 In this upcoming free agency, should the Ravens spend their money in the secondary? On the front seven. How could Ades, Bryan or Antonio Brown impact this Ravens offense? Could Ravens head coach John Harbaugh be a serious candidate for Coach of the Year if the Ravens make the playoffs? These and many, many more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. YouTube team keeping clean, what's going on is in Graven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. This is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer it in a video just like this. Now if you want to be part of NFL Questions from Subscribers just send me an email at teamkeepitcleanatgmail.com and we will answer your question in a video just like this. We've got some good questions, let's do it. First question came from my guy Michael Singleton. He said, do you think the Ravens should sign Vernon Hargreaves? And Vernon Hargreaves was a former first round pick for the Buccaneers. They just released them today, not even an hour ago. While I was recording another episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers it came across a screen that he got released. No, I don't think that they should, I think the Ravens are good at cornerback right now. I know Jimmy Smith is getting ready to be a free agent, Marcus Peters are also getting ready to be a free agent but I think they'll sign Marcus Peters for sure right now. Yeah, because things, yeah, I think they'll definitely sign him for sure and he's still not even done making an impact on this team. But anyway, no, yeah, I will go with a no for Vernon Hargreaves right now. Next question came from my boy Harry Holland. Shout out to my guy Harry too. He said, how are you and the family doing today in Graven? And how are y'all doing today team keeping clean? Shout out to him, man. So he ain't just checking on us, he checked on y'all too. So everybody just put in a comment section, what's up Harry? And shout out to my guy Harry Holland, man. Anyway, he said I'm enjoying a lovely Saturday afternoon and that's when he was recording, I mean not recording this, that's when he asked, sent this question. I'm enjoying a lovely Saturday afternoon watching college football wondering which prospects will look good in the purple and black for all Ravens next year. As I am doing this I thought about a question and wanted to run it by you and the team keeping clean family. The question is whether we should spend our money in free agency next year on the secondary. Should we spend it on our front seven or both? This is what made me think of the question. In the second day we have Earl Thomas, Marlon Humphrey and I expect us to re-sign Marcus Peters to an extension. I also expect that Jimmy Smith, Brandon Carr and Tony Jefferson will be gone next year. So we know there will be big changes coming this off season in the secondary and what free agents could we add to make us young and elite. Byron Jones from the Cowboys can play cornerback in both safety positions. Eli Appel from the Saints is very young and would excel at being the third corner as he should be pretty cheap since he's been good but hasn't lived up to his draft status. Kendall Fuller from the Chiefs is a hometown kid too who excels in a slot. If Tavon Young doesn't come fully healthy, sorry I had some gas just now, my apologies. After saying how good the defense played against the Patriots with our stacked secondary finally on the field together I was wondering if that should be the way to go and then rely on the draft to improve the front seven. We know we need improvement in the past rush but we might not need superstars to get the job done if we have an elite secondary. Looking forward to your opinion as well as from the rest of Team Keep It Clean family. Thanks again for listening and I appreciate all that you do for us in Graven. Now I appreciate y'all man. I appreciate y'all because again y'all y'all are what makes team keep it clean what it is. Now with this question, yeah I expect the same guys to be gone and the same guys to be retained. I do expect us to retain Marcus Peters. I expect Jimmy Smith and Brandon Carr, Tony Jefferson to be gone. And with that we will be getting Marlon Humphrey. Marlon Humphrey, Marcus Peters, Tavon Young, he should be back he has surgery so he should be straight. But with Tavon Young I feel like you can't put all your eggs into Tavon Young's basket because he has been hurt major, hurt two times out of his young four year career. I think it's just been four years. And then again like I always talk about with the neck injury I feel like that just has that possibility of lingering and maybe not fully being healed so I feel like they should get a guy who could be a slot corner just in case because like I said I feel like they can't trust Tavon Young like that right now. And I think somebody made a good point but I forgot who it was. But I think the writing may be on the wall with Tony Jeff I thought it was already even before the trade deadline but I think the writing was on the wall with Tony Jefferson because they tried to trade for Jamal Adams. They were trying to trade for Jamal Adams and that means they would have acquired Jamal Adams who plays a strong safety position, same position as Tony Jefferson and he's a lot younger and he is they will have to pay him long term. So if you've given up something for somebody then you especially something significant then you would definitely be expecting to pay them long term. So with Tony Jefferson I think he's going to be going just due to the business, due to the business. And you also mentioned Jimmy Smith, yeah Jimmy Smith I expected to be going in Brandon Carl. Yeah I don't expect him to pick up his option. With him it's a little more iffy but at the same time I think they might just start fresh. Now so that will leave us again. Like we said Marlon Humphrey, Marcus Peters, Tavon Young but also Anthony Avery too but don't forget about Eamon Marshall who's going to be activated. He hasn't been activated yet as of this video but by the time you all see this video he probably will have been activated already because today is Tuesday and the recording is on Tuesday the 12th it's 11.52 a.m. So I expect him to be activated between today and tomorrow but when he gets activated somebody's got to go. Somebody's going to get put on IR, somebody's going to be released, somebody's got to go. So we'll see who it ends up being. I'm thinking between Chris Moore and Cyrus Jones. I think they could, I think they will place either one of the two on Inja Reserve because I don't think they will want either one of the two to go to another team and have an opportunity to show out. I think they will place either one of the two on Inja Reserve so we'll see how that goes. But anyway, as far as who we should invest in, who we should pay and who we should drag for, I think a mix of both. I think a mix of both. I will definitely be all for paying a pass Russia. I will be all for that. We'll see what they do with Matt Judon. I am, it's still if you with me with him. I just don't know. I don't know. I think with the Ravens, as far as the Ravens, I think they're leaning more on the side of, you know, I can't even say because I was thinking they were leaning more on the side of paying him, but I just, I really don't know. I don't know. It's tough. It's tough. So I don't know. I don't know what's going to happen with Matt Judon. But I mean, as far as our past rush, it's a problem. And yeah, we could use somebody who could contribute immediately, be just ready to go immediately with the past rush and not saying that a rookie couldn't because you can get a rookie and rookie coming in and dominant. I mean, look at Nick Bose over there with the 49ers, but he's got some help around him too. So I think it all just depends, man. I think it all depends on what they invest their money in and that'll determine how they draft because the draft takes place after free agency. There's free agency at the Super Bowls in February. So hopefully the Ravens will be coming off of that. Super Bowls in February, free agencies in March. The draft is in April. So that's how things go with that. So we'll just see how it all pans out. But I think as far as corners, since I don't expect Brandon Carr or Jimmy Smith to be back either, I wouldn't be opposed to signing a guy now. You can't sign a guy for big money like that. I mean, you can, but I don't think they would or even maybe should because they're going to have Marcus Peters and Marlon Humphrey already. And then of course, Tavon Young. Now you could sign a guy too. I wouldn't mind them signing a guy who could just maybe like a one year, $7 million deal, one year, $8 million deal, one year, $10 million deal with incentives or something. Somebody, sign somebody who, because again, Marcus Peters and Marlon Humphrey, those are going to be a long terms. Now this guy, he's going to be somebody that can come in and start, that can come in and play. But they may be somebody that can play different roles. Like a Byron Jones, like you said, if he can play some safety, if he can play corner, whatever, have him do that and have him just ready to go. Just in case somebody were to get hurt, just in case something happened to Tavon or some Marlon market, whatever. Of course they don't want anybody to get hurt, but just in case. And then of course you still got Eamon Marshall there too. And Anthony Avery with another year of development and hopefully getting better. And Eamon Marshall, he's just not known right now. We don't know about him. We'll start finding out about him soon, but we don't know about him yet right now. So that's just something to keep in mind. But that was a very, very good question. And again, like you said earlier about the front seven, I think they should definitely invest in that too because they're going to need it. They're going to need it. They're going to need pass rusher. So I would say sign somebody for a pass rusher. That could be a long, like a three year deal, four year deal, whatever. And then for a corner, you don't have to sign a guy that's going to start. I will say sign a guy that can start, but you don't have to. You don't have to sign the guy at cornerback because you have the guys on your team already. Next question came from my guy, Mike. I think that's my guy, Mike, that I think. But anyway, he said, do you think Lamar Jackson is now becoming the must see player in the NFL after victories over the Seahawks and the Patriots? Definitely. Definitely. Our eyes are on him. People are watching and waiting and seeing what he's going to do next. Seeing how he's going to perform next, whether people are rooting for him or whether people are doubting him. So everybody's watching and waiting to see what that next move is going to be. So yeah, he is definitely a must see TV. Next question came from my boy, Tank Bramansky. He said, hope all is well with you and your fam. Appreciate that, man. Everything is great. He said, got a quick question. Do you think Lamar is limiting how much he throws to Hollywood to help him take it easy as possible or to avoid another injury? Oh, to take it easy as possible on his foot to avoid another injury. I've been watching footage and it seems like Hollywood is open for good yardage after the catch on the majority of his chances on the field, seeing as how no one can really keep up with him. I'm not a doctor, but I'm guessing any small misstep or a juke could have set his injury recovery back. Thanks, man, and have a great day. Not really. I don't think Lamar limits the passes to Hollywood because Hollywood is usually the only receiver that's consistently catching passes every game. Every game that he's in, he's always catching passes. So I don't think Lamar is limiting him at all. I think the Ravens limit him, whether it be limit him with snaps, limit him with practice because they know he's still hurting. They know he's probably going to be hurt all year, as it seems, because it doesn't seem like he's getting better. It doesn't seem like he's getting worse, but it doesn't seem like he's getting better. But he's just going to be limited, period. Not even by Lamar, but by the coaching staff and by his own injury. Next question came from my guy Josh. He said, I love watching your videos. Keep up the hard work. Thank you. He said, I just want to know what you think about the reach on how past fans and others say how Lamar is tipping plays. So if Lamar wipes his hands, he's passing, but if he doesn't, he's running or it's a run. It just makes me scratch my head, but thanks again, bro. No problem, man. No, he's not. That's already been disproved, who discredited all that during that game. Because they were saying that, I forgot whether they said when he wipes his hands, I think they said that's a run play. No, they said that's a pass play, I think. Whatever they said, but they were like, and right as soon as they said it in that same game, as soon as they said it, Lamar wiped his hands and it was the exact opposite of what type of play they said it was going to be. So no, that's already been shut down and it's done. So you ain't even got to worry about it. Next question came from a guy, Dower. He said, do you think Coach Harbaugh could be considered as a candidate for Coach of the Year if the Ravens make the playoffs? And he said, shout out to Team Keeper Clean. Appreciate that. That's a good question, too, man. Could Coach Harbaugh be considered for Coach of the Year? Yeah, I think he could. Reason being because a lot of people, they saw these huge losses. CJ Mosey, Eric Guero, Ravens cut Crabtree, well, they cut Eric Guero, too. Terrell Suggs, like a lot of these cornerstone Ravens guys, they were gone now. So Daria Smith out there balling in Green Bay now. He not keeping it clean, but he's out there balling in Green Bay. So this team went really young and they did have to get a little bit older after that Browns game. They said, hold up, we a little too young. So let's hit up Josh Bynes and then they got LJ Ford and those two have been great. But having a quarterback who hadn't even started 10 games the prior season, hadn't even started a fourth season. And even when he did start last season, they were so limited and restricted with him, they didn't let him go. And even now sometimes, I feel like they are a lot less restricted with him now, but it's been a lot better and he's been a lot more free. But could this team, could the team that you can say all that about, could they be in the position that they're in right now? And if they make the playoffs, wow, that would be crazy. So could he be a candidate for Coach of the Year? I think so. Because he would be, him and his staff would have taken a team that it just, like even for me, I saw, I was hoping for playoffs. I was like, I was thinking nine and seven, man. I was really thinking nine and seven and that was before the draft. Even like after the draft a little bit too. But I was just thinking like nine and seven, like this is a young team. I'm like, they in transition. Why they aren't rebuilding, rebuilding? They are retooling here and there. I did not think they would be in this position right now. And of course a lot of things have changed over the season. But it's just been crazy to see how these guys are. And he's, I mean, he really believes in Lamar, but he ain't got no choice to Lamar say this job last year. But now you can see that trust in that moment in that Seahawks game, where Lamar wanted to go for it. But Lamar, he still showed respect to the OG Marsha Yanda and not just offensive guard. But he showed respect to Marsha Yanda because he told Hardball, yeah, I want to go for it. That's a clean version of course. And then Hardball said, okay, then he said, hey Yanda, you want to go for it? Like he approached the veteran. Because he could have took it around with it like, hey, coach told me, let's go for it. So we're good, let's go for it. But he asked coach, coach gave him the thumbs up and then he went to Yanda with it. So it's like, man, that dude, while he has the respect of his teams, he also has the respect for his team as well. But he definitely got the respect of John Hardball as a coach because he trusts in Lamar Jackson. He trusts in his ability, he trusts in his decision. And that trust has allowed this team to be where they're at. Now with Coach Hardball, they have been, oh, I'm hoping it can get eliminated this year because I always talk about how the Ravens lose two to three games a year based off of poor decisions made by Coach Hardball. So far it's just been the chief's game because they didn't play their game. They try to play chief ball. And hopefully that'll be it. Hopefully that will be it. Because the Browns game wasn't even lost by bad coaching. It was lost by just terrible execution. Terrible tackling. Mark Ingram with fumbling. Ravens defense just giving up these big run like to chub. But anyway, not tackling Jarvis Landry, leaving Ricky Sales Junior wide open. Oh my goodness, it was just ugly. Anyway, no coaching could have saved that. But can he be a candidate for coach of the year? Yeah, I honestly think that he could because this was a team that again, they were just two and two. They were two and two some weeks back in the course. They still got a long way to go. But that two and two team, especially after getting demolished by the Browns, they could have caved and they could have just stand put. They could have stood pat at where they were at as far as their personnel, but they made changes. They made changes to the roster, made changes to the team. And those changes have went such a long way. And we see the result of those changes every Sunday since. We've seen the result of those changes because the Ravens have just been winning, winning, winning, winning, winning. And they've been winning pretty convincingly. They took care of the Bengals big time. They took care of the Patriots big time. They took care of the Seahawks big time. They took care of the Bengals again big time. And they took care of the Steelers. Now, what with the Steelers game? Oh my goodness, that just... Boy, coaching in that game was... I mean, not coaching. The referees in that game were just terrible. They were so bad. But anyway, they ended up taking care of business. And for most of those games, again, besides the Steelers game, for the Steelers game, it should have been big time, but all the games besides the Steelers game, they won convincingly. Like, the games weren't even close. So it's been great, man. It's been really good. And I am... Yeah, I do think he could be a candidate if they keep up what they've been keeping up. Yeah, he could definitely get it. Next question came from my guy, Joseph. He said, first off, I hope your family is good. I love your show. Thank you, man. He said, sorry for this being a little bit long. It's all good. People have asked way longer because I'm looking at it on this screen and it's not really long at all. Anyway, he said, I think the Ravens can benefit from picking up Dez Bryant. He is a bigger physical veteran, wide receiver who knows how to get separation. He will possibly take the double coverage, which to me as that extra element that I feel the Ravens have been missing and this would also help take some pressure off of Marquis Brown. That way, he can get fully healthy. Well, just for that first part, I don't think Marquis Brown would be fully healthy unless he were to rest for an extended period of time. And I really don't believe he's going to be healthy at all this season. I don't think he's going to be 100% healthy at all for the rest of the season. So I think they're trying to pace him. I think they know that too. I think they believe in their hearts that man, this guy, he's fast. He can catch all that blah, blah, blah. But he's just not going to be 100% for us until sometime next year. But anyway, oh, and with Dez Bryant, he said he could possibly take away double team or bring double teams or cause double teams. I don't know about all that. I don't think initially I don't think he would be able to cause double teams at all because I don't think teams I don't think they would respect him like that because he's coming off for injury he hasn't played since 2017 I think. December 2017 I believe. So teams would be like, oh, this guy and he was alright when he played before but he well obviously, Romo was a lot different than Dak Prescott. Him and Romo, they had that connection like crazy, but him and Dak Prescott, they didn't really have it like that. But he would give us a respected receiver, guy who was respected before but he would really have to earn that and that'd be cool if he earned that by showing up and surprising people but I don't think the Ravens would give him that opportunity again. They tried to give him that opportunity but I don't think they would do it again because he already turned the Ravens down and I don't think the Ravens would be salty over that. I just don't think that they would see him as a good fit right now. So yeah, and to your next part of the question, he said I know Antonio Brown is a problem and taking a chance on him is a big risk especially because he could possibly make a negative impact on Marquis. But I feel John Harbaugh and the Ravens organization can set him straight. Antonio Brown is a talented player who has a lot to offer and if the Ravens can get him to settle down he can make a difference instantly and then he could help mold Marquis Brown and make the ultimate receiver duo. Again sorry about this being long and love the show. This was not long at all. Not at all, so fine, don't need to apologize man. Antonio Brown I think he could help a lot more than Ades Bryant but again there would be that risk factor like ooh, what's going to happen now what's going to pop off now what's going to be next with Antonio Brown is he going to go off on a team is he going to go off on a team on Twitter what's going to happen next what's he going to do next but he I think the Ravens could settle him down or whatever I think they could get control of that because they have a very strong locker room they got an Earl Thomas they got a Mark Ingram they got of course John Harbaugh, they got Lamar Jackson they got a who else, they got Marsha Yanda so they have they got a Josh Bynes they got a Brandon Carr so they have guys who are loud leaders but they got guys that are leaders so I think and not to say the Patriots don't because of course they got a Belichick they got Brady but I think that I think they could get Antonio Brown I think he would be fine if he went to Baltimore I honestly think he would be fine of course there would be that risk factor like oh what could happen but I honestly think he would be fine excuse me but I just I don't want him to play this here you know they don't want him to play this here so they are going to stretch this thing out they are going to stretch it out but if he came in like oh what would that do for our younger wide receivers, yeah that would give them a nice little piece for right here right now I think they would honestly sign into something cheap I think they I mean it would be cheap because he would only be paid for the the last couple weeks of the season have a long, well whenever this thing finishes this investigation or whatever but um what type of impact would that have on our young wide receivers besides Hollywood because you know Hollywood is going to be out there but um with Hollywood with Boykin more so with Boykin and with um not really Sneeze so much because Sneeze would be a slot guy so he would be out there with him a lot but I mean it ain't like Boykin and them get much playing time anyway and actually Boykin would be our only wide receiver left that is young because and not saying that Seth Roberts and Chris Moore old but those guys they barely be on the field and Lamar when they are on the field they don't be getting passes anyway Lamar don't be throwing at them um so I actually when you think about it AB or even Dez they wouldn't even hurt the team really because Chris Moore and Seth Roberts are going to be going after the season they're not coming back especially Chris Moore he's going to want to get an opportunity to change somewhere else and Seth Roberts probably too um but yeah having an AB or Dez Bryant it I don't think it could hurt at all um because it wouldn't be like it's hurting the young wide wide receiver's chances because the only one you got is Boykin that's the only other one young wide receiver you got so yeah it wouldn't it wouldn't hurt at all next question came from my boy Brian Benjers whoa I haven't haven't heard this name in a long time man so appreciate you Brian uh my guy Benji he said um is it good that we didn't pay to keep CJ Mosey considering his production and availability no I wouldn't say that because um CJ Mosey he would have helped these Ravens before like a Josh Byans and LJ Ford I think with a CJ Mosey we would have um we would have been where we are now defensively a little bit earlier um so because with the communication with the tackling with that inside linebacker just leadership and presence um CJ Mosey would have provided that and as far as his availability that I think that was just by chance um he didn't it wasn't like oh man since he went to New York now he's injury prone or something like that he just so happened to go to the Jetsons just so happened to get hurt I don't think him being on the Jets had any impact on that or anything it's football it's that stuff happens unfortunately um so I don't think him being in Baltimore may have necessarily prevented that or what not but it's just something that happened and he said how can we discern when to let a player walk like Mosey and when we should keep him referring to uh Zadaria Smith Stella year in Green Bay you look at their past um you look at what they've done for your team uh their entire career uh I think you look at their production overall and their whether it's an increase in production over the years or a decrease in production over the years um you look at their situational football what they did in this situation what they did in that one um you look at the players around them uh other players around them really making them that good or is it them making the players around them that good or are they just a good player um I think it's it's a a lot of different things you look at I don't think it's any particular formula and because some guys you just like hey we maybe they just like we don't want to pay you that much like with CJ Mosey they try to keep him but CJ Mosey turned down their deal they tried but CJ Mosey said no I'm good I'm straight y'all can keep that um so I don't think is there's any particular formula uh when it comes to discerning uh which players you should keep versus which players you should let go that's a that's a really good question and he also said would what do you think of the power rankings that ranked the Patriots in front of the Ravens after we just beat them um I don't think that makes much sense but I would power rankings I don't really care about the much they like whatever to me and not a big deal and he said in what areas have we made the biggest improvements since getting beat by the Browns tackling tackling straight up tackling wrap up tackling uh inside linebacker position uh not over pursuing guys and not leaving guys wide open so I think the biggest area improvement since the Browns game has been the defense um just defensive communication and fundamentals uh and his last question was if you were an NFL player would you listen to music that revs you up or calms you down game day I would definitely say revs you up uh because it's I'm sure that's just such an exciting feeling when you're getting ready to come out the tunnel uh and you just ready to be ready so I would say probably uh rev you up and he said thanks and respect your ethics man appreciate that Benji thank you like I say I haven't we haven't gotten a question from subscriber from my guy Benji in a long time but because I remember he used to bring it he would usually send like five questions at a time like he did in this one so we appreciate it thank you Benji next question came from a boy Kurt Rich he said first off I'm a Ravens fan and a Rams fan oh well double whammy he said but these two defensive players they get a lot of heat this season because their numbers aren't the same as last year do you feel like they're still dominant and who do you like and he said between Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack um I like both of them well I would not mind if either one of them two were Ravens oh man yikes well good yikes not bad yikes um I like both of them and yeah both of their teams are struggling this year um so they haven't looked as good especially Khalil Mack uh Aaron Donald has still look he's still look good to me when I when I watch the Rams play Aaron Donald has still look good um but he doesn't have Adamic ensue anymore so I'm sure Adamic ensue being there helped him out a lot last year too uh because when you have somebody that teams fear and teams respect as a player um then that can help you be that much better and that can give you that much more freedom um but yeah I like both of them uh in Mack maybe teams just I haven't watched many bears games so I can't really say uh but maybe teams are just doubling them more maybe they just chipping them more maybe they just doing more to make sure he's not nearly as effective as he was last year but I like both of them next question came from my boy uh what are you doing Johnny and he said his question is do you think the Jets are trying to be like the Ravens and is hurting them oof he said my barber oh yeah my guy Johnny had a fresh lineup too he said my barber had made a good point saying the Jets been trying to be like the Ravens for years because of the coaches and players they got from us in the recent years it's been like that for a long time um for a really long time they they always getting all these different Ravens players and whatnot and yeah they do it it's been going on for so long but yeah it just hasn't been working out and I think it's just um the way that the Jets are run which makes it just not work out the way that the Jets are ran from the ownership to the the flip flopping head coach and just all of the stuff that goes on there uh it starts from the top to the bottom it starts from the top and goes to the bottom so if the top is not uh like the the owner the GM what not the head coach if there's no consistency there or you're consistent at being inconsistent then that's going to be a problem uh and that's not going to um that's that's not gonna that's not gonna help your team and it can only do bad things for them so I think that's where the problem starts there with ownership and then it trickles down so that's that's why