 First question on this episode came from my boy Anthony. He said, Lamar said cut off for contract talks is the start of the regular season. So when do us Ravens fans begin to panic? I wouldn't say panic. I don't think you can start to panic until it gets to being franchise tag time. If they don't reach a deal by franchise tag time, then I was, okay, then you can start to panic then. And even then, you could still be cautiously optimistic if it gets to the franchise tag. You could be like, hey, well, hey, plenty of teams have franchise tag players and they've come to an agreement with those said players after a little bit of time. But for me, I would say around that time is when I would start to be worried. And you got a little bit of worry now, but definitely around then because with the franchise tag, that's when things can get really ugly. And like we've said before, I just, I feel like with the franchise tag, it shows like, hey, you've had all this time to decide a number for this player, but you really, you ain't come up with a number for this player. And you weren't able to come to an agreement with this player, this franchise player. And then especially with it being at the quarterback position, ooh. And then where you could really panic would be depending on the type of franchise tag that they applied to Lamar Jackson. But right now, I would say not to panic. I don't think it's necessary to panic. I don't think you need to right now. It's too early, even though it is getting to that deadline. Yeah, this feels like a dream. That's what I mean. What I mean. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, got him made it. Got him made it. Boy, that's my homie. Ain't that right in Graven? Right in Graven. Team, keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of Questions from y'all. And next questions came from my guy, Manuel. He said, Lamar, too fast for all players. What's up in Graven? Shout out from Mexico. I was rewatching the games from 2019 and 2020 since last year was an aberration. But I keep seeing Lamar's speed in those games and in later part, he tends to play faster than even our own players. But because of his raw speed, not just because of his raw speed, but because of the way that he thinks and moves to get the ball moving. The only players that could get on his level were Hollywood and Manjules. And in some cases, JK, because of his playing Koff Koff, Harv's not calling his number enough, Koff Koff. Now with a healthy team, we expect the Ravens to pick up where we should have ended. Last without injuries, Koff Koff, Super Bowl, Koff Koff. But are our players ready for faster and hungrier Lamar Jackson than last year? Can they keep up with him during the season? Find out in the next Ravens game day. I mean, you certainly hope so. And that's what chemistry is for. That's what training camp is for. That's what pre-season for. That's what practice is for. That's what all of that stuff is for. So everybody can really get on the same page. He said, Flacco, he said, PS, Flacco facing Lamar. Doesn't sound that bad considering that Lamar might enter the year like Flacco did in 2012. And we all know how that ended. Yes, that would be a beautiful thing. If he can start and finish how Flacco did in 2012. But we'll see. All right, his next question. He said, after this video of Colin Coward comparing Lamar to other quarterbacks, the other made a great distinction with Colin, but Colin dismissed it completely. Every quarterback that Lamar was compared to has weapons. What does Lamar Jackson have? Cue the dust ball. No offense to our wide receiver court, but like you said, today, they have to prove they're great. Not good, but great. Well, I didn't say they have to prove that they're great, but they just, they have a lot to prove. They have a whole lot to prove because right now it's just, it's a lot of unknowns. So we hope that with them having this opportunity that, hey, they take off. That they just, they exceed expectations by far. Well, right, we don't know because we don't, they don't really have much of an NFL history. Rashard Bateman doesn't have much of a history. Devon Duvenay, James Proshay, Tyler and Wallace, Shamar Bridges, whoever else makes the right, they don't have an NFL history. So we don't know about them. So they just, they got a lot to prove. He said also it tells you that the Ravens philosophy is harming Lamar's progress as a quarterback, just like it did with Flacco post Super Bowl year, even before, how long until EDC signs, OBJ or a wide receiver that can help Lamar and can remain healthy, cough, cough. Cause Sammy Watkins wasn't it. I mean, OBJ, he ain't been staying healthy either. He not even healthy right now. I believe the front office lives too much in the glory of the 2000 Ravens instead of the 2012 Ravens where we had wide receiver weapons. I saw it with my own eyes in that 2012 AFC championship with my father, where Bowden and Smith tore up the middle of the field in New England. Why can't they realize that their ziggin' is costing them a ring? Ooh, so yeah, it's philosophy stuff, man. And it's funny because you sent this way before that whole, Steve, I was about to say Steve Smith, but I mean, you can include him, but you sent this way before that whole Steve Young thing too. And he was saying all the same stuff that you were saying too. We've been saying all the same stuff that you were saying too. Yeah, it's philosophy. It's philosophy. I don't even think, well, it could be. A little bit of them still, not necessarily been in 2000, but just, I mean, that's what got them success. That's what started their success. Their success was started from having a good run game and having great, amazing defense. But that's how the philosophy's been where they focus so much on a run game and focus so much on defense. Then as far as the passing game, it's like, okay, I mean, it's cool, whatever. I mean, to the wire, Steve, it's cool, whatever, but we just wanted to be better. Ravens fans should have high expectations because this team has had a lot of success in a short amount of time. And they've had more success in a short amount of time than a lot of other franchises. So that's why when we have these conversations like this, it's not to hate on the team, nobody hating on the team. We're just saying that the expectations are set higher because the Ravens have accomplished so much and so little. And we would love for them to accomplish even more. Next question came from a long time. God, perfect one. I appreciate you, man. Like you said, it's been a while since I submitted any questions. After Shamar Bridges' performance, I know we will not be able to stash him. Do you think we could be seeing a 10 Patrick type of situation again? Oh, they better not. They can't afford that. They can't afford that. Like, I know it's just been one game so far, but they cannot afford to be anything like that. Absolutely not. Hopefully he continues to stack games and continues to show himself, but yeah, I'll be really upset if they stashed him because it'd just be like such a waste. He said, hit me out before you dismiss this idea. He clearly is going to make a roster, but with the way our team moves, we sometimes keep guys who we shouldn't in place of guys who we should. Oh, okay, I see what you're saying. I don't remember mentioning him when we last talked about the Undrafted Wire Receiver. So I have to admit you put me on to him. I just pray it doesn't end up like when Denver got a good player for nothing at a position we clearly needed. He's talking about 10 Patrick. So yeah, I do see what you're saying about the stash and then they keep somebody and it's like, hold up. But this guy was doing this thing and then he like, oh, we looking all confused in the face and whatnot, but yeah, I just, I feel like they cannot afford to do that. They so thin at Wire Receiver already. They are so thin at that position, they can't afford to go to stash route, especially with the Shamar Bridges. The next questions came from my guy, Flirt Nowinsky. He said, what's good, bro? It's your boy, Flirt Nowinsky. Hope all is well with you and yours. I'm sending this mid game, but did you realize the false narratives they made up about Lamar? They say the same thing about Snoop. Well, I don't know, because I watched the games either on mute or turned down very, very, very low because copyright is real and I don't need none of that. So I didn't hear, he said, man. So yeah, I don't know what it is that they said about Snoop. But he said, man, likely in Bridges looking as advertised. Yes, and he said, that's it. Oh, wow. This is maybe the shortest email that you ever sent, ever. He said, last but not least, for all the people hoping Lamar takes less than anything he deserves. Remember when David the Jabo was a top 10 or 15 pick and during his pro day, everybody was so interested in him displaying his talents, but as soon as he popped his Achilles, they literally walked past him and acted like he wasn't there. That's why Lamar needs everything he deserves. And like how all those scouts was when David the Jabo got hurt, I'm out. And he also said, he said, last statement, Bridges is a man. I know this is just one game in a pre-season game at that, but he got that dog in him. No shade, but it looks like he is what we thought Boykin was. And that's still my boy, love him to death, even though now he on the Steelers. And like I was when the hay was put in the barn at the game, I'm out. Hey man, yeah, Shamar Bridges, so far so good. Now it's about you had a fire first game, what's it gonna be next? The last few questions on this episode came from my boy, Gold Morano. He said, engraving, I can't wait to get your opinion on this. It is my belief that we have at least two future Hall of Famers currently on the roster in Justin Tucker and Mark Andrews. If you had to bet your house, would you predict that there will be other current players who will one day have a bust in Canton? If so, who and why? So yeah, those two, I would say Lamar Jackson, if he gets put in the right situation. I will say Lamar Jackson, if he's put in the right situation and if he is on a team that really like maximizes his potential. If so, if the Ravens they decide to change their ways and really go all in for Lamar, oh yeah, for sure, for sure. Because of what he does and just how he will continue to grow as a player, as a quarterback. Man, the sky is the limit, man, for real. It is really the limit. Anybody else, who else, who else, who else? Oh, Marcus Peters. I think Marcus Peters could be one. And off the top of my head, I can't really. Oh, Kalaeus Campbell, he'll probably be one. Especially if he finally hit those 100 sacks, I think he could end up being one. Maybe Justin Houston too. And oh, I forgot, you got a couple more questions though. His next question, he says, Steve Young for Ravens QB Coach OOC. Raven, I hope you get an opportunity to watch what Steve Young had to say about Lamar on ESPN. Such fitting words, I wish that he could have been interviewed by you in making his case against the Ravens, offensive philosophy and how it has held Lamar Jackson back from becoming what Young describes as the possible best QB in NFL history. Young says that the Ravens haven't given Lamar a chance to prove that he's better than Patrick Mahomes. He added that Lamar is doomed because of the Ravens, not because of Lamar Jackson. In reference to the Ravens, reluctance to get our QB signed. Young also stated, I can't wait for someone to train Lamar Jackson in a sophisticated passing game. I think he'd be the best QB in the history of the game, but he's being held back by the Ravens. The whole time that Steve Young ranted, RG3 had this humongous smile on his face. Young obviously echoed Griffin's thoughts. Your prediction that this will likely be Greg Roman's final season as Raven's offensive coordinator has to hold true if the passing remains undeveloped and this logic prevails. Young then iterated that if the current leadership can't train Lamar in a sophisticated passing attack, then they need to hire someone who can. Yes, I yelled. Yes, we need more Hall of Fame quarterback to beat that drum. Maybe Steve Bishadi will hear the drum beats if they come loud and often enough. If Steve Smith seen Yamaki's brown dance, Bryant really sneered, all agreed that the Raven scheme is holding the QB back from an even higher level of greatness, then how likely is it that other wide receivers, Ravens and throughout the NFL would say the same thing if asked? Not drafting that guy at wide receiver all, but indicates that Roman intends to recreate that 2019 offense. My concerns are that the team, that teams have played against that offense and will be much more prepared to face it in the future. They didn't have as much feeling to study in 2019. We can only pray that Shamar Bridges, I say, likely James Prostrate and Makai Poke are used intelligently. We can't run on first down, run on second down and pass to Andrews on third down. This offense should have defenses and the coordinators on their heels beat down tired and constantly guessing and miscalculating for 17 games straight into the playoffs. I only predict 10 and seven record because of Roman. With the right weapons used in the right way, there's no reason that we couldn't have a dynasty in the making, three straight Super Bowl victories. And yeah, Steve Young certainly, he said a lot. And I agree with it because it's a lot of the same stuff we've been saying on here. And it's, I know you mentioned, you said you predicted a 10 and seven record because of Greg Roman. But again, it's much deeper than Greg Roman. They can get greater Greg Roman tomorrow. And as long as they still have that same methodical approach, that same philosophy that they've been having, as long as they have that same philosophy. And this philosophy, it's not like it has been bad, but it hasn't been great. It hasn't translated to greatness. It's translated to them being good and really good sometimes, but it has not translated to greatness. That philosophy is gotten them, yeah, no AFC championships. It's gotten them, with Lamar as quarterback, it's gotten them one playoff win. With Fleco as quarterback, when they stopped investing in wide receiver like that, like when they got rid of Anquan Bolton, it's one playoff win as well. And that one playoff win actually came, but he, again, another cast away, even though like for Raven, like our expectations when it comes to the wide receiver position have been very low. Cause that's why a lot of us, myself included, got so hyped when we got Steve Smith senior. Steve Smith senior, what was he? 35, 36, I forgot how old he was, but Raven's with another cast away. Now he did good that first year, but then the second and third year old them injuries, they hurt. He even had drops that first year too. He struggled with drops throughout a lot of the season. I remember in the first game against the Bengals, he had drops, we lost that game too. I know in the Steelers, but he had drops, but the thing was that he made a lot more plays than he did drop the ball. So with Steve Smith senior, again, our expectations, they were low. They were low for the position. But anyway, back to what I was saying with the philosophy, just run, run, run, run, run, get some cast off, set wide receiver and play good defense. Yeah, two playoff wins in 10 years. Yeah, two playoff wins in 10 years. That's a big yikes. And then his last thing he said, and Gavin, this is just me or is Isaiah likely better than Hayden Hurst? I mean, it's super early. We've seen Isaiah likely literally in one game. We heard about him all in practice and stuff, but we've seen him in one game. I think we at least got to get through this whole season to really see. And they're gonna be able to go up against each other at least two times this year with Hayden Hurst coming to town with the Bengals and then Isaiah likely being with the Ravens. But I think he's gonna make a really big impact. Now, Hayden Hurst made a big impact this first year too. I don't know why Andrews took over, but so yeah, we'll get to answer that question more after this year. I think it's just too early right now. Wow, and we were literally done recording this episode of questions from subs. And then we got an email literally just now from my guy, Isaac. He said, I ain't gravy and hope all this well. My name is Isaac and I've been a relatively new subscriber, but I have been watching your channel for a while now. Your positivity and overall loving demeanor is awesome to see. Hey, I appreciate that, Isaac. Thank you, man. And thank you for watching and thank you for recently subscribed and appreciate that. My question is after watching the Ravens practice this first preseason game and after reading some of the articles on scheme fits for likely, it seems he would thrive in Patrick Card's role as the H-Bag or the motion blocker on run plays that the Ravens utilize often. I think that likely would absolutely thrive in this role as he now becomes an athletic pass catching option in the flat that will make our run game that much harder to defend since defenses will have to play the motion with more poise. Oh yeah, I mean, having likely back there instead of Pat Ricard, like that would be a significant threat back there. I know they left on the Pat Ricard too, but likely back there versus Pat Ricard. It's like, ooh, but then Pat Ricard as far as them running plays, you know, that's their blocker. And likely he gonna be working on a blocking. I mean, he got hold for one of the holding calls I think was a good one, but the other one was just, it was a bad call. But hey, he ain't scared of contact. That's what I appreciated about those two holding calls. He wasn't afraid of contact. So in one of them, he drove the dude to the ground. I said, oh, okay, there we go likely, I like it. But anyway, he said not to mention he's just an all around baller at his position. I truly believe if we use likely in this role, our offense becomes even more deadly. Not gonna lie, I'm smelling the repeater of our 2019 efficiency and I can't wait for the season to start. Let me know what you think though. Ooh, just don't want 2019 playoffs cause that's stuck. But yeah, so I, as far as likely, yeah, I feel like this dude is just gonna be all over. I feel like he's gonna be all over. They just gonna use him in so many different ways cause he's a tight end. He's a tight end. So he's definitely gonna be a part of this thing. And it's crazy because all this likely talk, obviously Mark Andrews, but all this likely talk, I ain't heard nobody really talking about Nick Boyle like that. I ain't heard nobody talking about him like that. And I know he's not the athletic past catching tight end. He's more the blocking tight end, but I feel like a lot of people have been like, oh, whatever about it. And I know he'd been hurt for like the past, well a couple of years, missed most of last year and whatnot and just, it's been rough. But just, it's nice to just think about the depth. And then with Charlie Kolar, whenever he comes back, who knows when that'll be? That'll be another nice piece to add to the mix. But yeah, likely gonna be special for sure. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You two team keep it clean. You see my boy, he like got him made it, got him made it. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving. Right engraving. Right engraving. Shout out to engraving.