 When it comes to NFL contracts, when it comes to salary cap, when it comes to every single loophole that is a part of that, it's a big learning process, especially as we learned over the past couple of days that that whole thing we was going through, but anyway, it's always something new that we're learning that we get a new understanding of all the time. And being a Baltimore Raven fan, we've been saying this for years, Baltimore Ravens, they teach you a lot. They always show us stuff that we had no clue about. They show us these different loopholes and these different strategies when it comes to contracts and salary cap and all of that stuff. And this year it was no different because the Baltimore Ravens, they had seven guys with these special contracts where if they weren't extended or re-signed or whatnot by today 4 p.m., then their contracts were set to expire. And then the Baltimore Ravens would acquire some dead money on the cap due to the way that those contracts were set up. So seven of those guys. Now, with Michael Pierce, they did reach an extension with him and shout out to Brian McFarland from Ravens Salary Cap because he provides everybody with all this information. Y'all follow him on Twitter. It's Ravens Salary Cap all together. Please follow him because he breaks it down all the time. I don't know how he knows all this stuff, but his name on Twitter, it fits his game on Twitter. He knows what he's talking about. But anyway, Ravens has seven players who had these special set up contracts that we're going to avoid today. Michael Pierce, they signed him to a contract extension like a couple of weeks ago. Nelson Aguilore, they signed him to a contract extension yesterday and Odell Beckham, Jr. They reworked his contract. So we're still going to see what happens with him, whether he gets cut or they sign him to an extension. Let's see what happens with that. I got how I feel it was going to happen, but let's see. Anyway, so there were four guys left. And let's just read this report from Brian McFarland. He said, the Ravens initially had seven players who contracts would have voided today, totaling twenty three point six mil. They reached extensions for Michael Pierce, Nelson Aguilore and restructured Odell Beckham, Jr. to remove the void years off their contracts. So the four remaining Kevin Zeitler, Gus Edwards, Rocky scene, Geno Stone. They will count for eight point three mil as dead money on the twenty twenty four cap and those four are now officially set to be free agents at the beginning of the new league year. And when you look at those names, those are some really three out of four. Those are heavy hitters for the Baltimore Ravens. Guys that like really had a big impact throughout the season. But what's the most shocking for me is that the Ravens, they did not resign Kevin Zeitler. That's the one that really caught me off guard big time because I just knew I fully expected. Oh, yeah, and they had talked about a contract extension before this season even started before the past season even started. They was talking about a Kevin Zeitler this came. I know they they wanted to get a contract extension done. I thought the Baltimore Ravens, I thought this would have been something that they would have done easily, but obviously not. And now Kevin Zeitler, the dead money for him alone. I believe that Brian McFarland let us know that it's like four, four million change. Yeah, here it goes. It says it was 4.2 million in dead money. That's going to be on a 2024 cap for them not resigning or signing a not signing Kevin Zeitler to a contract extension. And that's something that, like I said, I really didn't see coming. But we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about these other three as well. But before we get into it, make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel, turn your notifications on so you don't not miss a thing. Because stuff is getting busy like I told you, it's getting busy. But turning notifications on so you don't not miss not a single video and leave a like on the video because it helps out a ton. Now, with Zeitler, I just I thought that would be like a no brainer for them. I know they there was talks that Jeff Zubin brought it up that they have been talking to Kevin Zeitler about getting it done. But they just they couldn't come to an agreement. And I'm shocked. I did not see that happening. And with Kevin Zeitler, I know earlier today, I was thinking about I'm like, oh, man, he been holding it down and write God for the past two years, but he's been there for the past three years. I was like, whoa, time flies, man. It really does. Time goes by so fast. But now it's not official that he won't be back because even though he hasn't been resigned yet, even though he's said to be a free agent, even though there's going to be over four mil of dead money on the cap for his contract alone, he could still possibly be resigned by the Baltimore Ramors. Now, I think it's a very slim chance that that happens, even though it's still possible. I think it's a slim chance that that happens reason being because it didn't happen yet. If they were to resign him, that dead money, that would have been way down. That would have been like way, way down. And that could have been pushed pushed back another couple of years, depending on the structure of the contract. So that's why I think like it's like, all right, do we inquire dead money? Are we do we push the dead money down the road and resign him? Or do we take on that dead money and not resign him? And you got to feel like it's the latter now. But what happens at Right Guard now? I think Ben Cleveland could be Ben Cleveland's time for him to get his opportunity. And I know a lot of people were not big fans of Ben Cleveland. I know they always said that Ben Cleveland was stiff. He just couldn't move around that well. But with Ben Cleveland, when he played, he did his thing. He didn't play too much last year. But when he did play, he was just fine. And I know it's a small sample size. We haven't got to see Ben Cleveland over an extended period of time. But this could be the opportunity that he's been waiting for. So we'll see what happens with that. At Left Guard, John Simpson, he doesn't have one of those crazy type of contracts like all these guys, but he said to be a free agent. So Raven's got another question mark there. So at Right Guard, who's it going to be at Left Guard? Who's it going to be? Then like we talked about the other day, that both tackles the right tackle, Morgan Moses, left tackle, Ronnie Stanley. Who knows what's going to happen with them? Like, Raven's like they got some work to do. They got a lot of work to do. I really, we really wish that they could have been doing all this work coming off a Super Bowl, but yeah, it is what it is. Now, with those other guys, because Zyla wasn't the only person whose contract expired today, and there said to be a free agent, Gus Edwards. His contract expired today, too. So Gus Edwards is getting ready to test the market. Who that's going to be something right there? Because we as Raven's fans, I mean, Gus has been with the Baltimore Ravens since 2018, undrafted rookie free agent. He came in with Lamar Jackson. He came in with Mark Andrews. He came in with that Orlando Brown, Jr., with Hayden Hurst, with it was a little group of guys there. But Gus Edwards came in very strong, graph class, very just the turning point of the Baltimore Ravens, as we know them. But he's been with the Baltimore Ravens his entire career. So there's been throughout the years, there's been a lot of discourse on Gus Edwards, like, how good is he really? All Ravens fans underrated them. Are they under appreciate them? Are Ravens fans overrated in them? Do they feel like he's better than he actually is? But now, depending on where he goes and depending on the opportunity, and you know what, even before that, we getting ready to see how the NFL world feels about a Gus Edwards. Now, me personally, with Gus Edwards always felt like the Baltimore Ravens. They never really gave him the full chance. They never really gave him the full opportunity to be that guy for them. They never did. There were opportunities where they could have taken advantage of them. They could have done it, but they just simply they didn't. They never let Gus cook. They never let Gus just do his thing consistently. But now we'll see where Gus ends up if he gets that opportunity. Because, as we know, the running back market, it has taken drastic hits over the past couple of years. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens with Gus Edwards. But we obviously hope that he does land on his feet somewhere good. He goes out there and does this thing. Rocky Singh, Rocky Singh, somebody who wasn't really a big part of the Baltimore Ravens this year, no early on in the season. He played a lot more because that's the moment. Humphrey was hurt. Well, I'm really hurt all year, but Rocky Singh wasn't really that big of an impact with the Baltimore Ravens this year. I remember going into the season, just knowing that, oh, yeah, this is going to be our number two corner opposite. I'm on the Humphrey. And then when my Humphrey got hurt, I'm like, well, I guess he might get he might be our number one, but it just never quite worked out that way. But Rocky seems to have to be a free agent. But then last, but certainly not least, somebody who I, and I knew the chances were extremely slim, somebody who I wanted the Baltimore Ravens to really keep. And I would just have love to see him be the Baltimore Ravens starting free safety. But I understand the logistics or understand the numbers or understand all that stuff to why it would not happen is Geno Stone. Geno Stone, man, Geno Stone, that's, that's going to be one where I am, um, I'll be very disappointed to see him leave. I got a sad to see him, not disappointed, but sad to see him leave because he just started coming into his own, man. He really did. Uh, Geno Stone, not the fastest at all. And we saw that multiple times on a lot of them picks, but, um, with Geno Stone, man, he just knew where to go, man. He knew where to be at, right place, right time. And he just made a lot of plays for the Baltimore Ravens. He got on that hot streak for the longest where he just kept catching pick after pick after pick after pick after pick. And that was when Marcus Williams was hurt. Um, then of course, when Marcus Williams started coming back, they kept Marcus Williams at free safety. They moved Geno Stone to strong safety. And it was never the same after that. Um, I just feel like with Geno Stone. And now, and I said this throughout the season, I just felt like if it's not broke, then don't fix it. But yeah, I guess they felt like they could play, they were more comfortable playing Geno Stone as strong safety than Marcus Williams. And I can see why one, because of the money, Marcus Williams is making a lot of money to play free safety for the Baltimore Ravens. But then with the injury to with him coming back from injury, we know Marcus Williams, he wasn't fully healthy yet for the longest because he was barely tackling people. He was doing those little one arm, two hand touch tackles. And he just, he couldn't do it yet. So if you put him in a strong safety position, it is exactly what it is. You got to be a little stronger to play that role because it's a little more physical than a free safety. Free safety, they back there, Roman, they, they, they patrol in the field. But a strong safety, they may, they gonna do some Roman too now, but they gonna be more on the line of scrimmage. They gonna be going against them tight ends. So if you can be physical with them, then that's gonna be a long day for you. So, but yeah, watching Geno Stone leave is, for me, is disappointing because I just, I just know he could have done so well. Now, I wonder, I wonder, I don't know what the Seahawks situation is that safety, but depending on what it is, maybe Geno Stone could head on over there along with Patrick Queen, probably, we'll see, though. But yeah, so those Baltimore Ravens, they are completely different team, man, completely different team than they were before. And also in some other news and some more coaching news, Josh Bynes, Josh Bynes, speaking of the Seattle Seahawks, Josh Bynes, he interviewed to be Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker coach. Let's read the report from Aaron Wilson. He said, after interviewing for the Ravens and the charges for their linebacker coach position, Josh Bynes accepts an assistant linebacker's coach position with the Seattle Seahawks. Per League source, Bynes was coached by Mike McDonald with the Ravens. And now he joins Mike McDonald with the Seahawks. So it's always cool to see these guys get opportunities, especially when they they used to play the game. It's nice to see them get coaching opportunities because they can help teach the position in a different way from a different point of view than somebody who never played the game can, because you can have some good coaches that never played the game. But when it's somebody that actually was there, been there, done that, then to me, I think it hits on a completely different level. So again, it's going to be real interesting to see how these the Seahawks are this season. It's going to be real interesting to see just exactly how good they be. How Mike McDonald runs his show over there, especially because he's somebody that a lot of us wanted to be running the show with the Baltimore Ravens. But hey, let's see how John Hall ball runs his show too. Again, we feel like we already know like how the regular season is going to go. But playoffs, obviously, big, big, big, big question mark there. But before you get there, you got a lot of question marks on this team, on this roster with the personnel, with the coaching staff. And hey, this is the part of the season. Well, the part of the offseason where a lot of those questions, they start to get and so we'll see exactly how the Baltimore Ravens respond to losing a lot of guys will see who they end up still losing because they can still make some cuts. They still got some guys who contracts could expire. And then we'll see how they respond by who they bring in, who they resign, who they possibly trade for, who they acquire to assemble this team.