 Well, team keep it clean. Good morning, happy Tuesday. Well, I'm still tired from that game last night, but it was a really, really good game. Shout out to the commanders. They did get the win, but was it all worth it? Cause they ended up losing Terry McLaurin in the process. He shouldn't be out for too long. I don't think his injury was serious. They said the X-rays came back negative. So he should be straight. But shout out to them cause they got it. And Ravens, their backups, they played their hearts out but they just could not get the job done and lost in the last second field goal. And that was that. And we're gonna do our post-game thoughts a little bit later on, but I felt like this, this took precedent over that because something that a lot of us were worried about last night, especially myself, was Keaton Mitchell. When he got that injury, he got hit and he stayed down. I said, oh no, I said, oh no. And I was thinking like we've of course all been talking about how we think the Ravens running back roster spots are gonna shake out. Obviously J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards and Justice Hill figured those guys are locks. But that fourth running back spot, where could it go? Could it go to Melvin Gordon? Would it go to Keaton Mitchell? Would the Ravens be like, you know what? We wanna go with the veteran over Keaton Mitchell. Or would they be like, you know what? We wanna go with the young guy over the veteran. It's been a lot of discourse over that. Now I feel like most of us feel like it would be Keaton Mitchell over Melvin Gordon. But last night, we got a little scared. We're actually a big scare when he got hurt. But and I was thinking like, man, I know how Ravens get down. We know how they operate. We've seen it in the past before. We're gonna see it this season too, where if they wanna keep a guy and they don't wanna even risk him, they don't wanna risk put them on a practice squad or anything like that, but they wanna keep them around. We know the famous injury stash. Oh, you sneeze the wrong way to injure reserve, you go. Oh, you looked at me the wrong way in the hallway to injure reserve, you will be. Oh, you were in the bathroom and, oh, you just fought it like that? Oh, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. You going on eye off for that one, buddy. That's it. But with Keaton Mitchell, I was worried that they may do that. But we got good, no, no, no, no. Ravens got great news this morning. Great news. And let's read the report from Tom Pelicero. He said, Ravens rookie running back. Keaton Mitchell, who shined Monday night before departing with an injury. I mean, you can really say shined all pre-season. I mean, just had to put money in that, but anyway. Who shined Monday night before departing with an injury. Suffered a shoulder stinger per source. A bullet dodge for the pre-season standout in his bid to make the team. And when I saw that, I was so glad, I was so happy. And I was relieved because I was really thinking, uh-oh, like they gonna stash him. They gonna stash him. And it's honestly like, honestly, they still could. They really still could. But if he returns to practice, which he really could, then he may be straight. This thing could be straight. And you know what? What I did, because I'm no doctor. I'm no medical expert or anything like that. So I went to where all the best medical experts go to get the information to find out how long the recovery will be for a shoulder stinger. And that's Google. Anyway, it says a grade one is for recovery within two weeks. Grade two is symptoms for more than two weeks and sometimes not a complete recovery. But then another article said, pains from burners and stingers tend to go away within seconds or minutes. But the weakness and stiffness can remain for hours or days. And then another article said, burners and stingers usually subside over a few days. But for those that have lasting pain and weakness, physical therapy is critical to help stretch them out. And then another one said, burners and stinger symptoms typically occur in one arm only. They usually last seconds to minutes, but in some cases they can last hours, days or even longer. So basically it doesn't sound like it's too serious and like it would threaten him to be out of too much practice or even the game next week. So we'll see, we'll see. But I thought that was great news because Keaton Mitchell was somebody that we wanna keep around, wanna keep around. I know y'all probably tired of hearing me say this story but I got to repeat it because this had a big impact on me. Y'all did, y'all did. When the Ravens first signed Keaton Mitchell, I didn't know who he was. I was naive to who he was. But so much so. He Ravens fans said, hey, that he's gonna make the roster. Ain't no way that he don't make the roster. And I was thinking like, oh, they go Ravens fans, they fall in love and Ravens fans love falling in love. They gonna get it all broken. But then I watched them play. I said, oh, okay. This is why they were head over heels when it came to Keaton Mitchell because he got it. He got it. He got something special for real, man. He really does. And you just, you do not want to let that go. And especially like when you think about it too, even comparing his situation versus Melvin Gordon. And this is part of the business. And you know, GM, they look at this stuff for sure because this is part of the numbers, the money. Keaton Mitchell is an undrafted rookie free agent. Melvin Gordon is a veteran. While Melvin Gordon of course has all the experience in the world, he done played in all different types of games. He has the experience with Keaton Mitchell. It's fresh, it's first time in the NFL. It could be a little learning curve, could be an adjustment. I mean, so far it looks so good, but still. But Keaton Mitchell is much cheaper. He's much cheaper and it's not even close. So I don't have the exact numbers on Keaton Mitchell's deal, but an undrafted rookie free agent versus a veteran who been around the block. Yeah, undrafted rookie free agent, much, much, much cheaper. Ravens would have his rights for long, even though I just hate that term. But Ravens would have his rights for longer. He's just much cheaper. And this is really, this kind of dives into the running back market as a whole in the state of the running back market. But with Keaton Mitchell and another thing with him too, in my opinion, it's just my opinion. I feel like there's more upside too. With Melvin Gordon, you know who he is. You know what he's done. You know what he's accomplished. And that's nothing to bad, not it. But with Melvin Gordon, it's not anything to bad, not it. Melvin Gordon done accomplished a lot in this league. But with Melvin Gordon, you know exactly who he is. With Keaton Mitchell, you don't fully know who he is yet. But from what you've seen so far, it's nice, man. It's really, really nice. So far, so good. In the big run that he got last night, I thought, okay, yeah, maybe like five, six yards here. But he broke off that chunk. I said, whoa, that's a home run hitter right there, man. He really is. He really is. I mean, we remember the touchdown last week, the one that didn't count, but in my book, it counted. It counted, because it's out there on film. It's out there on display the whole world. So, well, not the whole world, but enough people, they saw it. And he can be for real. And I know some people will probably be like, even though I haven't heard anybody say it about Keaton Mitchell yet, but it could be like, oh, Keaton Mitchell, he's not even going against Stardust. He ain't even going against Stardust. Well, he's also not playing behind the starting offensive line. So imagine what he could do if the quality of the offensive line that he was around and that was blocking for him was upgraded if it was better. Yeah, he'll be going against better defenders, but that's why you got the better tight ends and better wide receivers blocking for you on the outside. So I'm excited for Keaton Mitchell. And I really do believe that as of right now, as of these first two preseason games, that fourth running back spot should be his. It should be his, it's his. I don't think it needs to go to anybody else. I don't think it should go to anybody else. And that's of course, no offense to Melvin Gordon at all. He's of course a professional veteran been around in this league and done this thing for the Chargers, for the Broncos a bit too. But I just feel like Keaton Mitchell, he's shown so much. Melvin Gordon ain't been bad now. Yeah, I'm gonna name been bad, but I feel like for Melvin Gordon's role, that could be Gus Edwards. Like that more physical back, that short yardage back. And hold up now, Gus Edwards, just not a short yardage back. I believe his average throughout his career is still over five yards per carry, I believe. But he not just a short yardage back, but for Melvin Gordon's role, for what he's done, what we've seen in the pre-season from him, I think that Gus Edwards could have that covered all day. So you got J.K., Gus, Justice, and Keaton. And Keaton's special team guy too. Again, you saw him on the kick returns. Now with Devon Duvenay, would they, I don't think they would take him out of that role. Especially because I feel like his role could possibly diminish a bit as a wide receiver. Because last year, he was wide receiver too, for a while, a little while. Of course for Shaw Bateman was one, Devon Duvenay was two, then Shaw Bateman got hurt. And then they were like, oh man, we don't know how to use Devon Duvenay. Ravens were lost on how to use Devon Duvenay. It seemed like they had always been lost on how to use Devon Duvenay. They just had him as a jet sweep king. Y'all know already. But this year, with Aldell Beckham, Jr., with Shaw Bateman, with Zay Flows, with Nelson Aguilore, Devon Duvenay gonna get his snaps. But it just, in my opinion, I don't think it's gonna be nearly as much as it was last year. So that could really help him secure his spot as their top special teamer, like their kick and punt return man. Like he has been for the past couple of years. And I remember just going back, like Devon Duvenay actually took that from James Proshay. The punt return, because he had been a kick return guy for a little while. They'd alternated between him and Justice Hill a bit, but then they ultimately gave it to Devon Duvenay. Then, or maybe Justice Hill was in when Devon Duvenay was hurt. But anyway, Devon Duvenay's been a kick return guy for a while, but before, the punt return guy used to be James Proshay. If y'all remember, I'm sure y'all do. And what I would always say when James Proshay was a punt return guy, I was like, oh, they want somebody with safe hands, with the safest hands on the team. Oh yeah, I would always say it back then. If James Proshay had the best hands on the team back then. And we're gonna talk about James Proshay later too. But yeah, Devon Duvenay, but I feel like with James Proshay, there just wouldn't be that explosive punt return. It wasn't a possibility for an explosive or a big punt return. With Devon Duvenay, his hands are really safe. I feel like James Proshay's hands were better back then. But with Devon Duvenay, yeah, there's a tiny, tiny bit more, but Devon Duvenay was somebody who ain't dropped in college either. Him and James Proshay, they did not drop in college. They were not droppers of the football at all. But with Devon Duvenay, you had more opportunity for a big play with him back there. Cause he was more explosive than James Proshay. And then eventually, I don't remember if James Proshay got hurt or they just ended up making a switch, but something happened and Devon Duvenay took over the punt return responsibilities. And he ain't looked back since. But now with Keith Mitchell coming on the scene, could Keith Mitchell push Devon Duvenay for return responsibilities, especially a kick return? Maybe, maybe, maybe. Cause that could help, like if the Ravens were to keep him, cause that could help them feel like that they justified their decision and keeping him. Like if they gave him kick return reps or something like that. Because the roster spot, as we know, it's tough. It's tough making these calls. Cause you got 53 spots. You got 16 on the practice squad too, but the practice squad is not safe. Like cause anybody could take anybody from your practice squad and put them on their team. But as far as the roster, 53 spots and that's it. No more, no less. So you got to make some wise decisions. But I think keeping Keith Mitchell on the roster, in my opinion, I think that would be a wise decision for the Baltimore Ravens. But I'm glad we got this great news and let's see how things go, man. Let's see how things go from here on out. Got one preseason game left on Saturday against the Bucks in Tampa. So in Florida, then Florida Ravens coming back home. But yeah, it should be fun. But I love y'all to keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. And just like I'm glad Keith Mitchell won't be for too long, we out.