 Here on this YouTube channel teamkeeper clean y'all know we share our opinion literally every single day on whatever the subject is Whether it's regarding the Baltimore Ravens or just something in the NFL in general and some of the opinions people may agree with maybe like Hey, that's a good opinion. I like that. Hey, some opinions people may disagree with me Like oh, no, I ain't really feeling that when I disagree and either way is fine All that y'all know that I care about is Respect respect from me to you and you to me that that's all I care about But sometimes when you have this way of thinking When you have this certain Mindset that you're in and it's a way that you've been thinking for a long time And there's somebody in the NFL world the NFL media world that agrees with how you feel It could be like, oh, yeah, okay. See I got something somebody thinking the same way I'm thinking and that's how I felt with Rich Eisen a couple days ago. We covered how rich Eisen said on his Show his podcast. He said that the Ravens. Yeah, they got Odell Beckham, Jr. That was great. That was cool. That was lovely But they should steal even after signing Odell Beckham, Jr. He said they should still call up the Cardinals for the Andre Hopkins and when I saw that I was like, yeah Rich see I know I liked you but now I love you I love you because I love that way you're thinking and that's what we've been saying even before the Raven signed Odell Beckham, Jr We've been saying like hey, Odell is cool. He will be nice, but we would need more He shouldn't be it. He shouldn't be the only one He shouldn't be the final piece of the puzzle Raven should go above and beyond and apparently Allegedly According to Michael Lombardi Lamar is trying to make the Ravens go above and beyond apparently he tried to make the Ravens go above and beyond and Let's read the report and this is something that he said on his Podcast he said I was told reliably by somebody who's involved that Lamar told the Ravens in a conversation Get Hopkins and get Beckham You see we got to go to English class real quick Shout out to any yard out of English majors or some of y'all that just love language arts Lamar said get apparently again allegedly according to Michael Lombardi Lamar said get Hopkins and Get Beckham not get Hopkins or Get Beckham because if he would have said or that would mean one or the other But Lamar said no no no no Get both Get Hopkins and Beckham get Hopkins and in addition to The first thing I listed which was how get Beckham to I love it Because again y'all know I felt like something like this should have happened years ago Long time ago, but a we're here now But this is like this is Lamar like really carrying his weight around Really really trying to call some shots and really trying to put that pressure on the Baltimore Ravens and try to use everything in his power To show that he got some power To show that he got some leverage and to really try to make these Baltimore Ravens prove like hey You say you love me show me oh They'll beckham jr. He talked about it in his presser yesterday. He talked about how is he said it's more important to be wanted Then to just be like hey, you know, we're glad that you're here and this is Lamar Really trying to make the Ravens be like hey, do you want me am I wanted here? Or you just happy to have me which is it gonna be? And and I love this because it's a power move. It's a big-time power move Now I wonder could Lamar have requested something like this years ago We know he was the one that uh told them the draft Hollywood And they drafted Hollywood that was super early in his career before he like really took over Because that was going into his first year as the week one starter for the Ravens He told him the draft Hollywood day and they did it But no, he was also one in Jerry Judy or Henry rugs or CD lamb I think it was Judy or CD that he really wanted But the Ravens they couldn't make that happen and that was the same dread that draft was the same Year right before the first round of the draft. That was when the Andre Hopkins got traded now I wonder if Lamar could have asked for something like that back then but He didn't have he wasn't obviously wasn't in the same position that he's in right now To ask for something like that. He could have but the Ravens might have been like But I would obviously wouldn't have no problem if he would have asked for and I certainly Wouldn't have had a problem if the Ravens would have provided that for him years ago, but again, we're here now so Continuing it said and let's just recap it real quick. He said our Michael and body again He said I was told reliably by somebody who was involved that Lamar Jackson told the Ravens in a conversation Get Hopkins and get Beckham and then we can talk so Lamar Jackson is using that contract to his advantage He's using his current status with the Baltimore Ravens to his advantage. It's part of negotiation so many people They assume and again if this is true so many people assume that the old ale Beckham junior signing Yeah, it was to add a nice receiver to go with the Ravens or whatnot, but it was also a negotiation tactic It was something to try to help lower in Lamar back to the Ravens like hey Lamar look we got a deal now Hey, you want to talk now? Hey, we got a nice receiver. Hey, can we start negotiating again? Can we talk about this contract some more? Can we get this thing hammered out so many people assume that and if This is true All the people will be right Auto people will be correct and it was never a far-fetched idea that the Baltimore Ravens bringing in an old ale Beckham junior Was part of them trying to negotiate with Lamar that what didn't sound it never once sounded crazy at all. I Mean, I think so many people they realized that even before all the talking heads They started talking about it before all the ESPN and NFL Networks and FS1 and this and that before all them started talking about it people knew that People people's people see what the game is and that's all part of the game within the game It's business. It's business move to try to entice the quarterback who they want to bring back So it is no shocker, but all the people who thought that again if this is this is true And all those people would be correct, but continuing So Lamar told the Ravens in the conversation get Hopkins and get Beckham and then we can talk and the club went back to him and said look We can't get Hopkins and Beckham. We just can't get both. We can't afford both But we'll get one of them and they got Odell Beckham, Jr. You see pressure pressure can bite bus pipes and I'm hoping that this pressure That Lamar Jackson apparently allegedly put on the Baltimore Ravens I'm hoping it bus there those Ravens pipes and they end up succumbing to get both Because that would just put the Baltimore Ravens the team and for me personally it will put It would make me think of them so differently than I do It would give me a lot more confidence in them Moving forward the old this year at least it will give me so much more confidence in them because if they were to get They got Odell Beckham paid a lot of money But if they were able to get the Andre Hopkins as well, and they would obviously have to pay him a lot of money That would show me it would not just me because I ain't nobody but that would that would show a lot of people Oh the Ravens are they pushing all the chips in The Ravens are really trying to make this thing happen. Oh the Ravens they really going in Because they haven't done it before Ravens have been such a safety They've been a safety a comfortable team To where that it's like they're in this limbo right now They're in limbo where they don't go all in and they've been competitive over the years But they haven't been true contenders They win the majority of their games. They'll make the playoffs But they don't do nothing there. You don't do enough there and It's like you you see You see so many possibilities when you think about it when you step back and you look at the team you like man We think back at previous teams like oh man, that could have been something Oh, that could have been nice. Oh, they just was missing a little piece here and a little piece there Obviously health health has ruined a lot for the Baltimore Ravens over the years, but we just want to see I Can't speak for everybody. I just really want to see a really aggressive offseason for the Baltimore Ravens Where they really just going all out to try to make stuff happen to try to really build a true contender Not a competitive team. They got they got that already. That's one thing about them Ravens They gonna compete no matter who they got Putting on the pads and put on a jersey That's one thing about how about all the head and boys ready to compete with anybody you gonna They ain't gonna get blown up even if they ain't got this starter here. It's no starter there Got guys as injured one thing about them Raven. You can say a lot about them Raven You can say a lot about John Harbour one thing he will always have them in the thick of things competing blowouts hardly ever happen Now just because you competitive don't mean you winning all them games now But still Harbour will have them right there in the end Then they're little bumps in the road close to the end and well anyway, you know how it goes So I ain't worried about them competing. I Ain't worried about them building a competitive team because they have that already but building a true contender Building a bully like EDC said when he first stepped on the scene. That's what I want to see Building an indefensible offense. These are not terms that I came up with these are straight from EDC for when he stepped on the scene But the Ravens they never built that this is a golden opportunity prime opportunity To do that EDC a Make it happen We would love it. I would love it a lot of people would love a lot of us would just We would love it if you can make that happen. So Hey meet meet Lamar's demands so y'all can talk and Like Lamar won't be like me at the end of these videos and be out