 So I guess this officially ends any possibility of Mark Ingram reuniting with the Baltimore Ravens because not only did they activate Melvin Gordon to the active roster, but in a surprising move, the Baltimore Ravens, they added another running back to the practice squad, that being the legend from Maryland, Mr. Jake Funk. And with Jake Funk, he was born in Gaithersburg. He went to Damascus from Damascus and then he even went to the University of Maryland. So he got Maryland written all over him. Now he did get drafted by the Rams and played a little bit with the Coastal. We'll forgive him for that. But now he is a Baltimore Raven. And this move, in my opinion, this not only speaks for the present because San Francisco 49ers, they have a rarity at the running back position just like Jake Funk is a rarity at the running back position. I ain't gonna say what it is, but anyway, he is now a Baltimore Raven. And this is a move for both the present and in my opinion, the future as well. 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So team keep it clean. What does Jake Funk bring to these Baltimore ravers? Now, shout out to my gamer god 29 because he said, we got the white Keaton Mitchell. We are so back. Now, Jake Funk, he did run a 4-4 at his pro day. So he got some speed now. Now I wouldn't call it Keaton Mitchell speed, but he certainly got some speed of his own. One thing that I do like about Jake Funk. Now, keep in mind, he is on a practice squad. He's not on the active roster, but what the Baltimore Ravens could do, they could sort of use him as their own. Now he's not Christian McCaffrey. He's not CMAC. I ain't saying that. And I don't want to say that because I feel like that will be very lazy because he's not on that level, not saying he can't get there one day with enough opportunity, but he is not Christian McCaffrey. So don't think that we are not saying that at all. But what the Baltimore Ravens could possibly do, especially this week, I mean, they're gonna be going up against CMAC in a couple of days. They could use Jake Funk as the on the scout team for Christian McCaffrey because Jake Funk can do some different things. Again, not saying that he's on the level of a Christian McCaffrey, but he can catch some passes out of the backfield and he got a good amount of speed at the running back position. Now, one thing I do like about Jake Funk with his running style. He, in my opinion, he has a no-nonsense style of running because today I was watching this stuff from Maryland, saw a little bit of his stuff from the Rams and a little tiny bit from the Colts as well. Jake Funk is not a running back that's gonna be out in the backfield, dancing around. He ain't one of them running backs that's trying to shake somebody, that's trying to make somebody miss like that. He'll make a little quick cuts and whatnot, but it ain't gonna be nothing too crazy. He is a, look, I'm running North and South. I ain't playing no games. I'm just trying to get these yards. I'm trying to get this first down and trying to get these touchdowns. That's it, straight up. So with the Baltimore Ravens, I feel like after a couple of weeks he could be somebody, in my opinion, that I could see them giving an opportunity to. Now, we know that we got the playoffs like literally around the corner. We only got three games left. So I could see him getting some action in the last game of the regular season against the Steelers, but also him sort of being a secret weapon for the Baltimore Ravens come playoff time. Reason I say that, and I ain't trying to overhype no practice squad running back or anything like that, but I would think these Baltimore Ravens, they know something about talent at the running back position. And they really know. Sometimes we question when they give some people more usage or less usage than others and whatnot, but bottom line, the Baltimore Ravens do know how to get the most out of a running back. So I could see your thinkers, because who would have thought that an undrafted rookie free agent like Keaton Mitchell, like we saw, who would have thought that an undrafted rookie free, that we all be super upset about an undrafted rookie free agent running back missing the rest of the season for the Baltimore Ravens? Who would have thought that? At the beginning of the year, we wouldn't have thought that at all because we would have been like, oh, undrafted rookie free agent running back. Oh, okay. Well, if he makes a team, we'll see, but he probably on a special team or something like that. But no, Keaton Mitchell had a huge impact on these Baltimore Ravens in such a short amount of time. So with Jake Funk, if he gets some opportunity, I think that he could do some stuff, do some damage for the Baltimore Ravens. But I think, again, I think later on in the season, they may call him up for a game here and there, give him some little carries here and there, let him get his feet wet because he's only had, I wanna say like four carries in regular season action. There were two for the Rams. And then I think maybe he had two for the Cop, but he just, he hasn't had much, any opportunity at all on the NFL level yet. So while like with Keaton Mitchell, he ain't having no opportunity in the NFL level. All his opportunity before this year, well, this year, it was in pre-season. That's where Jake Funk has got most of his opportunity. It's just been in pre-season games. It has not been a regular season game, but we saw what happened with Keaton Mitchell. All he needed was a chance. So with Jake Funk. And again, all the pressure, it's not like all the pressure would be on him anyway, because you still got a justice here. You still got a Gus Edwards. You still got a Melvin Gordon too, but Jake Funk could come in here and do some damage. Now, another thing with him too, I feel like this is a move for the now, but also for the future with Keaton Mitchell, speaking of Keaton Mitchell, I feel like with Keaton Mitchell, he had sort of the J.K. Dobbins treatment. What I mean when I say that with J.K. Dobbins, I felt like, and I think we all knew that, the Ravens were trying to give him the keys. They were like, J.K. Dobbins here, the team is yours. You'll be our main runner back here. It's all yours. And when you think about this offense, the way that the Ravens do things in this offense, J.K. Dobbins would have been perfect for it, but he kept getting hurt. So I felt like the Ravens were like, all right, we got to take these keys back. We can't give them to you. With Keaton Mitchell, and I said this throughout this year, I felt like that next year that he would have been the Ravens guy. He would have been the Ravens starting running back and then they would have figured out everything else behind him, but he would have been their main focus at the running back position. While that is still possible, I just feel like the Ravens, they won't put all their eggs into the Keaton Mitchell basket only because of this injury. He doesn't have an injury history. He's not injury prone, but this injury with it possibly, especially because the timing of it is so bad. It came right at the end of this season. It could possibly maybe linger into next year, but I don't think the Ravens are gonna be like, this running back coming off of a ACL tear. He's gonna be our number one guy. I just don't see them doing that. I think he'll still get plenty of opportunities, especially because Ravens have him for like the next three, four years. He's on a very, very cheap, cheap, cheap contract. And we know that he can give big, big production. But with Jake Funk, I think that this could be, for them signing him now, this could sort of be an audition for him for next year. Not saying that he would be the start. I'm not saying that, but he could be auditioning for a role on the Baltimore Ravens team next year, because we've seen this happen time and time again. Ravens will make these late season additions, the late season signings. And they'll be like, oh, okay, we do really like you. And then that person ends up being on the team next year. And then the following year too, like with Kevon Seymour, I know he was definitely one. Ravens signed Kevon Seymour. And I was like, who's Kevon Seymour? And then he ended up just sticking with the team for the past couple of years. So you never know that this may seem like a small signing. It is a small signing, but it could be one of those things where you possibly get some significant production out of it. And I'm saying he gonna pop off for a thousand yards, not even 500 yards, but you just never know what could happen. And remember last time, the Baltimore Ravens, they had brought somebody on who was from Maryland, played at Maryland, then they got to play for the Ravens. That person ended up, went in the Super Bowl. So, and it was in the second year, you know? This will be Jake Funk's first year with the Ravens, but let's scratch all that. Hopefully the same results end up going down.