 So there have been reports flying around the internet today saying that Raven's pending free agent outside linebacker Matt Judon is asking for at least $20 million per year. And from reading a lot of Raven's fans' responses to that, they were like, no way, Jose. But one of the most important responses came directly from Matt Judon himself. Let's see what he had to say. You two team keeping clean. These are some of my favorite scenarios. When there are rumors that start to fly around about a particular player and they get shut down not by his agent, not by a reporter, but by the actual player themselves. Let's see what Matt Judon had to say about this. So Matt Judon let it be known like, hey, that report was false. He said, y'all gotta stop lying, get out of my DMs with all that. But on the other hand, he didn't say, but 20M? Okay. Now we talking. But I remember when the report first came out and I saw it, I was like, okay, I didn't get mad about it. I didn't get upset. I wasn't like, oh, man, Matt Judon, he doesn't deserve that money. Now while I don't think the Ravens would pay him, I know the Ravens wouldn't pay him that money. If he can get it from somewhere else, go get it. Go get it. I don't see how people have a problem with players trying to get the most out of the NFL because you know, certainly the NFL tries to get the most out of them. And whatever a particular player is making, even Patrick Mahomes, that crazy contract that he signed, the NFL is making way more, way more. So you shouldn't, I can't tell you how to think, but I don't have a problem with players trying to milk it for every penny, nickel, dime, dollar, whatever, whatever. So even if the rumor had been true, even if Judon did really ask for at least 20 mil per, okay, no problem, no problem. It reminds me in sales. In sales, there's this saying that says you pitch high, watch them buy, but if you pitch low, you watch them go. And it's the same exact thing when it comes to these contracts. If you pitch high, you tell somebody, hey, I want 20 mil per year. And again, we know Matt Judon, he already shut it down. He said he didn't ask for that, but you know, he certainly wouldn't mind it. You know, somebody offered, he'd be like, okay, let's talk. But if in sales, if you're going to pitch a contract for at least 20 mil per year, if you give that to the team, your agent gives that to the team and they're like, oh, you know what? No, we can't do that. Let's go down to 18 or let's go down to 17 or let's go down to 16. Even if they go down, you're still winning. You're still eating because you're still going to get a lot of money. But if you pitch them low, if you say, you know what, let's do like 10 mil per year. Maybe 11. We can do something like that. I don't want to take too much money from y'all. Oh, you know what? We can't do 11 or 10. Let's do 8.5. How about that? Because the teams, they're going to try to low ball you. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. That's just the nature of the business. These NFL executives, these GMs. All they do appreciate the players. They appreciate their pockets even more. They appreciate their bread even more. So I could not be mad if this rumor was. I wish it was true. I really do. I wish it was true. I wish Matt Judon asked for 20 mil say, hey, go for it. Go for it. Whoever you're going to get it from because he is definitely going to get a significant amount of money because Matt Judon, man, Matt Judon has been a very tricky player over the years. We continue to see his numbers grow. We continue to see his numbers increase. And even though this year they didn't increase from last year, he finished off the season pretty good because he started it off a little bit. Shakey is a little bit up and down. There were some games where he was hot and there were some games where he was not. But then he went on that C 19 list. He was out for I think he only missed the game. But then he came back and there was even a game where he got ejected from where he definitely should not have got ejected. But Matt Judon throughout the last portion of the season, that last half of the season, he did his thing. He did his thing. He was playing really good football. He did get the offsides a couple of times, but besides a couple of penalties here and there, he was playing some really good football. And he knew like he knew it was time to cash in because he already got franchise tagged. I mean, he knows the Ravens. They're not going to franchise tag him again. And then I also, as soon as Yannick and Gokway, when the Ravens acquired him, Matt Judon knew it was just, it was only a matter of time. It was only a matter of time. And especially, I think Matt Judon certainly knew it was only a matter of time because the Ravens, they knew that their pass rush going into this season, they knew that their pass rush wasn't it this year. It wasn't it. So that's why they try to get a clowny. They try to get Yannick and Gokway. They try to get Brockers and they had them for a couple of days. And you know, when they try to get a domicant. So they try to get all these guys on defense, but to upgrade that pass rush and upgrade that defensive line. But it just, it didn't pan out like they wanted it to. So with Matt Judon, he knew that, hey, I got to step it up because not only, not only for the opportunity to possibly continue to play for the Ravens, even though it's unlikely, but this is my resume. This is my resume. All this film that I'm putting together right now, the Ravens are watching it, of course, but all other 31 NFL teams are as well. And all these guys, they know who I am. And I really want them to know who I am. That play the playoff game against the Titans while Matt Judon did not register a sack. That was one of, in my opinion, I think that was one of the best games that Judon ever played as a Raven, one of the best games that he ever played. Because this guy, he was making tackles in the backfield. He got that sack or was that in the bills game? You know what? Now I don't remember. I think it might actually been in the bills game. But anyway, the Titans game, regardless, whatever it was, because I don't remember as you all can see. But whenever it was, Matt Judon, he played one of his best games against the Titans, one of his best games. He was impacting the game. He was making solid tackles in the backfield. He was doing it all. And Matt Judon is somebody that he presents a very tough challenge for the Ravens. Now, again, I don't expect them to resign him, but the Ravens got to think. They really got to think because you got unique in Gakwe. What's unique in Gakwe? He's a pass rusher. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. He's a pass rusher for the Ravens. Matt Judon, though, he is a pass rusher and he's an outside lineback. He's somebody that you can drop back in coverage. He's somebody that you can move around. So he is very versatile. So I know a lot of people have been questioning. Oh, should the Ravens resign unique in Gakwe? Or should they resign Matt Judon? Or should they resign Tyus Bowser? Because you can't keep all three. You can't keep all three. You can possibly keep two, but I don't see them keeping two. I really don't. So it's Ravens got some decisions to make. But as far as Judon, hey, go get your bread, man. Go get your bread. And you know what? I feel like Judon with this whole report about him asking for 20 million, even though he already shut that down. I say, go ask for more. Go ask for even more. Now, I don't expect it to go to the Jadavian clowny route at all to it. Matt Judon is just sitting out there in free agency and he's turning down deal after deal after deal after deal after deal after deal after deal after deal after deal. And he literally doesn't get signed until right before the season starts. That that's not going to happen with Judon at all. I expect Judon to want to get into whatever new system he's going to be in whatever new team he's going to be with. I expect that to happen rather quickly. So we'll just have to see. But I'm just again to anybody that's like this and Judon or was oh, he shouldn't be asking for this. Like, who are any of us to tell these people who how much they should ask for? Let them get their bread. The NFL stands for not for long because it's not. It's not it's not long at all. It does not last long at all. So with Judon and with all these NFL players, they need to try to get as much bread as they possibly can. So on that note, just like Matt Judon, probably will be with the Ravens after free agency. I'm out.