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Nice to meet you I'm about to more native but just moved to Nashville a few years ago Directing country Indie and Americana music videos though in Nashville now. I'm still a die-hard Ravens fan I love what you're doing how often you post content in which the segments were even longer Appreciate it Steven. I just feel like I had a few things I would that would be good to speak about whether or not their hot takes or not Anyways, take them leave them just thought they'd be interested in topics to hear you speak about and figured if I had these questions Maybe other people did too number one our linebackers I don't know if we have been spoiled in the past But let's be honest Bowser isn't the greatest and neither is lj for and queen. I feel it's inconsistent I don't think we have great cover linebackers and that will be a weak point in our defense um So I just go one by one. So he said bowser isn't the greatest. That's number one Um with bowser, I think with the ravens. I think they were when they resigned him I think they're banking on his potential because bowser No, he's not the greatest right now But he showed flashes here and there and now he'll have a bigger role He showed flashes in a limited role But now he'll have a much bigger role moving forward So he can we can really see who bowser is and he signed to this deal is like super cheap I think it's like what is it 5.5 mil per year something like that something crazy Um, but he's really he's a really good coverage a cover lineback. So the problem that you were talking about right there and bowser He's he's good with that now pass rush. We're gonna see I don't I don't think he's a bad pass rush at all He could get better, but again, I think ravens are really banking on potential When it comes to tyus bowser Um, uh Yeah, as you said tyus bowser, he's a pretty good cover lineback. I don't I don't know I guess when he says he's not that great. Yeah, he's not that great. He hasn't really had the opportunity to um Showcase how great he could be That's as we saw last year with that one at one had an interception That he had was a big big against big rounds. Yeah. Yeah, he sought out in uh In the flats and like a diving one had to catch like you don't want to see linebackers During that and that showed a lot that was like, whoa, like Okay, you have some range and he's not as bad as a cover. Uh linebacker I think that he's trying to make him to be um And what also with harrison, I don't we we have some we have some good cover linebackers. I actually think harrison is actually a better um Courage linebacker than patrick queen is and people don't realize that because he's so massive, you know He's six three six four 250 pounds But coming out of the draft he was known for being a very very very good Courage linebacker. He's just so big that people overlook it. I mean he swings his hips He has a good now 40 time as well He almost ran faster than patrick queen. He's about to realize and he's like double patrick queen So don't overlook overlook his cover skills because of his size. He's a very good Coverage linebacker. Uh harrison that is right. Um fort For what was pretty serviceable. He's not you know, he's not your pat patrick willis's or those guys But he came in and done Very good in my opinion. I'm not I don't um I guess people have different opinions and that's that's understandable. Um, I lost the last uh, Forget the last yeah queen But yeah patrick queen. He said pat yeah patrick queen is a little inconsistent. I mean He's a young player. He's still trying to learn the game. You know, he's long He's long you get you get that with you know young players, especially young middle linebackers because it's like Learning, you know a foreign language when you come into the NFL and he remember he's only been playing he only started One year at lsu as the middle linebacker, but you guys realize that he didn't he didn't start So that's one year at lsu as starting as the middle linebacker Then you get drafted high coming to the NFL and you're starting for winch march into him Who has one of the most complex defenses you ever imagined? So I kind of like kind of give patrick queen a little slack, you know And see what he does this year. I think he'll be a lot better and a lot faster this year Even though he had a very good rookie year. I had a very good rookie year That's true because with patrick queen. Yeah, like I said, he only started one season at lsu Um and going to the NFL is a big enough jump already But going to the NFL and going to the ravens as a defensive player and becoming a starter your rookie year at inside linebacker If pressure ain't the word to describe it and I don't know what is So for what patrick queen was able to do last year I know he got he started off hot and he got a little quieter toward the end of the season Um, and I think his biggest struggle was in past coverage Where there was just some things where he would look at a place Um, but again something to consider and I myself a lot of times I forget about it a lot Last year was not a normal year for the NFL last off season was not a normal off season for the NFL So these rookies that came in the league last year It may it was that much harder for them because there was really no off season For rookies last season there was no off season for anybody So for the the fact that patrick queen did what he did and did how he did in the ravens defense I've got to give him his credit for that. So I expect even better things for patrick queen This season moving forward now with lj for He's not the fastest. He's not the strongest But his smarts man, right this guy his smarts make up for Anywhere where he may I don't want to say lack athletic ability But his smarts make up for where he may not be the strongest or fastest anything like that Um, whenever he would be on the field he finds himself at the right place at the right time Uh, you see with the the interceptions and even go back two years ago, too Where there was one game. Well, I think it was against the browns They just kept taking interceptions away from lj for it Because he kept making play that same game But right he um ever since he came on the ravens man He has made a significant impact be it through special teams be it on defense Also lj for he's not asked to come in and be flying around or anything like that But he's a right place right time kind of lying back or so moving forward I was I was hurt when they cut him this off season, but then when they brought him back I was like, okay. Thank goodness. Um, now his next question He said do you think our offensive line this upcoming year is better than what it was two years ago with marshal yanda So do you think our offensive line is better now or was it better two years ago when we had marshal yanda? uh That's a good that's a good question because I like to see players on the field first So actually like give my total analysis on that um What if I'm just going to just throw it out there? Yes, marshal yanda is just one player So, I mean he was great at the position that he played and you know, he did make life a lot easier for a lot of people But if I'm just speaking on Who we've brought in um We have with zeetler We have the guard Being cleveland who I feel will start and he was with all sec At right guard. He only gave over like what three sacks and like three thousand some snaps or something like that. Yeah, that's a good sign um We also brought in villanueva who was who was better than what people asked when you think and so so actually yeah, I actually say we will because to go into a soliloquy, uh villanueva Is coming to an offense that he's familiar with Remember when he was in college he played for army. Oh, yeah They run the same kind of style offense that we're going to run. So he's going back to his roots He's going back to what he knows So he's going to always be a step ahead of the defense because our office already makes our office of lines I was a lot easier So they're because they're always going to be a step ahead because The defense has the first weight reading then react on defense that allows our Office of line to get a step on you already So their job comes in a lot easier in this type offense You have zekeler who's already a proven guard, right? So we already know he can play then cleveland is not him is does not prove on an NFL level But in college he was all sec Um, you have your brankin stanley back as well. We have to see if he's going to be healthy So if i'm coming off the top of my head, I always say What the put we have the potential to be better than when we had marshal yanda because We've we feel we feel some pieces i'm gonna say i i think now i don't like to do this But i actually think then cleveland is going to be he's going to be that guy He's like he's like one of my I don't see man questions like he's just the it factor when you see him and then you watch him plays like He has everything that the NFL needs. How did he fall to us? How did we get him into at the third round? Like I just don't understand how that happened and our biggest issue was rushes up the middle The march action could never step up in the pocket. He has to always run outside the pocket He could usually never could step up and you know Go through his throat because the pocket was in his face All that stops with being cleave All that stops with being cleave. So I actually think we'll be better than we were I guess marshal yanders last year So yeah, I actually think we will i'm going out on the limb going out on the limb, but See, I don't know I I don't I can't say that I think we'll be better than we were two years ago with marshal yanda in 2019 But I do certainly like I feel 150 confident that we will be better than we were last year um and that's hugely important in this whole equation because That was the ravens biggest problem Literally from beginning of the season in week one because I remember Ravens there was a play where ravens were on the goal line in week one And I think they handed it off to patrick ricard, but I think oghan jobey came in Knocked it out fumble pressure interior pressure like he was just talking about So the offensive line has been a problem from beginning to the end and and I um One reason I I can't say that they're gonna be better than they were Two two years ago with in 2019 is because like you mentioned ronnie stanley. We got to see how he bounces back Hopefully everything will be good to go. There won't be any problems and you set backs or anything like that But it's just a wait and see type of thing now this uh This next one number three He's oh, okay. Never mind. I read it wrong at first. Okay. He said I thought it said everyone says we Should and he was opposed to it But he's saying everyone says we should not go after hulio because we drafted two receivers and added sammy walkins Why wouldn't we trade walkins and the draft pick to get a less injury prone and better talent? I honestly feel if we added hulio jones, we would be super bowl contenders easy There is no way the chief so browns will be able to stop a legendary run game Then guard hulio bateman and hollywood brown. Oh and mark andrews. So I mean Dang there you go We ain't even gotta I mean y'all can check the previous video for that but I mean Yeah, man I'd be all for hulio now I don't even think that they wouldn't need to trade sammy walkins away because his deal is Guaranteed like five It's like a one year five minutes. No one year six million dollar deal, but five mil of it is guaranteed um, so I don't even think they would trade him away, but Yeah, adding hulio he get a thumbs up from us on that one for sure Now number four Our defensive line I love a lot of all guys on the defensive line But they still lack getting to the qb last year though We have some stars Is it weird to you that we didn't add new blood? Especially on the defensive line to maybe improve in that area Kind of like you were saying in one previous video We have to do crazy stunts in order to get to the quarterback When I feel like we should be able to have people to get get to the quarterback on their own If our talent didn't change from the previous year and our vets are getting older Don't you expect the same results? That's a very good question And my response to that would be matabique uh with matabique He started off slow, but especially toward the end of the year. He started coming on strong And he's a name that I a lot of times I forget about Because I automatically think about the monstars about uh brandon williams kalaeus cambo and derrick wolf And matabique he slips my mind a lot and that's there's no offense to him, but that's just me being forgetful um So I think with the ravens with matabique it's going to be big for him They still do have broderick washington to Broderick washington it's a lot of unknown with him But I think the ravens are really banking on matabique and not only potential because he showed stuff last year Like it's not just potential. It's not like oh, we hope this guy can be good or we hope he can get interior pressure We hope he can be disruptive. He showed you he can be those things last year But now you just want to see it consistently and now him being in his second year He could possibly get uh that an expanded role. I definitely uh when we drafted how matabique I don't know if anybody remember now. We're jacking matabique. I said this guy is going to be it This guy's going to be it Because you can just see it like he just he shoots out on the family It's like he's a man of much boys and then we saw flashes Last year that's a rickety. Like and if you watch the tape, it's like man They can they can be running a uh Uh a stretch play and he's so fast and physical that he just destroys it So a metabooka is on the field You can't run stress plays because he's going to run it down Like it's just like impossible to run stretch plays with metabooka. It's out there And now he's in his second year and remember as you said, there was no OTAs No, those things like that and he's in the second year. He's got accustomed to the inner field We're ready for him to take that leap. I really think people need to watch out Metabooka is going to have a year. Like I want to guarantee you he can he's definitely going to have a year. I mean Wink martindale is who he is He's going to run his plays the way he run his plays as I said in the previous video He said he doesn't need quote unquote Elite pass rushes because he will get players to the ball so hey We have to look at that in that aspect as well What martindale runs his system the way he runs his system? But I do think metabooka may make him kind of like Change those tabs bit because he's I think he's just going to be that elite in the inside. I really do Yeah, so we're gonna see man and number five When talking about our edge rushes and wink said he'd rather have someone who can cover because he can always get someone to the qb That's a lie because He said if that were the case, don't you think we'd have a better pass rush last year? How did nobody call him out on that? Oh, that's a good one. Um I think he it's just it's I think that's really him just Putting confidence and trying to boost confidence Uh in the current group of guys Also, it could be a business move too It could be a business move to sort of maybe drive some prices down or some veteran pass rush free agents that are out there Uh to where the ravens could be like we don't need you We you would be a luxury not a necessity But what what do you think about it? Well, I mean I get where he's coming from Oh, we got we gotta look at it in this totality though. Um, we do have a lot of players to actually get to the quarterback Get hits or you know get sacks, you know, you have marlin humphrey getting sacks You have the shine elliott getting the sacks. We have the slot corner getting the sacks so but if you look at it and I guess the Pass rusher standpoint It's kind of like yeah, that's the case But if you look at it in this totality Wink does get lots of people to the past to the quarterback So it might not be the past rushers to well, you see where it's like, okay The stat said the past rush is not getting there But if you look at it in this whole then you may have the cornerback with two sacks this game You may have the safety that came around and got a sack truck clock Truck clock and came around and got a sack. So it comes in a variety of ways It may not just be specifically from the past rushers to why things may look a little skewed But if you look at it in this whole we do have guys that should get to the quarterback And there you have the quarterback that gets the ball out in like 1.5 seconds because they know they're playing with martin L And they have to get the ball out like that. You have no time to hold the ball. So It's uh You have to look at it from the at their entire thing, you know, we're at Baltimore Ravens. We speed you up We don't allow you to Slow down. So you're not going to be holding the ball three or four seconds It's going to be you got 1.5 seconds because wink is sending everybody all the time All right. Ooh, this next one. Hmm He said, do you think lamar wants to win bad enough? That he won't break the bank and won't wants to save the salary cap for better talent around him Now, uh, if you're talking about a a team friendly deal I would say no the the reason being because and it wouldn't be because he doesn't want to win um, but I Do not agree with the fact that I know a lot of he's oh well, Lamar He should take a pay cut or not a pay cut But he should take a lower salary or whatnot because he wants to build a team around him This guy man, he what he's done for the team You can't even you can't even put that on uh on a check Because he not only has got them to a winning franchise again in the competitive franchise again and playoff franchise again But he has brought in so much business for the baltimore ravens. He's not only A popular face with the baltimore ravens. He's one of the most popular faces in the nfl As a whole as a business right this guy is big business and now he's getting his brand deals He got to deal with oakley and whatnot and uh, he got his clothing line and what so lamar He's also a businessman too And you you can't be like the way I look at it is if you work at a job You work at a job and you've been putting all this work into your job And you've been putting extra working and your company has made so much money Not only because of you, but you are a very very significant reason why the company has made so much money And then somebody's like, oh you should uh, you should take a lower pay raise than what you're expected to get So everybody else can get paid too It's like not that you got anything against anybody else But at the same time you put in so much work and you've gotten here Especially to what your position is as a quarterback, you know quarterbacks make money and they make the most money So I don't I don't think that they should uh that he should take like a lower salary or what not But I do think what they'll do is come up with something to where lamar gets his money He gets paid, uh, but it's something to where they could still work around it and put pieces around them too When I hear that I set it down Right then in there. No Lamar Jackson needs to get everything that he deserved because the Baltimore rabies knew that they had their guy When he went 71 So you had then and to now to put players around him On the offensive side Baker mayfield got his players put around here him Josh island got his guys put around him So no, we're not we're not going to do a pay cut when you had ample time to put guys around Lamar Jackson So Lamar Jackson has done his job to prove to you that hey, I you see what I can do. I am your guy Get guys around me so we can get over the top The fact that they quote unquote hasn't done it till you know done it yet They've been but what they've been doing it through the draft instead of going out and signing players. That's not on Lamar That's not on Lamar Lamar still needs to get his due diligence Because we saw the bills go out there and pay guys We saw the browns bought there and pay guys for their guy We need Lamar Jackson to get everything he deserved no pay cut Because you had your time you had opportunity to bring guys around him and build around him You went through the draft a lot which is understandable. I get it But Lamar Jackson does not need to take a pay cut at all Because you had ample time to do that Lamar Jackson needs to get everything he deserved Why because he's so that he can win Right without So pay that man. He deserves it. There's no pay cut. No Munuva your cap do whatever you have to do To get those guys. We've seen what the teams have done. We've seen them do some Houdini things Put your cap So you're not telling me that the Baltimore Ravens with Eric the Costa And those guys cannot make some maneuvers make some moves as well and pay Lamar exactly what he deserved on his second contract And still get guys because on your second contract They always tell you when you give a sudden a big contract do not take no cuts at all Not the first not the first on any not the first one at all right get your money So and you have to understand the Baltimore is supposed to uh should have known that as well and Put guys around him like they did Josh Allen and those guys But so no no pay cut for me Yeah, and something that you said about the salary cap It gives me a nice reminder too that Um, the salary cap is getting ready to shoot up Things are getting back to normal again. So uh stadiums are going to be filled up again So that's a lot more money for the nfl So things the salary cap is going to shoot back up Right So even if you do pay Lamar in a couple years his deal It's going to end up looking like a deal or a steal in a couple years how to the salary cap shoots up in the qb Continues to shoot up as far as uh their pay Exactly Now number seven Which rookie do you feel has the biggest bust potential and he said oa doesn't count um When I think of a bust in the nfl I think of somebody who was picked very high But they did not live up to that potential Um So the only guys who the ravens picked high Since they didn't even have a second round pick it was rashaab bateman and adafi away Right adafi away is coming into a team where They known for defense. Well, I mean now over the past couple years. They've been known for offense too But they they know how to make some defensive players So I don't even think it's going to be him Um, and with rashaab bateman The ravens they it seems like they learned a bit because like like you talked about in the video that where you spoke about julio jones Where they they've learned to not put so much pressure on those rookie receivers to be the guy Um with hollywood he had when he was a rookie there was really sneed There was seth robbers as well. So he has some guys around them that have been in the game for a little bit Um, and and now with rashaab bateman He comes in there's hollywood who've been around for a couple years and they add a semi walk ins too And we'll see if they add anybody else. Hopefully julio, but we'll see um So I I don't really think that either one of the two are gonna be a bust Um, because I think the ravens are putting them in a situation to where There won't be as much pressure on them as they normally would And especially with a doubt for your weight. I don't think the ravens are done I wouldn't mind them, but I don't think the ravens are done Added done at the pass rush position. So we'll see how it goes um To piggyback off that like you said, um when I look at biggest bust potential I look at where you was drafted and people have dropped it high because If you drafted in 34 rounds, do you not you know, it can't be a big bust potential because you don't really have that much um Nobody's looking at you to come out and be the goat, you know coming out if you're drafted third fourth fifth round It's usually when you're just in the first round. Um, so Is he I guess it has to be between Bateman and uh o way because there's the only two that was drafted high If I had to choose between the two Well, he said o way was out of the picture So there's no way to really answer that because it only needs you leaves you with one guy And that really wouldn't be fair. I guess it's like you're unanimous at this point. So All right, and then the last question that he had He said, what do you think Eric Dacosta's best pick has been since he has taken Over and he said hope you have more than a solid day So what has been Eric Dacosta's best draft pick since he took over the ravens? um Let me see because I got one off the top of my head But let me just look at all the people who he picked so far So let me look at ravens 2019 draft class All right, so his draft draft class since 2019 Uh, it was hollywood brown jaylen ferguson miles boykin justice Justice hill ben powers iman marshal daily mackin trace mcsully out of that class I would pick hollywood Patrick queen jk dobbins madabique devon duvenay malik harrison tyre phillips ben bredesen Broderick washington jr. James pro shade geno stone Oh them first five even six picks man. Patrick queen jk dobbins madabique duvenate malik harrison and tyre phillips They were all contributors man. Um You could like pick your poison with that one, especially at the top two between patrick queen and jk dobbins, but man They've all had like a significant impact And then well this year came tail, but um Wow I would say uh, I would I pick one from each but with uh with 2020 is is hard because with 2019 it'd be hollywood brown but 2020 um Whether it's patrick queen and jk dobbins one of those two but They I mean man, I don't even know. Can we go? Can we go potential? Okay? Let's do that Come in it's still gonna be the one the best picks, but can we use also use potential in that matter like That they're training up and I think that this is going to be the best pick Out of you know the group um I'm gonna use potential as well. Um I really want to go with these between madabique and harrison because I actually I actually like harrison I love patrick queen like I love patrick queen But and I but harrison's is he's like this. He's like that guy that He has it all he's if people go back and watch him against the coast Take on the coast, uh, I figured his name the guard Um Yeah He was throwing nelson out of the way their entire game destroying him and hitting the running back and just or just Cogging up the clogging up the lane like he was that's like that's the best guard in the league And he was manhandling him I think people overlook malik harrison because he was six five 250 pounds But he runs like a running back and he's a very good covered linebacker And I think he's going to be the best linebacker this year on our team So it's between madabuka and harrison because I do think madabuka is going to end up being a very good All-round the lineman because he definitely has the goods, but I'm going to go Malik harrison as the Best pick for me. 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