 Ravens defense could slowly be turning into something good. I mean, really even great. First question came from a patient. Shout out to you, Juan. He said, what's up in Graven? I wanna point something out. The Thursday night game, go back and watch it. If our defense would have caught those interceptions they dropped, would we have blown out the bucks? So yeah, that game could have been even better and over a lot earlier if the Ravens would have just held on. And think about it, even with the Bucks game, that's Tom Brady, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Kyle Rudolph, Leonard Fournette, Brescia Perriman. Think about what the Ravens did to Tom Brady, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow. They held them down. Daniel Jones, and I know it's Daniel Jones, but still Daniel Jones, gotta give him respect. He beat the Ravens. So the Ravens have, and they've done it to some other guys too, but the Ravens, the defense is really starting to get it, man. They starting to get it. And against good quarterback. I mean, not even starting until they have been. They've been holding it down. We ain't been seeing these 300 yard passing games anymore. Like we saw early on in the seat, they've been holding it down, man. So now it's about continuing that, getting those turnovers, catching those picks, getting the pass rush. The pass rush is slowly overall been getting better. In the Bucks game, it was, ah, but it's slowly getting better. So this Ravens defense, they starting to click. It seemed like they starting to click, and oh, man. That just kind of made me sad because I just realized that they don't have markets, will you? So they could get him back later on, but they, and then they're gonna get a job, or hopefully, I don't know about them yet, but they're gonna get Tyus Bowser, for sure. A job, or we'll see. But we expect both of those guys to be back, but it's still to be determined. And that would be this week. Hey, maybe by the time you see this video, they'll have been activated. We'll see though. But that could be a beautiful thing. Yeah, this feels like a dream. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated. Boy, that's my homie. Why didn't Graven, why didn't Graven? Next question came from Professor Zoom. He said, what's up, I've been Graven. This is my first time sending in a question. Appreciate the videos, all the prep and execution you put into the content. All right, I appreciate that. Thank you. Quick question, why on the punt fumble, on the buck, did the Ravens players on the recovery came think of his name number 25, or Kebon Seymour? I think, why did he just lay on the ball? He could have scooped and scored. With fumble recoveries, I'm not sure exactly what the rule is with that. I don't know if, did he call for a fair catch? Cause I don't know if that's it. If he, I don't know if the rule is if he called for a fair catch and he fumbles, then the recovery just stops where the ball is recovered at. Or I don't know if, yeah, if they returning and then they fumble, like obviously if they returning and then they fumble and they drop it, then it's a fumble. But I don't know what the rule is for that. So that's a really good question. So somebody in the comment section please explain if you understand it. But anyway, he said, we won definitively. I think that the team is, that was a team defining win like is Seattle in 2019. Now let's get better and keep stacking. Appreciate it, much peace for you and the loved ones. PS, can we pay Lamar the irony of him playing the goat and winning when his Y receiver won and Titan won exit the game and elevate the talent and propel us to a dove? That's what prime Brady did. And he did all last year. Pay the man, my fault for being long-winded. No, you ain't got nothing to apologize for. But yes, I agree, pay the man. I told you, next question is a free parter from my guy, Kevin, much love to you, Kevin. He said, I told you all shotgun in the beginning of the game, no runs to your running back, a turnover inside the 10-yard line, spray shotgun all three plays. Please get rid of Greg Roman. And that, I should have looked to see what time he sent that at. And then he's, oh wow. Then following that, he said, get rid of Oway too. Not Oway, they need to put LOL. But no, I guess he was just vint during the game. And then afterwards, he said in the second half, they listen. And Greg, when someone listened to me in the second half of the game, LOL, why not do that the whole game? Quick hitch passes, rollouts, off your run fakes, attack the flats, I hope they keep listening. We all do, we all do. Will they? We'll see. That, yeah, that rollout that you talked about. And it looked like, I thought Lamar was gonna pitch it. When he rolled out to the right and they had Ken Drake running behind him, it looked like he was gonna pitch it to him. It looked like one of those option plays. And I was like, oh, it's about to go to Ken Drake any second there. But then Lamar threw it to Likely and I was like, oh wow. Something so simple like that was so effective. We need more. Next question came from my guy, Ronald. He said, I ain't gravy. But first I wanna say that I hope everything, which is going well is with the whole team, keep it clean fam, appreciate it. I love watching videos and listening to them while I drive to work. You always keep me posted on raving stuff and whether or not I wanna scream in excitement or shout, or shout out of rage. But now for my question, maybe I haven't been paying attention or I didn't see or hear this, but what happened to Josh Ross? He's on injured reserve. He's on injured reserve. They did say last week that he was practicing off to the side by himself, but he's currently on injured reserve. He said, I know he was injured in the beginning of the season but after that I haven't heard anything about him but we need linebackers, especially now that Bynes went down and we don't know what his deal is. I think Bynes just got benched. I don't think he was hurt, was he? Was he hurt? I don't know. But hey, in his absence, those guys stepped up and one thing I was worried about, I'm like, man, we going against Tom Brady and Josh Bynes is not playing. Probably the smartest lineback on the team. And again, that's not a shot at anybody, but Josh Bynes with all that experience, I say, oh yeah, that's probably one of the smartest lineback on the team. But because he's always like a right place, right time kind of guy. Ain't got all the athletic ability in the world but right place, right time. But when he was not active for the game, I was like, oh, okay, but it worked out. He said, we don't know what his deal is. Oh, and how the tackling was in a tamper game, especially at the linebacker position was a little bit suspect. We need someone who can make smart plays yet have the physical athletic ability to be there. That's hard to find. It's hard to find a good combination of both. And I feel like Josh Ross fits that mold. Do you think we'll ever see him back on the field? Yeah, for sure, for sure. Also, P.S., this is my first question. Hopefully you'll see it. Have a great day. Hey, I hope you have an even better one. This question came from my guy, Keen. He said, I ain't great, but long time subscriber to the channel and love the branding content. I've been really noticing something for a very, oh, I appreciate it, thank you. I've been noticing something for a very long time and I wanted to get your thoughts on it. Hardball has recently been asked about the red zone struggles as of late. Specifically, what is the cause and how can they improve? He gave the same answer he always gives saying we just have to get it done. My question is, have you noticed the lack of design plays specifically for wide receivers in the red zone, whether it be a fade, a back shoulder, oh, Ravens, they're not a fade type of team. They don't do that. That's just, never has been them. Will it ever be? Hey, we love it, but they just don't do that. It's not them. Back shoulders, in the red zone, I feel like, no, no, that's never really been them either. Slants, they do that sometimes on rub routes off a bunch set. I feel like if Ravens did a rub route, I feel like they get called for offensive pass interference every time, man, every time. But that would be something they could try to incorporate because it gets guys open. Like it literally gets guys open because somebody gets rubbed. But anyway, aside from throwing jump balls twice to duvenay further away from the goal line, we really show no wide receiving involvement. In my opinion, this has always been an issue with Greg Roman's offense and lately it's been more noticeable than ever before. It's like, it's either basic run plays if they run at all or isolating Andrews. Have you noticed this at all and how can Ravens media shine light on it and put pressure on Ravens? Cogins have to stop holding all wide receivers captive with their lack of creativity on offense. That's a really good question. That's not anything that I had really thought of like that before. That's a really good question. But with you talking about how they're not focusing on wide receivers in the red zone, that would be philosophy. There's a lack of a focus and an emphasis on a wide receiver just as a whole. So that would be that. That would have a lot to do with situational play calling. Cause yeah, a lot of times in the red zone, it does seem like they either run a ball or they don't run and then it's seen like Mark Andrews or bust. There's other times when other guys make stuff happen. There's been times when Lamar just missed some guys too. So it can be a lot of different things that all depends but situationally. Situational football is something that we've been talking about for years that the Ravens got to get better at. So I think that would definitely be a coaching issue. First and foremost, on the players, they got to play and they got to execute. But something like that, that would definitely start at the top cause you're talking about play calling. And my apologies from the last question. My guy Keem said, thanks for the platform. You give us as Ravens fans to voice our opinions and questions and as always stay blessed. Now I appreciate that a lot cause that was extremely important that something that I really wanted to do on here. So I thank you for that man. So next question came from my guy, Sam. He said, what's up in Raven? Hope you and your family are doing well as well as a Team Keep it Clean family. Thank you. Straight from the horse's mouth. I'm sending this message during the game and heard the commentator talk about his interview with Greg Roman. He quoted that Roman thinks of Andrews and likely as wide receivers and considers Boil in a Hollywood as tight ends and blockers. Hey, like, we knew that. Like you could, but let's keep going, man. He said, why is he still employed? He's obviously confident enough to openly voice his terrible schemes, concepts and philosophies as if his seat isn't even fairly worn. I nearly, excuse me, I never believed in the existence of any vault, but it makes you question whether or not the front office and culture staff cares about winning. Harballs and securities with avoiding staff members and players that will speak their minds are truly causing this team. We always talk about Harball putting players in the doghouse because he keeps docile dogs around him. I believe he still has PTSD from the dogs on the team from his first few years as our head coach. Only dog we have now on the team is, of course, MP Juice Man, and he's doing his best to hold his feet because he knows he will be released. He ain't gonna be released. I think we're MP. I don't know if they, I don't really think they're gonna sign him back next year. I don't think they're going to, man. They're just business, man, business, but I don't think they're gonna re-sign him. But anyway, keep going. He said, the culture Harball has created makes us a soft team in a warrior slash gladiator sport. Knowing your job isn't enough to win this game. It takes grit, passion, heart, and a dog slash beast mentality to react and respond instinctively. Well, there goes a screen pass to Dove on 1322 with the commentator stating that we have to open up our passing game. Now that one on 1320, I remember the play you talking about. That one specifically, I ain't have a problem with that. I ain't expecting to get a third in 22. They were way backed up. I thought they were just gonna come out, run the ball call it a day. But so I ain't had no problem with that play call. But my biggest issue was again, I talked about this, I tweeted it during the game early on, like man, they got like 50 tight ends on the field and one wide receiver. So it makes the offense limited and predictable. And I just, I hated it. Anyway, he said, only thing anyone can ever talk about is our run game, which is not going to take us anywhere in the current league. I'm a fan forever, but I've completely lost faith in our front office. We have a great team slash player personnel with the exception of big play wide outs. I hate that their careers, time and effort is wasted on an organization that cares more about its staff rather than the players and the success of the team. Players coach, best organization ruled questionable. And he set up, he has yet another year of third and long plays with Justice Hill getting the ball shaking my head. Sorry for the long vent. And I appreciate you for the community you've created. Thank you so much. And hopefully we can pull out a win hashtag team, keep it clean. So he sent that at 9.51. So that was during the game. And yeah, I get the frustration. I understand it completely because it is like, but to the part that he was, where he was getting at from the beginning that Greg Roman thinks of Andrews and likely that was wide receivers. They are pass catchers, but again, they are not wide receivers. You cannot have Mark Andrews, Isaiah likely run the same routes with the same effectiveness as a wide receivers. They can run some routes, they can get your ball, they can make some plays, they're big targets, but they're still tight ends. They're not bad tight ends, but they're still tight ends. They're explosive at tight end, they can get some yak, but they're still tight ends. You're not gonna even use them the same way that you would use a wide receiver. Next question came from my guy, or your cookie. He said, I'm doing well, but this is before the Bucks game, so that could dictate how I'm doing. So I guess you're still doing well after two. But anyway, I had heard that Skip Bayless had a trusted inside source in the Ravens locker room and according to him, Lamar is not happy and it is not as focused in meetings and they showing up late to him. Just wanna know what you think about this. Sorry, it was longer than usual, but I was curious to have a great rest of your day. No, this wasn't a long question at all. I think it's true. I think, because Skip talked about Lamar's upset that the Ravens hadn't paid him and he was sort of not checked out, but just they said he wasn't as into it as he used to be. And I think it could be true. I mean, we heard the report, like it was a week and a half ago, I think. The reporters were talking about, they were at practice, and they were like, oh, Lamar's not out there. And this was two days straight. They were like, Lamar's not out there, Lamar's not out there. And then they were like, oh, Lamar came, he came out late because he was inside, inside throwing or something like that, they said. But they said he came out late. And I was like, oh, okay. I was like, oh, whatever. So it was Skip saying this. I was like, oh, okay. Maybe it could have been a cover-up that the Ravens were doing. They were saying, oh, Lamar's inside or something, whatever they said. But anyway, it's like one of those things where it's like, I think it could be, what more do I have to do? What more should I have to prove in order to get my money? Well, that's what I have to prove. I've been at jobs myself where I'm like, where I've wanted to raise because I remember specifically and it was so frustrating because they had given me like a promotion to where they, but it wasn't official. See, that was a tricky part. They had given me this promotion. I was doing more work than I had been before. Given more responsibility than I had been before. Even given a different role than I had been before. And so I was doing all this stuff. I'm like, okay, cool. I'm doing all this and I was doing a good job at it too. Holding it down. But I was like, all right, when am I gonna get paid for it? Oh, yeah, we'll talk about it. Okay. Some time went by. All right. Hey, when am I gonna get paid for? When am I gonna get to raise? Time went by. Oh, no, we'll talk about it. We're still looking at some things. I was like, okay, okay. All right, keep going. Hey, so about the raise. So we, well, and it was a lot of like beating around the bush. We had a lot of talks. We had a lot of talks and back and forth negotiations wasn't up, but they never ended up officially giving it to me. And they gave me some garbage answer as to why they weren't going to. They weren't gonna make the actual thing that I was doing in official position. And then I was like, you know what? I don't wanna do it anymore. Because why would I do all this extra work? I'm putting in all this extra work and you're not even gonna compensate me for it. So what am I doing it for? What's the point? So I decided to stop doing that position. So it's like, I can understand how that can be because it's frustrating. You put it in the work, you did all this. You don't prove yourself already and you still not get paid for it. And I understand that frustration. Next question came from my boy, Jeremy. He said, what's good in Graven? Her ball is well with you and the fam. What do y'all think the issue is with the Raven snapping the ball as the play clock expiring? Is it Greg Roman not getting the play call in efficiently? Lamar struggling to relate a play call? Confusion with personnel? Or what? I don't even know, man. I don't know. Maybe it's by design. I have no clue. I got no clue. I don't know what that's about. I don't know why it is, the way that it is. And it's been an issue for so long, for years, for years. So now it's one of those things like, it's one of those things that we just deal with because we know it's happening and it's been happening and we expect it to happen. Next question came from my guy, Howard. He said, what's happening in Graven? I wrote in the comment section of your post-game thoughts video that I didn't like Lamar's body language and he seems distracted and not fully engaged to some degree. I saw a clip on Twitter from Fox Sports, Skip Bayless that he has a credible source within the Ravens locker room that told him that Lamar is really unhappy that the Ravens didn't offer him the Watson type of contract and his behavior during the week is definitely not the same as far as meetings and being late for practice, amongst other things. Curious to hear your thoughts on that? Ravens Nation. Okay, so yeah, we just answered that one. And yeah, if you're not compensated for your work, that's an easy way to sort of mentally check out or whatever it is that you're doing. But you see, he's obviously not mentally checked out because we saw the game the other night against the Bucks. And that, when that report came out, I believe it was true, but I also loved that he didn't let it distract him. He didn't let it mess with his game. He still went out there, did his thing per usual. Now I'm really worried. Next question came from my boy George. He said, ain't Raven gonna keep this one short and sweet? On Undisputed, Skip said that he has a locker room source, telling him that Lamar had just been a tad bit late to practice and a tad late to meetings to show the Ravens. He hasn't forgot about his money, LOL. And for making him play with this cloud of uncertainty over his head. This is the first time I've ever heard anything like this and that has brought the whole contract situation to a whole new level. If true, what are your thoughts? So yeah, we just expressed that a couple of times, but another thing that I forgot to mention, that contract, I think Lamar is still thinking about the contract. I mean, how can you not? How can you not? How can you? I know he said he's going, oh, I'm gonna focus on football and I'm sure he focused on football, but at the same time, like to think about it, like especially after a good game, you gotta be thinking about it. Like man, I done made one meal, two meal, three meal, four, now I'm making 23 meal, which is good, which is great. That's a lot of money, whole lot of money. But I have the opportunity to get over 200 meal and guaranteed money. And that's not even the max of the deal. But and then 200 meal, that's just, that's gonna be low. But I have the opportunity to get over 200 meal and guaranteed money. That is 10, it could be over 10 times what I'm making right now. I had the opportunity to get that and guaranteed money. Gotta be thinking about that. Did especially after the game with the sign. I don't know if that was a set up or it was just coincidence that that sign just came floating right where Lamar was walking into. And he just so happened to sign it, letting everybody know. And the last question to end this episode off, I guess it's similar to the first question, how we started it off. It came from my guy Howard. He said, what's happening in Graven? I like how Mike McDonald and the Ravens defense stepped up since that collapsed against Miami. That's true, I agree. What I don't like is when the Ravens get a lead or leading in the fourth quarter, we start playing soft coverages with the corners lined up way back off the receivers at the line of scrimmage and what we call prevent defense. Yes, I didn't like it. They were way back. They were way back and giving up the Bucks all this short stuff, man. He said, I hate that defense. And as a true Ravens fan since 99, I've seen the Ravens lose a lot of games that we shouldn't have with that strategy. Just curious to know your thoughts on that Ravens nation. Yeah, I didn't like it because I know they didn't want to give up the big play. It's like, it's tricky because you know the Bucks need big plays, but you don't want to keep giving up all these short stuff because they would get in the act and they were moving the ball downfield. At the same time, you don't want to get caught slipping and they'd beat you over top. So that's where it gets a little tricky yet. But yeah, I wasn't a fan of that prevent defense. Yeah, this feels like a dream. I know just what I mean. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, out of made it, out of made it. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven.