 Yeah Team keep it clean. What's going on the same grave and hit with another video and another episode of NFL questions from subs Which is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to Based off of a NFL team and we answered in the video just like this now if you want to be part of NFL questions from subs Send me an email to team keep it clean as email calm or for the patrons you can send it in a DM directly on Patreon I love everybody. I appreciate everybody on this episode. We have a very very special guest Without further ado, let's introduce the YouTube team keep it clean On this episode of NFL questions from subscribers. We got another special guest is Jermaine the couch rider Raven And just to get straight into it. Why? Why why did you start doing you too? Why did you start? Discussing the Ravens on it's got to go way back. We got to take this back to let's say 2010, you know I'm military here. I am sitting at work next to the water cooler and my buddy says hey, man You know these stats like for real, you know these stats We're talking about you know yards per carry when it comes to running backs and all this stuff And he's just like you should do this for real and I'm like, what are you talking about man? He's like no, I mean you should do this. I'm like, all right sure So I started up a website which turned into a company which was the couch rider report So I started around the same time you started YouTube But I started on a website of cash right a report and I was putting my videos on private because I wanted people to come To the link that was on the articles But I didn't recognize how powerful YouTube is as far as a voice people want to see things right in front of them And so I just decided to just see what would happen if I moved Everything from couch rider report over to YouTube and start Building that way because there's some people just they don't like articles as much as they like the visual piece of it And so I've just been having a great time Would it have been a Baltimore Ravens fans since 1999 when Michael Irving got hurt? He was one of my favorite players Once he got hurt my family's all from Maryland. They came down Louisiana had me became Cowboys and Saints fans Might have got divorced because of it I don't know but Would they ask me to choose and my uncle put a hat on me and I became a Ravens fan from pretty much that point on from 1999 on and have not looked back It's a team for me as a team for you. We absolutely just love talking Ravens Oh, yeah, you know, it just and then of course my whole family Our mantra is faith family and football You know and that's that's a big piece of our our home right there Of course, we have it in that order as far as the faith is concerned Families, you know, right after that you see that with our ability to get together or not It's based off of you know, we have similar values as far as the family piece and then Football is the next big thing. I love my Ravens. I eat sleep and breathe some Ravens and sometimes I'm a little bit too addicted I'm just I'm like, where's my next Raven shot, you know Okay, but yeah, I started I guess doing YouTube back in Officially it's March In a March time frame and then got a little bit consistent with it started doing it like, you know At least twice a week or once a week bones. I was there with that weekly time frame I was happy with it and it just started to grow. I was just like, hey, let's go. We don't wait 400 subscribers like So what's been your favorite part about it? Oh Just just the interaction being able to just talk with Ravens about football and just you know Just talking it up and being able to shoot a video out here and there and working with the green screen I love messing around with green screen the different backgrounds Technology piece and it just just having so much fun with it. You know, just being inspired out of nowhere for posts I'm like, oh, they talk about that. Oh, yeah This is where it's gonna happen and then our course our mantra is the Original sports perspective from our couch to yours. That's that's the couch writer reports mantra. It's been like that since 2014 We're gonna keep it right now. How did you come up with that name couch writer report? What does it mean? What's the what what is it about exactly? Yeah, so it was just me I was thinking a lot like something like bleach report at the time. I was sitting actually on my couch But I was always writing my articles I was doing just simple blogging and of course I didn't want something that was just germane locket You know, I had a couple of people who put their brand on They put the brand on blast, but it's just their name And I wanted it to be a team of something of something that somebody believed in you know If I was to build an empire I wouldn't call it the germane locket empire because I want everybody to have a piece of That so as people continue to jump on and how and I had writers working with the couch writer report at the time It was just something I wanted them to believe in as well Not just a germane locket thing and more of a team thing you're like like team keep it clean You know, it's like the couch writer report the home of original sports perspective And because we were always talking original stuff because I think the biggest piece of it was when Johnny Manziel Was the talk of the town? And or or far watcher Ocho sink was always on ESPN and We couldn't get anything else you couldn't hear anything about any other team any other low-name player Because it was just constantly flooding the the airwaves were like that especially on the odd season They find one topic and that's all they stick to it. I was like through it I'm going with original sports perspective from our cash to yours Okay, I like that man. All right, so and where can they find you at the YouTube channel Twitter anything? You need to let the people know about yes, sir. Look y'all want to find me. I would make my day I'll just I'll just be so complete if you find me on couch writer raven. It's COU CH RID er Raven so it's couch space rave writer space and Raven and that's on That's on YouTube and then on Twitter. I believe it's Alfie J L or couch writer Raven Or you can find me under the germane locket same thing with Instagram I spend most of my time on Facebook because my little older But yeah, I also spend time on Twitter Talking to the guys on the day was it let the black man talk They go in on there and I'm like wow, okay. They going in all day. I got to mute these guys a little bit because they My commander like yesterday, and I'm looking at the phone like oh my god. This is good. This is good All right, so without further ado, let's go ahead and hop into this episode of NFL questions from subscribers first question Came from my guy Martin. He said is it concerning to you at all that unlike the rest of the Ravens draft? We haven't heard anything about a daffy away in the off-season. I saw an article today about Daylan Hayes being a steal I know it's just training camp and all but maybe he's a different player on Sundays. Well, um, actually you You answered your own question Even though it was sort of a I don't want to say wrong But because you said you know, it's just training camp and all that but maybe he's a different play on Sundays They haven't even hit training camp. Yeah They didn't train in camp real soon. So with not hearing about a daffy away. It's it's not a big deal I wouldn't overthink it or anything like that. Yeah, but what about you? Folks over here chilling at the house right now, maybe maybe they working together on a crap I don't know but we don't know anything because it's the dead zone right now Like said, I said on my channel make sure you check when you're Ravens friends because they not okay right now You caught me caught watching Titanic the other day I'm telling you these folks at the house. They enjoying themselves. They enjoying their families This is why you ain't hearing about it just because they active on instagram doing anything Don't get all crazy behind it once they get them pads on they get the click clacking You're gonna see the the aggressiveness Of these players especially when it comes to the right tackle position and be the way that he's got to prove something And if a daffy's on that side You're going to see a heated camp battle between those two Because they're going to be trying to protect and get to lj, you know Next question came from my boy garith. He said It's great that kids can now make money off of their names in college And it would be great if you could do a breakdown on it. Have a great day Hope you and your family are having a great summer Um, so it's pretty simple It's something I should have had a long time ago because these colleges They make millions of millions of millions of millions of dollars off of the the players or the athletes and whatnot in the teams Um, but the players they can make money. They can monetize their Their name their likeness What was the other thing they can monetize you remember the attributes so they dare their speed their athleticism I mean agility all of those things, you know to tie into the player I mean there was a reason why uh, the NCAA was taking the names off, uh, when they were doing it. It was the NCAA Uh, I can't remember what it's called the NCAA football game. Uh, the console ball By eSports, whatever But they were taking those names off because they didn't want to pay them But then they were getting sued because the likeness was being used As far as the all of the attributes speed height weight, you know, all the agility all of that That's what I'm making of money. I was just talking to my guy the other day. I said, hey, look You know, yes, these guys deserve to get they deserve to get played Because when you look at it If the colleges were having to do let's say a commercial Or a preview to a game if they just put the jerseys up there Consistently all the time say hey, this is going to be what the game is about and just showed the jerseys They wouldn't make the money It's about the players They're using their likeness. They're using their talents their skills their has been playing play making the ability All of that to make sure that they get money for these universities now in turn This is what I would if I was to do it and pay these players I would do it a certain way I would make sure of course you still want to be able to have them reach for the stars and go for the NFL But at the same time I say you can't earn up to $200,000 a year And that's it. That's your cap $200,000 a year once you reach that you can't make any more money on endorsements and stuff and Just to keep you hungry and make sure that you know our universities still get paid We pull your scholarship you pay it with that money You're probably making about 50 50,000 whatever you went from nothing to making 50,000 and having your college paid for Pretty solid. Oh, okay. I see what you're saying. Yeah paid a room and board I say paid a room and board but at the same time they get 50,000, but they still have to pay their college And because let's just say like let's say the college probably costs like 110,000 So they're getting they're getting paid. I mean, you know, $200,000 they still getting doctor's salary Just for showing up and playing ball But it helps them learn responsibility and learn that okay I still need to strive for that extra that good pay for that NFL It doesn't keep them fat and happy and just be like, all right, I'll go ahead and go for that legal degree Stay eight years in college Get some time Okay, I'd like that man That'd be interesting. I never thought about that before like at all like having them pay for their own uh Scholarships and stuff with the money the only the only thing that I've been thinking about. Oh, yeah, they finally getting paid Uh, because they they be put they put their bodies out there like that They put their bodies on the line for the colleges and I mean, you know enough of them are getting paid under the table or what Yeah, absolutely a lot of dirty stuff done Yeah Of course they got penalized for that, you know when they got caught and it was shamed upon but now put it on the front scene Say, hey, we want you to go ahead and go after this money You know, but once you get to that 200,000 the rest, you know And that would that would the rest would have to roll back into the university To help out with the other programs the other students because you know, I mean you're asking Uh a college university to take a major hit in the amount of funds that they're making ultimately I'm not saying that it's right. I'm just saying They're going to sit there and look at it like hey, you know We are going to take a major financial hit here by paying even our punters You know, 200,000 a year So after they hit that cap pull that money back into the you know, pull some of that money back into the university It'll help that all the other programs out in some of the education Educational piece will not be hurt Now, I'm not sure if there is or not But do you know if there's a roster limit on colleges like on college teams? I am not sure that's why I stick to like NFL football Because like obviously with NFL, they had the 53 man roster. So And not everybody's making top dollar and whatnot. Um, so I wonder like with college If they would set like a cap Uh for how much they could pay the athletes and whatnot And um, especially depending on like how many athletes are on the team and how many players are on the team Yeah, and that's yes You gotta wonder like is it going to be spread out evenly because like right a center It's probably not going to make as much as a skill position player. They're not going to get those endorsements We's is not calling up for a center They're not calling for that guy to to be there They're one that they endorse But that one player is going to be bringing in money into the university is they're going to be like a A college players association equivalent to like the NFL players association that dibbies out The checks to say, okay. Look, I know you was playing right guard And you didn't make as much money or brought in much money as this running back or this wide receiver in this corner But we want you to here's a little a little bit of cheese on your taco. It's vars day To encourage them to continue to to play for that university This question came from nova said hey engraving. How's it going? The name's nova and I've been watching for over a year now and first off Keep up the great and consistent work. I appreciate it I hope all is well with the fam and I have two questions looking at the team We have now we seem to have improved from last year, but I'm looking less At the expectations for this year and more of what can we do to avoid the mishaps of last year? Based on that question Last year our offense was led by our run game mainly Lamar Jackson jk Dobbins and Gus Edwards Hollywood and Andrews also ate in the past game with the recent changes in our offense We're expecting more passing. So who was the person who was going to fall back? Stats wise I'll let you take this one Well, I mean you gotta look at it. There's a lot of mouths that's gotta they got to be fed right now and As far as stat wise running As far as running the ball Lamar may take a dip in stats because they got them all these weapons JK's wanting to make that next step to be that thousand-yard rusher You've got Rashad Bateman there. You've got Sammy Watkins and guess what you have, you know, Keith Williams that is saying Hey, look these these these routes these drills are the routes the routes are the plays This is going to happen It's going to be encouragement and infusion into the offense to to make it develop to make it Something more than it is now and I'm not saying that this offense right now is that it's it's great for The regular season as far as you know coming at them with a different approach Uh, then then the other teams are preparing for but when it comes playoff time They have that extra week sometimes to prepare in that division around for the bottom of Ravens rushing attack they can't come basic with it and Because of that it's going to cause the Ravens to have to change their approach So the passing game is going to improve and I say Lamar's running rushing yards are going to take a dip and honestly, I think uh, there might be an even spread of passes or receptions Passed out amongst the wide receivers. So Hollywood might take a different numbers I know people are expecting like thousand-yard wide receiver here. Thousand wide wide receiver there But honestly, you can't feed everybody, you know asking Rodgers You can't feed everybody on the team. He has no lulting when he's tossing around sure Devonte's getting his in But those other guys recognize that everybody's going to get fed We just got to wait for opportunity to make the best of it Good points. And his next question is While we have made adjustments to avoid the mistakes of last year Do you think we have done enough to improve on our weaker aspects of the team while I expect the passing to improve? I'm just hoping the offensive line makes a step forward Uh, we can retain depth and mainly stop so many pre snap penalties Pass rush is also a weakness and I don't know if we address that completely at this moment We haven't signed anybody new and this is being recorded on july 2nd Keep that in mind Anyway, uh, thanks for the responses and as usual keep up what you do so Just to go piece by piece. He said while I expect the passing game to improve I'm just hoping the offensive line Takes a step forward and we can retain depth and mainly stop so many pre snap penalties Uh with the pre snap penalties that that was huge Last year. I mean, it's always huge When your offense shoots itself in the foot and and that's no ground a lot though, isn't it? It was him too But um, that's that's the worst because it's bad enough like if you have a play and you don't execute it Right or it's bad play whatever it might be But it's it's even worse if before you even get a chance to execute the play if you you jump in early Or you you you got like They didn't really have many holding calls like that, but the pre snap the illegal motion Uh, just it it was just a mess last year And um, it just it kills momentum. Uh, it kills drives. It takes away yards And it's just They got to get that fix man And hopefully hopefully hopefully hopefully hopefully we can Accredit that to not to them not having an off season from last year. Hopefully I feel like that's not really an excuse But at the same time Hopefully with this them having a full off season this year and training camp in the whole nine That it'll be just a much smoother process when they put that product on the field I think when it comes to practice and play ace, you know, unless your name unless your name is boykin You play how you practice To be honest it translates to the field when it comes to repetition When you're constantly having those those reps those mental reps and the physical reps The mistakes they go down I was just going over a speech with one of my troops the other day and while she practiced the better she got With the speech and it was it was true. She said and she lit it up She actually got three coins from commanders and anything like that But the same thing when it comes to ravens football if you get the practice in And the more repetitions you get the less of the penalties the less mistakes are going to get made And as long as they keep pat macari out of the center position, I am completely satisfied with the office of line I know I had to fire a little shot out there, but look, I mean it is what it is There were a couple people I was not impressed with when it came to the office of line and that was one of them Kind of glad that they made the moves that they made in order to hey beef up this office of line I don't really have I have full confidence that this office of line is going to be able to take it I mean just be able to handle business because you have competition Going on and even though, you know, I had a problem with macarius center I think he can do things that guard that pretty much are pretty solid I think there's a reason that ravens kept him around After that bill's lost until they hey, they believe in his talents at other positions And I think you have a lot of talent at the office of line position So I'm just I'm excited to see what they can do is pass rush They just got to have we got to have faith Bowser He needs the opportunity, you know, he needs the opportunity. So does Ferguson There's a reason bottom won't pick them up and he beats such record in college as far as sex The guy has a good bit of talent. He just needs the opportunity And if we go get it just in houston to bury on top of this guy and push these these younger guys down the death chart Again, they're not going to get their opportunity to sign on to shine next thing. You know what happens They go to another team Who actually does give them the opportunity to shine and then they turn into the Zadaria smith because they didn't get an opportunity And bought them more to be fed So with that being said, I mean it sounds like you kind of answered the question already But I got to ask just for clarity Would you rather the ravens leave the pass rush as it is right now? Or would you rather them sign just in houston? I'd rather keep it as this I have full faith and wink to be able to get pressure. He said it himself. He does not He is not crazy about signing big name pass rushers and he would prefer to Just blitz everything send the whole he sent the whole house to get everybody on And I I feel like a way is athletic and productive and disruptive enough to get back there and cause problems Honestly, I expect him to have six sacks a season at least six Because of the amount of pressure that wink is going to apply and it's not going to be just from him You see queen blitzing right off the middle. I'm enjoying the time. He's getting corners to blitz I mean that that bangles game when every single one of the day the defensive backs had a sack That was just nasty the way he sends all this pressure He was going to get home and bought more you ain't got no money. We ain't got no money And I know you know, I know you said the cap is kept but edc is thinking, you know, not just this year He's thinking building for the future with it when it comes to the ravens and building responsibly and you know not doing Deals that pretty much end up being a lot of dead money because of the fact we kept rolling things back to pay these contracts So he's also thinking about paying the more he's thinking about paying andrew's paying all these different players To bring in houston. It just it hurts the growth of oa And it absolutely cuts, you know, fergusson He probably ended up gone before the season starts if they bring in houston It doesn't give bowser his opportunity To show what he can do and I think bowser has the tendency to to be great this year if he's giving that opportunity on the other side Yeah, he's definitely going to get this is going to be the most opportunity that he's ever had Because with tyus bowser, he's just never been out there consistently like that He's been more of a situational rotational type of player But now with the ravens they Decided to keep him and which was no surprise, especially where yannick and god quay We knew he was going to make a lot of money and even mad judo was getting ready to make a lot of money, too With tyus bowser that that was the expected guy that they were going to keep Um, and they got a river guy. What do you think about him? You uh, johnty rivers? Yeah. Yeah I wish I I hope we get to see him a little bit I that's what this is why i'm so excited this year for the pre-season because we had a pre-season last year And they didn't have a pre-season last year But with us having pre-season like We we we talked so much about all these different positions on the roster and whatnot And the ravens depth or some at some positions their lack of depth But now with pre-season You know the starters they they won't even probably sniff the pre-season too much, especially because it's only three games But now we'll get to see all these backups. We'll get to see all these guys who we've been wondering about Oh, how does this guy look? How does that guy look and da da da da da? So, um, as far as johncy rivers, I'm excited to see him in pre-season. I'm excited to see a da fe away Um, I'm excited to see uh, ardaeus washington. Yeah, I'm also excited to see uh, tony paul john too Hey, so I'm just I'm excited to just see the the depth guys, man Of course excited to see the starters too But I'm excited to see the depth because the thing about depth you you got to have quality depth Uh, as much as you possibly can you you obviously can't have so much quality depth in every single position all over the roster It'll be nice, but um, that's what the salary cap is for that's what the roster is for the way it's constructed and whatnot, but um I just I I want to see the guys who Are gonna be the backups too because As you know Football any given sunday and on any given sunday. It could be any given injury to any game 17 games Look, I'm even curious to see what huntley and makesorally do in this competition with each other Because if they if for some reason I am not I'm knocking all over the wood. I mean beating the wood down right now But I really want to see hey Hey, if they're if they can be that backup that we need them to be and this pre-season helps both of them to mature as players And it gets a good bit of competition. We'll see who the number two is going to be But we got to know maybe they just decide out of nowhere mid-season even after a buy Hey, let's just rest them on let's just rest the legs or something like that. Let's put tyler huntley out there That shows me confidence if they they decided to do something like that But he can put that resume during the pre-season to make that happen And I mean Just to end it on this note. I think tyler huntley wins the backup