 we get into this video I don't know who did it because it didn't say where it came from but I really appreciate somebody they sent a Hollywood Brown jersey straight from the Ravens official store they sent it to our P.O. box so whoever you are hopefully you see this I appreciate you thank you for being willing to do that whoever it was thank you seriously man y'all uh that was special even though it's a throwback now but no I really appreciate that a lot you ever been just down bad uh things are going rough you're in unfamiliar territory um and you just feel like man like I just ain't got it right now so I gotta do some things out of the ordinary to get it that's how I feel like the Ravens are doing with this whole Justin Houston thing right now because this is literally the first time I've ever heard of anything like this but when I saw the breakdown it made it make sense so the Ravens are like they brought Justin back kind of they brought back Justin Houston like kind of sorter but let's explain it because this thing is just crazy all right so first it came out from Field Yates he said the Ravens and the Chiefs well copycat Lee but anyway the Ravens and the Chiefs both applied the seldom used unrestricted free agent tender on outside linebacker Justin Houston and Melvin Ingham so I'm not worried about the Chiefs but for the Ravens they used the unrestricted free agent tender on Justin Houston like I told y'all I had never heard of it before I don't know if any of y'all have ever heard of it before but I didn't know what that was so I was like okay let me wait for the follow-up uh so Field Yates said this means that if Justin Houston signs with a new team before July 22nd or before the first day of training camp whichever comes later they would count towards the compensatory formula so whichever the later date of the two either July 22nd or the first day of training camp uh and Justin Houston signs with the team prior to that date prior to July 22nd or prior to the first day of training camp then the Ravens will get a comp pick for these boys these Ravens y'all know like this offseason they've been down on comp picks they are in very unfamiliar territory and uncomfortable territory when it comes to comp picks because ain't nobody qualified for one we're used to the Ravens being one of the top comp pick teams but this year they got none zero none of their free agents that left are going to going to qualify them for a compensatory pick so Ravens was probably thinking like man what happened what happened so they went to the depths the depths of that NFL rulebook and they said we gotta find something man because we gotta get a comp pick man somehow some way all right this is our last resort Justin Houston somebody decided they want to sign Justin Houston before training camp before July 22nd we'll get a comp pick but if not hey then he'll just stay with us okay so that's cool now and it says if they don't sign by then then Baltimore they have the exclusive negotiating rights again I never heard of anything like this before but to break it down even more specifically for the Ravens and shout out to Brian McFarland y'all already follow him on Raven salary cap on Twitter love his stuff because he makes a lot of blurry stuff he clears it up quit anyway he said it is a rarely used option usually because unrestricted free agents are already signed or the tender is still too much uh both Houston and Ingram however signed in a pandemic reduced cap season so they are cheaper than normal okay I get what he's saying with that so like with the tender even with their salaries uh since the salary cap was still down when Justin Houston signed since the salary cap was still recovering from when Melvin Ingram signed then they are cheaper than they normally would be if the salary cap was regular see so okay this is like a learning process that we all going through together well only us that don't know anything about this if y'all already know about it cool but like I told you I don't know nothing about this um so he said the tender comes in with a 10% raise over 2021 so that's a nice little raise for somebody I said so Houston's tender for 2022 would be 2.2825 mil so about 2.3 mil if we just go around it so to make the numbers a lot more simple um so the Ravens if if Justin Houston does not sign with anybody else then the Ravens will get him back this year for about 2.3 mil Justin Houston good really good run defender and this it makes sense like Tyus Bowser coming back from Achilles David Ajaaba who you just drafted he's dealing with Achilles Daylan Hayes young guy still unknown he saw some potential now especially in that preseason but still unknown a doubt fair way you um but it's a lot of question marks so bringing Justin Houston back that makes sense makes sense uh because you just you rather be safe than sorry and you want to be over prepared and I don't even think yet edge and outside linebacking what not the Ravens are necessarily over prepared oh there's Malik Harrison too not sure what they're gonna do with him yet if you're gonna be inside the outside linebacker we'll see super early it's only May it's only May so a lot of this stuff is definitely not determined yet but anyway um Brian McFarland followed that up and he said this does two things mainly number one it extends the compic window till July 22nd so and it's funny timing is everything today well I'm recording this uh on May 2nd and it is 10 0 8 p.m but y'all are gonna be seeing this on May 3rd sometime in the morning maybe like 10 30 in the morning who knows but anyway um so as of yesterday from when you're watching this so I just use the dates as of May 2nd at 4 p.m that's when the compic formula that's when any unrestricted free agents that you sign they didn't count against the compic formula anymore after 4 p.m so if they didn't count against it but uh after that so you sign you free to sign anybody who you want to and you if you got a bunch of compics and you won't lose any if you sign them after 4 p.m on May 2nd uh but the Ravens timing is everything because just so happened on May 2nd this is what they come up with for Justin Houston boy these Ravens boy they be finding their ways around stuff man I ain't mad at it though I ain't mad but uh anyway so he did say this does two things mainly one he said it extends the compic window till July 22nd and two if he does not sign elsewhere by July 22nd he can only he can only sign with the Ravens it's like they like all right Houston try this if you want to but it's like they not holding them hostage but it's like whoa you issue a tender on a on an older veteran like whoa he probably like man I've been playing all these years I finally became a free agent a couple years back and now y'all do me like this I'm sure he's cool with it anyway so he can only sign with the Ravens either for the tender amount or an amount higher as agreed upon by the player in team so the tender amount that 2.3 mil again it's a little lower than 2.3 mil but that 2.3 mil that is the minimum I do like that part for the player now um that is the minimum so it's like all right I'm either signing that 2.3 or it has to be higher than that that is the minimum that they can sign him for anything other than that gotta be more brave so shout out to the player um but yeah so this was nice to learn about this because again I had never heard of it before I did not know anything about it I was not familiar with it it was uncomfortable territory for me but that's why I appreciate when people can break stuff down the way that they can so they can explain it to all of us in simple terms so in the future we can explain it to somebody else so reach one teach one I love y'all team keep it clean um and again whoever sent this hollywood brown jersey thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you seriously you are very special whoever you are uh and you're even more special for doing it anonymously is anonymously a word I think it is well you're special for doing it anonymous so shout out to you I appreciate that but please reveal yourself send me a message or a DM or something send me something to let me know so I can actually thank you directly so I appreciate you love y'all we out