they will put that on hold or depend, now if the Ravens win the Super Bowl now, that's, oh, that's pressure right there. I don't really think Lamar will sweat it and I think he'll be willing to wait. But at the same time, it's like, hey, I just want you to Super Bowl. We just won like, hey, what's up? So, so much stuff just depends on so many different situations. But again, no, I'm not jealous of Eric DeCosta. And then, of course, there's Bowser, there's Jihad Ward, there's L.J. Fort, there's Jimmy Smith, there's, it's plenty more to is Derek Wolf. So you got quite a bit of guy and there's more, but you got quite a bit of guys that are going to be free agents next year. So that makes those decisions just that much harder. Well, at the same time, it could make it that much easier. You may have some people that you're sort of on the fence about like, huh, should we bring them back another year? And everything, of course, depends on their play throughout this season. But you may have some guys that you're on the fence about like, oh, should we bring them back again? Should we extend them? But now with the salary cap, it's going down. It's like, oh, maybe not. So hopefully for NFL, say they they still end up making a significant amount of money. I mean, you know that they still going to make plenty of money, regardless of especially since everybody's going to be watching on TV now. And if there are fans at the stands, we'll see what happens. But if there aren't any fans at the stands, then the TV ratings are going to go way up. They're going to go way up since everybody's going to be at home watching. So they're going to make a significant amount of money. But at the same time, they are still going to lose a significant amount of money because it ain't nothing like ticket sales. Ain't nothing like being at the game, fans buying food, memorabilia, paying for parking, like that stuff adds up. Like, when you think about that, like 71,000 people going to a game and not every stadium holds 70,000. Just just even use 50,000 just to use it as an example. 50,000 people going to a game. A lot of them are going to buy food. A lot of them are going to buy drinks, buy beer. A lot of them are going to buy a paraphernalia, jerseys, hats, gloves, whatever. Some people may be visiting. So they they like, oh, you know, I got to buy a lot of stuff. This official team stuff straight from the official store of whatever team you're going to. I got to take it back home on my way back. Let me get all this. And then, of course, like we said, the parking, they got to pay for that. And it's just it's so much money that goes into actually going into going to the games. Again, it is a beautiful experience. It's a fun experience, especially when your team wins. It's a little rough when they lose, but it's still fun. But to NFL, NFL is definitely going to suffer. They're going to take a loss. But hopefully it's not enough to where that salary cap has to get reduced to 175 mil, but it's going to be it's going to be tough. So it's most likely looking like that's what's going to go down. But we just got to wait and see. But as far as Ronnie Stanley, this affects him a lot. And like I said, it affects everybody a lot. But I wonder if this has changed the Ravens dealings with Ronnie Stanley. I wonder if this has, I wonder if they were may have been in deep talks with him. And maybe they were progressing inch and closer and closer to a deal. They're like, OK, we're getting there. We're getting there. But then this news came out and it's like, oh, hold up. OK, you know what? Let's let's put this on pause for now. Let's just wait. Because we don't know what's going to happen next. But then even with that, since he's in the last year of his deal, what if they don't come to an agreement with him all year long? Now, I don't. Well, I do see some scenarios where they actually let him go or they trade him or something like that. But I don't think they're going to do that. Anything is still possible, of course, but I don't think they're going to do that. But if something happened and there was no deal. My sense is going to be a free agent next year. Now, there's no way I see the Ravens just letting him walk completely free, free agent. I think the worst case scenario for the Ravens to do with Ronnie Stanley will be if they franchise tag them and then they traded him for like a first to first or first in the second or first in the third or whatever. And because they're going to be teams that have more money than the Ravens. That can accommodate Ronnie Stanley better than the Ravens can. And Ronnie Stanley, he's going to want a record breaking contract. He is going to want a record breaking contract. And if you've been performing at a high level, then and you see what Larry Meetons would just got. It's like, am I not better than him? Yeah, let's do better than that. Let's go. And then Lamar Jackson, when he gets paid, he's going to want a record breaking contract. But I think that with him, like I said, I think it'll be something that that'll do well for both him and the team. But then you so you got Lamar and again, you got Marlon Humphrey coming up too. One of the better cornerbacks in the league. He's going to want to get paid. You already paying Marcus Peters. You're paying Earl Thomas. You're paying Tavon Young. You like you got a lot of money in a second. So again, this thing is stressful just thinking about it. And I ain't even know GM. I ain't paying nobody. So shout out to the Costa. Much love to you. Need to drink some Kava tea. Was it Java tea or Kava tea? I think it's Kava tea. But it's some tea that just relax yourself. Relax, stress free tea, relax your muscles and all that. I'm sure the guys have got plenty of that. But anyway, team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. I love you all. I hope you're having a great day. I appreciate you for listening. I appreciate you for watching. And y'all just keep being great. Keep being you. Keep just just tell somebody. Like I said, tell somebody you love them. Tell somebody you appreciate them today because you you never, never, never, never know just how you could brighten up. Not only somebody's day, but somebody's life. By just letting them know something that simple as that, that you appreciate them. Anyway, I appreciate y'all. I love y'all and I thank you. We out.