 so youtube team keep it clean what's going on is saying raven here with another video and we just came from watching the annual liars luncheon it was the ravens their pre-draft presser because we of course got the draft coming up in about a week and a half while so it's almost here thank goodness that it's almost here so we can finally get all the speculation out the way and get to the actual what's going down but anyway it was eric de costa it was john harbaugh and it was joe hoates and they all answer questions from the media about different things now of course you know there's a lot of smoke screens that happen uh in these pre-draft presses uh this is just where the ravens can continue putting stuff out there so people can take it and interpret it in their own way while the ravens have their own plan in mind but anyway let's get into some of the things that were asked about from jump james and hensley he was bringing fire questions all press alone so shout out to james and hensley because he wasn't holding back or nothing anyway uh hit the first question that he asked from jump off top from rip he said what uh he asked eric de costa him about the possible orlando brown junior trait like what's the status on that what's going on with it and then he also asked in the same question he asked about the alejandro villain a wave of visit he asked about both of those in the same question on the first question and eric de costa was just like oh no i ain't commenting on that anybody say nothing on that but one thing that he did say that was very interesting even though we kind of sort of knew that already because we all we all know about the raven smoke screens because they sure love throwing them out there but i had never heard anybody actually admit to it eric de costa said that sometimes they bring in players that they don't even uh intend on signing and sometimes they'll bring in these players just to sort of try to get their name out there so maybe somebody else can sign them and also as a distraction to what they're really doing and i appreciated that i appreciated that i know that um i know that we're not going to we shouldn't expect eric de costa and hardball and then we shouldn't expect them to tell exactly what they're gonna do we don't expect that at all at any of the presses but um i did appreciate them sharing that that gem uh with us uh he talked about lamar jackson when they had him in prior to the draft when he was drafted um and they said that it worked out him not having an agent because he said the agents they the ones that they put a lot of stuff out there and eric de costa said he likes keeping as many uh secrets as possible anyway um next which was a good question too even though it is still kind of early and it's before the draft so but it's still a good question uh somebody asked if they feel like they are a better team now than when the season actually ended and eric de costa said that there's still a lot of work to be done which we know again that's a hard question to answer because there's the draft that was still in the like the second third wave of free agency and whatnot so but he did say that um they weren't in this business to be complacent and i know a lot of frustrated ravens fans tend to use that word when it comes to the Baltimore ravens and their lack of making moves but eric de costa said that there are still some unrestricted free agents there's some trade opportunities and there of course are the post-june 1st cuts to be made as well and that was a pretty general answer uh didn't get into any specifics of anything but we again we didn't expect them to next oh this one was funny joe hortese who was the director of uh player personnel they asked him about rashaul bateman and terris marshal jr because um i forgot who asked the question but they were like these two receivers they have been linked to you guys for the longest what do you guys think about those two and joe hortese he said they uh they both they he said they have their eye on both of them so when he said that i was like they're not drafting either one of them as soon as he said that i'm like okay anybody looking for rashaul bateman and terris marshal jr out the window because they ain't coming to the ravens uh what he talked about had it both a versatile they could both play inside and outside and whatnot so i thought that part was funny um but it did lower my expectations of expecting either one of them to be a baltimore raven uh this upcoming season now with the draft um you know ravens they love them picks they they love their picks and somebody asked about uh all the picks that they get and and how they uh somebody somebody ranked the ravens as one of the best drafting teams our eric the car said the draft is a luck drug luck driven process so he said it's not even really about skill i mean what you know it actually is because you got to scout guys you got to make sure they fit for your skin but but he said it's a luck driven process um because you just you never know you never know this guy could be the biggest standout in college and we've seen it happen plenty of times this guy could be kidnapped in college and get to the nfl and it just it never transfers over uh but he did say the more picks you have the more likely it is that you hit on players which is true so the more shots you take the more chances you got at making it uh and he said that they have had a lot of both hits and misses which we don't know about um and said the success comes from having the most picks uh because yeah i see they love them uh moving on um bradley bozeman they were asked about bradley bozeman what he's looking to contribute to this offense and john harbaugh said that bradley bozeman is actually in a conversation for starting at either guard or center um so what i took that as is that he is actually not in the conversation for starting at center and that the ravens are going to be drafting a center or signing somebody but most likely drafting one i think bradley bozeman stays at left guard um because when when you start throwing around oh he's in the conversation to start for us at either guard or center but then you look at the history again no so yeah expect them to get a new center uh or let's they roll with pat mccarrie which i don't expect them to uh or they give the shot to tristan colón castillo so we gotta just wait and see um they were asked about lamar jackson's contract because you know that's been a subject for a long time uh and edc said that they have continued the conversation of lamar jackson's contract and now he said if they do sign lamar jackson to a deal it's going to change the way that they operate um over those years and he said it'll change the way that they do contracts and said uh they would have to be a little more careful and they were probably going to lose uh some good young players and that's something that we all know we all know that um once lamar jackson gets signed to his big deal you're not going to be able to keep everybody but and this is why even more now why we keep saying the ravens need to go all in on offense all in all in because you're getting ready to pay lamar jackson whatever you're getting ready to pay him so that's going to somewhat restrict you now it doesn't make you like if you pay lamar jackson if you pay your quarterback it doesn't mean oh my goodness we we can't sign anybody else at all it doesn't mean that at all we we keep seeing it year after year after year even this year is teams that have their quarterbacks signed to these big deals that are still continuing to make moves still continuing to just really try to build the best team that they can possibly build and try to get significant players too it's teams that are still doing it shout out to the chiefs so it's not just because you sign your quarterback it does not make things impossible so i don't i just don't want people to it changes things for sure and like you said it's going to change the way that they do some contracts and whatnot it's going to change some things but before we get to that point where they resigned lamar jackson to his contract let's really put the best possible team around him and most weapons around him give this man we talked about in the stream last night lamar jackson has spoiled us spoiled us like crazy let's spoil him let's spoil him and um now speaking of spoiling him james and hensley again i told y'all james and hensley he was bringing it he was bringing it from start to every time you heard james and hensley name and you heard his voice he's like oh oh yeah he's about to say some fire so james and hensley asked about the ravens problems with drafting wide receivers and that's something that gets talked about all the time man all the time why the ravens just continue to miss for the most part when it comes to wide receivers there's just this lack of consistency when it comes to the wide receiver position so edc said he's aware that there's some fan discontent with the wide receiver position so he's listening to them streets and he's hearing what people are saying he's hearing it um but he said that it's actually insulting when people say that the ravens don't have wide receivers he said it's insulting to us as a front office it's insulting to those wide receivers um and he said that they've been winning games and they see how they've been winning games uh so he appreciates that and that's the most important part to him which it is it certainly is um but we know that that that the wide receiver is just it's been a mix of things man it's been a mix of things um biggest thing for me uh like we've talked about a lot on here I think one of the biggest things with the ravens it's like a gift in a curse because since they've been in win now mode just so much over time they have always been in win now mode like for a very long time definitely since 2008 um and even two years I think in 2006 they went win now mode with 2007 no but 2008 ever since then they've been in win now mode every single year so they'll draft some guys here and there but they won't take the time to develop them Tori Smith Tori Smith made it out he better be glad he made it out a lot because he wasn't even supposed to be what he was what he was because he was a second round pick yeah but the ravens brought in Lee Evans Lee Evans was supposed to be Tori Smith but Lee Evans got hurt so they were like oh well Tori Smith okay you're up and in preseason oh my goodness he looked like a big yikes oh it looked like a big yikes Tori Smith was dropping these easy passes and whatnot but obviously he went on to be very successful with the Baltimore Ravens and had great chemistry with Joe Flacco and it was a beautiful thing um so but again he wasn't even supposed to be it but due to injury he got put in but Ravens since they've been in win now mode so much they bring in veterans at the wide receiver position they would bring in older guys and they just wouldn't take the time to develop their own now on the EDC it's been a bit different but now with the the current offense is there's a lack of involvement with the wide receiver with different wide receivers Hollywood he's definitely involved we already know that Andrews I mean he's a tight in but he's involved but as far as the other wide receivers there's a lack of involvement and this is why and I know some people will be like hey well if the Ravens if they make a move for a wide receiver it could be the best wide receiver in the league it won't matter it won't change anything actually I think it would I think it would because with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens um that and again a lot of people also talk about oh Lamar Jackson he can't throw outside the numbers man he can't do it so with that I say who is he throwing outside the numbers too who is it because he has the size of his receivers it does matter it matters because all of it most of his receivers they like five nine five ten they all load to the ground guys and that's no offense I'm five ten myself I'm low to the ground but I'm more built like a like a like a Gus Edwards or like a Patrick Riccardo I'm like a mix of them two but anyway we talking about them not me the receivers it's almost like the Ravens have a lot of slot receivers but who is that outside guy who's that go up and get it outside guy that aggressive outside guy for Lamar Jackson to throw it to now we know Hollywood plays on the outside they can move him around but who's that bigger frame guy that both is big and plays big so think about it this is why I want the Ravens to go get that guy anyway um so and Eric Dacosta also said uh Lamar Jackson likes their wide receivers too so Eric Dacosta said y'all y'all not gonna be insulting me it's insulting when y'all feel like we ain't got no wide receivers so I liked how he did that because Eric Dacosta got a little petty with it because he said I like our receivers so it's insulting to me when y'all say we don't have any it's insulting to them when you say that we don't have any and then he said I like our guys and Lamar Jackson does as well so he threw that on people who will be riding with Lamar Jackson any Lamar Jackson fans he's like oh said Lamar Jackson likes our wide receivers what you gonna say now what you gonna say now that's what I think he was doing with that one anyway um and then they asked uh what type of wide receivers that the Ravens typically look for they asked Eric Dacosta this question now this was about maybe like 10-15 minutes later but Eric Dacosta was like oh John Harbaugh you can answer that one and John Harbaugh was like he said he'll stand by his guys and that uh they're gonna show people what they are all about so it reminded me of um it was a much different tune uh than the presser from a few months ago when John Harbaugh was like we ain't begging for no wide receiver you think we buy the bag but we ain't begging for no wide receiver we ain't doing that it's a much different tune than uh than that one but um he was just rocking with his guys man and that's what you were expecting to do you you wouldn't expect a a cat coach a GM a player director pro personnel a player personnel whatever the title is my apologies I forgot but you wouldn't expect those guys to be at a presser a pre-draft presser and be like oh no we don't like these wide receivers we don't like this position we don't like that position no you ain't expecting to do that of course they're gonna stand in front of everybody and ride with their boys man of course so that's no shock or surprise anything but again actions speak much louder than any words can actually so watch what the Ravens do watch what they do watch how they move watch the draft watch the remainder of free agency just watch them because that will tell the real story team keep it clean I love y'all I appreciate y'all and we out