 Oh, first question came from my guy Eddie. He said the Lamar narrative. What's up engraving? It's been a while. I haven't been involved as much in the community, my bad. Please don't apologize for that. Life is much more important than these videos. He said, recently got married and moved. Oh, congrats on that man. Oh, it's a newly married man. Welcome to married life. It's a beautiful thing. He said, moved to a house or the planning of both has kept me pretty busy. But I thank you for your content keeping me up to date with the latest on the Ravens. I have an interesting interesting theory here. I'm sure all Ravens would have noticed the intense scrutiny that Lamar is being put under. No, a few bad words here and there to be expected has been happening ever since he came into the league. To be honest, during a contract negotiation or contract year, it's to be expected. True. But I have a different take on the matter. I think the fact Lamar is negotiating a contract by himself on such a large scale is unprecedented. That's true. It creates a new dynamic in player power in the league. That's true because once this thing gets done, because again, this is not a no offense to those other positions, obviously, but this is not a running back. That's not offensive linemen. It's not a receiver. It's not a tight end. It's not a cornerback. It's not a lineback. It's not a defensive line. No, no, no. This is the highest paid position in football. This is a quarterback and this is not some backup quarterback. It's not a journeyman quarterback. No, this is a top notch quarterback negotiating his own deal without an agent. People are going to see that and they're going to be like, why? He got all of that. He did. Wow. Really? And agents don't like it because it messes stuff up for them, especially a deal of this magnitude. It's not going to be no little ringy thing. No, this is the real deal. This is big money we're talking. So this could change the game. He said, for the sports agents, I think it presents a worrying sign if players decline representation and opt to do it by themselves for owners and GMs in the league is also worrying because dealing with players directly means telling them what you feel they are worth. And if your views and potentially may lead to some players taking a stakeholder ship in the running of the club affairs. For example, if I'm Lamar, if you insist on paying me comparably lower than Murray, I'd want guarantees of a number one wide receiver with the extra money you're not paying seeing as you may be saying I'm not worth that amount. See, I've seen some people float that around. But no, that that will be, that will be a cut off point for me. Like, yeah, we want Ravens to get him more weapons. But at the same time, it's like, how, how could they do that? If they signed, if they signed him to a deal, and it was lower than Kyla Merz, and it's all right, you guarantee to get me a number one wide receiver? How can they? Well, it would be in a contract, but at the same time, how can they guarantee that? But it's anyway, he said, either way, my point is that there is a vested interest from multiple sides and GM owners, as well as agents to not see this succeed. That's true. Because it gives unprecedented level of power to the players. Anyway, those are just my thoughts. Let me know what you think. Love for me and my family in the UK to you. Keep doing what you do. Hey, appreciate it. I don't know why I don't know why this his email went under spam. This definitely ain't no spam. But yeah, once this thing is done, hey, maybe by the time you see this video, it'll be done. Probably not though, not by the time you see this video. But this will change everything, man. It will change everything. And it's so many people. Yeah, just hoping that this thing goes bad, that it doesn't work out, that it doesn't get done. It's going to get done whether now or later. And I mean, hopefully for Raven's sake, it'll be now, like sooner rather than later. But we'll see. Time as a ticking comes once week one rolls around. That's it. No more talking, baby. Unless I bet like, I bet like if I know little more, he didn't say, Hey, we're going to cut it off. And I know that that's to put pressure on the Ravens that that's putting pressure on them. It's like, Hey, y'all need to up it quick, because time is ticking. But I wonder if he was still cut it off if Ravens like gave him an offer like it was like, whoa, that was just crazy, crazy good. But yeah, this this can change the game for so many people in the NFL. And not that even even with agents, even though a lot of agents, they don't like it. They looking at it like, man, this this could potentially take away some money out of our pockets. Not everybody is going to go that route. That's the players are still going to continue to get agents. But then there's going to be a lot of players that be like, Oh, Lamar, his people, they did that. Okay, you know what, I'm going to do the same thing. I'm trying to keep all the money that I can possibly keep and keep it around me instead of having to pay that agent. What is it? 3%? I have a much of this. And obviously the higher number of the contract, the higher that 3% is. So it's, it's like, man, it's he's, he's waking up a lot of people to the possibilities of what could be done if you do your own thing. That's what I mean. Team keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of NFL questions from subscribers. And the next questions came from my guy, Gold Morano, the Russian court. What's happening in Graven? I'm sure that you're hearing all the news. Kareem Hunt is asking for a trade in J.K. Dobbins. He is back eligible off of the PUP list. Although it's highly unlikely that Cleveland would ever help the Ravens. Would you give up a third or fourth round pick for Hunt? If medical experts had determined that J.K. and or Gus would be unable to start the season? I would. Well, actually, no, no, no, no, no, no. I would roll with, with, with Beatty and Mike Davis and Justice Hill. Because no, I know Kareem Hunt is very talented, but no, no, because, you know, the, you know, the whole know, know that no policy. Because initially I thought about the talent, but then I remembered, oh, wait, wait a minute there, buddy. Yeah, that part. But he said Mike Davis is cool and all, but Hunt would probably be an even greater help to Lamar and the Russian attack. Yeah, yeah, he would be nice because he, yeah, he got all the talent in the world, but no, I wouldn't do it. Then he also said, are you seeing what I'm seeing? I have to be, I have to know if the team keep a clean family and you know there's something that the die hard fan may not want to see, but seems to be becoming more impossible to overlook. I suppose that we can't blame EDC for fate of a player or how hard he prepares his body in the off season. But after his third NFL draft, there seems to be a recurring theme with our top draft picks injuries and or lack of production. The first three picks and our top Titan in the 22 class are all experiencing injuries already. Oh, well, Linda bomb, not Kyle Hamilton. Oh, and a job, but well, he was already hurt. He said, I believe that 2021's first three picks have experienced injury in their short careers as well. Bateman away in Cleveland. Oh, Cleveland was a third round. Oh, yeah, we didn't have a second round because that was to the trade for Linda Brown. Oh, hold up. Now you, you may be a little on the some hold up now. You recently went over the 2019 draft class and where they all have ended up gone drafting players out of college who turn out to be often injured at the professional level may actually yield the same results as whiffing, swinging and missing on a draft pick. If a player spends more time off the field than on the field or when a player has to be handed handled with kick gloves because he's not quite there, like file a lay or Ben Mason, his value begins to diminish. Is EDC already showing your tendency to draft a good percentage of players who underperform, lack the fire or passion and hunger necessary to excel or have difficulty avoiding injury? Is it EDC's responsibility to know how well players take care of their bodies prior to the draft? Yeah, that that is on him. And of course, his scouts and whatnot to really do their homework when it comes to the injury history of these players. Sometimes it can be fluky stuff, but other times it can be stuff that they have had reoccurring for a while. Is it the organization's responsibility to ensure players avoid torn ligaments and tendons once they walk through the castle doors? Well, stuff happens. Stuff happens. Freak injuries happen. So there's no way to really prevent that again. Stuff happens. But you do want to know extensive history on the guys that you're bringing in. And if they do have any existing issues and whatnot, you want to know about it. So where to where you either like, Alright, well, that history is too much for me. I don't want to deal with it. Or you're like, Alright, when you when you get in here, we're going to take care of this. We're going to fix it. These trails seem to be a reoccurring theme over the past three years. Unlike James Prochet, players seem to be coming to camp soft out of shape and unprepared to win a starting job. When I say unprepared, I mean, they don't appear to be spending their valuable time leading up to camp with personal trainers, yoga instructors, speed coaches, strength coaches, etc. Is it just me? EDC works hard? But is he off to a subpar status GM or all players simply too spoiled and not displaying that Ray Lewis Lamar Jackson work ethic? Oh, that was a question right there. And that's a tough one, because we don't know what they do in their off seasons. And again, with injuries, they happen. And with especially with training camp, like now, I think one of the biggest reasons that a lot of injuries happen to is because you go you get to the off season, you eat the draft free agency in March, drafts in April, you got a little mini cam OTAs and like major and whatever you get a break, then come back July. Oh, training camp. Now you got to tackle. Now it's physical. Now you're hitting people. So that that drastic change, it can be alarming for your body. It could be like, Hey, whoa, are we hitting somebody now? Okay. All right. Well, call me off God. And then because you're doing things differently, you're not just running around in basketball shorts. You know, no, you actually hitting now. Now it's really the pads coming on and stuff. And now you're really trying to get your body ready for the season because it's going to be you think it's a lot of hitting and training camp. Oh, hitting now here comes preseason now here comes a regular season. So it's just an adjustment. And it's important that guys do take care of their bodies. It's very important that guys take care of their bodies. Because if you don't, then yeah, the results will speak for themselves. And some is some again, like you talked about some is some is accident stuff just happens. Unfortunately, and that's again, that's my least favorite part about football is the injuries. But yeah, that's that's a tricky situation. And hopefully from everything that you were talking about, hopefully it's just coincidence training came preview. Next question came from my boy Mark, he said, what's going on in Graven? Hope you're in the family doing well. I got some questions for you. Easy has been GM for about four years and every year he made some sort of trade. Look at Marcus Peters, Kalaeus Campbell, Yannick Ngakwe. You know what? I forget about the Yannick Ngakwe one a lot. He said, so sorry if I butchered that. Oh, no, it's all good. I think you actually spelled it right. There might be one letter missing. But anyway, he said, you have a sharp mind and you've been right a lot of time. So I don't know about that part. So if in Graven is GM, what trade is going down? Or was Hollywood's trade the trade for the year? No, I think they will still do something but where I y'all know the trade that I'm hoping would go down. But what would be a position where the Ravens if they traded for somebody they could it can really like get him a boost besides wide receiver. Oh, no, not a pass rusher because you got you're gonna have Bowser coming back. You got to die for your way. Justin Houston, I don't think they would add somebody else there. Cornerback now you got a lot of guys there to safety. A lot of guys did maybe inside linebacker, not requiring Smith though, not not not yet. So maybe inside line inside the house. No, maybe maybe like inside linebacker. I can see them trading for inside linebacker. Hopefully they won't need to. I mean, Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison, they're doing that thing in Christian Welch too. And hey, that'd be amazing. But that's one way I could see because I mean the only the only one I can really think of again, wide receiver. That's the biggest one for me. And that's because that's the one that stands out the most. So we'll see them. He said, what's your opinion on Malik Harrison? Oh, man, nice little segue there. I love the guy coming out, but we really haven't gotten to see his full potential. Can Mikey, Mike McDonald, pull it out? What role do you think he will embrace more of an all around backup Jerry Johnson type role and album or album McClellan type role based off of what the rave is going to try. Maybe a little bit of both Jerry Johnson and album McClellan. But hopefully, yeah, we haven't got to see him much because he just hasn't been out there that much. Um, it's scary because again, he's in scary territory. So they're trying to mount it inside it, trying to mount it outside. So he doesn't really have a role. So hopefully he'll, um, he'll be able to establish his role and like confidently establish his role and solidify like his spot on the defense, not well, oh, we're going to try you out here. We're going to try you out there. No solidify his spot on the defense. And hopefully, for me, I'm hoping that it's that inside linebacker. I really do. Um, because I would just love if he got used at the position where they drafted him at inside linebacker. He is a thumper. He got a decent amount of speed too now, but he is a thumper. He ain't afraid to go head up with nobody. He's a good tackle. Like he can make it happen. I just want to see, hopefully he can put it all together and the Ravens could put it all together too. And with Mike McDonald system, he can maximize him. I said, also this would be an Aussie type move. LOL. Would you sign Dante hot tower? I thought about that when Vince went down prayers to him. I know he wanted to prove himself and I was excited to see, um, I Dante hot towel. I mean, couldn't hurt because Ravens, they, they lacking that debt right now. Um, maybe we had to see what Bill Belichick would have to say. Hey, you said, lastly, uh, you think we give him a kite poke the Tim White treatment and try to stash him on a practice squad? You know what? That's funny because I hadn't been thinking about that. I'm sure once the, the, the, we got down to where it was roster time, then, then that would maybe come to my mind, but I have not been thinking about the stashing right now. Maybe because we not even so far away from the roster cut down, but we a little ways away, but that is a good point. So I'm sure there will be some guys that they do that with, they'll do the infamous old in your reserve. Oh man, he sneezed too hard. So we got to throw him on IR. Oh man. Oh, we heard him fart. We got to throw him on IR. That was a violent fart there, buddy. So yeah, sorry for the essay. I just sent you L a way. I figured I catch the wave of questions from subs real quick. Thanks for all your content. I got a 10 tons of respect for you because you're doing what you love. Keep a cool head and you humble peace, love and blessings and hope you enjoy the weekend. Cause I'm going today. I appreciate it, man. Thank you, man. I appreciate you a lot. Thank you for this. The last question on this episode came from my boy Greg and be more. He said the season is almost here and it's exciting. Mark Andrews is the top receiving Titan and if healthy, Nick Boyle is one of the best blockers that tighten in the league with all rookie Titans, Charlie Coller and Isaiah likely. Who do you think might have the better year? Well, I mean Isaiah likely for sure for how it's starting. Charlie Coller right now is outward injury. So he ain't getting off to the best start. Um, that's going to be nice when we get that notification. Oh, Charlie Coller is back on the practice field. Okay. He said, Charlie was, I mean, excuse me, Coller was drafted first, but I've been hearing more good stuff about likely and not really much at all about Coller. Yeah, yeah. Cause he's, he's been outward injury. He said, could be like how Dennis Pitter was a second Titan after drafted after a Dixon or Mark Andrews drafted after Hayden Hurst. Could history repeat itself with a second Titan drafted being the most successful? Hopefully both are great later and hope you and the fam are doing well. Yeah. That's where history is headed right now because again, they, he's been out. Charlie Coller has been out and Isaiah likely has not just been in, but he's been continuously making play after play after play after play after play. So when you're doing that, you're setting yourself up in a team for a lot of success. So hopefully Isaiah likely won't just be, won't just be training camp hype, but it'll translate to the preseason and then of course the regular season. Then hopefully the playoff and then hopefully