 Team Keep It Clean, it's been a lot of fun being able to actually do questions from subscribers while NFL Free Agency has slowed down a little bit. Still a lot going on, but it's slowed down a little bit so we've had an opportunity to do these. But what question from subscribers is, is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to and we answer it in a video like this. You wanna be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com or for the Team Keep It Clean patrons. You don't have to do that. You can just send it directly on Patreon. You wanna become a Team Keep It Clean patron? You can go to patreon.com slash ingravenvids. If you don't, that's fine too. I love y'all, Team Keep It Clean. We got some great questions like we always do. Let's jump into it. Yeah, this feels like a dream to team keep it clean. You see my boy, he like gotta made it. First question on this episode came from my boy Darryl. He said, EDC the king of cap. One more question for you and Team Keep It Clean. Do you think Lamar would sign a new deal if they traded for DK Metcalf? Would he sign a new deal so the Ravens could free up money to resign both DK and Hollywood? Because like you know, I know the cap is cap. So would Lamar resign if they added a DK Metcalf? Would he resign if it was to create more money to sign both Hollywood and DK Metcalf? Well, no, because I think that seeing would be believing because somebody can tell you something. They can be like, look, if you do this, then I'm gonna do this for you. I'm gonna do that for you. I'm gonna do that for you. I got you, trust me. But a lot of times it's happened. And I'm sure we all got personal experiences where we do whatever for that person and the person doesn't deliver. So for Lamar Jackson at this point in his career, under the fifth year option, I think he just really wants the Ravens to truly deliver first. For your scenario that you spoke about specifically, I think that he would wanna actually see them resign to Hollywood first or see them extend the DK first and see that stuff happen first before he was like, all right, let's get it. Next question came from Trey Five. He said, what's up in Graven? Hope you and your loved ones are strong, happy and healthy. Oh, I like that. I appreciate that, the strong part. But yeah, happy and healthy for sure. Appreciate it, man. He said, my question is about consistency at the center position. I always think back to 2020 when we had struggles at center. Was it just 2020? But anyway, he said, maybe it is the pessimistic side of me, but some parts of me thinks that Lamar should have consistency at the center position just like the consistencies in the coaching staff. I agree, I think everybody would agree with that because like the center, the quarterback exchange that literally happens on every single offensive play no matter what, unless it's like a direct snap to a running bag or something. But the center to quarterback exchange happens every play. So you wanna make sure that they have a great relationship. And if centers just keep flip-flopping, tossing and turning and all that stuff, and there's no consistency, then as we have seen, it can get a little rough. But the Ravens, man, you think about it. The Ravens have actually been, when it's come to the center position, it's been a lot of a turnover over the years. Like, and I mean, yeah, it's been a lot of turnover over the years. They been through it. Remember, who's the guy that they got from the Bucks? I know his name started like with a J. Oh, Jeremy Zuda, remember him? Jeremy Zuda, Ryan Jensen, Bradley Bozeman, Matt Scurra, Pat McCary, Tristan, Cologne Castillo. There's been more too. Matt Burke, I know that's a little outback, but Matt Burke, anyway, let's get back to the question. We ain't going down memory lane. He says, so far Lamar, oh, I should have read this. He says, so far Lamar has had Scurra, McCary, Cologne Castillo, and Bozeman all snapping him in less than four years. I wish we had someone like J.C. Tredder or Tyler Lindenbaum snapping to him consistently for five to 10 years, but what do you think? Yeah, consistency is key. And consistency is really key with anything that you do. Now, depending on how that consistency is, the consistency can be a bad thing. Because if you're doing something over and over and you not having success with it, then it could be time for a change. But as far as the center to quarterback exchange, consistency is everything. And that would just make the job for everybody that much smoother. That's too sad. He said, last stop before G-Roll has to G-Go. Next question came from my boy, Tag 13. He said, from Ty, what's up, man? Hope you're doing well. I've watched every Ravens game this season. And despite all these injuries, I feel like the coaching let the team down when there were opportunities to win. And I just hope it does not drag on into next season. If the play calling does not improve with a healthy team, Greg Roman is gone by a week nine. These games next season need to be taken very seriously. QB draw on third and eight is not gonna fly. And I think either T-Martin or Keith Williams should become OC. They already improved the wide receiver room big time. And I think we should draft Drizzy Drake London. I love that part. I love it. Again, first three rounds, Ravens taking the receiver for sure. They get somebody like Drake. No, yeah, anyway. I think we should draft Drake, restructure a few contracts and make a few cuts. He put cute. I'm like, what are you talking about? Like a cute deal? But make a few cuts and sign them all to his deal. That's a whole lot of money to get enough quality depth at each and every position. They don't have to be big superstars, just guys that get in there and do their job. They can still use some big superstars because a superstar is a superstar for a reason they're a game changer. But anyway, he said, not just bodies with no experience or super old vets at the end of their careers. And a new offensive coordinator could have a balance of run plays with a balanced run game. So we're not one dimensional. David Ajabo in the second round with a quality edge vet who can get seven to eight sacks. I'm sounding like you're talking about maybe it's your David and Clowney. With David's rehab, his injury, he wouldn't be rushed in since we have quality depth. He can come back at his pace when he's fully ready and has a chip on his shoulder to play at his best. Imagine, Adafi and David playing mad. That would not be good for those tackles. And that right there would help the interior of the pass rush one on one for Justin Madabeeke and others. So yeah, the interior and the exterior, the pass rush, they can help each other for sure. But if both of those are clicking, then that helps out the linebackers. That helps out the secondary. And it sounds like from a conclusion of your whole question, just sounds like you want everybody to help everybody out and make everybody's job easier. Next question came from my guy, Cam. He said, to start off, love the video's dawg, keep grinding. I love watching you. Hey, appreciate it, Cam. Thank you. He said, my question of the day, should the Ravens sign two times Super Bowl champion, Jason Pierre Paul? Well, let me tell you a few reasons that the Ravens would sign Jason Pierre Paul. Why? Because they're the Florida Ravens and he is from Deffield Beach. So that's one reason. He is a veteran. He's been around the game for a little while, man. Wow, he been playing for a little minute. And he was a two-time NFC Super Bowl champion because he did it with the Giants and then he did it with the Bucks. And Jason Pierre Paul, he's been like, man, he just been hanging around. He been hanging around the league for a minute. And, but yeah, this would be a very Ravens-like signing. I would not be surprised if they made a signing like that. I really wouldn't. Because again, it's very Raven. He's a veteran. He's somebody, again, been around the game for a while. So yeah, something like that, it would not shock me. Next question came from my boy, Devon. He said, is Lamar Jackson the Ray Lewis of the offense? I'd say yes, he is. And that's why he hasn't signed the deal yet. I feel like he's letting the front office grab everybody they can and right before the season start, he will sign. How so, you say it, EDC, every dollar counts. I disagree. As far as him signing right before the season, I don't think it's gonna happen. You never know, but I just, I don't see it happening. But is he the Ray Lewis of the offense? Well, Ray Lewis, the impact that he has on the team, how the team, they go as he goes, how he is, he's not the outspoken leader that Ray Lewis was. I don't think anybody is like Ray Lewis was in. Boy, for like, when you think about the Ravens, and anytime, and it's again, it's unfair because, like especially with Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, every single Ravens player that plays their positions is always gonna be compared to them, no matter what, and it's not fair to them. But when it comes to leadership, whenever you talk about Ravens leadership, every single Ravens leader is going to be compared to Ray Lewis, and it's like, it's not fair because, it's extremely hard to live up to something like that just because of the way that he did it. Ray Lewis was always yelling and screaming and dancing, ah, doing all that stuff. He is a lot of fun to watch, very entertaining. But it's gonna be hard for somebody, anybody, because everybody's leadership is gonna be different from that. Like nobody's leadership is gonna be like Ray Lewis leadership was, and Lamar certainly isn't. So is he Ray Lewis like that? No, but as far as his impact on the team, his impact on the city, his impact on the league, then yeah. Next question came from Cynthia. She said, just wanna get your thoughts on something I've been thinking about doing our past losing season. Would you love to see players stay away from the camera after a score? I think a game face and all about business is in order. I remember watching the game and seeing them in front of the camera and still losing the game. I think you're talking about the Marlon Humphrey. He got a pick, oh, and that was very frustrating for me too, because I disagree with the first part. As far as would you love to see players stay away from the camera after a score? No, I disagree. These guys are, they live in their dream and in their fail and they scored. You supposed to have fun, you supposed to be happy about that. You don't wanna see them score a touchdown and be like, okay, I will go back to the sideline now. I am not going to have any fun. No, you want them to have fun. You want them to be enjoying themselves. Remember 2019? I didn't see nobody complain about the Ravens being long on the camera, Lamont on the sideline, eating bananas and stuff. He went in with the shades on. Ravens dancing, everybody slot, Mark Ingham sliding into the end zone and all that. They were having a time of their lives, but that's cause they were winning. They were 14 and two, they won 12 straight games. They were going crazy. But if you're losing, like I think it all depends on context. If you are getting whooped and then you go smile in the camera after you make a pic, oh yeah, yeah, I did that. No, you're getting whooped. You should have been using all that same energy to be better so you wouldn't be in a situation you're in right now. But so it's all about context for me. But anyway, continuing. She said, I remember watching the game and seeing them in front of the camera and still losing the game. My first thought was all that showboating kept you from focusing on winning the whole game. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Good, thank you for all you do. I truly enjoyed the content. Appreciate you Cynthia, thank you. Next question came from my boy Kevin B. He said, I just think it's time for our guys to get players and play at their positions. Sometimes they put a little too much on these young guys' plate. All of them can't handle it. I mean, you wouldn't give a newborn a steak. Ooh, I love the analogy. Love it. Some people probably would though. Far is bringing in new guys. I'm all for it. Get as many as you can and let them fight it out. My biggest concern is the offensive line. Let's not forget the reason for Lamar Jackson's 2019 season. He had a line and it fell off when Marsha Yanda retired. And that's the key player that we did not replace. So if we do or don't upgrade a wide receiver, we still need to get that fixed. Our offensive line has been getting down greater since Yanda's been gone. Peace and blessings to you and your family and everyone out there. Appreciate that, Kev. Yeah, the offensive line is some, it definitely needs to remain a priority for the Ravens. I just don't want people to continue to get it twisted because I still see it, I see it every day where they're the conversations where people are having where it's like somebody says, oh, I want to play make it wide receiver. Ravens need to get a play make it wide receiver. Then somebody will respond, but what about the offensive line? You can do more than one thing. Ravens can do more than one thing. So offensive line is and should definitely be one of the Ravens priorities, but it also should not be the only thing and it hopefully won't be the only thing that they do. Next question came from a boy, Mike Reed. He said, Mike Reed here, Kenair Reed, LOL, hope all is well with you and the fan. Everything is good, my guy. Hope you and your uncle Ed doing good, man. He said, quick question. Do you think with the addition of Morgan Moses, do you see a sliding pattern carry back at center next year? Can't remember how much his deal is, but you don't pay people to sit on the bench. Take away a couple of bad snaps in 2020 and he was pretty decent. I think, oh really quick, let me finish this next part. He said, I really don't see us drafting the offensive linemen with the 14th pick. I really believe we go corner or edge. Say bless and keep God first. Appreciate that, I'm out. Appreciate that, man. I think that Patrick McCary is their sort of, their backup plan just in case things don't fall their way. What I mean when I say that is, I think with Patrick McCary, I think that the Ravens, they got some offensive linemen, possibly even some sinners that they're looking at, that they hope to strike a deal with or hope to draft. And if all else fails, if everything doesn't go their way, then they'll be like, all right, okay, cool. We just gonna have Patrick McCary back there. We'll just put him back there. He's played center before. I ain't, yeah, we all remember 2019, man. I know a lot of people are scarred from the playoff game as you should be because you never want anything like that to happen, ever. And it's just, it's rough. But with Patrick McCary, he did, he had shown that he can play center. He shown that he can play center at a high level. One bad snap, even though it was a terrible snap, it was, and it pretty much ended that game because it took Lamar out. But he can play. That's not your first option. I would think that Ravens will want to go into this season with Patrick McCary being like the ultimate backup, sort of like they were trying to do with James Hurst. But I just, I think that he is their backup plan. And I actually, in all honesty, I actually think Ravens, they, I think they actually, in their minds, they may have their offensive line set already. And the reason I say that is because, and of course the draft could change everything. We'll really see the answer to that question after the draft. But I think they are gonna be banking on a healthy Ronnie Stanley. We'll see. Again, it's still early. It's still early in the draft. Again, could change all of that, but left tackle Ronnie Stanley, right tackle Morgan Moses. Left guard could be Ben Cleveland or Tyree Phillips. And right guard, of course, Kevin Zeiler. And then center could be Patrick McCary or Tristan Cologne Castillo. But we'll see. Cause obviously like, I know everybody talk, JC Treta, JC Treta, JC Treta. And as of this recording, like it's 10.54, Friday, March 25th. Ain't been no JC Treta at all, man. Yeah, we ain't heard about no visit. We ain't heard about no interest. We ain't heard about no signing. He's still obviously out there. And you know Ravens ain't worried about no compics this year. I mean, cause they ain't like anybody even qualified for a compic for them this year. So that's what it's looking like to me. But again, the draft could change everything. Next question came from Numa. He said, what's up in Graven? Hope everything is going well with your family and Pookie. Hey, appreciate that. Shout out to Pookie. I'm very excited about the return of Marcus Peters and Marlon Humphrey for a secondary, but I'm also very worried about the Ravens banking on them being healthy for the whole year. They're both coming off from season ending injuries so high level play is not guaranteed. Do you think Ravens should draft the cornerback at 14 just in case something does go wrong or they just aren't playing like they were pre-injury? Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I'm looking forward to seeing these Ravens raise that Lombardi soon. Well, if they gonna be doing that, then we talk about that later. But anyway, if they drafted a cornerback at 14, I don't think it would be a surprise to anybody, especially given the situation. And Ravens, they know better than anybody, especially the secondary. Stay ready so you ain't gotta get ready, even though I would actually rather them go big play making wide receiver there. Or, yeah, I would rather them do that. But they gonna have a lot of options, especially since they're gonna be at that spot in the draft. Tayvon Young is actually still out there, too. We have heard nothing on him. Nobody's just bitten. Maybe the Ravens might be like, hey, you know what, Tay-Tay? Come back on a little cheap one-year deal. Because we just say, we want you back. We feel like you can still play. We know you can still play. It'll be a one-year deal. So, hey, just in case something does go south, then okay, it's one year. That's that. But I just feel like the Ravens, they, and you could sign a veteran, too. You could sign a veteran, you could draft the rookie. You have options in a secondary. So, I don't think drafting a cornerback, I don't think it's a lot, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. I don't think really anybody would be surprised if they did draft a cornerback at 14. I mean, you know, you'd be getting a good guy. And depending on who you get, you can get a long, red, long, lanky guy. You can get a guy who you can move on the inside and outside, but then there's that little injury history that you'd be a little worried about. You're gonna have some good options there at 14. But you could also get a veteran that has played in the NFL already. Not saying the rookie can't do it. Not saying the rookie can't come in and shut it down. But, so you got options in a secondary, but basically you need to really retool the secondary and be ready, yeah, just in case. Now you, of course, you hope that they come back and play at a high level, and you expect them to come back and play at a high level. But stay ready to say, you gotta get ready. Next question came from my guy, Manuel. He said, what's up, Megan Graven? Shout out for Mexico. Looking at all the Ravens moves, it looks like they won to stay competitive, but I don't want them to be that nor contenders. I want them to be champions. He said, a just tie for a Nitro, Ran. Shout out to Nitro. I want them to be a championship team. I want them to make moves like a championship team. Not like, ooh, I'm trying to be competitive or stay in the contender class of teams. Those teams don't make it to the big game. They just try to have good regular seasons. And if they make it to the playoffs, they call it a great season. Is it or is a great season to win the Super Bowl? Why do you want to stay competitive when teams around the league are making championship moves to help their quarterback achieve greatness? All while Lamar is watching EDC and Hobbs, not making those moves to help him get the Super Bowl he wants. No wonder why he doesn't respond to him on a contract. We all know the cap is cap and great offensive players are not being pursued by Baltimore. And then we excuse ourselves and saying, Lamar has no one to rely on other than Hollywood and Manjus. EDC wants Lamar to cash in so he can say, we didn't get you players because of your deal. Lamar says, I'm not falling for that. Get me players and then we talk money. Teamkeeper clean, he's out. Mike drop and he said, PS, let's get engraving the 60K before the year ends. Yeah, we'll try to get there. Slow but steady. But anyway, appreciate that. And yeah, like you ended it with, yeah, I don't see Lamar signing the deal no time soon. I think he want Ravens to prove it to him. And Ravens, we're gonna see. Again, this question I'm answering at Friday, March 25th at 10.59 AM. And the Ravens, while they've made a couple of moves and some decent moves, like the Markets, Williams, that was a nice one. Morgan Moses, that was a solid one. And then Michael Pierce, that's another solid one. But Ravens, especially on offense, they haven't made that move yet. So we'll see, we'll see. Because the AFC, they've been making the moves. They've been making, they've been going wild with it. And I know, always see a lot of people say, oh, well, that's not how you build a championship. Ravens do it their way. And their way's been working, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Has it? Has it? Have Ravens been a contender? Have they? You tell me, have they been mostly having winning seasons? Yes. But have they been a contender? What happens in the playoffs? You tell me. The last question on this episode came from a boy at JPD. He said, what are your thoughts on Sashi Brown taking over as a team president for the Ravens? And he did have a presser yesterday that I just watched today. I hadn't watched it yesterday. And he was very, it was pretty vague. And I mean, I didn't expect him to go into crazy detail or anything like that. But when he talked about his role, what his focus was gonna be, he said, just really learning from the previous president, Kass, that who was obviously the president since, I think what he said, 2004, something like that. But he said basically just to follow his lead because he'd been doing his OJT that on-the-job training. He said they're really gonna, over this next week, they're really gonna go into that full transition to where Sashi Brown really takes over. He, I mean, he basically just sounded like he was gonna answer to Steve Bishotti. They asked him, was he gonna have any dealings with like Lamar Jackson's contract? He said, no, nope, he said that's all EDC. He was very, when he was asked about the Browns, he just, it sounded like it ended really ugly over there with him and Cleveland. It really did because he did not wanna say anything about the Browns at all. Like they asked him about the Browns and he was like, oh, well, no, my focus is he on the Ravens. And we remember the last time at a presser where we heard about somebody being asked about a certain something and then Eric Dacasa, by the way. Eric Dacasa was asked about a certain somebody, Zadaria Smith, and he was like, oh, no, no, no, no. My focus is here on Marcus Williams and Morgan Moses. And then a little bit later, we found out what the truth was. So it reminded me with Sashi Brown with his presser, it reminded me of that. It just sounded like it was an ugly ending to that relationship. Similar to Zadaria Smith and the Baltimore Ravens. But anyway, he talked about the cap and cast, though the previous president cast, he was talking about the cap too. And like people, somebody asked him, as far as all the moves, you see people making and stuff and they spending all this bread and stuff. They were like, what's up with the Ravens? Gonna do something like, how do you feel about that? And the previous president, he was like, well, yeah, you see a lot of these teams, they spending all this money, they making all these moves and whatnot. But he said, well, in a couple of years, they're gonna have to pay it. They're gonna have to pay that money. It's all gonna come back to the cap. So basically he was letting everybody know Ravens ain't doing that, basically. I mean, and that's no surprise. We'll see if things change, we'll see, but I don't really think anybody expects the Ravens to do what a lot of these other teams are doing. A lot of us hope that they will. A lot of us hope that the Ravens will really go for it, but I don't think the expectation is there for the Ravens to do something like that. But yeah, he just sound like, with Sasha Brown, he just sound like he just really is just really ready to learn about the people, to meet people, get to know them. The previous president, President Cass, he was saying that he was saying how he wants he said, the first thing you gotta do, you gotta get people to like you. And he said, you can't get people to like you. You can't get them to like you by paying them on money. And I was like, huh, I know that's a little joke. I know it's a little joke, a little humor there. But for a lot of these jokes, there's always some truth behind them. But yeah, so anyway, he, it was super, like the press was very vague. Just to introduce the repressor to get Sasha to speak to everybody and whatnot. He talked about his time with the Wizards and the Mystics. I didn't know that he worked with the Jaguars before. I didn't know that. So yeah, and now I mean, that was it. So we'll see, like he, the president, I don't believe they really have a big impact on the football side. I think they're more so the business side operations and whatnot, but we'll see, we'll see. And I mean, that's all I got from it really. It wasn't, I didn't really get it as like this in-depth press conference where, oh man, we found out the answer to this question, that question, that question. No, it felt like just more him letting his voice be known to everybody and him just formally introducing himself to Raven's flow.