 Oftentimes when you hear Raven's fans talk about the current state of the Baltimore Ravens, they speak about new players, they speak about new schemes, they speak about just new heights that this team has reached this year, but one thing that they speak about that is also new is something that dates back to last year after the bi-week, and that thing that they speak about that's new but is still not too old but a little old is the new era. This new era and it was ushered in last year when Lamar Jackson took over as the Ravens started quarterback, something that happened due to a mix of things, one was the Ravens definitely really doing everything that they possibly could to get him on the field and then finally an opportunity presented itself with Joe Fleco being injured. Now when that happened it was different, it was very different, the style of football completely changed from Joe Fleco to a Lamar Jackson, just the energy of the entire team changed from a Joe Fleco to a Lamar Jackson and things were just definitely not the same. But what he did and what his first start was was the first start to introducing us to a new era of Ravens football. And whenever we speak about Joe Fleco's and Lamar Jackson's differences it is no disrespect to Joe Fleco, I always have to remind a lot of Ravens fans that because of that because a lot of them feel like oh you guys don't appreciate Joe, no, Ravens fans need to appreciate everything that Fleco did, for sure. Fleco was the franchise quarterback, he gave the Ravens a franchise quarterback and now the Ravens they have another one, they have another one, so it looks like they struck gold twice in a row, that's crazy right, because with some franchises it takes them literally forever to find their franchise guy and I know they're gonna be people that say oh oh we don't know if Lamar Jackson is really a franchise quarterback yet, he's only been playing for, he's only played 18 games, you can't tell if he's a franchise quarterback in those? In this case I think you can, I really do, I really do, some people may talk about oh well what's gonna happen if people figure out this offense? They lost that role when they get there, but right now this dude has, it's crazy that a Ravens quarterback is the hottest name in football. That's how you can definitely tell that we are truly in a new era. You don't hear about stuff like that, stuff like that just it doesn't happen, doesn't happen, because it doesn't make sense. A Ravens quarterback, the hottest name in football, that didn't even happen when the Ravens won the Super Bowl back in 2013, because of course the hottest names back then when the Ravens won the Super Bowl was Ray Lewis, was A. Reed, not even Joe Flacco, and again that's no disrespect to him, it's just that his name was never really a household name like that. Even when they won the Super Bowl, even when he's thrusting the Lombardi, he's a Super Bowl MVP, a casual fan may not really know who that is. But nowadays even casual fans, they starting to know who Lamar is. Now the reason I bring this up is because I mean you see the title of the video and it just, it doesn't even make sense. Well when you look at the games it makes sense, but being a Ravens fan you can tell how much of a new era we are really in. When a Ravens quarterback, a Ravens starting quarterback leads the voting for the Pro Bowl. He's leading the league in Pro Bowl votes of every position and of course quarterbacks they're the ones that's gonna get the most because they are the quarterbacks, but still this guy is leading in Pro Bowl votes over everybody in every single position and over every single quarterback, not in the AFC, but in the league, in the NFL. Lamar Jackson is number one, number one and that's just, it's crazy to me. This is coming from, we're not even a year removed, I mean we're not even months removed for some of these guys and for some, we're not even days removed, not even a four week removed from some of the guys and say, oh he can't pass and I'm not saying that a Pro Bowl vote or Pro Bowl voting, that validates him as a passer, but he's already validated himself as a passer. I think for the people that continue to doubt him as a passer, I think with a lot of them, because a lot of people have apologized, a lot of people have been like, oh well he can actually pass, but for the people that still continue to doubt him as a passer, I think it's more so them just, still just holding on and just really not wanting to be wrong, because there's a lot of those people and hey, like I don't know why some Ravens fans still get, still even get mad, for what? For what? He just goes out there every single week, he's doing the same stuff, same stuff, against the bad teams, against the good teams and even against the great teams. Another challenge will be this Monday night against the Rams and one thing that I think is a sneaky, it's going to be a sneaky good game, because yeah they are like six and four right now, they haven't been too good, but something that somebody reminded me of, they were like, whoa, think about what the Steelers did to the Rams, if the Steelers did that, then imagine what the Ravens can do, and I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, but I still think it is going to be a sneaky good game, but Ravens have surprised me so many times this season already, so hopefully they surprise me again in a good way. But anyway, Lamar has continued to make plays for this team and it is completely understandable when you watch the games, for the people that actually really watch the games, it's completely understandable why this guy is at the top of the Pro Bowl votes. Now of course, Pro Bowl is a Pro Bowl, that is obviously not the ultimate goal, and I say it now, and I say it again, the way that this team is playing right now, the way that this team is playing right now, anything short of a Super Bowl would definitely be a disappointment, and I know somebody in the comment section the other day, they said, no, no, and Raven, I disagree with that, because they were like, well, yeah, we want to get to the Super Bowl and whatnot, but even if we don't make it, this will be well for the team for the future for at least the next five years. And yeah, that's true, but this team right here right now, this team is something serious man, like really something serious, because they're matching each other, they're matching each other, offense, high flying number one, still, that's crazy, number one offense, and the defense isn't too far behind, not statistically as being a number one defense, but their play, the way that the defense has been playing, they are not too far behind, they are almost matching the offenses play. And then of course we got special teams, Justin Tucker, even like some people feel like he's struggling right now, like Justin Tucker's version of struggling the people is him missing a kick or two in the last three weeks, I think one was a point after the touchdown and the other one was the field goal in the game against the Texans, but that just goes to show you how high we hold Justin Tucker, how high our standards are for Justin Tucker, like there are teams probably about 31 other NFL teams that will take a struggling or according to Ravens fans a struggling Justin Tucker over their kicker any day of the week, because he's just that good, he's just that good that even when he's struggling, like to some fans he is, even though, yeah, but even when he's struggling, he's still amazing. But anyway, Lamar Jackson leads the league in Pro Bowl votes, but that's not the only thing we came here to talk about. This is definitely a new era, this and shout out to all y'all Ravens fans that voted for Lamar Jackson in the Pro Bowl. Shout out especially to Pat Hurst, I know she has been big on that on Twitter. If y'all are like, I don't want to say if y'all real Ravens fan, but y'all homegrown Ravens fans that yeah, y'all know who Pat Hurst is. She has certainly made her mark on Ravens Nation. She is real deal, man. She is real deal. Every single Ravens, anything, any event. She's dead to games, Hall of Fame, she had this, she had that. She's everywhere. And of course, like we talked about the other day in the stream, Pat Hurst, she's one, Captain Defense, he's one, Real Fan Dan, he's one. Those are some that like maybe outside Ravens fans from out of state may not really know who those people are. But the Ravens fans, the ones from Baltimore, from Maryland, from up there, or Baltimore, my fault, my fault, I'm sorry, they'll know, they'll know who those three are for sure. But anyway, I know she was a big advocate of the Pro Bowl voting, and she kept putting it out there. Vote for these guys in the Pro Bowl, vote for them, vote for them, vote for them. Y'all listened. Whether you heard it from her or you heard it from somewhere else, and whether you're Ravens fan or not, because I'm sure it's just, it's more than Ravens fans that are voting for these guys. But one thing that really caught my attention, and I was like, whoa, this is really a new era. Ravens official Twitter account said that Lamar Jackson leads all players in Pro Bowl voting. Cool. I saw that on an NFL account too. So that's out there, and that's great, and that's crazy, but that's great. But Zeus, Jr., Orlando Brown Jr., Marshall Yanda, Marcus Peters, Patrick Ricard, and Justin Tucker are all in the tops of their respective position groups. So what that means is that for offensive linemen, Zeus, Jr., Orlando Brown Jr., and Marshall Yanda, or actually Zeus for the right tackles, he's at the top of Pro Bowl voting. Like, that's what a rookie who should have been a starter from jump last year, but a rookie who last year took over at the right tackle position due to injuries along the offensive line, somebody who like in a lot of offensive linemen, they're not household names. But for a rookie from last year who took over, he didn't give up a sack all last year up until the last player to playoff game against the Chargers. So he had a great year. So now he's a second year player, and he's at the top for the right tackle. Like, that's crazy. For offensive, yeah, for the tackles, he's at the top of Pro Bowl voting. Marshall Yanda, for gods, I mean, that's the norm though. Marshall Yanda is always up there. So while he's part of this new era, this has been applying to him for a long time. So that's just, that's almost second nature. And not that I want to take it for granted, so to speak, because that just means that this guy has continued to play at an excellent level. And note, and not even at the Pro Bowl, validate somebody playing at an excellent level because Marlon Humphrey never gets in there. But it shows you that other people recognize Marshall Yanda's play at an excellent level. Other people recognize it because that's what the Pro Bowl is. It's about other people, other people's recognition of that particular player. It doesn't validate, like some guys are getting a Pro Bowl, sometimes they're little head-scratchers. But anyway, but another one that I was like, oh, okay, a little surprise there, but not surprised by the play, or not surprised because of his play, but surprised because the name Patrick Ricard was like, wow, Patrick Ricard is at the top of the list of in full backs for the Pro Bowl, Patrick Ricard. And he has been making some plays. He's been making plays in the passing game, the blocking game on defense too. So he's a two-way player. He could play at the Pro Bowl on both sides, but we don't want that. We don't want them playing in the Pro Bowl on any side because we want, we want him getting ready for the game that follows the Pro Bowl. Is the Pro Bowl still in between the Super Bowl and the AFC and NFC championship? So is it after? I forget. Anyway, we don't want him playing in the Pro Bowl. We want the bigger Bowl. But and then of course, Justin Tucker, I mean, Justin Tucker is the norm. That's the norm. But then Marcus Peters. Marcus Peters. Now, I made a mistake in my, in a question from subscriber video, and it was about the Pro Bowl. And somebody corrected me politely, respectfully, which I always appreciate. And I always tell y'all that, man. If I'm ever wrong in anything in the video, which I have been plenty of times, I really do appreciate when you guys politely, respectfully correct me. And this young gentleman did that. I forgot exactly who it was, so my apologies. But the question was which players, which Ravens players would you see going to the Pro Bowl? Which Ravens players would you see going to the Pro Bowl? So I answered the question, went through some different players on both sides of the ball, but when specifically when I was talking to the defense, I spoke about Marlon Humphrey. And I said with Marcus Peters, I feel like his play, while his play has been really good. I feel like his play hasn't really been on display for a lot of people out there. I just felt like with Marcus Peters, that his name, his name wasn't too much of a popular name for him to be in the Pro Bowl. But that's the only thing that I was going off of. Not his play, because his play has definitely been Pro Bowl level, even in the few games that he's been with the Ravens. And it has skyrocketed, man. But I just didn't feel like his name was popular enough and that he was really out there like that. But boy, I'm so glad to be wrong. And the person that corrected me, like I said, I forgot who it was. But he mentioned like, he's like, whoa, no, his play has definitely been out there. Two pick sixes for the Ravens. And then another one he had with the Rams. And just he's been an excellent defender, which he has been. Marcus Peters has been playing really good. And he has made this Ravens team so much better, so much better. And again, shout out to Eric DeCosta for that trade. We heard the rumors about the Ravens possibly wanting a Jalen Ramsey. And we'll never know how true that what those rumors were. But it's I don't I don't want to sound like those fans who look back in hindsight 2020 be, oh, I'm glad we didn't get Jalen Ramsey because I wanted Jalen Ramsey. But I am glad we got a Marcus Peters. And I am glad with how it's worked out. I'm so glad with how it's worked out because this has been amazing for this team, man. And again, he has made the pass rush that much better because it's given us a legitimate cornerback opposite Marlon Humphrey. And of course, we can't forget about Jimmy Smith coming back too. And then we can't, of course, forget about Brandon Carr and his good play too. Overall, they've given us more time. They're covering these receivers for a longer period of time. That forces the quarterbacks to hold the ball just that much longer and it allows those pass rushes just that much more time to get back there. So he definitely deserves the Pro Bowl vote in me. Now Marlon Humphrey is not on this list. I don't know what the deal is with that. That's just I don't know. That's crazy. Maybe somebody interfered with the votes the way that Marlon Humphrey interfered with the Andre Hopkins this past Sunday. But oh boy, he got away with that. But yeah, this is just this list. It goes to show you just how much of a new era we are in in football for Ravens to have one, two, three, four guys on offense be in the top of Pro Bowl voting in 2019. This is insane. We're not used to this, especially a quarterback. And again, that's not a shot at Joe Fleco, but and I know the Pro Bowl, the Pro Bowl is not what really validates you as a good quarterback. But for us to have a Ravens quarterback in a Pro Bowl and I know Joe Fleco was there once, but he declined the invite due to him having a baby. But I think what I think he was an alternate and then he declined it and then and he don't end up getting it due to Joe Fleco's decline declining of the invitation. But still, this is just crazy. Like we used to like Ravens running backs being there like a Ray Rice. He was always there. We used to Marsha Yand, of course, him being there. We used to Justin Tucker. But a second year offensive lineman for the Ravens to the Pro Bowl, fullback. Did you seven make it? I don't know. And I'm sure I'm sure baby somebody blocking for Ray Rice might have made it before. I don't remember all the way right now, but of course Ray Rice made it plenty of times. But this is just different, man. This is different. I love it and it's different. But this this is not just saying that, um, well, this is just saying the players that are leading in the Pro Bowl votes at their positions. This does not mean that there are not other players on the Ravens that right now if the voting ended that they would they would be in the Pro Bowl. Like what I what I mean when I say that is that with the like a like a Brandon Williams just to use him as an example, just because he's not on this list doesn't mean that if voting ended right now that he wouldn't be in the Pro Bowl. This list is just speaking about the guys who are at the top of the voting at their positions. So the top at quarterback, the top at tackle, the top at guard, the top at corner, the top at fullback, the top at kicker. But it does not mean that these are the only guys on the Ravens who would be in the Pro Bowl because other guys may have been voted high in the Pro Bowl votes. But they just may not be at the top. But this is special, man. This is very special. But what I really want from this team. I wanted to be where a bunch of spots on the Pro Bowl, they open up because the Ravens players, they were too busy attending a different bowl. So just like I hope for all of these players and any other players that are that are in the Pro Bowl that made it to the Pro Bowl, just like I hope their status is actually when the Pro Bowl comes around. I want them to be out, out, out, out, out. And I want them to be down here in Miami. Not two and a half, three hours away up in Orlando, but they need to be in Dade County playing at Dolphin Stadium. Actually ending this season, exactly where they started it at, in 305. We out.