 Ravens seem to have a really big problem with their running game, but how should they fix it? You couldn't have heard of the Ravens brought in Jamie Collins, could it? How concerning is it that the Ravens have such a high drop percentage? These and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. YouTube Team Keep It Clean, what's going on? It's Engraven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. Seriously, you can ask me any question you want to and we answer it in a video just like this. If you want to be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com or for the patrons, you can send it directly on Patreon. Appreciate all the Team Keep It Clean patrons, shout out to y'all. Thank you for supporting the channel. Thank you to everybody that's a member of Team Keep It Clean. Thank you for subscribing, leaving likes on the video, sharing your thoughts on whatever it is that we're talking about every single day and always sharing your thoughts with respect. Appreciate y'all. We got some great questions to get into. Let's do it. One came from my boy Nick Brickin and appreciate you being a patron. He said, what a season and spin. Just wanted to ask a quick question. I went back and rewatched the game this week because I'm shamefully obsessed. After watching, I think we have a running back problem. I don't know if this is a good or a bad problem. He said, mainly with Latavius and Devonte. We talked about the offensive line run blocking, but from my view, the eye test, I haven't seen any data. I thought the blocking was fine, but the backs just lacked explosiveness and vision. That's scary. For example, on the 3rd and 3rd that they ran with Latavius and then Tucker missed the kick. If he had cut back, he would have been one on one with a corner, but instead he dove right into the backs of the linemen. This is the exact same cutback that Tyson made against the Raiders to score on the 4th and 2nd. I really don't think we can rely on Murray or Freeman. As of right now, if either of them are in the game, I wouldn't want to run on 3rd down, which is detrimental to Raven's identity. How do you think they can rectify this if the running back situation is as bad as I believe it is? Personally, I think Tyson needs at least 10 carries a game to start. Now, I think that at least Tyson Williams should be the starter and the main runner of the football of the Baltimore Ravens. He is clearly the best runner. Now with you watching the game, with us as fans watching the game, it's tough because the running back, we may see something and be like, oh man, they should have cut back this way. Oh, they should have went this way. But when you're actually out there on the field, it's a whole another story. And we're looking at it from a different angle than from what they're looking at it, from where they're looking at it from, I mean. So it's easier to say, not that they can't see everything. Well, they see a lot differently than we see. We see the broadcast view or if you got the all 22, you could look at all these different views, but they see what's right there in front of them. So it can be sort of harder to judge. But with all that being said, Tyson should be the number one runner, in my opinion. I think he should be the one getting not all the carry, but getting most of the carries because he again, he's he's shown throughout every game. He is the best runner. He's the most explosive runner. He got the big play potential. But with Tyson Williams, it sort of reminds me of a Devon Duvenay situation because both of those two give it like Devon Duvenay upon return. Both of those two give you the best option for a big play. They give you the best option for that big potential run or that big potential punt return, but the hands, they just got to work on keeping that ball safe. And then the sky will be the limit. So that would be my solution to the running back problem that you brought out would be to have Tyson, not necessarily just get 10 carries a game because you I don't feel I don't feel like you can go into every game and be like, all right, you got to have at least 10 carries a game because then you'll be forcing a predetermined game plan. And every game plan is not the same, but I just feel like he should be the main runner. Next question came from my guy, Marco, and shout out to you for being a patron. I appreciate it. He said, I ain't great. And I wanted to agree with you on your excitement on Bateman being on the active roster and Boykin playing in Denver, where I'm from. And actually will be there. I have tickets that I bought as soon as I knew they were coming to Denver. I can't wait for the game. I feel like that offense is going to go off specifically Hollywood. What are you thinking? Do you think the same way? Now, real quick, just some clarification, Boykin and Bateman, they're not as of right now because I'm recording this on Friday, October 1st at 2.28 p.m. So as of right now, they're not on the active roster yet. They were only activated from Ender Reserve, but not placed on the active roster yet. They have 21 days from the date that they were activated from Ender Reserve. They have 21 days to be placed on the active roster. So it's not official that they'll be playing in Denver yet. By the time you see this video, we'll probably know by then. But so we'll see. Anyway, yeah, I definitely think it's going to open it up for Hollywood and just it opened it up for Miles Boykin and Bateman, too, when they come back because Sammy Watkins has done so much for this team in such a short amount of time. He has opened it up for Hollywood a lot, a lot. Hollywood been open a whole year. He's been open all year. So Sammy Watkins has brought a receiver that teams respect opposite Hollywood. So you bring on a Bateman, you bring on a Boykin and whatnot. And those guys, the potential for this offense to take another step forward and raise up another level. The potential is really high for that. This question came from my guy, Jonathan D. He said, I ain't great when I'm back again after my last breakdown on Alejandro from the Oakland game. I've been watching that offensive line like crazy in the upcoming matchups that they have on schedule. I must say our offensive line did a great job against the Chiefs. I projected our offensive line to dominate the Lions game, which they gave up some sex, hurried throws, etc. However, I couldn't help but to see that someone from our offensive line caught my attention in the Lions game, which I'm not sure people saw, but it was Kevin Ziedler. He was not too good and it gave me some concerns. I know our offensive line is banged up and there are a lot of shuffling going on and lack of chemistry, but we signed Ziedler to be that anchor at the right guard spot. Do you think we need to address the right guard position or maybe try being Cleveland? He's getting overpowered and dominated by a lot of unknown defensive linemen. Here's some examples I broke down in the Lions game and maybe everyone can see what I see. In the first quarter at the 9-12 mark on 1st and 10, Ziedler got beat off the line, but it was a great job by Lamar with a quick throw and a quick completion. Second quarter at the 14-59 mark, Ziedler gets beat again. However, Lamar escapes, but got only two yards and tackle by the same defensive linemen who beat Ziedler. Fourth quarter with a minute and four. At the minute and four mark on 1st and 10, Ziedler got beat. Lamar gets set at the 45 second mark, second and 13. Ziedler gets beat bad. Force Lamar to throw quick to Duvenay, which was incomplete. 35 seconds left, third and 13. Ziedler gets beat again, but Lamar ducked in time to get out of that. Now, fourth quarter is where I saw the issue, which made me think, hmm, was Ziedler looking like this the whole game? Was he worth the signing with these timestamps in quarter? Maybe you can look at it and see if maybe I'm overreacting because of one game. Again, there's a lot of football left in a lot more games. I just feel like our championship window is now and I rather we fix the issues now than later. Thank you again for your great content. No, we thank you for doing all this research. Kevin Ziedler, I did hear from somebody that the Lions game where it was a big yikes from Kevin Ziedler. But the only thing that you can do right now is hope that he gets better. He's not going to be benched at all. It would take literally everything, everything going wrong for a long time for him to be benched because he got paid a big money. So I wouldn't count on it. We just got to hope that the whole offensive line just gets better in jail and improves because, yeah, like you said, it has been a lot of shuffling going on, guys playing different positions and whatnot. And that when Ronnie Stanley comes back Alejandro, he'll probably go to the bench. He'll probably go to the bench. And I think it'll be Patrick McCartney so far, so good, man. So far, so good. That's one thing I was scared about, man. With Patrick McCartney, I was like, Patrick McCartney, right? Tackle, he's small, his arms are short. I ain't really too confident with that, but he's been doing good. You've been a pleasant surprise. So it's just that this is another year having a makeshift offensive line. But yeah, if they're going to get to where they want to go, yeah, everybody going to have to be that much better, especially with everybody that they have this out. And switching came from BB. He said, what's up, fam? Hope all is well with you and the family. Also, I want to say thanks for the positivity. Appreciate it. This channel helps in a lot of ways. I want to talk about Hollywood for a minute. I don't think people realize Hollywood has never been completely healthy in his career in the NFL. The Ravens drafted and injured Hollywood in 2019. As we saw, he even started the first game in 2019 against Miami Dolphins, in which he set an NFL record that game throughout his career. He has been the number one receiver for a run heavy offense. He has been the most productive wide receiver for the Ravens. This past week against the Lions, I saw more people talking trash about this dominant big game player. Everybody has a bad game, but for these Ravens fans, I think they need to reevaluate their banter about Hollywood. This team will be lost without him catching the ball. I bet his bounce back game against the Broncos is going to quiet all of this nonsense. Thanks again. Hashtag teamkeeper clean slash positive. Yeah, man, and it is what it is. People get caught up in a moment and if you do, you could do so much good. You can do so much good, but a lot of people, as soon as you do something bad, that's the only thing they're going to remember. Next question came from my guy, Marcus. He said, what's up in Raven? How do you feel about changing LaVion Bell's position to wide receiver? He is six foot one runs, great route, and I think you'll be a pretty good slot receiver full of more. No, change his position for what? If you want to put him at wide receiver, just have him go out there. Send him out there in a slot. That's fine. You ain't got to change your position just for him to catch a couple of passes. And that would be, it wouldn't be no point. But you can still have him as a running back doing a running back stuff and put him out at wide receiver, too. Steelers did it, he said. His next question was, and do you think we should try to get Jamie Collins? You can never have enough pass rushes. Thank you, man, for the great Ravens content. Appreciate it, Marcus. Jamie Collins couldn't hurt, couldn't hurt. I heard some stuff about him in the locker room. I don't know how true it is or not. But I mean, with Raven's locker room, you know, they got a good vibe. You don't want to mess up a good vibe. But at the same time with Jamie Collins, could he mess it up? If the room was a true, who knows? But I'm sure he would be just fine. And I know a lot of people will say, what about Earl Thomas? Again, with Earl Thomas, again, I honestly still do not think Earl Thomas was even. I don't think it was as bad as they tried to make it out to be. I just really think they wanted every reason possible to try to get a legitimate conduct detrimental just so they could cut him because they regretted him paying all that money. I just I just I really think all them stories that just start coming out of nowhere. I think that was just the Ravens trying to get that money. So Jamie Collins, it could hurt me. Next question came from a boy from the Winskey. He said, so you know what time it is? How are you and yours? Hope everybody's doing good on the other side. Oh, yeah, we good over here, man. He said, I see they activated Boykin and Bateman, which is huge. But my question is, why is Boykin still on the roster? Hold up now, man. He said, I'm a big Boykin fan, but I figured they would have moved on. My theory is they have something brewing up for him. What do you think? OK, all right. So I thought this was going in a different direction at first. But with Boykin, yeah, I thought that there was a chance that he might get stashed, as y'all know. But I do love the fact that they are not giving up on him right now. And they're going to give him an opportunity to show what he can do now with these wide receiver coaches that they invested in. So I'm happy about that, and I'm excited about that. And I hope that it ends up working out for Boykin. He said, I know you hate the tight end theory, LL, but that's the thing, especially after they seen Waller cook them the way he did. But it's that aspect. And another one I was thinking about that would really be the game changing monster that Hal was talking about. So here it is. I know it's early, but I've seen Hollywood blocking on run plays. Also seen DuVernay looking like a fullback out there. Now you add Miles Boykin and that is looking crazy. I can see them going in spray packages strictly for runs. You have Bateman on the outside running the fly or something. DuVernay in motion, basically like a puller, have Miles on the outside blocking in Hollywood, giving a chip. Them alone, it could be dangerous. We didn't even get to pulling guards and stuff like that. And not only that they are viable passcatchers, like this could be a crazy thing. What do you think? Yeah, he certainly adds a ton, a ton of value in the blocking game. We already know that Miles Boykin, the best blocking wire receiver that the Ravens got, and you know, they want to run the ball more than they have been a bit. So he will help that out a lot. And like my guy was saying earlier, he was saying with the Tavius Murray and DuVernay Freeman, they like running straight into blocks but with Tyson Williams, he'll be bouncing to the outside. He'll make that cut and then just hit it. So those big runs that Tyson Williams been getting, they could be even bigger with Boykin out there. This question came from Manuel. He said, what's up in Graven? Shout out from Mexico. I was watching a wide episode on Detroit. And from what I've seen in the media of the Ravens players, especially from Humphreys, Victory, IGs, is that the team loves Lamar. I mean, they better like he, they better. But anyway, he said, but you will say they already do that. But hear me out. OK, so I guess you know me. The team wants to badly win the Super Bowl for Lamar to help him shut down those nasty narratives about him. They want him to be great in his way, like some are saying about him after he beat Mahomes, but for them, it's not enough. They see that he puts more work than them. And it was on display for us when Humphreys show Lamar and Soldier Woods studying film before takeoff. What are your thoughts? Yeah, it is what I can't say he puts in more work than other people on the team. I don't know how much work any of them are putting in. None of us know because we only see what's shown to us. But yeah, of course, they're all teammates, so they want to win for each other, not just for Lamar, but they want to win for each other. And they want to win for themselves, too. Like they want their own Super Bowls. But he said, now onto a different question. With us getting Bateman and Boykin back and the team starting to get healthy meant, well, need to put healthy in quotation marks. How much better do you think this team can get on both sides of the field? Because in special teams, well, the goal is still kicking in the establishing records and we are great in that area of the game. So they they I said it before that. I believe they have the potential to be great. They do because they've they just got to clean up some stuff. That's it. They got to clean up some small stuff and this team got a lot of potential. And y'all know I ain't no homer. I ain't drinking a bunch of private cool. No, y'all. So y'all know that. So this is like this is real. I do feel like they they have the potential to be great. Defense, they got to clean up the tackling force. They got to clean up the tackling offense. The turnovers got to stop and the offensive line got to block. That's it. That's it. And they need to let Tyson Williams be the guy. And then there'll there'll be a much better shape. And the last question on this episode, NFL question from subscribers came from my boy Nicholas. He said, how concerning is it to you that the Ravens have yet again the highest drop percentage? 11.8 percent this season. So far, 3 percent more than the next closest team. Now, I remember last year when a statistic came out about the Ravens and their drop percentage and it was being it was very high. And my initial reaction and I spoke on it, too, I was thinking like, yeah, it is high. But at the same time, those numbers are going to be higher because Ravens don't pass the ball as much as other teams do. And that's true. So the with the law of averages, the number would be a lot higher because if you pass the ball a lot more than other teams and you have a drop, it's going to be it's going to be lower. But anyway, but somebody brought to my attention a very, very, very good point with that to counter what I was saying. And they like change my thinking on it completely because what they said makes sense. What they said was well, yeah, the percentage is higher. But it means it is that much worse for the Ravens because it's higher because they don't throw the ball as much as these other teams do. So what they meant when they said that was that the impact of the drops it weighs heavier than it does on other teams who pass the ball a lot more because with the Ravens passing the ball less, that drop those drops hurt the efficiency that much more. Those drops hurt that much more because the Ravens they don't pass the ball nearly as much as these other teams do. So those drops weigh much heavier on our hearts than it would for another team who passes a lot more. So it's it's concerning. It's concerning. But again, this is a part of needing to just clean it up. This is one of the things that we talked about. They need to clean it up when they clean it up. Things will be so much better. They will be so much better. And again, if they want to achieve being great, you got to take care of small stuff first. That's where it starts.