 You too team keep it clean. What's going on? It's a engraving here with another video and another episode of NFL questions from Subs a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to and we answered in a video just like this If you want to be part of it You can send me an email to team keep it clean at gmail.com or for the patrons You can send it directly on patreon if you want to become a team keep it clean patron You go to patreon.com slash engraving vids like always say if you want to if you don't want to either way It's fine. I'm gonna still love y'all regardless team keep it clean Today is the Ravens second preseason game or at least when you should be seeing this video should be before the second preseason game But so don't but don't hold me to it. But anyway We got some fire questions as we always do We ain't wasting no more time. Let's do it first question came from my boy Dylan J He said a engraving Dylan here second question for you Jimmy Smith has previously said he doesn't want to play for another team Then the raider which is cool and all but with the young corner stockpile We seem to have do you think it's more likely he signs with another team or attires outright after we inevitably cut him Don't want to assume things but with the way things are going we may find out sooner rather than later No, I don't think we're gonna find out sooner at all. I think he will definitely be with the team this year Next year though. I don't think so. I even before they re-signed them I didn't even think he was gonna be with the team this year I really didn't I thought last season was gonna be his last last year with the team But I think this is it for Jimmy Smith because when you start talking retirement They said it on the I am athlete podcast. Oh, man. I just realized I haven't seen that it hasn't come on in a long time I guess they're taking a break But they said it on there when you start talking about retirement you start thinking about it then it's already time So I think this will be Jimmy Smith's last year Regardless with the Ravens and probably in the NFL this question came from a guy Eugene He said what's good engraving of all as well question. How do you feel about Josh Oliver? Do you think keeping him that we can get back to our three tight end packages? Seems like we took a turn once we lost Hayden Hurst And also what position do we take a hit on with cutting one to keep the third tight end? He said PS we need the whole intro song release bro. That thing is fire. Appreciate it We done done that already. We don't put the whole thing out already. But anyway I don't even really think another position has to suffer in order to keep a third tight end. I don't So with Josh Oliver right now, it's looking like he's gonna be that guy That's what all signs are pointing to especially with them waving wolf last week They still got Eric Thomas and so he could battle for it But no, it's not gonna be Thomas They're gonna want somebody more athletic and whatnot somebody who's more of a field stretch and more similar to Mark Andrews and somebody similar to Nick Boyle So I think he'll definitely hold it down And I don't think they'll have to necessarily sacrifice a roster spot in order to keep Next question and the timing of this was everything and he ended up making himself right But it came from my guy and twine. He said it was good. Hope all is well. This was on August 6 He said I have one concern for the upcoming season and that's for Shaw Bateman Should we be worried that he can't put together two consecutive practices nor finish the one he started and all this is happening before The hitting and the pads come on so he saw the pattern and we talked about this pattern as well Something that was a concern for us, but hopefully now that he's had his surgery now that he's gotten that out of the way Hopefully that was what was bothering him and that was really what was holding him back So now hopefully he could be a full goal and be full healthy moving forward next question came from my guy Raven pride He said what's up in gravy and hope you and your family are doing well because with what you do keeping us updated is a plus I appreciate it man and gravy you said we could dwell on anything as a question or concern I like to inform team keep it clean that I have full blown or covert 19 and pneumonia I got diagnosed on August 19th 2021 when we think we did enough and we let our guards down. That's when we lose our brother I'm an Idaho in the hospital and believe that I'll be here for 10 or 14 days So with that, I just want to say thank you for reading my email because engraving you the best at what you do Keeping guys updated on Raven Nation your boy Raven's pride. Oh man Man, we all we all rocking with you though, man We appreciate you being willing to share that with us man and being willing to share that with all the team Keep it clean man. Keep going man. We already know you're gonna keep going You just got to rest up for a little bit and then things will be better in no time But um, we appreciate you checking in with us and that's what it's about checking in And then like I said sooner rather than later Everything gonna turn around you're gonna be back on your feet back driving the trucks back with your dog And everything gonna be good to go, but we love you we we appreciate you and thank you for letting us know about that Man expression came from jacquard C. He said what's up in gravy and hope everything is good with you in the fam A couple things what game do you think this year will be the most important game in the regular season at the time that we play that game? And also do you think the Ravens will shock us with a cut and who ah? Right now. I don't really see any surprising cut Well one surprising cut I could see could possibly be Anthony Levine that that would be really the only one and Maybe a lj fort But those two they got a lot of ties to the Ravens, especially emotionally especially Anthony Levine because he'd been around for a long time with the Ravens So I just I could see them cutting him, but I don't see them cutting him With lj fort we'll see how this preseason game goes and see how often he plays and when he plays I think that could be indicative of his possible future with the Ravens And other than that as far as which game because that's a that's a tricky question right now Which game do you think this year will be the most important game in the regular season at the time when we play that game? I will say the playoff game Next question came from my boy Mike greed he said engraving hope all as well Mike read here Can the airy LOL short and simple question is go around anyway in your voice? There's so many players going into the first year that contract over the final year that contract I can't even read and hearing a lot of them say that they aren't worried about it They're worried about winning the Super Bowl if We do win it all which I hope that we do a me too Do you see some players pricing themselves out of Baltimore? Of course of course for sure Like they of course say that and that's the right thing to say like I ain't worried about the money I just want to win the Super Bowl and they do want to win the Super Bowl because again Like I always say I feel like a Super Bowl like a Hall of Fame is nice But the Hall of Fame means that you were one of the best the best players during your career for a long time But the Super Bowl only one team wins that every single year So they're saying the right things but the better they play and when you win a Super Bowl on top of that You look that much more better that much more attractive to other teams in free agency You know Raven Ravens ain't they ain't getting into no bidding war with nobody and they ain't getting into that with nobody for no player So yeah, I because when they get into bidding wars a lot of times they lose like what we saw how this past off-season went But yeah, I think for sure a lot of them would end up pricing themselves out of Baltimore because teams will want a player That would have that Super Bowl experience and that recent Super Bowl experience Because that could help their team out moving forward to have Somebody on a team that a lot of players could look up to and be like, oh, how did you guys do it? You say hope all is well and may God continue to bless you and your family and hashtag team keeping clean Appreciated Mike next question came from my boy. How it is. He said what's happening in Graven I saw the Raven Saints preseason game last night My observations was of course a typical preseason game with backups in a couple of starters playing the defense will be good as usual But my main concern and he put it in all caps when we get to the regular season is our offensive line Even when the project is starting five lineup, I'm still skeptical because I'm not starting I'm starting not to be so sure about the Boseman move back to center And I'm definitely not sold on the addition of our new right tackle Alejandro I'm not even trying to spell pronounce his name. He just put hashtag a V I don't think that transition from left to right is going so smoothly like people thought it would that Orlando Brown Junior trade might come back to harness. What's your thoughts? I ain't ever really want them to even trade him I would have rather them kept him and just let him go In the next offseason, but hey, it's all good. It is what it is I Wouldn't freak out now. It's one preseason game and not all the starters even played You ain't see no Ronnie Stanley out there. You ain't see no Kevin Zeichler out there. So I wouldn't freak out about it I know there's a lot of concern for the offensive line right now because of what we saw But again, it was just one game and it was one preseason game And it was not even with the starting lineup So no reason to go crazy right now next question came from BB He said do you think it would be a good idea for the Ravens to wait until the end of the season to give Lamar Jackson His contract this preseason training camp has not been kind to the wide receivers as Hollywood Boykin and Bateman seem to have injuries already This cannot be the narrative and when now mold if the Ravens did wait until the league rebounds after this season and a stronger salary Cap is implemented. I think both Lamar and the Ravens will benefit They're gonna need this extra cash in case injuries get worse and they need to sign someone to fill in Let me know what you think bro. Shout out to team keeping clean and hope all is well with you in the fam Oh, everything is good. No, they do not have to wait. They should not I mean the longer they wait is only going to benefit Lamar Jackson because the longer you wait The more his value will increase every season every game every snap his value increases Even when he's not on the field his value increases because you look at the backups after him We saw it with trace with Tyler Tyler Donnelly did his thing, but he still wasn't Lamar So Lamar Jackson's value still kept increasing So the longer you wait the more you're gonna have to pay if they paid him right now His money wouldn't kick in until the year after next So I will he would have signing bonuses and stuff like that But his annual salary it wouldn't kick in until the year after next because he still has the fifth year option So whatever they do now it would not hinder them from having money to carry over just in case you need to sign somebody Because of injury so longer Ravens wait. Hey every dollar counts. The next question came from a boy Nicholas W He said have you came to the point where it's just genuinely not even worth it to try and argue with someone online about Lamar Jackson I stills well I would actually back up before that and I would say I've came to the point where it's just genuinely not even worth it to try And argue with someone online. Boom. That's it That's it save yourself the headache save yourself the energy protect your energy and that's it But let's read the rest of the question He said I still see some people online that think the Ravens haven't won a playoff game yet with Lamar And even if you explain to them all the good Lamar has done the only stat They care about is passing yards. Yeah, like I said, man It's I couldn't do it. I literally see people do it every single day and just when I even just look at it It's draining. It's like man really just argue and fight them back and for every single I can't do it, man That ain't for me. I ain't built like that man. So yeah, that's that's enough next question came from a guy man You well he said shout out from Mexico He said have you noticed that in every practice the Ravens had crochet is the first on the field and ready to go It reminded me of George Washington before he was the general of the Continental Army He will show himself in the meetings with the military uniform and be one of the first ones to arrive yet Never demanded the position and only spoke when spoken to when he got the job He responded with humbleness although we all know that internally he was celebrating with crochet He always speaks not only about himself, but also about the team when asked the question Could it be that crochet took a page of Washington and even though he is catching everything thrown at him Is he winning points with EDC to stay on the roster by being one of the first ones on the field and showcasing His skills but not being prideful about it stay safe and tell team keep it clean to check on each other because we all we got and Gotta see Lamar retire two numbers. Oh, that would be something Yeah, pro shade definitely been doing his thing. He definitely been doing this thing He definitely been putting in a lot of work And yeah that that first thing that that that cheesy saying that you always hear old man first one on the field and last one Going he's actually doing it. It's actually real. Jeff's reaping even reported about it He said yes pro shade has literally been the first one on the field in the last one off So he's living it So with pro shade Right now. He's looking like a lock. He is looking like a lock He's seeming like a lock initially like early early in training camp when they kept showcasing pro shade and they kept talking about I'm thinking hmm. Are they trying to trade pro shade? Then the injuries happen and then but then we kept hearing about we kept hearing more and more and more and more about I'm like, oh, okay Okay, now and they start putting one on all the videos and stuff and then they said he was beating I'm free to beat markets Peter to beat Jimmy Smith. He's all I said, okay now pro shade now That that that's a nice little weapon to have in the chamber because Lamar obviously got Sammy in Hollywood and gonna have baby Whenever he comes back, but then do Vinay and pro shade Can't sleep on them either and then miles boy miles boy can see right now before I was thinking All right, it's gonna be miles boy can he gonna get that last spot approach It gonna be the odd man out They'll try to put him on a practice squad, but he ain't gonna last on the practice squad somebody gonna scoop him But now is it's looking a little bit otherwise next question came from Terry He said what's up in gravy and hope you and your family are doing good right now Which nothing but the best and blessings appreciate that I wanted to talk about Jeff Saturday's opinion about the Ravens passing attack if you want to watch the video No, he dropped me the link and I would want to know if you agree with Jeff Saturday or me So to sum up the video, thank you for doing it Jeff Saturday said that he doesn't see the Ravens passing attack progressing this year and being in the same position as last year because one Injuries to chemistry and three reps and in my opinion, I disagree. I remember you You don't know if those players are working together secretly and if you don't post anything people don't think you're working and I stand by that Yeah, that is true. That is true because yeah, you don't know what they're going on all we see is social media We don't know. Whoa, are they are they actually really working together? We just don't know so anyway early in the year. We saw Mark Andrews Hollywood or shot baby and Lamar and JK get in somewhere together in the offseason and they might have had other players from the team there But oh, Sammy Watkins was there, too But then I noticed how he didn't bring up the additions of T Martin and Keith Williams Which will put significant pressure on great Roman to succeed. We saw in the preseason We started to see more undercentred plays, which is good. That's true And last when he was saying reps is the offseason starters. They don't really need to play I would say cuz teams are looking for depth or starters at some point Thanks for reading my question slash opinion. Hope you and the family continue to do great things and team keep it clean big trust Appreciate it. No, I definitely would I definitely think that the Ravens passing attack is gonna take a step forward Now I'm not expecting this number one overall passing attack No, I'm not even expecting them to take some crazy crazy jump in passing yards. Mm-hmm. They don't need to do that They don't need to do that so many people get caught up Oh, yeah Ravens last in passing yards, but it's not all about the yards You could be first in passing yards, but you could be last in your division. You could be last in your conference Passing yards don't tell the whole story. They really don't It's all about efficiency Ravens can be very efficient now along with their efficiency. They just need to accompany some some diversity needs to accompany that efficiency So your your play calling your scheme as far as the passing game It just it just needs to be more diverse now It means it needs to be more diverse and it needs to put people in positions to succeed. That's it It's not gonna take anything crazy. It's not gonna take anything over the top All you need is just a little bit more diversity That's what they brought them boys tea and Keith in for to add some diversity to the offense to really help Kick this offense to another level where they know it has the potential to to go to and once they get to that potential Oh, next question also came from a boy man. You well He said I was looking at the highlights of the Ravens Panthers training camp And I saw that we're using the same passing schemes on of last year But why receivers were open and catching the passes But that made me wonder Sammy Watkins was right and our wide receivers couldn't get open for them passing plays to work I understand we wanted to blame Greg Roman for not changing the passing plays last year But could it be that he couldn't because number one our wide receivers couldn't get separation at all or either by lack of their ability Or coaching of it number two They dropped the balls when it was time to make a big play and oh for us How many times were we frustrated because of that because they were game-changing plays or number three? G-roll couldn't change the scheme because it requires time And we didn't have any time to practice it during the pandemic year Want to hear your thoughts on that as well team keep it clean stay safe until Hollywood that we know why he Doesn't want to get the tiebreaker against you and Madden because you can beat him that easily ill at will I Gotta hit him up about that. Well, I mean now it's the season time. So no, I haven't even played Madden yet, but anyway Yeah, it actually could be a combination of all three of all three Yeah There were times when virus even weren't getting open. Yeah, there were times where wire receivers were dropping the passes and yeah There was no time because it wasn't an irregular time for Greg Roman and his office to really implement New stuff into the scheme now. They still could have made some stuff happen now and they did Because I mean you you look at teams like the Brown look at the Browns. Look at the Browns. Look what they were able to do They were able to get new coach new GM and all that and they they did their thing It took them a little bit. There's a little nooks and crannies that they had to get past early on in the season But once they got rolling they got rolling So it was still possible to do your thing and especially with the Ravens having consistency at the coach and at the different coaching positions I should have gave them giving them even more reason That's why I thought I thought going into the season Ravens had an advantage with that because they did Returning head coach returning offensive court and returning defensive court. It's like, okay Even in the pandemic year, you got an advantage over a lot of other teams because you got everybody coming back But now that just gives you more excitement for this upcoming season since it has been more of a regular season That they can really put in that work The last question on this episode of questions themselves came from my boy the knowledge He did this question I have been avoiding for a while cuz y'all know how I feel about listen or but anyway, let's get into he said What's up in Gregman? What's up team keeping clean family training canvas finally here? So you can see when he sent he sent this on July 26, but I've been saving it for the right time But anyway, he says over the past few days up and thinking I want to hear your predictions on a few things You see the boys have some new toys in town and they kept some old ones as well But with the additions we expect progression. So on both sides of the ball have questions for you I hope you enjoy answering number one Lamar passing and rushing touchdowns along with rushing yards passing touchdowns if he plays more and actually is finishing games I'll say 38 Russian touchdowns I will say Seven oh wait a minute. We got 17. Yeah, I'd say 38 and seven active game day offensive line players are I Can't answer that one is it's way too early. Well, I say Ronnie Stanley Kevin Zayla Bradley Bozeman Patrick McCarty Tyree Phillips Who am I missing being Cleveland? I can't think any more to top my head top Russia and top rushing touchdown leader Top Russia, I say JK dollars. I think they're gonna rain it back with Lamar a little bit top rushing touchdown leader either JK or Lamar Will mark Andrew still be number one. Yes top receiver in yards. I say Hollywood cuz of the big place Which I hope we really get back this year Top receiver and touchdown receptions. I'll go Sammy Watkins Game they starting wide receivers Hollywood is Sammy Watkins Who are you expecting to make a jump on offense a jump on offense? I say Duvenay Devon Duvenay And who's the offensive dog horse? dog horse will be Right tackle Alejandro or who I forgot to add in that starting lineup Or whoever wins that left guard spot. Oh Bradley Bozeman Bradley Bozeman dog horse Bradley Bozeman. That'll be the one Tyler trace number two quarterback sack leader Justin Houston attire's Bowser in a section leader Marcus Peters Who wears the green dot chuck lock that ain't going away this year tackle leader Patrick Queen? Who are you expecting a jump from defensively? Patrick Queen for sure because he had a good season last year But now he'll have had an offseason so he should have an even better year this year And who is a defensive dog horse the Sean Elliott a FC division record. Oh I Don't know because I don't know how many how much teams we play in the AFC I don't know what the schedule is like that so I can't do that one season record 12 and 5. All right, so that that wasn't so bad man That wasn't so bad when I initially read this question a while back I was like a little scared cuz I like y'all know how I feel about them Those list questions and how many yards do you think this in the prediction? But this one wasn't so bad. So I appreciate it to know now I know I said the previous question was the last question But my boy Martin he sent this in at 10 p.m. Last night and I was editing the video getting ready to edit the video this morning And I was like, you know what let me throw my boy Martin's question in this episode as well So he can see it before the game starts much love to you Martin shout out to you for being a patron as well Let's get into it. He said a engraving. Hope all is well with you in the fan. Appreciate it I wanted to ask you today. Why people feel the need to defend Lamar Jackson? It's a lot more to his question, but The reason and I can only speak for myself Probably the biggest reason why I feel the need to defend Lamar Jackson not even necessarily defending him But I feel the need to speak on a lot of the the wrongs that people think are right and I don't and I can't blame anybody for doing this, but I know a lot of people When they see something that's spoken of on TV They hear something that's spoken of on radio, whatever they automatically think, okay That's that's right because this person they they got a they verify They got a check mark or something or they on ESPN they on NFL Network. They on CBS. They're on NBC They're on ABC. They're on whatever. So it's what they're saying. It's got to be right, right and Unfortunately as we all know that's not always the case and and I want to Inform people of what the truth is and actually give people a different perspective a different perspective on Again because with media they they can really twist somebody and they can really they can really do some damage to some people's character Like big-time damage damage defamation all that stuff to somebody's character And and it's very unfortunate, but the media is very powerful So what we try to do is just clear some things up so people can have a more clear understanding of whatever the situation It might be that is being talked about So you said now before you get on me I want to say this is not me hating on Lamar in any way. I love all quarterback I think he's one of the best in the league. My thing is why do we let these ignorant people get under our skin? Now for me personally They they don't get under my skin at all They they have no no they they don't get under my skin at all I have seen plenty of people heard plenty of people watch plenty of people hate on Lamar Jackson And it's for a number of different reasons and it's very unfortunate But it doesn't get under my skin Now I know some people who skin it does get under and hey, they like hey Lamar That's like our cousin is like family But and that's fine. Hey to each his own, but it for me doesn't get under my skin I I do even though it doesn't get under my skin. I still don't mind correcting or wrong though And again, like I said earlier just just clearing some stuff up for some people who may be naive to different situations And whatnot when it pertains to a Lamar Jackson Or really anything we talk about with the Ravens or just really football period Anyway, he said why do we let these ignorant people get under our skin Lamar Jackson has proven them wrong every time Lamar doesn't need us to be his shield No, he doesn't he doesn't but the thing with Lamar We can say what he can't say He's like in really in the public eye So he and he can't like respond to all of these different people Which is fine, but all we're doing is having a conversation about it. That's it. All we're doing is having a conversation about it That's all And he said look we all want people to stop making hot takes about him But the truth of the matter is until we ignore these people. They won't ever shut up now with that I disagree because if Say for instance, we never talked about what a lot of these analysts be saying about Lamar etc. Whoever Um, they're still gonna continue to talk about regardless why because that is exactly what they get paid to do That is their job. That's their income. That's their livelihood That's their career is going on TV or going on a radio or going on wherever and talking about whoever In this instance with Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson is a very hot name. He's a very controversial name He's not a controversial person, but his name it brings a lot of Controversy so it brings a lot of clicks. It brings a lot of attention. It brings a lot of just spotlight So these people whether we Talk about what they said about Lamar or not. They're still going to continue it because again, that's their job All right. He said my favorite QB is flacko. Yes, go ahead and laugh I'm not talking about the people watching questions from subscribers though Flacko is the butt of every joke in NFL and I'm not gonna go out there and defend him Yes, he's washed now. He was never top 10 QB to begin with but they were far worse quarterbacks out there than him My point is journalists make hot takes about players all the time and get proven wrong constantly no one ever thought flacko could lead the Ravens to a Super Bowl after he did it and Well, he they were like, oh, he can't do it again Now the same is happening with Lamar Jackson He could win a Super Bowl this year when MVP with 5,000 yards passing 50 touchdowns for interceptions rush for a thousand yards and go 17 and 0 in the moment his numbers dipped the following season, which would be inevitable the same people would say I See teams have him figured out and we told you so There's no pleasing these people and I don't see why we give them the time of day. Sorry. I didn't mean to offend anyone Defending Lamar. I'm just trying to understand the point. No, I get you. I get your question That was a that was a good question powerful way to end off this episode a question from subscribers Martin But yeah, that's it man Again, my thing is just to to show people like hey, like Let's let's clear this up. So you have a more clear understanding of what the situation really is That that's that's my effort Whenever we try to explain or whenever we talk about what somebody in the media said when it comes to Lamar Jackson More so when they say just some some outlandish some some crazy stuff some some off the wall stuff Because not everything that people say about Lamar is off the wall but there when when it's like off the wall, that's when we definitely address it because It's the off-the-wall stuff that can be the most confusing for people if they like I said they're seated on TV And they'd be like, oh man So that's oh, that's what it is. That's that's the truth. That's that's real and a lot of times It's just not so Appreciate you more. Love y'all team. Keep it clean. I will see y'all tonight