 The saying when it rains and pours would probably be an understatement when it comes to the Ravens over the past couple of days. Of course, the overtime lost to the Titans, not just the overtime lost, but the way that they lost to the Titans. With Derek Henry just running for that long game for a touchdown, there's a crushing blow to the Ravens. And then news came out about Mark Ingram and JK Dobbins not being on the team keeping clean list so they're out and they have to be out at least 10 days. And they are impossible risk of even missing the Cowboys game. So that was a huge blow, especially after JK Dobbins, he was establishing himself as the guy, the running bag for the Ravens. But then to add insult to injury, we have been missing Kalaeus Campbell and Brandon Williams on that defensive line. And then Brandon Williams could be as healthy as can be right now. But since he got placed on that high risk list, he's out against the Steelers as well. So he's gone. Kalaeus Campbell, he's been dealing with the calf injury for the past couple of weeks. What's going on with him? Well, the Ravens, they haven't even been able to practice yet. They haven't even been able to practice yet. This I'm recording this video on Wednesday. They haven't been able to practice yet. And today, who knows what's going to happen? Who knows? But so Kalaeus Campbell, he's probably not going to play too. And then yesterday, the news came out that Pernell McPhee, he's out of this game as well because they put him on the not so team keeping clean list. And with Pernell McPhee, Kalaeus Campbell and Brandon Williams all being out. Do y'all understand how big that is? That's huge. That is huge because literally the heart of the Ravens defensive line is out. They're out. Now I'm still sticking by Ravens by 10, but it is definitely going to be a tough task. By no means just because I think the Ravens are going to win the game tomorrow, as long as there is a game tomorrow. Just because I think the Ravens are going to win the game tomorrow, it does not mean that I think it's going to be easy. It's not going to be a cakewalk. But I do believe the best Ravens are going to show up when they play the Steelers. Whenever they may be. It's seeming like it's going to be tomorrow, but we should probably know a lot more information later on today, probably in the coming hours. Because right now I'm recording this at 9.19 a.m. But this is a huge blow to the team because they were already struggling up front. And you got to give them credit because they did a phenomenal job for three quarters against Derek Henry without any Brandon Williams, without any Kalaeus Campbell. They did a phenomenal job for those three quarters. And boy I was so proud of them. I was like, wow. But then in the fourth quarter, the reality that a lot of us expected, it set in. It set in. And it was painful because as soon as there were 15 minutes left in the fourth quarter and Ravens had an eight point lead, by the way, I just, I hadn't even realized that like, because I was rewatching, I think I was scrolling down Instagram and they were showing highlights of the Derek Henry in the fourth quarter. And I looked at the score and it said 21-13 and I was like, oh my goodness, they had an eight point fourth quarter lead. But anyway, when I was watching that, I was like, oh wow. But Derek Henry, he started going off. He started getting big gain after big gain after big gain. And that was it. Ravens couldn't stop him anymore. So now you're going to this game. And again, like I said in the preview video yesterday, James Conner is not Derek Henry, but still James Conner is a problem. And when you lose a Pernel McPhee, you lose that much more awareness. Because Pernel McPhee is obviously a vet in the game. He's been around for a while now. He was obviously part of the last time, part of the team the last time Ravens won the Super Bowl. He did go off to Chicago and Washington for a little bit, but he came back home. Well, Pernel McPhee is a big loss because he's a versatile player. You put him inside, you put him outside and he's been, I think one of his biggest jobs this season has been setting the edge. And last year that was one of his biggest jobs, but then he went out to a triceps injury. So we lost Pernel McPhee for the year last year. So what did that force the Ravens to do? Sack Daddy is your time, man. Jaylin Ferguson last year Jaylin Ferguson was forced as a rookie. He was forced into a lot more game action than he was supposed to be because Pernel McPhee got hurt. This year Pernel McPhee is out now. He's out for the next nine days. He's out. So Jaylin Ferguson again, two years straight. Your playing time is going to increase because Ravens really have no choice. They have no choice. And with Jaylin Ferguson, we haven't seen them too much this year. But in the times that we have seen them, there's been a lot more good than bad. Again, it's been on a limited basis, but it's still been a lot more good than bad. And that's a good thing, but now we're going to get much more than just a sample size. You're going to see that number 45 out there a lot. So he's going to go through some growing pains here and there, but we expect him to make some plays here and there as well and to just really bring that energy. And you know, again, it's terrible. And you know, he feels terrible as a teammate for Pernel McPhee. But at the same time, he's got to look at this like, okay, this is what they drafted me for. This is what they brought me in for. I got to show the world. And literally everybody's going to be watching, everybody, as long as the game is tomorrow. But the world is going to be watching. So Jaylin Ferguson, it's time for him to step up. And I would also expect Jihad Ward. I would expect him to be active this game, because again, Ravens, they are thin on that defensive line, very thin on that defensive line, makes all the sense in the world why they tried to sign snacks off the Seattle Seahawks practice squad, because they know they didn't have enough. Well, they got enough, but they wanted more. They wanted more. And they needed more. Now again, Brandon Williams out again. And now Pernel McPhee. And again, if you want to put a positive on both of those two being out with Brandon Williams, it wasn't even a short thing that he'd be back this week. But this just gives him that much more time to heal and get healthy. But again, I believe it, the protocols that you got to be out 10 days. But no, he's on a high risk. If you just on high risk, then you just got to be out five days. But if you actually on the actual list and not team keep your clean list, then you got to be out 10 days, I believe. And again, the whole, the situation has been very murky because of the way that the season's been. Just so many rules have been altered and changed because of this season, because of the anomaly that this season is. So a lot of other guys going to bring it. But yeah, tomorrow, I expect it to be free hatty because Jihad Ward, he put that on his Twitter a couple of weeks ago after being inactive for ever since unique came aboard. Ever since unique came aboard, Jihad Ward has been inactive and it's been no surprises. It's a numbers game. The Ravens, of course, they're going to go with unique over Jihad Ward any day of the week because that's their big acquisition. So Jihad Ward, I expect this to be his last season with the Ravens. I don't think he's coming back after this. But he's due to get some more playing time. Now Derek Wolfe, Derek Wolfe, he's going to have to be a big game from him because he is the veteran leader on that defensive line because you got a bunch of young guys on there. You got a bunch of young boys on there. You got Justin Matta, BK, rookie. You got Justin Ellis. Oh, okay. I guess it's all the Justin's on the defensive line. I'm big enough myself to be on the defensive line, but I'm trying to work on it. But anyway, you got all those guys on it, the young and again, Jalen Ferguson, young guys on the defensive line, Broderick Washington, or rookie, young guys on the defensive line. And then even up front, your front seven, look at your linebackers. Now Matt Judon not old. He's not younger. He's not old. He's a veteran. But then you got Malik Harrison, Patrick Queen, two rookies at linebacker. This game, it is, because the defense, they just keep losing person after person. And offense, of course, with JK Domins and Mark Ingra. But I feel like the bigger loss is on the defense. The bigger loss is on the defense, whether it's due to injury or whether it's due to them not being on the team, keep it clean list. It's just been blow after blow after blow after blow after blow after blow. Loss after loss after loss after loss after loss. Hurt after hurt after hurt after hurt after hurt. Guys just keep getting banged up. But again, I still expect the ratings to take care of business. I really do. I really do. And hey, I just expect to hold it down. It's going to be a lot more pressure that's on the offense in this game because of all the losses on both the offense, but more so on defense. And this is going to be a game where the offense really has to step up. They got no choice but to. They got to step up. Turnovers, cut them out. And three and outs, cut them out. They play calling, cut it out. Poor execution, cut it out. They can't afford that. They can't afford that. No, not in this game. Really not in any game, but certainly not in this game because literally the season, the season's on the line. It is on the line. That's why football, every game counts. Every game counts. You want to mess around in the first half of the season? Oh, then that pressure is going to be, it's going to mount up in that second half because you ain't taking care of your business the right way in the first half. So now Ravens almost feel like they got to win out. Almost feel like they got to win out and see the worst part about it, well, not even the worst part about it, but yeah, I guess the worst part about it, but one of the trickiest parts about the Ravens in that situation right now when it comes to the playoffs is that in this season, it's not over. So anybody that says this season is over, you're wrong. They still got six games left. But the toughest part about the Ravens season moving forward is that they need help. They need help because right now they'd be on the outside looking in. They need help. So even if they won out, they will need some other things to happen in order for them to get in. Now of course, we can't say if every team won out because every team that's in the AFC that's in the playoffs right now, it'd be impossible for all of them to win out because a lot of them play each other. So but the Ravens, they still they're in a position to where they need help. But they've been there before, but it's six games left. So it's a lot of schedule left. But they just got to take care of their own and their own business. So back to being the real Ravens because last season, that wasn't the real Ravens. Ravens are hardly ever in a position to where things are settled way before the end of the season to where they already they already got the playoffs clenched with like five, six games left in the season. Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, we in there already. They end up getting their division clenched early. That like that hardly ever happens. It just doesn't happen like that. Last year wasn't the real Ravens. These Ravens this year. This is the real Ravens. It was if it felt like a dream, felt like a dream and it was because kind of woke up in a play. Well, actually, I can't say they woke up in the playoffs because it kind of went to sleep in the playoffs. But now the real Ravens are standing up. But the beauty of this situation is that they've been here before. They're backs against the wall. Everything going against them, of course, again, players dropping like flies due to being sick and due to injury as well. You losing players. You losing practices. The world saying, oh, these dudes ain't nothing. They ain't got nothing left. Ain't no hope for these boys. It's a wrap. Put a fork in them, they're done. But that's the perfect Ravens recipe. So team, keep it clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. And just like a lot of people feel like the Ravens are, but they really aren't, I'm out.