 even keeping clean. I knew today was going to be a great Thursday. I absolutely loved that presser. It was probably my favorite one this off season. You see, I had to change the background of purple. They got me wanting to throw on some purple shades, but, and I see Rashad, Bateman and James crochet. They trying to sway how I feel about the wire. They trying to change my opinion, but I'm sticking to it. But hopefully seeing will be believing and they really show us something. But I just, I love today so much. It started off with John Harbaugh, but we going to start with Lamar Jackson. Let me tell you all from jump team, keep it clean, sit down, relax, because I feel like we're going to be here just a little while. This is the last presser that we're getting from them up until I think training camp because we got a long ways to go. Unless they make some crazy moves, some crazy blockbuster announcement, then we ain't going to be hearing from these guys for a while. And even on that note, the way that some stuff was said got me kind of thinking about a different decision and how I'm feeling about that. But let's talk about everything. I love y'all. Thank you for watching the videos. Thank you for supporting. Let's sit down and let's have a conversation. Now, I know the press has started with John Harbaugh, but we getting straight to Lamar Jackson. Now with Lamar Jackson, this press conference to me is showed his maturity and the fact that he's came a long way when it's come to speaking to the media, but it also showed me that Lamar Jackson knows I got this. This is my team that contract. Oh, I'm going to get what I want. I'm going to get it because the way that he answered questions, the way that he handled questions showed like, hey, he knows like is his way or the highway? I don't think the Ravens want to go down the highway, but it really showed that this was negotiating at his finest. He was up there doing live negotiating straight from the presser. But let's let's get into what Lamar had to say. Because it was such a beautiful thing to be able to have Lamar talk again. Because we hadn't heard from Lamar in a long time. We've seen a tweet that he put, but to actually him speak on matters. Let's just get into it. Anyway, he said it feels good to be back, feels good to be back. He was asked what's the reason that he didn't come to OTA's and he said he just wanted to stay away and stay away and just grind. That's it. And he said that he actually asked the guys ahead of time if it was OK with them. So, see, this is why it's always nice to hear directly from the source. I know a lot of times us as fans, a lot of time with media people, we can see some stuff and we'll be like, oh, man, what does that mean? What does that mean? What does it and it's fun to speculate about? It's fun to wonder like and try to come to our own conclusions and whatnot about what different things mean, but then to hear directly from the source because he said that he talked to the guys. He talked to his receivers and stuff and in the team and whatnot and told them or asked them, hey, is it OK? Are you all cool with that? So they weren't just left in the dark and this actually confirms what Marlon Humphrey said. It confirms what I think Mark Andrew said the same thing, too. But I know Marlon Humphrey for sure. He said he talked to Lamar and it said Lamar will be back. So that just it made it make a lot of it already made sense, but it made it make even more sense. He said that he knew the chemistry would be there since he already worked with Bateman and Pro Shae before. So he knew once he came back, the chemistry wasn't going nowhere. And he said that they they definitely got training camp and all that to work on that, too. Now, he said that the absence was not contract related at all because that was a big thing that a lot of media have been saying. Hey, he's skipping because he ain't got no contract. Oh, he ain't showing up to voluntary OTAs because he ain't got no contract. He said it wasn't contract related at all. Lamar said that he has had conversations about his contract with EDC. And he said that he's actually had them over the past couple of days since he's been back. So I was like, oh, OK, now. Now, that's that's interesting because y'all know me. I've been saying, I don't think that with the contract, I don't think he's going to do one till next year. I don't think he's going to try to get one till next year because I think he really wants to be like, hey, let me let me show y'all. But with a lot of the things that he said, and we'll get into more in a little bit, but it sounds like stuff is moving forward when it comes to a contract. Now, some other things that he said that he expects to play with the Ravens for the rest of his career. I know a lot of Ravens fans are like, yes, thank you, Lamar. Even though he said something like this before, he said it before. Now, hey, you could say that, but a contract still got to be signed. It's still got to be agreed upon and all that, all the terms and conditions and all that. So Ravens and Lamar, they still got some work to do if that is going to happen. He said that he doesn't buy into it when people say that they wouldn't step on a football field without a contract. So this is when Lamar Jackson, this is where he kind of start rocking the boat a little bit because it's like, all right. He I don't buy into that when people say stuff like that. Oh, they wouldn't step onto a field without a contract because a lot of the media has said that they say, oh, Lamar should not play football. He shouldn't do anything. He shouldn't practice. He shouldn't do anything until he got a new deal. And I don't buy into that. But then it continued. He was asked about him saying that he isn't worthy of a contract without a Super Bowl. And if he still feels that way. And he said that he does deserve a contract, but he still wants a Super Bowl because Lamar said a little while back, like, no, I don't deserve a contract until I get a Super Bowl. But this is why a lot of the things that he said got me feeling like, wait a minute, maybe this contract, it may not be pushed out so far as a matter of fact. But with him saying that, it's like, oh, okay. That that thinking is different. Now he he bought that money. He's about that money and I ain't mad at it, but we'll see what happens. He said that they've had conversations about his contract since he's been back. Now he was asked, how much has the Sean Watson's contract impacted you? He said, nothing at all. I'm a man of my own. You are definitely a man of your own. We know that, but we know that the Sean Watson contract impacts Lamar big time. He ain't got to say it. He ain't got to put it out there. But we know Ravens know Lamar knows. We all know that the Sean Watson contract impacts Lamar so much just based off of principle alone. Lamar could be like, hey, I'm team keeping clean. All that mess that's going on, whether it's true or not. Ah, that's that ain't got nothing to do with me. And that's not me. That's not me at all. So the fact that there's nothing pending alone. That makes the deal start at 230 guarantee. Anyway, he said that he feels stronger and faster. He was asked about the Hollywood trade when that went down. He said that coach had called him about it. And he said that he didn't buy into anything. It was gonna go down and thought they were just talking. But he said, when it actually happened that he was hurt because that's his boy. But he said it's part of the business. And he said he was shocked, but he kept repeating that it's part of the business. It's part of the business. And he said that like three or four times within like 15, 20 seconds. But it's part of the business because he knows it's part of the business. This presser from the Marj Jackson was part of his business and show like to me. Oh yeah. Again, he is about that business. He wasn't messing around with this one. This again, I think this has been Lamar's most commanding presser that he's ever had as a Baltimore Raven. This has been the presser that I feel like he has been in the most control he's ever been. I felt like his confidence was through the roof. It was through the roof because of how he carried himself, how he answered questions, how he didn't answer some questions. But we're going to keep getting into that in a little bit. He said that he didn't really change his mechanics. He said he just got sharper because sometimes he'd get a little bit loose when he came to throw in the ball. He was asked about if it's hard to tune out when the national media keeps talking about you. He said yeah, he said sometimes it's click bait. He said like with Chris Sims, he said Chris Sims baited him. He said he baited him and he ended up biting the bait. But it is what it is, man. Now, he was asked if Hollywood Brown had ever complained to him about the offense. Again, this was Lamar's most mature presser ever and he did not fall for the bait. He talked about how Chris Sims got him. Chris Sims baited him and he fell for it. But in this presser, he ain't go for none of that. Lamar said he didn't remember if Hollywood expressed his frustrations with the offense when he was with the Ravens. He said after the games, they'd just be partying in the car listening to music. So, Lamar, he diverted away from that. He said, oh, no, no, no, no, no. Yep. Nope. Nope. Because if he would have said, yeah, Hollywood complained to me about the offense. How do you feel about the offense? He said, you know, Lamar is super team, team, team, team, team. Super team. So, yeah, he avoided that completely. And he didn't even put Hollywood down in a process too. Because he could have been like, oh, yeah, yeah, Hollywood used to complain to me all the time. After so many games, he's complained to me like, man, I ain't feeling this. I don't like this all. He could have done that, but he didn't do it. So, I loved that. He asked, he was asked, would you prefer to have a contract done before the beginning of the year? See, this way it got even better. And he said, it's a conversation. It's a conversation. He didn't say yes. He didn't say no. He said it's a conversation. Negotiating that is finest, baby. And then this, oh, he said, he was asked, do you still play week one if it's not a deal? He said, we're in conversation. Hey, negotiating at is finest. That's what this, like 75% of Lamar Jackson's part of the press was. Him negotiating, him publicly showing the Ravens like, hey, y'all know who I am. You know what I do for you. It's time that you do something for me in a major way, a major way. This was Lamar Jackson politely and but publicly letting them know you want to make it happen. We can make it happen. I'm talking to you and I'm letting people know I'm talking to you. You obviously know I'm talking to you. But a Lamar put that pressure on the Ravens publicly. But respectfully, he ain't doing it no nasty way. But with him saying what he said and we in conversation, he didn't, he didn't agree to or he didn't confirm, but he also didn't deny when, oh, you're gonna play week one. We in conversations. When you step on the foot, we in conversations. Lamar put we in conversations. I love it, man. I'm gonna start using the same thing too. He also talked about him and Rashad said that they had chemistry off back when they worked out in February. But again, they had chemistry off the rip when Rashad Bateman first came back from his injury. And I was just, I remember being so shocked at that. Like, man, I expect, and they threw Rashad out there. They were like, no, you all first round pick. You gonna play all these snaps, my friend. And he was out there a lot. So, yeah, it's gonna be nice to see how that continues. He said he's usually about 205, 208 pounds. Right now he's 220. Said he just wanted to bulk up and see how he felt. And they asked him, well, how'd you do it? He says, Spence Fit, my trainer. So shout out to Spence Fit getting that promo. I know they loving it. And Lamar been promoting him on Instagram and stuff too. He was asked, if you don't have an extension, will you be at training camp or playing week one? And we're having conversations about it. I don't know. We're having conversations about it. I don't know. He's putting pressure on the Ravens, man. It's clear as day. He is putting pressure on the Ravens. Hey, show me that bread. And that is probably the biggest quote from this whole presser that really might have changed my mind as to, because again, before I thought, oh yeah, Lamar ain't doing no deal this year. But now it's seeming like Lamar may actually do a deal this year because of the way that this presser was conducted by Lamar Jackson. That prep, he's putting the pressure on the Ravens. Hey, y'all say, you want to offer me the bread? You say you willing to talk? Okay, we talking. But that conversation, it gotta improve. It gotta improve. So this is lovely, man. He gonna get a lot of money. Lamar Jackson is going to get so much money. So much money. Anyway, he was asked, was there a reason you didn't want to talk to Ravens this off season? He said, yeah, because he was away and just wanted to grind. And now a couple of questions before, he was asked about the restaurant. He was congratulated about the restaurant. You ate yet? And then he said that initially he wanted to incorporate the number eight into the restaurant. Now I forgot what he said. The other name that they were thinking of was, but then he was like, no, but if we win the Super Bowl, I want to change my number to one. So anyway, he talked about, he said that his team helped him come up with that name for the restaurant. So then this question, he was asked, and this someone asked him directly, they said, who's your team? Who's involved in your team? Like, and he said, like, when he talks to the Ravens, and he said that he mentioned, when he mentioned team earlier, he said that he wasn't talking about when he talked to the Ravens. He was talking about his team for the restaurant. My guy, he got this PR thing down. They try to catch him slipping because, you know, Lamar Jackson is so private when it comes to the people who are in his camp. He is so private when it comes to the people who are in his team. I respect the reporter for being straight up like, hey, who's your team? Who is it? Let us know. But Lamar, he ain't fall for it. He ain't fall for it. And even the fact that he not only did he not fall for it, but again, he diverted back to the restaurant. He said, that's what I was talking about. So he knew, he knew what was going on. Oh, he talked about Tyler Linderbaum. Shout out to Linda Flinder. He said the chemistry with him is great. He said that he's pretty fast for a center. And he said that Linda, that when he got picked off by Dalen Hayes yesterday, he said that Linda Bond was chasing them down. And he said over the next few weeks, he'll get with his guys and build chemistry. And he said the football season is here and it has started already. Great job Lamar Jackson. Great job. This was excellent. Again, he's saying Ravens. What's up? What's up? Because now Lamar Jackson, he's playing the negotiating games. He's doing the negotiating tactics. And guess what? He ain't got no agent. So he gets to do all of this himself. And since he doesn't have an agent, everything that he says that comes out of his mouth, it gets magnified and amplified. And you got to listen to it that much closer because he is the one that's calling his own shots. So, and with Lamar right now, since he knows he's the shooter. Oh, yeah. Again, he let Ravens know respectfully, of course, but he let Ravens know like, hey, step it up, my friends. Step it up. Now, skipping around, James Urban also talked and John Harbaugh did too. And we're going to get to those in a little bit. But first, we got to get to James Pro-Shane or Shaw Bateman. So I said, man, I'm trying not to just, I got to stay strong because I still want the Ravens to add a significant guy. But these guys, they really trying to make me believe in them. And I want to, and again, it's so much unknown. We talk about it all the time for me. It's the unknown at wide receiver for the Ravens. That's my big question mark. But here in James Pro-Shane and here in Rashard, Bateman and just the maturity level. And the fact that they are just, it just sounds like they are ready, excuse me, ready to accept that responsibility. See, I'm over here talking about Ravens receivers and my mind and my mouth not even trying to let me say it. But anyway, Pro-Shane said he had a flight to catch because somebody asked him, you must be late for a flight or something. He said, yeah, you're right. They asked, what have you seen that's different from Lamar? Bateman said that he just about his business. He said, we all know who he is. We just tired of the Lamar Jackson slander. And that's something that Bateman said on the Marlon Humphrey podcast too. Pro-Shane said it's only been and there only is one Lamar Jackson in this league. Bateman said Lamar doesn't really care what anyone says about him. He said that being a black man, that's what we pride ourselves on. He shows us that it's okay to be us. And that was something right there. And we all understand exactly what he was talking about. Now Pro-Shane, he said the chemistry is great, but it's great as people too. And I really appreciated this part because it's very, very true. He said that watching film knowing each other's tendencies. He said that stuff matters even more. He said it's not just an off-season thing. So he was talking about the on-field chemistry, but also he said the off-field chemistry is just as if not even more important than the on-field chemistry. And that's real right there. That's real because it is. Just because you work with somebody, somebody does a good job at their job. You do a great job at your job. And even when you guys do work together, you all both do a great job together. If that, if y'all hate each other, if y'all don't like each other, if y'all don't vibe with each other, y'all don't click with each other, then the work may be straight, but it's not as good as it could possibly be. But if y'all do click with each other, if y'all do vibe with each other, then of course every situation is different. But the work can be that much better. And that much more enjoyable, especially depending on whatever it is that you do. This was something right here. Anyway, he said that Bateman said that he didn't know there was a chance that Hollywood could end up being traded. He said that they both might end up, they probably both gonna go down to his camp. Now I wonder if that's the one happening on July 9th. The same day as Lamar Jackson, too. I know Hollywood is in Hollywood, Lamar Jackson is across spring, so we'll see. If he could be at two places at one time. Anyway, Pro Shae said that it is frustrating that he hasn't gotten on the field as much as he like, but he said that you control what you can control. Ryan Ming asked about people doubting this wide receiver group. And Bateman said, why us? He said, you see all these rookie receivers going off all the time, but why us? Why people doubting us? He said that we embrace it. We're learning from Lamar that it's just noise. Hopefully it is. Again, hopefully regular prove me wrong all the way. Hopefully these receivers prove me wrong. And again, not that they can't do it. My feelings is not that they can't do it, but it's just unknown. It's unknown. So hopefully when we do know, we find out that they're ballers. With Pro Shae, he said that they got a good group of guys who they really mess with each other outside of football. And again, he talked about the chemistry not only with Lamar, but with the other receivers, too. He said at SMU, he used to take the young guys with him. And he has that same approach with the undrafted free agent, since he's like one of the eldest statesmen in the room. So wow, a third year receivers, one of the older receivers. And that's crazy. Like the oldest receivers are Devon Duvenay and James Pro Shae. Rashal Bateman going into his second year. And Tyler Watts going into his second year. And Benjamin Victor, he going into his second year. And then the rest undrafted free agents for now. We'll see what the Ravens do to Pro Shae did confirm that they going to be coming down to Florida with Lamar. So look out for that. He said that, I think it was Bateman that brought up Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase. He said what they have, it comes from working. It's from grinding together. So they trying to get that with Lamar. They were asked what their initial reaction was when Hollywood got traded. And if they felt like, okay, now it's an opportunity for them. And Pro Shae said every day is an opportunity, whether Hollywood was here or not. So Pro Shae did have been waiting man. And then my favorite part about their part was they were asked about blocking. And Pro Shae said, if someone is throwing you around, then he's basically saying that he can whip you in a fight. So Pro Shae said, it's important to not let people throw you around. He said, because you can't whip me. So shout out to Pro Shae and Bateman. It was nice just, it was really nice seeing their vibe, how they were together, just that energy and that chemistry that they clearly got. They clearly got it. But hey, now it's about, well after training camp and stuff in preseason, it's about on the field. How they do on the field. So anyway, to hardball. Hardball actually started off this presser. He said that Snoop, he got tendonitis, so they'll rest him. So throwing a lot of pads, they just need a little rest, gotta relax a little bit. Jaylen Ferguson, he said he got an ankle spring, none serious though. He said Nick Boyle, he had a rest day. He was asked about Ronnie, JK, Gus. He said they're all on schedule. But then he said, well, what is a schedule though? And he said they'll see how they look when they come back. He said that Ronnie Stanley's ankle looks great. Hopefully it is, man. Because again, Ronnie Stanley would change the trajectory of this, not only the offense, but this team. Having him back and having him healthy and having him consistent would change the trajectory of this entire team. Because it makes them so much better like that. Like instantly, right away. But he said it's nice that they have other options just in case Ronnie Stanley isn't ready. So stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. Now with Falele, what John Harbaugh said, because he talked about him. He said he's up there as far as his weight. And he said that he'll need to get used to playing in this league. It sounded like they want Falele later to sort of slim down a little bit. That's what it sounded like to me. With Michael Pierce, I was about to say Bernard Pierce. Whoa, y'all remember him? Remember Bernard Pierce? Super Bowl champ Bernard Pierce now, who ran behind Ray Rice. Anyway, he said with Michael Pierce, the issue is a personal matter with his family. So he did say that. So all right, cool. So Michael Pierce, hopefully it ain't nothing crazy. Hopefully ain't nothing like serious, anything like that. But he get everything handled on his end and everything will be good. And that's where they come play. I'm pretty sure he's going to play. But that's before football or not, whether he played football or not, family is way more important than football. So he said there's parting message since they're not going to see a lot of these guys for a few weeks. No drama. No drama. And I could imagine as a coach, this has got to be the scariest time period for you as a coach. Because no meetings, none of the players, the players are sort of on a little vacation. They're going to be gone for a while. And it's like, man, they are responsible for themselves. Those are your guys though. Because as a coach, those are my guys. Those are my boys. So it's got to be, oh man, that would drive me crazy. But as long as you do everything that you could possibly do, just got to leave it in their hands. And that's it. So hopefully it's smooth sailing and everybody come back and everything good to go. He said that it didn't feel like Lamar had a lack of chemistry. He said that the communication was something that he missed out on from OTAs. But overall, he said Lamar was fine. He did say before Lamar even got up there. He said Lamar was going to meet with the wide receivers and tight ends down in Florida. So I guess Harbaugh wanted to break the news before Lamar. And I was surprised how they did this because I thought they were going to save Lamar for last. But they were like, nope, nope. They let Harbaugh go and Lamar came right after. I was like, oh, okay. That was surprising. And James Urban, he spoke after Lamar. He said Lamar's handled his business when he was away. And James Urban said that he can tell that Lamar Jackson has been working. He said the mechanics they've been using have improved. And he said that Lamar being a hard worker, that hasn't changed at all. Even with his status, even him being one of the more notable quarterbacks in the league, he said the hard work didn't change at all. He said they remained in contact when he was away, when Lamar Jackson was away. He was asked, is the zip, the zip that Lamar has on the ball now more fundamental than body strength? And he said the strength show doesn't hurt. And I mean, I have been seeing like the videos and stuff with Lamar throwing the perfect spiral and whatnot. And that's cool. I don't really get too hyped over that. Like even a couple years, was it last year? I mean, it might have actually been last year. Yeah, it was last year because I think the pass was to Sammy Watkins. Well, they showed a video of Lamar Jackson throwing it. It was a touchdown in training camp, I think, but it was a wobbly pass. And it was like, okay, who cares? Um, but yeah, so me personally, I don't really get too hyped over those videos like that. Oh, yeah, it's a pretty pass. Yeah, that's nice. I got the one of them too. Now, hey, Ravens, y'all want to record me throwing some pretty passes. I don't win it all day, but we training camp and preseason and really regular season. We'll see all that stuff. As long as it's getting there, as long as it's on the money, whether it's pretty, whether it's ugly. Hey, now show the prettier passes are probably easier to catch because if a ball's coming at you like this, okay, cool. But the ball's coming at you like, okay, then it gets a little harder to catch that way. Back to James Urban. He said that his first reaction when he saw Lamar Jackson, and this love right here, he said his first reaction when he saw Lamar Jackson was that he just wanted to give him a hug because he hadn't seen him since January. And I'm like, I ought to give him a big hug too. You ain't seen him since January and it's June. That's five months. Hold up, January, February, March, April, May, June. Yeah, that's five months. Had to make sure that math was correct. But yeah, so you can tell he got a lot of love for Lamar. I really thought Lamar Jackson would have got him a job by now, but I'm surprised. I remember thinking Greg Roman would have been gone by now. Be a head coach somewhere. I thought Wink would have been gone by now. Be a head coach somewhere. I thought James Urban probably would have went to go with Greg Roman and go be Greg Roman's offensive coordinator somewhere by now. I thought that all after 2019. After that season, I'm like, oh yeah, all of them are gone. But nope, they stayed. And I was glad that they stayed. I remember. I'm like, yes, we kept them. So but, you know, things happened then COVID happened, right? Then the injuries happened in 2021 and now we're here in 2022. So this is the year of no excuses. But again, I really appreciated this presser. I know we went on a little bit long. I can't even tell how long this video is. And no one will watch it. I'm going to be like, wow. Okay, I did. I did forewarn y'all though that it was going to go a while because there was a lot to cover. But I enjoyed it. We got to soak this all in because again, this is the last presser that we're getting for a long time. So now like we have really entered slow season now. But get this, it's June 16th today, July, August and two months. Two months from now is preseason. Two months from now is preseason and then three months is regular season. This off season, I said it before, for me, it's gone by extremely fast. I actually wish it would slow down a bit. I know that sounds crazy to some of y'all like, oh, yeah, I want football back right here right now. Me, I actually wanted to slow down a bit. This off season has been nonstop. I appreciate it and I love it and been enjoying it. But it has been nonstop, literally nonstop. But yeah, I appreciate it and have been enjoying covering this team and everything that they have done and have not done and what they're doing, what they plan to do and all that good stuff. And we will continue to do that. And I appreciate you all supporting and watching. Thank you. I love y'all and show you're going to get plenty of questions from subscribers. But yeah, now we are really entering the slow season. But we still going to try to make it as fun as possible for y'all. I appreciate y'all. We again, only two months till preseason. Two months. That's nothing. Two months and training camp was, so I said, like the end of July, I think. So we're literally right there, man. We are right there. But I do wonder with Derek Wolf, with them releasing him with that injury settlement, that opens up a roster spot. So I wonder who's going to take that roster spot. Anyway, I love y'all to keep playing. I appreciate y'all. We out. Oh, I thought that was into the video. We out now.