 Alright, so before we get into this video whoever Alex is I got to give a special shout out to you my friend because You deserve something special. I don't know if we all got to get together. We got to buy you lunch or something We got to do something to just Be appreciative of the sacrifice that you made for all of us Ravens fans that are sitting back listening When you tried to get that Lamar that last Lamar question in there but they weren't having and That was probably I know this is about the biggest things that we took away from that Ravens pre-draft Liars luncheon That was one of the biggest ones right there that they were not going to have any Lamar Jackson conversations This was not gonna be about Lamar Jackson and they were not because if they would answer one question Then somebody would ask another one and somebody would ask another one and another one and another one and another one and It would have just it could have turned from a pre-draft Liars luncheon to the Lamar luncheon and the Ravens They made sure that they weren't having that but at the same time Why wouldn't it be about Lamar? Why wouldn't questions about Lamar be asked because I mean it is kind of your quarterback And it is kind of a big situation There's kind of a situation that has an impact on literally every single thing you do It impacts everything They talked about the draft Well, if you trade Lamar, then you would get more draft picks and you would have to draft the quarterback Well, you don't have to but you would figure that they would draft the quarterback If Lamar stays that changes how you would draft how you would move in the draft If as far as free agents That impacts free agency because they're gonna be free agents. That's looking at the Ravens like oh Nice team. They usually win a good amount of games Get to the playoffs with them. But um, is Lamar gonna be there? Because if he is Seems to look at it one way and if he's not then they can look at it a completely different So I know there were a lot of people that were like, oh, well, what do you guys expect? It's a pre draft luncheon Why would they be asking questions about Lamar? Well, because Lamar impacts the draft He literally impacts every single thing that these Baltimore Ravens do So we'll see how things go but by the tone Didn't really sound like things are in a great place with Lamar to me. That's what I that that's just me Personally though that that's what I took away from that. It did not sound like things are in a good place with Lamar Jackson Of course, a lot of people were anticipating that. Oh, man It's Lamar gonna tweet right when this pre draft presser goes live But he didn't he did like 20 minutes before and he retweeted that thing about I don't know if that was a shot at the Ravens or not I don't know but um anyway for as far as the pre draft presser It just one of the biggest things I took away from it was that the Eric DeCosta he wants more draft picks He he wants more draft picks and he continued to say that at different times throughout the presser He talked about how they only have five right now But they would love to have more and I think that's something that everybody knew before That presser went live that the right like the Ravens of all time because you know how much they love draft picks Yeah, sometimes they almost love it too much, but they love draft picks So of course they will want more you get more draft picks You got more chances to take a swing and hopefully hit a home run But he also did talk about it another part of the presser how sometimes they felt like that There were times where they may have had a little too many draft picks and over the years those draft picks They start to accumulate and whatnot and then you almost got to do a purge because you got so many young talented players in You can't keep them all So that can make things tough But anyway, let's get into some of my notes Well the presser started first well from our audience standpoint the mics weren't even working But then once Eric DeCosta started talking he talked about how to board it'll be set next Friday or Saturday And then he started off saying he wish they had more picks and he said the goal is to get more draft picks The goal is to get more picks So I was like, okay First question was this it's been a week since Lamar tweeted the trade requests Have you had a chance to talk to him since and Eric DeCosta said I understand the need to ask those type of questions But out of respect for the luncheon. It's about the draft I think we've spoken about this situation about five different times We just went to move forward to the draft So I don't know like I said to me it is it sounds like and again, this is a liar's luncheon So hey, maybe he was lying. Maybe you just put no one Maybe you just put no one But from that from his responses the way that they handled everything about Lamar Especially with our guy Alex shout out to Alex again, but um, it just sounded like they were done and They sounded like they were tired, but again, this is a lie. It's luncheon. So hey, maybe they were just putting on an act They did they asked some different questions about the draft and whatnot upcoming prospects or whatnot They talked about Joy Porter junior one point the kind of joked around thing It was Jeff's rebate kind of joked around How would it be if you guys got Joey Porter Junior, especially with his father? Haven't been a stealer and that would that's back when that referee was real man It ain't the same as it used to be but that that's back when it was real man but Harbaugh was like, hey, I would Joey Porter be a he'll be a Ravens fan, but anyway another thing that we took away from this presser The quack and I was so glad that somebody asked about this because it doesn't get asked about very often Obviously without the whole Lamar thing going on, but Patrick Queen Patrick Queen in the fifth year option. I was glad that somebody brought that up and they asked about well I was the status of it was going on with it and Eric the cost again with one of these answers where it's like They don't really look too good to me But Eric the cost said that'll be a discussion we want to have with Patrick We wouldn't want to announce anything too premature with you guys Oh Okay Alright It just doesn't sound too promising it is I mean really and y'all know y'all remember ever since Ravens traded for Roquan Smith That's when it stopped being promising for me for Patrick Queen Because it just doesn't look good like they are adding a player The addon that they giving up significant draft cab they gave a second round pick in I think a fifth two and a player to get Roquan Smith good player now, but he's in your position He plays your position. So if they were satisfied with you how you play your position, they wouldn't have got him They wouldn't got him. I know people like oh, well, they play alongside each other wish they do which is nice But if they really felt like Patrick Queen was that dude or they trade for Roquan Smith for what They wouldn't my opinion. So it's just it doesn't and Patrick Queen is not a bad player though But it just it doesn't look good in my opinion doesn't look good for Patrick Queen at all So and then again last time that they were asked about Patrick Queen's fifth year option Eric the constant he went to answer the question and He didn't even give like a semi promising answer like for Hollywood and obviously it was a lie But for Hollywood, he was like, oh, yeah when they asked about his 50 option. Oh, yeah, we anticipate picking up Hollywood's 50 option Okay. Oh nice. Nice. Nice. Did they do it? No, they didn't do it So with Patrick Queen it sounds much less promising than that. But again, we got to see the deadline It's in May to pick up the 50 options. It's in May I forgot exactly what day is in May, but it's in the first half of May. I could tell you that much So we'll see but I will think if it's a big if if He is traded Then it will be I would anticipate that being before the draft And again Ravens want more draft picks Eric the console made that crystal clear And it's like he was doing a little bit of negotiating at this pre draft presser Let it be known like hey, we want more draft picks like hey teams will make us some office You know some of these players. We're not keeping them all give us some office Now there was another somebody asked about the possibility of the Ravens draft in a quarterback and selecting quarterback even in the first round And they said that they're bored. It does have some quarterbacks who are they ranked in the top excuse me top 31 of players, I think they said and He said it is a possibility and What I think that was is I mean it is a real possibility Obviously, it is a possibility, but I think that's also them trying to potentially possibly maybe It's just me just my opinion, but I think it could be them Trying to sort of send a message to Lamar like hey, um We we ready to draft somebody We we gave you an offer. I don't know if the office still on the table now I don't know but hey, we tried to make this thing work, but we ready to move on if We have to and if we have to we will So I don't know I don't know could it be maybe maybe not The world would never know well I mean they're the cost of them the people in the Ravens front office world they know, but will we mmm, we'll see But that's what I took it as And I mean a business move Negotiations it's happening So Ravens their front office they gonna do us in their best interest with more Jackson his camp They gonna do us in their best interests Now I'm interested in both sides being able to come together work it out, but We'll see I gotta keep saying I got my doubts and If I had to pick right now, I mean like I've been picking for the past couple of weeks and months or whatever I don't think it ends well. I don't think I don't think this these two sides come together and make it happen and make it work But again, I've been wrong about stuff in the past and I'll be wrong about stuff in the future as well So anyway team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. I love y'all this pre draft Liars luncheon This was after after the whole Alex thing like after Alex got semi shut down It really changed the trajectory of the entire press conference And really what when they came in and they came in pretty much saying hey, it's not gonna be about Lamar today It's really not But again, like I said early in the video Lamar Jackson literally impacts everything That you are going to do his situation is huge obviously And I mean they knew that they were gonna be questions about Lamar Jacks We're gonna be questions about Lamar Jackson every Raven's presser that there is With the situation going on it's going to happen. They know that But they were like, you know what? We're gonna get control of this thing early We ain't gonna let Lamar Jackson questions take over this thing and we gonna handle it So they did and our poor guy Alex He would ended up being the recipient of them handling it, but shout out to him one more time anyway team keep it clean I love y'all. I appreciate y'all and Just like Alex probably was when he asked at Lamar Jackson question when they where they put him as far as the press room or the conference room We out