 Y'all know me. I'm not one of those Ravens fans that's like oh every single thing that they do I agree with it every single move that they make is great now. Y'all know I'm not like that If I like something I'll let you know if I dislike something I'll let you know But we try to make sure that we let you know respectfully and we handle everything that we do on this channel With respect because obviously nothing is ever personal against anybody who we we mentioned what we talk about any of that stuff So with Eric Acosta He is the Ravens GM and he is responsible for Assembling the roster that we see on a week-to-week basis from our favorite football team And if you if you watching this and you're not a Ravens fan You're soon to be favorite football team or a team that you just want to keep up with we're just fine I still love you But with the Roquan Smiths trade I felt like that was a really really good move By Eric Acosta. It was a good trade. He only gave up gave up a second round pick and a fifth round pick and AJ Klein To inherit Roquan Smith first round talent first round pick One of the best linebackers in the game and he has obviously made an immediate impact With the Baltimore Ravens as we saw Against the New Orleans Saints and we'll see I mean he's been playing in Chicago for the past well four years So him playing in cold weather in Baltimore this Sunday against the Panthers that shouldn't be nothing nothing for him Especially with how it's not even just cold in Chicago against windy and cold so it can be even colder So this is gonna be like summertime for him this Sunday. But anyway Another bonus like not even a bonus but just something else that showed like how good of a trade it was For the Baltimore Ravens was the fact that like the Chicago Bears are paying they're paying like 95% of Roquan Smith's salary For this year So the Ravens have him and I know it's just half the season but still they got him for super super super cheap He's on a very cheap deal now obviously the Bears they they got rid of him because they were like we ain't about to re-sign them No, thanks. Y'all can have them and Ravens were like, oh, yeah We'll gladly take them cuz you know we gonna re-sign them And we'll see what happens with that contracted this this offseason. I think everybody expects it to definitely get done but I Saw it my guy Tyler G he hit me up on Twitter and he was like look at this and I looked and I said, oh wow and I saw that AJ Klein he got released from the Chicago Bears and And I was like wow and right when I saw that I was thinking like man this like To me it really made ADC look like even more of a genius for this trade it really did and The reason I say that is because what's AJ Klein this amazing NFL player what not? Well, he obviously was good enough. He's been playing for a while but With AJ Klein, I wonder first off I wonder how long the the Ravens were talking to the Bears about Roquon Smith for And I wonder with him being a part of the trade package. Was he like the cherry on top? I think about that a little bit of time because it's like alright They offer the second and the fifth where the Bears like hesitant or whatnot where the Bears like oh We don't know about all that so they like, you know what AJ Klein and then the Bears like, okay, let's go Was he something that really pushed the deal over the top? Because if so even if not so but he was still a part of the trade package So whether he was what pushed it over the top or not He was part of the package but for them to trade somebody to the Chicago Bears and For the Bears to still be paying such a large amount of Roquon Smith salary and Then for that player who was included in the trade To be released It's like wow That that's a great move by Eric Dacasa and of course again He did give up the second and the fifth round picking the Bears. They were thinking about the future and whatnot. So that's fine But I just some it made me love the move That much more It really did and then I know it's something just like it's super simple, but It's still big in my eyes because you were able to You think they just signed AJ Klein like maybe like a month and Changed it about a month ago. They signed AJ Klein Then they had him on the roster and whatnot and then really Where we really saw AJ Klein first we saw him in I forget which game it was and I was I thought that he was gonna Be cut after this game. I forgot what game it was But it was a game where AJ Klein. He made a silly a Really silly mistake on special teams that cost the Ravens 15 yards and I was thinking I forget what your game It was I know one of y'all will remember much better than I will but I remember thinking when I saw that play I was like, oh He's out of here. He is probably gonna be gone He's probably gonna be cut because that's the special teams playing Raven's got a special teams coach and John Harbaugh You know, he don't play about no special teams and it ain't like AJ Klein got like this lot He locked down his spot on the roster anything like that But he they didn't cut him So again thinking about that it makes this move look even better, but they didn't cut him. So then a couple of weeks later in the Bucks game in the Bucks game He was on display and there was this one drive where he made play Afterplay I think it was just two plays, but it was really nice plays Really nice tackles in the backfield and that changed that Bucks drive because they were moving the ball But I'm pretty sure that they ended up having to settle for a field goal on that drive I don't remember for sure, but he made those two plays. So it was like man This dude got put on display showing like hey, he could still make some stuff happen and Then like a week later he gets traded to the Bears and it's part of this Roquan Smith deal So again looking back at it actually not even looking back at it Initially when we first found out about the details of the trade I thought wow a good move really really good move especially for what what you're getting and who you're getting And then a week later when we got to finally see him play Yeah, oh I'm with this all day, man And then and then another week later with the Bears releasing somebody who was part of the trade is like Wow, that just makes it look that much better, but that was it man I just I had to share that with y'all cuz I really appreciated that man I didn't and like I always say I tell people this all the time. I love I absolutely love the um, I love the game the actual game of football What that when they play on Sundays and Mondays and Thursdays and sometimes Saturdays and remember last year when they played on Wednesday and But yeah, I love the game of football itself But I also just as much as I love the game of football. I love the game within the game I love the business side I love the trades the signings the cuts the hirings the firings the speculation on wonder where this player is gonna go that player It's gonna go this coach is gonna go that coach is gonna go which coach is gonna stay which coach is gonna leave Is somebody gonna retire this that and I love all of that. I love it That's why the offseason is just as much fun for the end season for me Because a lot of those moves are made a lot of those business moves are made So I just really appreciated this business move From Eric the cost of this wasn't definitely a deal where both sides both sides definitely benefited Bears get to help build for the future getting that second and fifth round pick from the Ravens. Hopefully That pick ends up being 32 it'd be nice if those picks end up being 32 we'll see But so they get to build for the future But then with the Ravens, it gives them an immediate impact player somebody right away Right away that made a big difference and hopefully they will continue to make a big difference a shout out to Roquon Smith But yeah, man, I just had to give give EDC his props again for this trade because It's like this still this obviously still benefited from it, but the Bears with them releasing AJ Klein It just it made it look that much better. So team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. I love y'all shout out to EDC for this one and just like AJ Klein is with the Bears and Roquon Smith, I mean he was with the Bears like two years. I mean it's two weeks ago, but Just like AJ Klein is after being released. I'm out