 Boy, I know the Lamar Jackson haters. They would love this idea Team keeping clean. What's going on is engraving here with another video and today boy. Hmm. Glenn-Clock radio They had on a very special guest In former dolphins and saints GM former chargers and Seahawks executive Randy molar and He proposed a plan for the Ravens to put in place to where they prepare for life without Lamar Jackson by Drafting another quarterback that will give them options that would possibly give them some leverage with this whole contract negotiations or actually lack thereof but Before we break it down. Let's listen to his breakdown of this plan Well, here's my thinking and let me just say this nobody's trying to replace Lamar Jackson. That's not the idea That's not that the theory in what I'm talking about. I just know this having set in the GM chair for many years I made my worst deals I think most GMs would concur with their own Plights when you don't have options when you have to make a deal for X amount of dollars that you're nervous about making I just think the league that team building that taking care of your own team is Best served when you have options. So my thought so First he talked, excuse me about his experience as a GM and he said that he made some of his worst deals When he did not have Options on contracts where you're nervous So he sort of implied that the Ravens are nervous about giving Lamar Jackson this contract Who knows but he said he made his worst deals When they were nervous about giving a player money, but they didn't have any options So they didn't they didn't have any leeway But let's let's let's continue If they can find a way to have a consensus in their own building on an option at quarterback and again I'm not talking about taking one early, but round two or three may just be the right time this year to take one I think it makes some sense to him. I think he gives them some some leeway I hate nobody can force Lamar to sign a contract if he is not willing to like what we hear and read Right, he's not ready to do that. You just got to look out for your own franchise and I think this does that It just gives you an option one might help you in negotiating But two it's just gonna help your team move forward a little bit with an option that doesn't exist currently So He talked about Draft not drafting a quarterback early said the Ravens they wouldn't have to draft the quarterback early But I think in rounds like two or three they could do it Let me know if I'm wrong. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way Maybe I'm looking at it from a way that maybe I'm just not getting it But wouldn't if you have a quarterback right now You have a quarterback under contract this year and he's obviously a franchise quarterback If you draft another quarterback again, you have a quarterback in place But if you draft another quarterback in rounds two or three Wouldn't that still be considered drafting a quarterback early? To me it would especially when you have a lot of other holes on the roster that are much more important than quarterback for you right now So anyway, but he talked about this would give the Ravens options like a sort of a backup plan of adjusting case And it could possibly give them some leverage Help out with contract negotiation. He said they can't force Lamar Jackson sign a contract. Oh, they can't they can't do that No, he will sign when he's ready when they come to terms and who knows the reason that he doesn't want to sign right now It could be because he could feel like a last year numbers weren't so pretty And since they weren't so pretty Ravens are gonna want to negotiate off of those numbers and be like, hey Since I had my first major injury, they're gonna want to negotiate off of that and I'm like a I don't think so. Let me go bet on myself this year. Let me go prove myself this year and let me then then we'll talk Again, that's my thinking Lamar Jackson hasn't said anything. But by his actions, they lead me to believe That's what it is that he wants to bet on himself He wants to prove to the Ravens why he deserves that top dollar I mean, I think he's already proven it But yeah, go ahead and prove it a yet another season. Go do your thing. I am mad at you But as far as drafting another quarterback, what would that do for the Ravens and Lamar Jackson? Well a couple of things well for the Ravens He did mention how you got to take care to franchise first You got to put the franchise first. You got to take care of your team first and We know that any franchises like that is to franchise over the players it's They put themselves first and that's business. It's nothing new. It's not a secret anything like that But that would be them staying ready so they ain't got to get ready now with that If you think about the possible worst-case scenario Lamar Jackson goes out there and plays this year and he doesn't resign next year and He he left for whatever reason whether the Ravens traded that they franchise tag them and traded them Or he just left in free agency. Whatever happened if he left You run some very big risks with that very very big risks one you have That's a lot of pressure on your next franchise quarterback that guy who you drafted in round two or three and Because you've had your first franchise quarterback was Joe Fleco and That was your first ever franchise quarterback the guy that you knew Every year week one who was suiting up, you knew what you had in him He of course delivered all those playoff wins and the Super Bowl Joe Fleco did his thing. He was there your first franchise quarterback and Now you had Lamar Jackson at and at that point They would have had a Lamar Jackson and you saw everything that he's done for this team. This team was headed Nowhere fast, but he brought them back to life in an instant an instant Lamar Jackson is prime time TV He like really elevated the Ravens big time big time So he's given you so much So quickly and of course you still want more we want more playoff wins and eventually a Super Bowl But for what he's done so far, it's like whoa like we love everything that Fleco did But for this transition has been a very nice transition from one Flacco to Lamar a lot of times A lot of franchises when they transition and from one quarterback to whoever's next it can get a little ugly It can get very ugly, but this transition it hasn't been ugly at all So if they were to do another transition You run the risk of it being ugly You run the risk of this next quarterback just Not being so special I mean he could end up being special, but he also could end up not being special but Whatever you go to and and I mean again, they're back ups and it's no disrespect to them But whatever you go to next from a Lamar Jackson. Oh It's almost not gonna be fair for that person to step into that situation I mean we saw Tyler Huntley we saw Josh Johnson is We've seen it times RG3 So we've seen it and it's it's a there's a drop-off. There's a significant drop-off and we see that But if the Rays would have draft a quarterback, they run a lot of risks. Hey, it could work out But it also could not work out and that's part of business in business. You you run risks You do some stuff where it's like, oh, I don't know if this is gonna work But hey, I'll try it, but you usually run risk when you don't have a plan when when you when whatever you normally do it's just it's not working and In this case with Lamar Jackson in the contract situations Usually when Ravens want to negotiate with somebody usually that person negotiate that player negotiate and they'll make some stuff happen But Lamar again a family told him no, so I'm good for now. We'll talk about that later now One of the other risks that you run Is alienating a fan base? If you Draft a quarterback and Lamar Jackson leaves You're gonna lose. I mean you're gonna keep the majority of fan base But you are going to have a lot of upset people a whole lot of upset people And I know like a something I know it's gonna be somebody in conversation. Oh the fans don't matter the fans They don't make business decisions for the team. They don't impact the team. They don't they don't do anything for the personnel They don't sign anybody. They don't trade for anybody. They're not drafted The fans are just fans and fans should stay in their place. Well Let me tell you Fans, they're the one that buy tickets to the games Fans are the one that shows up in all kinds of weather to watch their favorite team and their favorite players play Fans are the ones who buy all these jerseys fans are the ones who buy all this memorabilia Fans are the one who got these hoodies they and they get on here and they talk fans they they have a lot of impact on Franchises so do not underestimate the power of a fan base because it is significant But most importantly You run the risk of that quarterback not working out You run the risk of alienating the fan base, but most importantly you run the risk of alienating Lamar Jackson if you draft the quarterback and That's even before You even decided to run with that quarterback This is before if you decided to trade Lamar let him go This is before as soon as you draft the quarterback especially in rounds one two or three If you draft the quarterback you run the risk of alienating the guy who apparently you want to get a contract done with What kind of message would that send to Lamar Jackson if the Ravens drafted a quarterback? That would be them letting him know. Okay. Hey, appreciate you, but it's probably gonna be a last ride though I mean, you don't remember Joe Flacco Joe Flacco. No, he knew what time it was Soon as they drafted Lamar Jackson. He already knew we already knew it was obvious that would be it and Lamar, he knows the game on the field, but obviously off the field as well So if contract negotiations weren't going good now and you draft the quarterback Yeah, they're gonna go south quick quick I Just and I know how some people some people view it like this some people like oh man Well, if the Ravens or draft the quarterback that could give Lamar Jackson extra motivation to go out there and do his thing this year I don't think he needs any extra motivation to go out there and do his thing I mean, he's always super motivated. That's not a question Lamar Jackson is as we have seen and heard plenty of times. He is his own biggest critic own biggest critic And a lot of times he lets outside critics get to him too. So he doesn't need any extra motivation But the Ravens would run that risk of alienating him and contract talks in just relationship with the team Because another reason because he doesn't have an agent and the reason that I bring that up is because Any dealings that the Ravens have with Lamar Jackson anything They're not talking to an agent and then and then that agent he relays the message to them up No, they have to talk to Lamar Jackson directly directly You have to look him in his eye not his agent in his eye You have to look him in his eye and try to justify the reason why you drafted a quarterback But you still want him to sign a deal really really It's it's risky business and I do not think if the Ravens went with that strategy I do not think you would end well I really don't not well. I don't think it will end well as far as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens coming to a contract agreement I don't think it would be like oh, man Ravens drafted a quarterback. All right. Let me go sign that deal now No, I mean it could but I Just wouldn't see it happen Because it would show that again, even if it's right in rounds two or three But it would show that the Ravens are willing to invest some capital into that next guy and Even though they have their guy right now So as far as a Randy Mola's playing I See what you're saying but No, I just think um, yeah, it would give the Ravens another option. It would But I Wouldn't do that. I Would not walk on that thin icy water I wouldn't do it because it just it wouldn't be worth it to me It wouldn't be worth it. And I just think that It's there's a lot more negative that could come from it than positive And the Ravens Ravens really have to figure out how to Handle this Lamar Jackson situation in my opinion and what I mean is I feel like they've done they've done an alright job with How they've built the team around Lamar, but they they also could have done a lot better a lot better and I really think that this year this offseason, which is still a young offseason. We will only We're not even a full month into the offseason. It started what officially on like March 14 something like that So we're not even a full month into the offseason But so Ravens could still make a lot of stuff happen. We'll see what goes down, but They really I mean they should have been on this a long time ago They they they should have been on this a while ago like the first year where I couldn't give them any excuse for not being on it was 2020 That was the first year where they had absolutely zero excuse for being on it for really going all in for that guy And I know you're lucky a lot of y'all tired of hear me say this, but I'm not tired of saying it because the Ravens haven't done it Because Yeah, the rookie year they obviously couldn't have gone all in on him because it was a lot of unknown and he was a rookie It was still Flacco's team. Then of course the transition from Flacco to Lamar. All right took over He ran them into the playoffs then they got ran out the play So then second year, it's like, okay, still a lot of unknowns We don't know how he is at the full-time quarterback is gonna be his first offseason as a starter Okay, cool, you ain't go all in then okay, cool, no problem Drafted Hollywood in the first round the Lamar's request Got his guy drafted Boykin in the third round. You added a Seth Roberts. You still had Willie Snead Mark Andrews was emerging. He was the top tight end. Okay. You are brought in Mark Ingram Earl Thomas again, they went 14 and two beautiful beautiful season It's like oh, he led the league and touchdown passes 36 to six interceptions One unanimous MVP Wow in his first full year starting He won the unanimous in unanimous MV unanimous MVP in his first full year starting. What? That's insane So all right, we got a unanimous MVP quarterback Wow, whoa, yeah, let's go all in on this guy for sure. Let's do it They didn't They didn't 2019 he wins unanimous MVP. He is Regarded as he was the best player in the NFL in 2019 was the best player in the league in 2019 How do they follow that up in 2020 with the construction of the roster? They didn't go all in That's perfect opportunity because he showed you what he can do and The thing that made it more frustrating for me, especially when we look back. It's like man He showed you what he could do with a Hollywood that was injured Miles Boykin Seth Roberts Willie Snead He showed you what he can do with those guys at wide receiver the offensive line They were better obviously Marshall yonder made such a big difference. They had Ronnie Stanley for the whole year Had Orlando Brown like he showed you what he can do with a quality offensive line and the wide receivers being So why not continue to give him a quality offensive line Yeah, Marshall yonder, he retired after that But why not give him a quality offensive line and then really upgrade those wide receivers that much more Why not do that? Why not? But the Ravens are like no, we're not We're not gonna do that So then in 2021 this last season They drafted Rashad Bateman. I like that. I had actually loved that Go back and watch that reaction video to that if you want to see how much I loved it I loved it so much, but it's like, okay. We've got Hollywood. Okay. Got Devon Duvenay approach it from last year Okay, they drafted Rashad Bateman Tyler Wallace up But as far as bringing in a veteran wide receiver who's not washed up not old But they brought in one that's just really damaged goods and that was Sammy Watkins and I was just talking to my guy Josh about this the other day I remember when Raven signed Sammy Watkins I remember so many comments in the comment section and videos that we were doing Sammy Watkins a lot of cheese fans came Through all the six games Sammy that six games Sammy and I'd be like, ah, I can't argue with you But hopefully he'll be healthy for the Ravens. Maybe a reduced roll or something. We'll see We got like six games out of I like six games out of and That was it So the Ravens just really at the wide receiver position It's been quantity over quality At Titan they got Mark Andrews they they even gave him in his extension Great job there as far as their first Titan and the backup Titans has been a little rough. Nick Boyle, of course been hurting what not And they traded away Hayden Hurst never quite really replaced him They tried the Josh Oliver project a little bit, but he didn't really get much action in his way last year But um So they could still do some upgrading there at backup Titan, but at least the first string. So are you okay? But as far as wide receive wide receiver, um, you got a Hollywood, you got a Bateman nice one to punch But it's Ravens could really they could have done so much more so much more for their quarterback and There's literally no excuse as to why they haven't it should have started in 2020 after that MVPC Cuz he proved to you Exactly what he could do it should have started in 2020 It should have been in 2021 as well and it needs to be now in 2022 to I Keep hearing people when it whenever we talk about the contract. I keep hearing a lot of people say Lamar Jackson, he should sign his extension right now because it would give the Ravens Capra and That is true that it would give them Capra. It would alleviate a lot of cap space for these Ravens, but That's a big risk that I don't think he should take Because what have the Ravens done? When they've had all the cap room before his cap hit was 23 24 meal like it is this year What have they done for him when they've had the money sitting there? Why should he be like, alright, I'm a sign of deal. So I'll give y'all some more cap space What are they proving that they gonna do it? What are you gonna do with it? So this They got to step it up man They got to step it up. They got to step it up As far as building Building they got to step up the roster construction quality over quantity Not just bodies, but quality players game changers and I say all this to say Lamar is not innocent and all this as well Lamar got stuff that he got to step up on too for sure We talk about that all the time as well Lamar got stuff. He got to step on too in far as holding the ball the quick game And living to play another down throwing the ball away throwing receivers open Timing routes fade routes. They got a lot of stuff. They can implement and it's a mega and getting getting different guys involved more Building trust with other guys besides Hollywood and Mark Andrews And really just opening it up And that's that's a mix of Lamar. That's a mix of Greg Roman. But yes, that's on everybody But yeah Lamar certainly he got to step it up too But the Ravens again, they're roster construction This is like not that this is the last year that they can do it, but Yeah, this is this is the right now like obviously every year before now too, but right now This is the cheapest That Lamar is going to be the cheapest Because if it comes down to all this franchise tag stuff next year or next two years or next whatever That price tag goes up That cat pit goes up it goes way up and Shout out to big Sean, but the way that price tag is gonna go way up Lamar gonna feel blessed You're gonna feel blessed There you go But I just They got to step it up man The snow excuse no excuse and I also hear people say oh man the Ravens What is Lamar expecting to do? What are y'all expecting to do if Lamar won't sign a contract and he got a 23 male cap hit So what do y'all expect the Ravens to do if he got that and the cap hit that his cap It could go down if he signed a deal, but he not gonna sign a deal. Why that selfish man. No, that's not selfish man That ain't selfish The Ravens got approved that they are actually gonna do something. They have not proven that yet, man They ain't proven that yet When are they gonna prove that? Ain't no excuses this year, man And and that's the thing too the Ravens they know y'all y'all a lot of fans always talk about how the Ravens They always playing ahead They always playing ahead. They always planning for down the road That's how they do with their draft picks and stuff. They plan for down the road That's how they do with their that their cap their cap on Responsibility they plan for down the road. They don't like spending in future years They don't want to go crazy like a lot of other teams been going. They don't want to do it They want to do it their way but With them they always got a plan in place a plan for down the road and whatnot They even he was on a five-year plan a while back back in what 2014 they had him on a five-year plan Are you gonna take over then? So what I'm saying is that the Ravens they should have been planning for this They should have been planning for his cap hit to be Significantly more than it what it had been So they should have a plan in place But as far as drafting another quarterback That ain't the one