 While the Ravens have really been missing Marcus Peters recently more than ever. Should Ravens consider moving Patrick Queen to safety? Should Eric Ducosta give Lamar Jackson another gift on offense before the Trey deadline? These and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from Subbs. You two team keep it clean. What's going on? It's Sengraven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subbs. Seriously, you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer it in the video just like this. If you want to be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. Don't send it anywhere else. And for the patrons, you can send it directly on Patreon. I love y'all, a special shout out to all the Team Keep It Clean patrons. Appreciate y'all supporting and just everybody as a whole Team Keep It Clean. Thank you for making questions from subscribers so much fun, so enlightening and educational too because we always come away learning something. I love y'all. We got some great questions as we always do. Let's do it. First question came from my boy John R. I appreciate you being a patron, John. He said, I ain't graven with this loss to the bingos. It clearly showed how much the Ravens miss Marcus Peters. If you remember in the playoff game against the Titans, Marlon was on AJ Brown and he was struggling, but then they were able to put Marcus Peters on him and he had a better game against him. Marlon was a beast, but he, like anyone else, has bad games. That's why having Marcus Peters was a cheat code. He also has the ability to shut down receivers. So when one is struggling that day, the other one is picked up the slack. That's a good example and I like the way that you put that. And that was nice with having both of those. It's like one of those is the physical press corner. The other one is a zone corner and he'll be jumping all the pigs in the world and jumping all the routes and whatnot, but they were a nice balance. They created a really nice balance, but it's up to Wink to hide how much we miss Marcus Peters. But anyway, he said, I feel like that's the biggest injury to this defense. By the way, Rob Ryan was the coach when the Cowboys defense was struggling. I'm not saying he's a bad coach, but there is a little pattern and that is something. Somebody brought that up to me recently. They were like, man, you see, last year, Tacklin wasn't an issue, especially for Patrick Queen in them. Tacklin wasn't a problem. His problem, his biggest problem last year was just looking at a place and sometimes you just get beaten like more so in passing place. He just looked at a place looked a little bit lost sometimes. And I mean, he was a rookie on a offseason like they didn't even have an offseason. So and I thought he did pretty good overall last year for what the situation was. But now the issue has been Tacklin and somebody brought up how the only thing that's really changed that they added Rob Ryan as the linebacker coach and with them adding him as a linebacker's coach. They likened it to when you work somewhere and everything going smoothly and what not everything's cool. But then you get a new manager and everything changes. So they likened it to that situation with Patrick Queen where everything was going pretty smoothly. Then you got a new linebacker's coach and everything changes. Is that the reason that Patrick Queen could possibly been just maybe the mentor just it's just been messing with him. Could it be? I don't know. But back to the first part of your comment question observation. Yeah, Marcus Peters is definitely missed. But Anthony Avery, he's been doing this thing overall. He's been having even having a decent season so far. Now it's crazy because Marlon Humphrey this this year has been a bit of a big yikes. He has had a lot more moments than we're used to where he has just he just struggled. Struggled and it started week one week one. Well, he he was on Dan Wall a lot of times too. But he that the end of that game and maybe they were just gasped with the end of that game where he just gave up. I was just like what is that? It was tough and then he gets beat like just oh my goodness. Shout out to the Marcus Robinson because the route was beautiful. He just dog Marlon Humphrey from that Chiefs game. But I mean Humphrey, he hasn't been bad, but it's definitely hasn't been the Marlon Humphrey that we used to. And again, for the past couple of years, he is used to having Marcus Peters opposite him. So that helps a lot. That helps a whole lot. But something that a Jonas Schaefer brought out, which is a really good point said he got it from pro football reference said the Ravens defense has a big play problem. And it's interesting because that's something that I had noticed certainly last year. I was like, man, the Ravens defense, they have not been giving up many big plays through the air. But anyway, he said the Ravens defense has a big play problem. And here's how many scores of 40 plus yards they've allowed in recent years. So touchdowns that go for 40 or more yards. That's a lot. Those are really big plays in 2017. They only allowed two of those two of them to in 2018. They only allowed one of my goodness at defense. They allow one and that was under both Joe Flacco and Lamar Jackson. They allow one play for a touchdown that went for more than 40 yards one all year. That's crazy. 2019 they allow for so it went up a little bit but none too crazy because you go through 16 games. You only allow for touchdown plays of 40 yards or more. And then last year they were like, all right, last year COVID year less tighten up with COVID protocols. They got to make us tighten up and we're going to tighten up on defense to last year 2020. They only allowed two. So two plays of two touchdowns of 40 yards or more. That's it. So okay. Nice. Nice. Nice. Fix that. But then this year they've allowed seven and we in week seven or we just got through a week seven. So yeah, they. That's not good. So yeah, Marcus Peters is certainly missed, but that's also on the back into that song. We too. Again, that's that song wink. Yeah, we missed Marcus Peters and whatever, but the show must go on as bad as it sounds. The show must go on. It has to Marcus Peters is great player for now in a player smart player, instinctive player, nice player, but he can't play right now. He's out. So Ravens got to counter that. That song wink. You need more help on the back end. You're giving up big plays. Some of it due to tackling some of it doing due to not having any help up top ought to blitzing. Again, just got to be smarter about it. So it is what it is. Next question came from a guy leapy. Shout out to you for being a patron. My guy said a engraving bless us to you and the family. We appreciate it. He said, here's a thought considering his struggles. Should the Ravens try moving Queen to safety? Oh, I mean, it's not good to keep it clean. I always be like in sync and this is a little different in sync, but they be in sync. He said, I mean, really? What's the difference between Queen and Jamal? What neither one can cover and they're about the same size. They pull Queen and play the box that box safety rush the quarterback and maybe even replace Chuck Clark in the future. Who will say you? Oh boy, that is a wow. Moving Patrick Queen to safety. Um, everything will be more in front of or you said box safety, though. If he's a box safety, he might as well just stay a linebacker. I mean that they could I think if they're going to move Patrick Queen, you could try man outside linebacker as a past Russia. I mean that couldn't hurt. But with Patrick Queen, I think when he blitzes, he blitzes best when he blitzes from that middle linebacker spot and he can blitz in between the gaps as if he was moved to outside lineback and then that would require him engaging a bit more with those tackles. So and we know that's been a problem of his to really engage when he engages with blockers. It's been a problem when the tackling has been a problem. So if you want him to be a box safety box safety still got to make a lot of tackles. They are box safety. They're going to be a safety that's in the box. So they're going to be around a line of scrimmage around those tight ends around the running back same stuff that he's doing now. He'll have different responsibilities, but it will be the same stuff. So I just feel like it will be a waste to put him there. It's question came from my guy. Harry and appreciate you being a patron. Harry. He said angry when after watching how bingos completely manhandled us in our own home and exposed our weaknesses. What should we be concentrating on during our bye week tackling and knowing your assignment should be where our defense first starts and then working on a decent past rush should come after those fundamentals. I agree and I'm glad I like how you put it in order of importance because the funder it starts with the fundamentals like having a nice past rush would be great and we've been hoping for a great past rush for years, but it just simply hasn't come. But having a nice past rush would be nice, but the tackling will be on a higher priority list for me. But anyway, he said on offense. I know we've been hurting because of the injuries, but every year we talk about being a bigger, more physical bully, but then we don't give the people who he drafted for these purposes to develop on the field. Phillips and Cleveland. I know they had their stints on the IR, but those were the enforcers that we drafted to protect Lamar to open up running lanes. I don't want to see them not getting a chance to prove and improve themselves like I felt they did to Ben Powis. Now with Cleveland, he was getting his opportunity, but then he got hurt with Tyree Phillips. He they were giving him his opportunity, but he got hurt because remember he was the first starting left guard for the Ravens. That was his spot. So they were giving him his chance, but then he got hurt and they put Ben Power and then they started doing that little rotation with him and Ben Cleveland, Ben Powis and Ben Cleveland back and forth, Ben and Ben and so, but then Cleveland got hurt. So they were giving those guys their shots. Also, the running game has been non-existent since we tied the Steelers for that streak. I blame this on EDC and Hardball. We know we lost our top three backs, but you mean to tell me we couldn't have traded for a young running back if Hardball is so unhappy with Tyson Williams? Instead of giving a chance to a young guy deserving of a shot, they get the 2015 All-Mad and running back team. Signing maybe one of them made sense, but all three as a unit was stupid. They have no quickness to the holes. Ironically, the passing game is the one thing that I usually get on them for, and this is the one thing that they actually have improved this year. I know the sky isn't falling and we all five and two, but getting a beatdown like that from the bingo shows, we aren't an elite team either. We are somewhere between all right and good as a team. That's my rant. Thanks for being our sports psychologist and helping us at the end of flock through days like today with this team. Hashtag team keep it clean. Well, this was a fun one. Now Ravens, are they an elite team? They're not an elite team, but they have an opportunity to be. They have an opportunity to be a great team. And this is something that we talked about throughout this season that I just felt like with the Ravens, they especially with all the injuries, excuse me, with all the injuries that they faced, they have an opportunity. Like they can, they got to fix some small stuff. And I mean, it's crazy that we've been saying the same thing all year. They still haven't fixed it yet. And hopefully this by week they fix it, but I've been saying that they, if they fix the small stuff, they have a chance to be a good team, but they have a chance to be a great team. Because if they can fix the fundamental stuff, then that could take them a long way and they got to fix the mental stuff too. They got them a show up a bit. The team, they struggle right now. Definitely, they struggle early. On offense, they struggle early. On defense, they struggle late. That's what it's been. Offense, they struggle early. Defense, they struggle late. And these things could be helped by a run game would help, certainly. Again, for me, it starts with the offensive line. That's where everything starts. And just when everything flows a lot smoother, that's when the whole games, they go a lot smoother, they go a lot better. And just playing more complete games. When Ravens play a complete game, when everybody puts in their parts, oh, it's a thing of beauty. It's a thing of beauty, but if one part's lacking like we saw in the Bingo's game, offense was lacking early on. Defense was holding it down. Then offense start waking up a little bit, but then defense was like, we out. And then offense was like, we out too. We gone. So definitely an incomplete game. But charges. Offense, they started off. Defense started off good. And offense, they started off good. Defense kept going. Offense was like, let's keep it going too. Come on. Defense kept going. Offense still kept going. Special teams, they put in their little work too. Complete game. Complete game. And look how that game went. Colts game, offense started slow. Defense started good. Well, they actually gave up that big. So in the first half overall, they did a good job for all the yards that they gave up and all the big plays that they gave up. But so the defense in the first half, they were all right. They only gave up 10 points, but the offense in the first half, they started bad. So offense didn't do them any favors at all. Game could have been, it could have been 17-10. It could have been 21-10. It could have been 24-10. It could have been something 10. But nope. Offense started off slow. So then the defense, they still, oh boy, they still struggled bad. It wasn't a complete game in the Colts game at all. It was not a complete game at all. But the defense, they made just enough plays at the very end. Special teams, they came through those block kicks and then of course the miss kick by them. But offense, they woke up late. Chiefs game. Lions game first. Well actually Broncos game first. Broncos game. Offense, they started off slow. But the defense, they started off good. Then the offense finally started waking up after a little bit. Then they kept saying that they kept being woke some more. And then finally they, it was just coasting for the rest of the game. Defense kept it going. The offense was doing enough. And again, complete game. Lions game, offense started off slow. And I mean, that was the Hollywood game with all the drops. It was just, yikes, his worst game ever. So but offense, they had opportunities, but Hollywood just, oof, he was dropping opportunities. Defense, they were doing that thing. They were doing all right. But then second half, defense, they started falling asleep a little bit. And, but the Ravens offense, they woke up just enough. Just enough. Just enough. And then of course, special teams, they closed it up. But my point when I say all that is that, and I mean, we might just go through the first two games too. The Chiefs game offense started off slow. Defense, they started off, they started off all right. I'm not hot, but they started off all right. And then there was, there was one point where they, Patrick Mahones, they, like, two drives, when you forced them to punt, that's really good. Against the Chiefs. Well, now, when you look at the Chiefs now, it's like, oh, was it really that good? Is this Chiefs team really that good? But, but offense in that game started off slow. Started off slow. Because again, Lamar threw the two picks. They started off slow. But then they start picking it up. And defense, they made a little plays here and there. And they were like, they like kind of bouncing off each other. The offense and defense. And defense made enough plays, the offense obviously made enough plays and they both clutched it out at the very end. And then against the Raiders. I think in that game, offense started off slow, I believe. Yeah. In the defense, they, I forgot how they started in that game. But anyway, you get my point. The offense has been starting out slow a lot. They start off slow a lot and that doesn't help the defense. Like this team, I know not every game is going to be a complete game. We know that. Not every game is going to be perfect. Not every game, the offense is going to start off hot and the defense is going to start off hot and special teams are going to do that thing. It's not going to be like that all the time. We get that. But it's got to be better. It has to be better. And this by week is an opportunity for it to get better. This question came from the owner D said, Hey, Graven, what's up, man? What's the word on Chris Westry? And why do people keep doubting the Ravens as a complete team? Well, that's because they don't play like a complete team. So they're not a complete team. Actually, this year, they will never be a technical complete team because they are very unhealthy. As you already know, speaking of unhealthy Chris Westry. He they said he started running. So that's a good sign. So right now this is a week seven. We get into the by week. Early as Chris Westry. I would expect maybe would maybe be like week 11. Yeah, I say probably like week 10 week 11. Maybe not too soon. Next question came from my guy Dave. He said, I ain't gravy doing an amazing job. I don't know about all that part, but I appreciate it. He said, keep it up. I see you with a studio equipped with a large table and high chance to broadcast your show in a not too distant future. Look forward to watching your growth. I appreciate that, Dave. Thank you. You said, of course, we could use another offensive lineman or strong run defending linebacker. But after watching how Arizona continues to give Kyla Murray gifts to help him succeed like Zach Erts. What would you think about EDC getting Lamar's contract extension completed to open up cap space so that we could take on the 12.5 million dollar salary of wide receiver, Michael Thomas. He's still on the PUP, by the way. He didn't come off yet. Anyway, he said, we would no longer have to stress over whether or not Sammy Watkins could stay healthy enough and make it through the playoffs. Thomas Brown Bateman back by Watkins, Pro Shade Duvenay and Boykins. Well, somebody would have to leave if they brought on Michael Thomas, but he said, I would think opposing defenses will be handcuffed attempting to contain the run, taking us a step closer to that undefendable offense. The Casa has been striving to assemble. Now, Michael Thomas, I think that he would be great in this offense because he is a if they start incorporating more short passes, then then he will be great in this offense because that's Michael Thomas short passes, the slant guy whatever he he's nice. He's nice. He got good hands. He catches good good yak as well. But how is Michael Thomas going to eat in this offense to be a part of this offense? If Lamar ain't got no protection to get in the ball. I think like right now, and we said this in another video too, it's crazy that with with wide receiver right now that like y'all know me. I love overkill. I love it, especially a wide receiver because Ravens have been very cheap at wide receiver over for the longest. Um, but right now wide receivers actually not a problem and yeah, well, Michael Thomas, it would be even less of a problem and then you still had a backup post that could still do that thing too. But offensive line is such a big issue. It's such a huge issue and they just they they they need the offensive line to get back. We've seen what Lamar Jackson can do with these receivers that he has already when the offensive line protects. You could add whatever receiver you want to if you ain't got no offensive line to protect that receiver would be useless. So I wouldn't mind Michael Thomas again. I think he'd be in. He's real good in the middle of the field too. Um, and and it would just make it that much harder for defenders to defend all these guys. And like you said, that indefensible offense like Eric DeCosta talked about when he first became the GM starts with offensive line. So I would have to decline on Michael Thomas. Wow. And the way we're going to end off this episode of questions from subscribers came from my guy Javo. He said, I have a question for you, Mr. Engraven. Should we make a trade for Kyle Fuller? I know you like Anthony Avery, but he's not the answer for us. Wow. Um, now if we were to trade for Kyle Fuller who's on the Broncos, I believe, um, it would all depend on how Wink decided to play him because a lot is on Wink right now. Um, this defense has just they've been a big yikes and yes, we lost Marcus Peters, which we know, but is, is he going to leave Kyle Fuller on an island? If he sees that Kyle Fuller is on an island and he's struggling, is he going to continue to keep him on that island from being blitz heavy? Um, just, is he going to put him in a position to succeed? Is he going to put him in a position to win? Is he going to be able to take advantage of matchups? Is he going to be able to see, all right, Kyle Fuller, he may be struggling with this guy. So let's switch this up a little bit. Well, I think just so much doesn't even depend on who the Ravens got, but just how the guy that they got end up being used.