 Team keep it clean. What's going on? It's a engraving here with another video. Um, I love y'all. I appreciate y'all Thank you so much for showing like a lot of support through everything that's going on right now We always talk about how timing is everything. I'm recording this at 4 54 p.m Just to give y'all heads up. I ain't trying to like kill nobody vibe anything But just want to let y'all know At 432 p.m. I got an email from this company that I Was sponsored by but they said hey, uh, just to let you know, um, we're no longer sponsoring you So I just felt like the timing was like, okay, but We gonna keep pushing man. So we're gonna keep pushing But we'll talk more about that another time But what we wanted to talk about was uh today Eric Acosta, I mean, it's it's a lot going on But at the same time it's a little going on with the Ravens Eric Acosta and John Harbaugh both spoke to the media today from the combine Eric Acosta, he came out of course. He was asked about Lamar Jackson. We knew he was gonna get asked about Lamar Jackson Really didn't say much said it hopeful that a deal gets done, you know, but I Mean even though him saying this is not really news. He didn't say that they have a contingency plan He said they have like I think he said five or six different ways that they're gonna go about doing stuff Based on everything. So basically letting it be known like hey if Lamar is here Then we got something that we're gonna do with and I obviously is Based off of Lamar either signing the franchise tag an exclusive tag if they got to play them on a non-exclusive tag If they gotta give them an extension or whatever happens Or if they don't go with them off, they go with a free agent quarterback If they roll with the quarterbacks that they have if they draft the quarterback So yeah, that's about like five six options right there. So there you go. So that that wasn't really new there Because it really ain't say much. He did talk about how two years ago when him and Lamar first started talking that He just Lamar and him they agreed to keep everything on the hush to not be putting everybody business out there and whatnot Okay something that I did I appreciated that but something that I also appreciated was His honesty at the wide receiver position. He said we just we just ain't got it yet We ain't got it. He talked about how they just haven't had an all pro guy yet But he said they're still gonna keep trying they're still gonna keep trying They're still gonna keep swinging and whatnot. I said, all right, the car's so cool, man. I feel you I just think this should be a different approach taken At the position, but that's a mix of things. It's not just the draft. It's not just free agents He's not just trade it also got to do with scheme and everything like that But again, not another topic for another day. I don't feel like getting into all that right now But Eric Dacosta his press of it He didn't really say nothing crazy So I talked about draft picks, of course I want to get more draft picks and when we know he's gonna get more draft picks There's no way no no Baltimore Ravens with no Eric Dacosta going into no draft with no five draft picks That just ain't happening Now I had turned it off after a little bit because I'm like, okay Eric Dacosta He ain't really saying nothing. So I turned it off I'm not sure and I didn't hear about him being asked about Patrick Queen's fifth year option So if he was asked about it, y'all somebody let me know But I didn't I didn't hear anything about that Um, John Harbaugh He also came to the press or he had a press of the course again same thing He was like, hey, I'm letting Eric Dacosta and Lamar Jackson the hand of the contract talks and whatnot Um, and he said, hey, I'm I'm staying out of it. He said I'm I'm team Raven or something like that And I'm like, okay, Harbaugh. Anyway, um Something that Harbaugh did say had a lot of people in an uproar Had a lot of people in an uproar and there was there was the quote Um, where Harbaugh talked about he didn't really have the time to break down the Georgia's offense on film during the uh, Todd monkey interview process so, uh I know a lot of people like oh see well, there goes Harbaugh good for nothing A lot of people saying a lot of stuff And I get it because I saw people bringing up the whole exes and those things like oh Harbaugh, he's a special teams coach. He doesn't know exes and those um People's people saying that oh if Harbaugh was looking at film He wouldn't even know what he'd be looking at anyway because he don't know exes and those All that stuff somebody said Harbaugh needs to be fired. Okay, cool, but um When I saw that I was like, yeah, that that is something right there a head coach Hired an offensive coordinator That he didn't get a chance to look at The film with this offensive coordinator on he really didn't Um, and I even talked to one of my guys about it We laughed about it and I just I just thought it was funny, but then I really thought about it like wait a minute What that tells me just my opinion just my opinion. I could be wrong But what that tells me if Harbaugh did not look at film on Todd monkey If Harbaugh wasn't able to break it down and all that didn't even really take a look at it If he wasn't able to do all that still hire Todd munkin That would let me know that it's not really Harbaugh's choice Todd munkin wasn't really a Harbaugh hire. Yeah, we heard all the stuff all year. Um I forgot what his sister's name is um, but she put Harbaugh on the Todd munkin and then he brought him in but but I just I don't think it was a Harbaugh hire I don't think it was his decision To bring Todd munkin in I think it was a Ravens decision, but I think he went above Harbaugh And that wouldn't surprise me especially depending depending on how everything goes this off season I think that with the Ravens and Greg Roman mutually parting ways Um, I think that the Ravens might have been like look We we got it. Maybe air the castles like look I got it hops. I know you usually make these decisions or what but I got it this time. I don't know though. I don't know. That's just a guess It's just a guess Because maybe they decided you know what we're gonna alleviate you with some of the power real quick And we'll take care of the offensive coordinator Uh Harbaugh was asked about Lamar Jackson's input And he gave one of them Harbaugh answers where it goes here there and everywhere and what nice. I mean It was whatever. I ain't really like Like oh, man. Well, he sure showed Lamar didn't have any I was whatever about it. Like, okay, cool Um, but Harbaugh, I'll tell you one thing Eric Dacosta. He looks the same all the time He looks the same all the time because I feel like with as a GM I feel like you work in 24 seven But as a head coach, I don't really feel like you are I feel like you're working a lot But not as much as the GM just my opinion. I don't I don't know nothing from nothing But to me Harbaugh looked very refreshed He looked very refreshed He looked like he took a nice vacation And he just looked a lot better than he had been looking especially during the season Uh, because there was some time the Harbaugh was just looking rough like really rough um He did he was asked about Lamar Jackson. Why didn't Lamar Jackson travel with the team? Why didn't he play and Harbaugh said because he was injured I think he was hurt straight up and It's too late now, obviously I wish we could have got more of this like straightforwardness when it came to the injury I wish we could have got more of that during the season because that whole competitive advantage thing No, but anyway, that was that that was that I um There was some other stuff floating around When it came to the Ravens because apparently the NFL PA They did a survey that was taken by players apparently um about the teams about The different categories that that it listed was the treatment of families the the food service and nutrition Uh, how they would rate the weight room the strength coaches the training room the training staff the locker room and team travel so all of those things were apparently voted on and and There was a survey that was given to players on on each team. I don't know who the players were I don't know how many of the players that took the survey were. I don't know. We don't know um, but It was very interesting So, um, when you then this is from the Baltimore Ravens Uh, it said as far as the treatment of families the grade that they got was a c-plus I was shocked at that one that really was Because even just as a fan, um, the Ravens they they do a pretty good job Or how they treat families and stuff Especially how they do for the kids and whatnot They could use a little more a little more organization, but overall they do a really good job Uh, anytime we've gone to training camp Um, the way that they they got stuff set up for the kids like especially the open practice too They do a lot for the kids and families and stuff. They they do a really and that's just as a fan so I would think like As an actual player or employee of the Ravens that it would be even better I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but they they they were given a c-plus so a little I guess average As far as food service and nutrition, they were given a b-minus As far as the weight room, they were given a c-plus now. Here we go. As far as the strength coaches They weren't only given an f they were given an f minus The y'all like was it just me because I remember uh back in elementary school I remember we we used to get ease. Did y'all get ease too? Did y'all get that too? Cause I remember we used to get ease. I remember our first, um, when did I first hear about f's? Was it middle school or high school? I don't even remember But we used to get easy. Did any of y'all get that too? Let let me know because I feel like Sometimes I'll be seeing stuff like this and and then I think back like man. I remember getting ease But maybe I was the only one but anyway, um, strength coaches, they got an f Now, um, what was highlighted in in the overview? It said the Baltimore Ravens come in ranked 17th overall in our team guide the main area of concern stemming from player respondents Opinions are a desire to improve the quality of the food weight room equipment recovery resources and strength staff So anyway, let's keep going at the core of these issues is the team's former head strength coach Steve Saunders who the Ravens recently parted ways with assessment of him by player respondents was Markedly negative only 38% of player respondents felt that They receive an individualized plan for their strength strength training and many complained about the training room is under staffed That's a lot of detail But I wish we could have got even more detail. I mean, we got it from Derek Wolf Anyway, uh, the players do believe in Ravens owner Steve Bishotti's commitment to high quality as 100% of them believe He is willing to invest in upgrades to the facility So Yeah Uh, the that f minus got highlighted even more Uh, continuing, uh, the training room. They were given a c the training staff They were given a b plus and then the locker room and team travel. They both got an a for that So the locker room apparently is good. I mean whenever we see little videos in the locker room It looks pretty cool. They got the little purple lights here and all the little Ravens logos and everybody name and stuff It looks like everybody got space to it. They don't look all cramped up together and whatnot But Again, that's I'm just going by social media. I've never been in the Ravens locker room before Never had media access anything like that. I don't know what it's like in there Uh, but then and team travel. I mean You you see, uh, sometimes I like how they showed a little video Sometimes they'll ride the train if it's a close trip like they did for the Jets game Um, they'll they'll fly and then of course, you know, Marlon Humphrey He gives us a little background on the team travel because he'll be doing this video. Well after they win He'll be doing his videos and stuff after they lose Yeah, you don't see all the Humphrey, but that's okay. I get it I get it. But um, so yeah, that that was just a nice little nice little bonus Um that the nfl pa did and I guess they they like, you know what? It's slow right now. Just just throwing a little extra survey Throwing a little bonus survey for everybody. Wow. They're waiting for free agency They're waiting for the draft and what not everybody's waiting in the nfl is waiting to see what happens with Lamar They like throwing a little survey. Just just give them something extra So that was it. That was cool. Now, um back to uh, eric the costa when he talked about Lamar um, when he talked about how It's it's different. It's different territory when you're negotiating with somebody who doesn't have an agent Obviously, he got a little experience with that. He did it with uh, roquan smith About a month and a half ago have a long ago. That was maybe longer. Yeah, no about a month. No, maybe like two months ago now but regardless, um And again, he talked a little briefly. He and there about Lamar Jackson contracting what not um, but again Bottom line even a story what the story came out either early today or maybe it was yesterday That Lamar Jackson is being advised by the nfl pa to really go for that fully guaranteed contract apparently allegedly but again Any story that comes out Any update that we get well not anyone depending on what it is, but We don't know Again, i'm i'm gonna keep repeating that we don't know We don't know what's going on. We don't know how the talks are going We just don't know Now one thing that was funny, um, I think I know john harbaugh said it for sure how he talked about like Uh, he had text Lamar. I think erie the concert said the same thing too, but um said then players don't really do phone calls like that But they do text They say text Lamar. I think erie the concert he texted Lamar too But I just thought that was interesting. I now how about this say, hey I didn't talk to us air likely though. I talked to us air likely at the end of the season We had a nice long conversation or whatnot. So okay cool But yeah, did the presses they weren't anything crazy They weren't anything wild Again, I know that the one that quote floating around about harbaugh not not breaking down the film not looking at the film Not knowing the film on top monkey and whatnot It was more funny than anything. Um Because again, I know people up in arms over I'm just like, uh, whatever cool But again that to me that just makes it look like it wasn't his decision to bring in Todd monkey not that he was against it But it just the decision to hire the offensive coordinator in my opinion From him saying that that just tells me it went over his head or over him Um to somebody higher up So anyway team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all I love y'all a lot like a whole lot. Thank you for everything that y'all have done Uh, thank you for rocking with us especially doing All of this that's going on. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all we out