 Of course we just saw Jaylin Ramsey get that huge mega deal from the LA Rams, but how will this impact negotiations and contract talks with one Marlon Humphrey and isn't gonna make it that much harder for the Ravens to retain their star cornerback? Was the Ravens getting rid of Earl Thomas actually a good thing? Of course we know his impact on the field, but we also know his impact off of it, so was it a benefit that the Ravens released him? Please and a few more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. Just send me an email at teamkeepitclean at gmail.com and we'll answer your question in a video just like this. Team Keep It Clean, I really appreciate y'all a lot, y'all just been showing a crazy amount of support as we head into the regular season. Game day is Sunday, I'm recording this on Wednesday at 5.52pm so you should certainly see it before game day, but we are entering regular season mode. I know we're technically already in regular season mode, but I don't think it's hit us as fans until we see that first game. So by the time you see this video, the Texans will have already played the Chiefs, so that should be exciting because that'll be our first little taste of football. But then that excitement won't be able to top us, all excitement when we see our own team play. And that's whether your Ravens fan, whether your Browns fan, whether your fan or whatever team, that's when it's really gonna hit, but that's this Sunday. So Team Keep It Clean, let's get into these questions, I appreciate y'all, I love y'all, let's do it. First question came from my boy Jawsfowler, and it's a good question, that's on everybody's mind ever since Jalen Ramsey got his deal. He said with Jalen Ramsey's big $105 million contract, what does that mean for Marlon Humphrey and the Ravens? It's um, that was one of the first things that crossed my mind when I saw the deal. And it can scare you. It can scare you, especially if you're a huge Marlon Humphrey fan like me. It can scare you because Ravens have great players on their team. This is like the problem when you drive so well, so consistently, especially in the first round, like, oh man it's scary, it's scary because you can't keep everybody. That's what the salary cap is for. You can't keep everybody. You got Ronnie Stanley, when we talked about this so much, but we keep getting more and more reminders that everybody's not going to be able to be kept. Look at the deal Laramie Tunsel just got. We got Ronnie Stanley coming up. Look at the deal that Jalen Ramsey and Tredavious White just got. We got Marlon coming up. Look at the deal that Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes just got. We got Lamar coming up. So it's, oh man, it's just scary to think about. Look at the deal that Kettle, I mean George Kittle and Travis Kelsey just got. We got Mark Andrews coming up. So that's why it's like, everybody ain't going to be a Raven forever. I hope Marlon is. I really do. Oh, I really do because Marlon, he gives you somebody that he don't get a bunch of interceptions, but he doesn't need to because the person who he's covering doesn't get a lot of receptions. He can shade the one side of the field with Marlon Humphrey. The only reason he's not a household name is because he doesn't do this. He doesn't do that. He lets his play do the talking form and not saying that guys that do that, then in the wrong or anything like that. But you don't hear anything from Marlon Humphrey. You'll get a little holding call here and there on Sunday, he may get a little hold. He may grab a little OBJ jersey again a little bit, but he's a really good corner. And he's going to make a lot of money, a whole lot of money. He's a good tackler. He's just, again, he's great at what he does. Yeah, he struggles with the deep ball a little bit with just tracking the ball a little bit. That's what he struggles with. But not to the point where it's like, oh man, Marlon, you suck. No, not at all. He's still one of the top corners in the league, man. So I'm just worried, man. I'm just worried about the decisions that the Ravens are going to make. I'm wondering who's going to stay, who's going to go, because I don't think it's as clear cut as a lot of people may think. I don't think it's definitely not as easy as some people may think. I don't really think it's that many people that think it's easy, though. But it's just something that really makes you wonder. Next question came from a boy, Jared B. He said, do you think losing Earl Thomas was a good thing? The reason I believe so is every time he ran his mouth, something bad happened to the Ravens. Before week three versus KC, he said they didn't have me patrolling the secondary and my homes lit us up. And he also said that I got to eliminate all the big plays. And he didn't give up any big plays now in that game, but Ravens as a whole, they gave up big plays. But anyway. And then before the playoffs, he said whoever we play in the Super Bowl is in trouble. Yes, we certainly remember that one. I remember us doing a video talking about that. And it was just like, man. Yeah, I do expect I did expect us to get in the playoffs. But still, it's it's one of those things that you just don't say it. Don't don't say it because I was just talking to Oh, who was I talking? I was talking to somebody the other day. And we were talking about that with how Earl Thomas. He will run his mouth a lot. And I was saying that's not very Ravens football like because Ravens. They don't they didn't have players that did that. They had the the player that was closest to doing that was Terrell Suggs. But Terrell Suggs would do it after the game. He would not do it before. Yeah, I mean, he'll give respect to whoever they about to play. So oh, if it's Brady, we got to take care of 12 because he wouldn't say Brady. And then if it's Big Ben, hey, it's this Big Ben, this this Ravens Steelers, we got to knock Big Ben down. But he wouldn't say, oh, yeah. We're going to win and we're going to do this. We're going to do that. That he wouldn't make a bunch of guarantees. He would talk after the game there, but before no. And again, that was the closest person that we had to talk in trash before the game. But again, he wouldn't make these guarantees and stuff. And that nobody did that. So it was already he was already getting off the team like with that alone with that by itself. It was like he's like casting himself out. But anyway, let's keep right reading. He said, and also the Patriots did not want to tackle Derek Henry. And then he got turned into a lead blocker and then followed with missing meetings. The whole thing with his wife and then the fight with Chuck Clark. I just like it when we are the underdogs and don't bark, but then have it come back to harness. What do you think? Yeah, I was just he was a big talker, man. He was a really big talker. And I mean, I don't I talked to like Seahawks fans and they said he wasn't like that. They said that was our Thomas like that. So I don't I don't know what it was, man. Maybe in this new in this new environment, maybe he felt like he did have to speak up just so people would really know who he was. Yeah, I like just so he could really make his mark. I don't know. But is the question was, do you think losing or Thomas was a good thing? They didn't lose or Thomas. They got rid of and if it's going to be better, isn't it initially on field, it's not going to be better. I know a lot of people want to say, oh, yeah, we're better off now. Without a no on the field, no, you're not. At least not yet in the long run, you could be. Initially, though, no, you go from a future hall of famer still got some gas left to a guy who plays six games. You're not better on the field. You're more athletic on the field, but you're not better. You can get better in the long run, as long as the chemistry gets there. And with the Sean Elliott, that experience, he just keeps on growing and growing. And the team chemistry to report stuff can be better. But I initially. Is it a good thing that the Ravens not did not lost or Thomas, but got rid of him for football reasons? Yes, for chemistry reasons, yes. Because you, if somebody's killing the vibe, it's just it's not good, because if you kill in the vibe off the field, then it's going to end up translating to on the field eventually. And it did a little bit last year. So yeah, it'll work yourself out. Next question came from a boy, Isaac. He said, I got a question for you that I'm very interested to know how you think. How many Super Bowls do you think Lamar Jackson will win? Great job with your videos. And we know that you are a Browns fan. Peace. Appreciate it, Isaac. How many Super Bowls can Lamar Jackson win? I mean, it definitely this year, so there's one. It just all depends on the team. It depends on the coaching. It just it depends on so much. But if he just continues this trajectory that he's in again, man, somebody. This is this will be his third year. Now, this is not his third year starting his third year in the league. Somebody said a fire tweet yesterday where they said it's crazy. I got to find the exact tweet, man. I'm sorry, y'all. I got to find the exact tweet because I just I don't want to misquote it. And it was just fire. And I know it's in my recent notifications because somebody just somebody just liked me quote tweeting it just a little while ago. Oh, boy, oh, here it goes. OK, this guy, he said Lamar Jackson. This came from Ryan set zero nine four on Twitter. He said Lamar Jackson is the only QB in NFL history that's an overrated bust because he hasn't won a Super Bowl in his first one and a half seasons like think about like let's read it again. He said Lamar Jackson is the only QB in NFL history. That's an overrated bust because he hasn't won a Super Bowl in his first one and a half seasons and then some people could translate that. Oh, the playoff game for playoff game instead of Super Bowl. Still, he he he has started. He's been starting for one and a half seasons. He started half of his rookie season and he started the entire last season. And whether you want to put Super Bowl there, you want to put playoff there. A lot of people say, oh, Lamar Jackson, he's a choke artist. Oh, Lamar Jackson, he sucks. He's overrated and the other guys get a year and a half. He's been playing. He's started 17 and three. Well, 17 and five with the playoff games. But two of his losses came to the same QB, came to the same team. The Chiefs, one of the losses came to the Browns. But this, like in the regular season, um, it's just crazy, man, how him as a starting quarterback, he's only lost three games and then two in the playoffs. And there have been so many narratives built on or placed on Lamar, like, oh, he can't do it in a playoff. So he's a playoff choker. He's a run first quarterback. He's this, he's that and people when when you hear people talk about Lamar and again, I'm not, trust me, I'm not saying he's not. He doesn't deserve criticism. Every quarterback is going to get criticism when you play a snapper football, when you're a starter, but with Lamar Jackson, it's crazy because when you hear people talk about him, they talk about him as if this guy's been in the league like five, six, seven years. Especially with a lot of the narratives that they push. You will think that this guy's been playing in the NFL for forever now. But he's only been starting a year and a half. But it's crazy. But how many Super Bowls do I think he's going as many as he wants to? It's hard to put a number on that because, I mean, it just depends on so much. It depends on so much. It depends on him, of course, his consistency. It depends on the team around him. It depends on coaching. It just depends on injury as far as the team around them and stuff. It depends on just the ball bouncing their way. A lot of things got to go your way in order to win the Super Bowl. And you got to make a lot of things go your way, too. So I can't really put a number on it. I could definitely see by just how he's been progressing so far. Again, a year and a half. But we'll see, man. We'll see. As long as the first one starts this year, we'll be in good shape. Next question came from my boy, Mike G, from Big D. He said, hello again, Mr. Engraven has been a while since I emailed you about our beloved Ravens. My draft predictions were for sure not on point about the draft, but we ended up with an even better draft than I even predicted just for the record. Having said all that, let's talk about some predictions and thoughts for this upcoming season. First, our record will be 13 and three. I could see that. That's realistic. He said, the Chiefs, Titans and Cowboys will be the swing games to determine if we have a 12 and four record to a 14 and two record. Hopefully we can clinch another first round by except this time we play at least the half of our last game of the year. So he aren't that rusty. You know, honest, I don't even feel like it was really rust that had anything to do with the Titans game. I just thought they just didn't play that game. But anyway, you said a second. I'm predicting I'm predicting that Lamar throws for 44400 yards for 4400 yards with 35 touchdowns and seven interceptions. So the touchdowns go down, but the interceptions go up. With an additional 750 yards rushing and eight touchdowns. Can we say back to back MVPs? Well, so he said the passing yards, he said, they're going to go up. He said the touchdown is going to go down. The interceptions are going to go up and the rushing yards are going to go down. But the Russian touchdowns, they're going to go up. Well, how much did he have last year? Like seven, I think. I forgot how many he had last year. He just had MVP season last year. But he just said, can we say back to back MVPs? Let's see. Third, J.K. Dobbins and Mark Ingram both rushed for over 1000 yards, each combined for close to 20 touchdowns. Wow. Now that would certainly be something. It's not impossible at all. Um, wow, those would be some big games. Wow, those would be some you. Wow, I mean, my reaction to that. Wow. That's a bold one right there. Oof, oof, because Mark had 1100 last year. J.K. Dobbins still got Gus Edwards in there, too. Justice Hill. Justice Hill not looking good for this first game because he didn't practice yet. Today is Wednesday when I'm recording this, but we'll see what happens. Like on Fridays, the practice that really tells it all. When people don't practice on Friday, that's when they probably not going to play in a game. But anyway, he said fourth, Hollywood Brown leads are up and coming receiving group with 1,250 yards or 1,250 yards and 12 touchdowns. Oh, he say Hollywood going off all the way this year. Okay, okay. Fifth, our sack leaders will be Judon with 10. I could see that happening. He got nine and a half last year on a pass rush that really wasn't that good. So this year with Kalea's Campbell, Derek Wolfe, Brandon Williams being moved to nose tackle and whoever else they get as a pass rush because you know they still looking. You know they still looking. You know they going to get somebody. You know they going to get somebody. But who that is, I don't know, but that person certainly going to help Judon. So I could see this happening. I think this one is realistic. And Judon's on the contract here, too. He's in the contract here. So he playing for that money. Anyway, sixth, the Ravens flock will lead the NFL with 30 combined takeaways. So that's for his fumbles or fumble recoveries. There's interceptions as well. I mean, hey, they got the capability too, man. And if the Sean Elliott is anything like he, ooh, if he could be something serious, he can help out too. Chuck Clark, he get probably like two, three interceptions. Hump, I think he get about three or four. You know, Marcus Peters, he got to get like five, six, maybe even seven, because that dude, he be going after. And then he may have some games where he get multiples. Ooh, man, it's going to be a fun season, man. And then seventh, Patrick Green will win defensive rookie of the year, and J.K. Dobbins will finish second behind C.D. Lamb for offensive rookie of the year. Ooh, so you think J.K. Dobbins is going to really have a year. And for him to be second as the backup running back. Okay, man. Eighth, I'm also predicting that we have a dozen Pro Bowlers this year. See, that would be cool. But for that one, I want there to be a dozen spots that open up for other people to get into the Pro Bowl. Because that would mean that Ravens players, they can't go, they can't make it. They got to go about an hour away from Orlando and head to Tampa for the Super Bowl. Anyway, he said ninth, unfortunately, the Ravens will not be attending this year. Oh, I should have read this. I should have just kept reading. This always happens, man. So it's always happened. He said, unfortunately, the Ravens will not be attending this year's Pro Bowl because they will be preparing for the Super Bowl against the Dallas Cowboys. It will be a rematch. And again, our Ravens will win a close game to add our third Super Bowl to the franchise. Ooh, it should be a lot of fun. That will be a lot of fun. Because Cowboys fans, ooh, it's a lot of them. Like, remember the last Super Bowl? Like, there's a good amount of 49ers fans, but Cowboys fans, they are everywhere, every state, it don't matter where you at. You're gonna see a bunch of Cowboys fans every time. Ooh, one of my good friends is a Cowboys. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Mm, I don't think we'd be able to watch that one together. Because man, like, ooh, I could talk some trash now. Man, it's clean trash. It's like, I could talk some recycles. But, I don't think we could watch that together. And he said, finally, I want to get your thoughts on some potential trade targets and see what your thoughts were on the compensation form. All right, let's see what he's talking about. First round pick target, Bradley Chubb. I know he's coming off an injury, but in my opinion, he is nowhere close to his ceiling and he will be an absolute enforcer off the edge. Well, yeah, he's coming off an injury and Al von Miller's going on an injury. So they are depleted there at pass rush with Bradley Chubb, though. The thing, because I was just talking to my guy JT about the Neil Hunter, and I was like, man, I don't see them trading him. I don't see the Vikings trading him, but one thing to think about is that the Vikings, he's gonna be out for at least the first three games, the Neil Hunter with the Vikings. They got Yannick and Gagwick. So now they're gonna get to see what life is like without the Neil Hunter. So if life is good, shout out to Future and Drake, but if life is good, shout out to LG as well. But if life is good, then that can make you trading somebody. It can make it a little more, it just can make it a little more feasible. You'd be like, oh, we saw what life was like without you. Okay, well, you can go, bye. I still don't think the Vikings would do it, but it's the same thing with Chubb. Now they're gonna see what life is like without Von Miller and without Chubb. So some young guys step up. Of course they still gonna want Chubb, though. So I don't think it would happen. It'd be nice if we got a healthy one, but it ain't gonna happen. Then he said, second round pick targets. Ryan Kerrigan, Devonte Parker. For Ryan Kerrigan, start off with him. Pass Russia, outside linebacker, somebody who could have helped Jude on out like we were talking about before. So that for a second rounder though, oh, I don't like that one. I'd say for like a fourth or one of those infamous fifths, but a second rounder, I don't know about that one, man. Ooh, that's a big yikes for me. Devonte Parker, I would do that for a second rounder. I would get him for a second rounder. Man, Devonte Parker. I like Devonte Parker. And Justin Simmons, oh, the safety from the Broncos. Oh wow, they didn't come to an agreement on a contract extension. Oh man, you already done with Deshaun. Yeah, oof. So I would say hold off on Justin Simmons right now, man. And he said, oh, I didn't know he wrote something about him too. He said Kerrigan and Simmons would be rentals, but both also could fit a need on defense depending on how the defense is shaping out at the beginning of the year. Parker would be a great compliment to Hollywood with his size and speed blend. I agree, I agree. And what we're gonna see this season, what's starting on Sunday is how much the Ravens receivers can get respect. How much they can earn respect, because I don't feel like they have respect right now. I don't feel like they have respect right now. They're gonna have to earn it. They're gonna have, starting with the Browns. And I know the Browns are the secondaries, not the best, and they depleted and whatnot, but still Ravens gonna have to take advantage of that. They're gonna have to take advantage. Then he said third round pick targets. Melvin Ingram, who just got all 14 mil of his salary guaranteed. Can Ravens afford that? No, it'd be nice if they could get him, but I don't think they can do it unless they do something crazy. But nah, they can't get him. He said, and Brandon Sherriff, oh, who used to play for the Washington football team. I believe he's still there. He said, again, both guys will be rentals, but will provide impact on either side of the ball. I would like Ingram on defense. I would like him. I certainly would. Now with Brandon Sherriff with him, what does he play, right? Tackle right guard. So I'm assuming you will want him for right guard because of the uncertainty there. But I mean, hey, just because it's a rookie, Tyree Phillips, who they saying may start, well, it's Fluker, like, let's see what they got. Let's see what they got. Cause one of those, they could end up taking off, man. Never know. And then he said, my apologies for this very long email. This wasn't long, man. This wasn't nothing. He said, I look forward to communicating and supporting your great content, keep the family safe, and let's keep supporting our beloved Ravens this year to this year's Super Bowl championship. Oh, excuse me. Let me read that again. And let's keep supporting our beloved Ravens to this year's Super Bowl championship. Mr. Keep it clean. Appreciate it, man. Much love to you, Mike. I appreciate that a lot, man. This was a fun one. I like how you broke it all down and stuff. And this was good. Appreciate it. And the last question on this episode of NFL question from subscribers came from a God chef like family. He said, man, ooh, man, engraving. I got a couple of questions today. After all this money I'm seeing across the NFL and I need a team to keep it clean opinion. Huge DB contract. Do you see that being a problem for us Ravens, being that Marlins contract is coming due? Okay. Well, yeah, we talked about that earlier, man. It is a problem. It's a good problem, but it's a problem because when you have a player that's really good, like really good. And especially if it's a homegrown player, you want to keep them. You want to keep them. And Ravens have several homegrown players coming up. And I forgot earlier, we talked about it in the earlier question, but Orlando Brown joined you too. That's another one coming up. So Ravens have all these homegrown players coming up and you, everybody can be kept. So yes, it is definitely a problem. It's a good problem, but it's a problem. And he said, ooh, he said, do you think that that'll put a strain on us retaining Ronnie Stanley in the short, but long run? No, I don't, because Ronnie Stanley, he's due now. Marlin Humphrey still got this year and next year left. Ronnie Stanley, this is the last year. So whatever's going to happen with Ronnie Stanley is going to happen between this and next year because they could either sign him to a deal now or they could sign him to a deal next off season. Well, this upcoming off season, because hey, season is right here, man. Well, by the time y'all see this video, the first game of the season will have already been played. But Ravens, Ronnie Stanley's right now. So he either get signed doing this year or after this season, he gets franchise tag or signed. Something's going to happen. Whatever Ronnie Stanley's future with the Ravens is going to be, it's going to happen soon. But with Marlin Humphrey, he's after Ronnie Stanley. So Ronnie Stanley actually puts a strain on Marlin Humphrey. Ronnie Stanley actually makes it harder for us to keep Marlin Humphrey. Ooh boy, they better not, they better resign Marlin, boy. They better resign Marlin. Ravens, don't play with me, man. Hey, don't play with me, man. Y'all better resign Marlin, man. Oh boy. And he said, thanks for taking the time and reading this. As always, appreciate you in the videos and keep pushing out that fire content. Hey, appreciate it, Chef Life family. Thank you, man. And I just, just to end of the video, but I thank all of you for just making this season what it is, what it has been. It's a lot, cause I know with the videos, with putting out videos every single day, it's usually about two videos a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. It's a lot. It takes a lot. It can be tiring some days. Some people think, oh man, that's easy. You just sit down and you're getting in front of a camera and you talk about football, you talk about the Ravens, blah, blah, blah. And that is true, but it's a lot more behind the scenes too. And it just, like I said, it can take a lot, but I do appreciate it. It makes it that much more fun and enjoyable, just looking in the comments section, everybody having a good time, everybody showing respect to each other. Like I said, we trash talk on here, but it's all in love, it's all in respect. And I, and the support, man, the support, all the positivity, man. That's just, that makes it that much easier. So thank you all. We made it. Again, congratulate yourself, cause we made it through this off season. We made it through the off season. And there was sometimes where it was looking like the off season was gonna go all the way through 2020. And they may not even be a season, but we're here. We're here and it's exciting. It's very exciting. And again, just for anybody that's new here, we do post game streams. Sometimes we'll stream during the game, but we definitely do post game streams after the game, just to get everybody's emotional thoughts immediately after the game. And then we also do a much calmer video too, afterwards, where we talk about the game, after really digesting everything and really taking everything in and letting everything marinate after the game. So yeah, y'all, I mean, y'all will see everything starting this Sunday. It is crazy, man. I just, I could cry right now because I'm so happy that we made it, man. And this coming Sunday, we're gonna be reviewing a game that we just watched, Ravens and Browns, man. I'm just, I'm super excited that football is back, man. It's been a long time. And again, it's been the same amount of time that it normally is, but with this off season, it's been much longer because football, football can like, it is entertainment. So it can sort of serve as a sort of getaway. And that's what we talk about here on this channel too. This channel, what I want this channel to be, what I used to talk about a lot more too, I just wanted this to be somewhere where people could come through and just get a break. Just get a break. Just talk football, you could talk family, just get a break though. And that's it. Because there's so much negativity out there in the world, so much just, it's just so much discussing stuff out there. And what I want this channel to be a safe haven for people. Yeah, we're gonna have disagreements. Everybody doesn't think the same about different football teams, football players and whatnot, but this channel is to serve as a just a getaway, a peaceful place where we come through, talk about the games, talk about whatever. And that's it. Like I said before too, talk a little trash too, but all in fun. Nothing ever personal, ever. All in fun. So we always show respect to each other and that's how it should be. But anyway, team keep it clean. Appreciate y'all. I love y'all big time. Thank you so much for just supporting and we out.