 You ever have a situation where you're talking to this girl, you've been talking to her for a while or two and you're very, very interested in this girl. Y'all conversations, y'all go back and forth, y'all have the late night conversations, the FaceTime, the text back and forth. Y'all are just checking up on each other at random times of the day. You really like this girl and you think that she likes you too. Only one problem though. You think there's somebody else trying to talk to her too. And that other person trying to talk to her, they present a really significant challenge because they may have some things and some features that you just don't. But on the flip side, you may have some features that they don't, you may have something that they just can't offer. So you're like, man, I really like her. You know what, I'm gonna ask her out. Let's listen to the Ravens version of asking out Odell Beckham Jr. But apparently it's being met with some outside challenges. The interim, the Baltimore Ravens have met with Odell Beckham Jr. They've presented them their own offer. We'll see which Odell Beckham Jr. finds more interesting, but it certainly sounds like it's the Jets, it's the Ravens. Maybe the Rams still would have an interest, but those at this point in time would be the obvious landing spots for Odell Beckham Jr. and what has been one of the longest free agent recruitments that we've ever seen. So these Baltimore Ravens are seriously interested in Odell Beckham Jr. And I like this. I like this because we've continued to hear about all the interest, all the people that they are interested in, that they do their due diligence on, that they even meet with. But the problem has always been closing the deal on offense, on defense not so much, but on offense that's been a big issue, closing the deal. And we can understand why. We look at the Baltimore Ravens offense for these past couple of years, more so the passing offense and how it just has not really featured wide receivers. And this goes beyond just these past couple of years. This has been a Baltimore Ravens thing. This has been their MO for a very, very long time, the lack of value that they truly consistently put into the wide receiver position. But now the Ravens are like, hey, we trying to turn over a new stone. We done tried through the draft and we done had some good ones. It could be better, but we done had some misses as well, but we're gonna try to take a slightly different approach. Now this approach isn't all the way different. It isn't a complete turnaround for the Baltimore Ravens, but it is another start. So I'll take it. The reason I say it's not a complete turnaround because all that back in junior, obviously we know when he does play, he's nice. When he is out there, he can ball. I mean, Baltimore Ravens, no first hand from both his time on the Giants, even on the Browns, he didn't really do too much damage to the Ravens, but then when he was on the Rams, oh, we remember, we remember that game. It did the bird flu and all. But anyway, with Odell Beckham, Jr., we know what he's capable of. And he had been at one point in his career, at a few points in his career, he had been a top, certainly a top 10 wide receiver and some can even argue a top five. But regardless, when he was out there, he is a playmaker. He's full of energy. He brings a good vibe to him. You could tell he's out there having a blast, having fun. So he would be something that the Ravens haven't really had too much of, but at the same time, he is over that 30 mark and he is coming off of injury. So this is why it's not like too different from what the Ravens do, but at the same time, it is better. So this could hopefully, this should hopefully be the start of a new Baltimore Ravens team, a new direction that they could be going in when it comes to the wide receiver. So I like that they're not only interested in Odell Beckham, Jr. I like that they said, hey, just like we talked about earlier, when you've been talking to this girl for a long time, we know the Ravens been talking to Odell Beckham, Jr. for a long time. They have literally been talking to him since before this past season was over. During the season, they were talking to Odell Beckham, Jr. They were talking to him then. And every time there's an Odell Beckham, Jr. report, there's a workout. You hear about teams interested in him, the Ravens name, they show up every single time. We've heard reports that they have continued conversation with him, that they were at his workout, all of that stuff that at the owner's meeting, even last week that Odell Beckham, Jr., he was speaking to them. And of course he did speak to some other teams too, but Ravens were right there. And they have been here this whole time. So just like the guy that's been talking to this girl for months, interested in this girl for months, Ravens presented the deal like here, Odell Beckham, Jr., there it is. We asking you out, are you gonna be with us? Or no. But again, just like the guy who's asking the girl out, there's another guy too. And that other guy for the Ravens is the Jets. And it's a big competition. They are up against a lot with the New York Jets because the Jets we saw last year, they really started to turn things around. And the Jets, although the Ravens did beat up on them early in the season, first game of the season literally, we saw promise out of the Jets in that game. And I remember I said it during that game, after that game, I said, oh, these Jets, they're gonna be nice in like two years. Once they get that quarterback situation taken care of, they're gonna be nice in like two years. I didn't think it was gonna actually be last year. And now this year, like they're on the brink of getting the quarterback. And again, still waiting for this whole Aaron Rodgers thing to go through. And I keep saying this a matter of time, time keeps on ticking. And I mean, it's not like it's necessarily a rush, but you would think that this would definitely be done before the draft. So whatever draft compensation the Jets are gonna give up and the Packers are gonna acquire, it can be done. But the competition, something that the Jets can currently offer, that the Ravens can't offer, is, well, actually they technically can't offer it right now because there's uncertainty in their quarterback right now, technically. Because they haven't traded for Aaron Rodgers yet. It's expected that they trade for Aaron Rodgers, but they haven't done it yet. So right now really the Jets and Ravens are on the same boat when it comes to the quarterback situation for now. That could obviously change. Could change with Aaron Rodgers going there, them sealing a deal with him. It could change with Lamar Jackson signing a contract extension with the Ravens. It could all change for the better for both teams or for the worse because what could end up happening is that Aaron Rodgers, the whole thing falls apart. Falls apart. I don't anticipate that because the Packers are clearly moving in the direction of Jordan Love. He's the guy now. So Aaron Rodgers is not gonna, I don't anticipate him being there. But we've seen crazier things happen. And with Lamar Jackson, we don't know. He could resound with the Ravens. I know them reports saying, oh yeah, Lamar likely to stay with the Ravens, da, da, da, da. We'll see. We'll see. I still got my doubts, but we'll see. So it's just really a matter of time with both situations is just we gotta wait it out. And I think that's exactly what Odell Beckham, Jr. is gonna do. I think he will wait it out. Now, him waiting it out, it could be a little risky, a little bit because depending on what kind of offer the Baltimore Ravens have given to him and the Jets, if they've given him one too. But depending on what kind of offer the Baltimore Ravens have given Odell Beckham, Jr., the longer he waits, Ravens may be like, you know what? No, we're gonna take some off of that offer. We wanted you to take this offer when it was hot. You know what now? No, we don't wanna pay you as much anymore. They could do that, because that happens. Because as the time goes along, they could be like, hey, we got this offer out there for Odell Beckham, Jr., he ain't biting, you know what? We're gonna start making other plans. We're gonna start going in a different direction from Odell Beckham, Jr. And hey, if he wants to still join the squad, cool, but we ain't gonna wait on him. He'll be a luxury at that point. Now, I don't really think Odell Beckham, Jr. will be a luxury. I think his somebody like him would be a necessity. And I still feel the same way. I said this from jump, from jump, when this whole Odell Beckham, Jr., to the Ravens, possibility first started happening. Said, Odell Beckham, Jr. would be nice. He would be nice, but he can't be all. Just my opinion, he cannot be all. Love, Odell Beckham, Jr., phenomenal wide receiver, play-making wide receiver. You can never have enough of those. But he can't be it only cause of the injury history. Can't be it. Now, I would hope that now he's good to go. He's 100% clear and straight. We won't know till we know. But thinking about it, like Odell Beckham, Jr. and Rashad Bateman as the outside wide receivers. Nelson Aguilot on the slide, Devon Duvenay. Like, you have receivers that can make some plays. That's potential right there. It is. But I still think one more. Just give me one more. Give me one more. Whether it's a big name, an established guy, which I would prefer. Or, hey, you go early in the draft. Give me one more Ravens, one more. And you got something, you really do. So we'll see, we'll see. This thing, obviously Ravens fans have been learning exactly how much or how little patience they have this off season. Because it's so many things that we just got to wait on. Just got to wait, wait it out. Got to wait on what happens with Deandre Hopkins. Wait on what happens with Odell Beckham, Jr. Wait on what happens with Coyle, and so on. Wait on the Ravens to do something. Wait on the Ravens to sign an outside free agent. They were waiting on that for a long time. Then Ravens like, boom, Nelson Aguilore. And a lot of Ravens fans are like, boom, man. But hey, it's a waiting process. And obviously the biggest thing that we are all waiting for is what the resolution is going to be with Lamar Jackson. Because it ain't like, it ain't no in between. It can't be no middle ground. It's got to be something. It's got to be something. I don't think, just for the health, the relationship of both of these two, the Ravens and Lamar Jackson. I think that this thing, it needs to be resolved this off season. Will it? Hey, it's a possibility that it might not be. But I really hope that it is for better or for worse. And I mean, hopefully it's for better. But we'll see. But either way, when this is resolved, it'll be, it'll just be, it'll allow both parties to move forward with whatever they're gonna do. Whether they move forward with each other or they unfortunately move forward without each other. So we'll see. But as far as Odell Beckham Jr., again, we just waiting it out. Waiting it out. But I do think the longer that he waits, which is smart for him to wait. Because between the Jets and the Ravens, there's a lot of question marks right now. There's a lot of question marks right now. And even beyond the whole quarterback thing, when he looks at the Jets, and if they get Aaron Rodgers, he'll be, oh yeah, I'm straight. I'm straight. I know they're gonna build an offense around him. I know they're gonna be throwing that ball heavy. I already know him and give me my chances. But then you think about the Baltimore Ravens. Now he did play with Todd Munkin before their offensive coordinator. So that's a plus. So there's that experience, that familiarity. So that's a good thing. But is the offense really gonna change? Will Harbaugh really let Todd Munkin have the reins of this offense? It's to be determined. Like changing the offensive coordinator is great, great. But you still gotta show like, hey, things are different now. So in my opinion, I still feel like Ravens have a lot to prove as far as they're passing offense. And they like, last year they looked like they were on their way. Things are better, for sure. They were looking like a lot more improved, smoother. Rashal Bateman went down and everything was just, it was bad after that. We got really bad after that. So that's why the more the merrier, man. The more quality you got on the front and back end, the better. But anyway, Team Keep It Clean, I appreciate y'all. I love y'all so much. And y'all just keep being great. Appreciate you. We out. Yeah, this feels like a dream. That's what I mean. You too, Team Keep It Clean. You see my boy, he like automated, automated. Well, that's my homie. Ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven, right in Raven, right in Raven. Shout out to Raven. Right in Raven, right in Raven, right in Raven.