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It's not worth taking up that mental capacity whenever you think about that person. Like, oh, let it go. Even if you've let the person go, even if it was over something legitimate, still let it go. Even if y'all not going to talk again, still let it, don't hold on to let it go and you'll feel so much better. I love y'all. Team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. Without further ado. Let's get into the episode. Next question came from my guy Brandon P. He said, Hey engraving and team keep it clean. How would you feel about the Ravens adding another backfield dog to our already stout running game in Todd Gurley? Here we go. How would you feel about that? Yeah. Yeah. Ready for this? Y'all not going to like me. Y'all not going to like me. I'm going to tell you straight up. Like the last two years, Todd Gurley, this dude hasn't even got above four yards, four yards per carry, not above four yards per carry. Look at our dogs that we got right now in the house, both above five yards per carry. And then there's this guy who keeps getting forgot about Justice Hill. Justice Hill. Y'all. He ain't just a special team. This dude has major speed. I'm talking full on burner type speed. He can make things happen. And I wish y'all take a look at his college tape. This guy had over 3,500 yards in college, 3,500 yards in college. I'm talking 32 total touchdowns. Do was a beast and college and he needs an opportunity to shine here. Shutting the Todd Gurley on top of that, it hurts the cap. And it hurts Justice Hill's opportunity to be in Baltimore. He put on Twitter because he thought the writing was on the wall right after the season that he's got to do what he's got to do. And we knew that that man roster wise, he thought he wasn't going to be able to see a future in Baltimore. But we want Justice Hill in Baltimore. We don't want Todd Gurley in Baltimore, I'll be honest yet. He brings a decent amount of talent, but it does nothing but slow the team down in what they're currently doing. Four running backs doesn't work. We saw it last season. We saw, okay, Ingram was there. That's cute. But at the same time, we knew who he was and we knew Gus was so consistent that he was going to get buried on this depth shot. I'm coming out balling. Ingram, why don't you go ahead and take a seat over there. It's going to be me and JK over here and Lamar, of course, leading the way. But to have Lamar, to have Gurley, to have Gus, to have Dobbins, and then JK on top. I mean, we're talking a stable of five running backs. We just talked about everybody got to get fed. Well, in that situation, somebody gets left off, but we know it's just it's going to be left off of it. And then it's going to be between Gus and Dobbins. And here we go. We got Gurley added to the situation. It's not going to be a good situation because somebody is not going to get fed or not going to get used. And honestly, they're going to try to shoot out, try to push out Gus when they don't need to. Gus is that dude. He had six, was it six yards of carry that year? And I believe Dobbins had like five, it was above five things like 5.3, 5.8, something on those lines, yards per carry. We got to be able to use those two, one, two punch, of course, with Lamar on undesigned runs and stuff to be able to move the chains and then be able to, on those passing downs, use justice heel. He's a great back to be able to involve in the passing game. Of course, you need that bailout route. That's what improved Brady's game. If you looked at the tape on Brady last year, after he lost to Chicago, it seemed like he went into that quarterback's room or went into that offensive coordinator's room and said, Hey, look, I need my bailout route. Give me that running back who's going to do that out route from the backfield just in case I can't get this shot downfield. That's what improved Brady's game throughout the time he was in New England. That was the difference. He was able to do the skinny scenes in New England and how the running backs do outs in case something wasn't open. And of course, he had Julian Edelman going across with drags in the slaughter slants. Well, of course, the game has changed when he went to Tampa Bay because he's got deep ball guys who can catch those 50s. If they ain't there, he needs a bailout route. That's your running backs. Baltimore needs that as well. And that's justice heel. Todd Grutter doesn't fit the equation. He's not fit for Baltimore. Granted, it's his hometown. Sure. Have them assign them a one day contract. Go ahead and retire. Something along those lines, but he is not meant for the It's just not a mash right now. Like if we trade, you know, if Gus Edwards gets traded and let's say, you know, EDC pools, I'm a rabbit out of his hat, like, no, and I get some multiple picks or something like that. I'd be heartbroken because I love me some Gus. Love the bus. But if, yeah, one of them got traded, then I'd be like, okay, bring on Gurley. But right now I just, it doesn't, it doesn't fit. All right. Next question came from my guy, JP said, engrave and hope you and the family are doing well. Keep the positivity messages coming. They're quite refreshing. Appreciate it, man. Love the videos and look forward to your Ravens 53 roster prediction. I'll see how you slip that in there trying to be sick. Cause that's not even his question. He said, my question is why are wide receivers now staying away from Jersey numbers 80 through 89? Looks like breaking out there lonely with number 80. Kind of missed Isaac Bruce, Marvin Harrison days and stay blessed. I just, it all depends on. I can't say receivers are staying away from it, but especially with the new college rule now and that when they can get those numbers, a lot of them had those numbers in college. But as far as the Ravens receivers, I wonder is I think a lot of them are going to those lower numbers is because all the tight ends are taking up everything. Cause we got like 23 tight ends on the team. So they've taken up all those 80 numbers. And like Hollywood where he went to five, well, he was at 15, but so he was never in the 80s conversation. But yeah, Ravens got so many tight ends and they already got them all. So that that's probably why. Yeah, I agree. I think it's just a fun thing. You know, it's a fun perspective. It's something different. You know, you told me that I couldn't have these numbers for so long. And now I can. I'm going to figure out a different way, just like the touchdown dashes, you know, at one point sign, there was no touchdown celebrations because it was no fun league. And then Godel say, you know what, y'all hate me so much. I got to get you something. I got to give you something. And so he gave them the touchdown dance best. So here it is. He's bringing more fun into the league, allowing them to move their numbers back over to what they college number was. As long as they go ahead and buy up the stock of the jerseys, they should be good to go. I think a majority of them is a point of pride. Like, hey, look, man, I wore five in college. You know, I don't care about, you know, with Joe Flacco war, whatever, appreciate respect for some of the Super Bowls and stuff. I'm going to rock my five. And it's just like I respect Hollywood for it. Hey, do your thing, you know, matter of fact, if you want to call Joe Flacco and be like, Hey, what's up? Hey, you mind? I'm going to do it anyway. But it was just saying I just want to make a phone call just to say I made a phone call that way. People ask me, I made a phone call. But I'm still wearing this jersey them and Joe's active. You know, he's doing this thing over there. I mean, he might end up starting for for the Eagles, whatever. It's competition. But Joe's still active. That number should still be used. If we were tired, every mediocre player is numbered across to that. I'm sorry. That's not allowed. OK, if we were to every single player that, you know, had let's say decent performance for the Baltimore Ravens, we couldn't get enough players on the field during camp is what it is. And so I think, yes, paying our Hollywood movement to that number. You know, anybody else who wants to move to those numbers where it be queen or four or anything like that, it's just a matter of fun. I wouldn't think too much of it because of the fact that they just out there having a blast and I can't wait to see what it looks like. Now, Brady's mad. Brady is like, live it over this because he can't tell who's who. You know, if he's got a dad on defensive tackle, wearing a wearing a single digit number, he's probably sitting there a little hot. Or if he's where he sees a linebacker, he can't tell if it's a nickel corner. If it's an actual linebacker coming at him so he can't call out the mic. Oh, well, he can be going mad. He just going to have to adjust to the game. Of course, he will, you know, he will or he'll retire. Hopefully, I'm just saying the next question came from my boy, Kevin S. He said, love your show, bro. I'm a Louisville, Kentucky and watch Lamar Jackson in college. A huge Lamar fan and love that he's with the Ravens. Perfect fit. Ever since Lamar Jackson has been in the league, he has not been surrounded with weapons like Patrick Mahomes. Lamar won an MVP with less. I don't understand why more national news and Ravens fans are not as excited this year more than any other year. He has more weapons than he's ever had and he's more mature. Why are we not talking about Lamar Jackson as an MVP in 2021? He got the MVP with less talent. Even J.K. is a better running back than Ingram in my opinion. Thanks. Now, I've seen a lot of people actually talk about Lamar Jackson as a possible MVP for this season, especially with what the Ravens have done at the wide receiver position this year. So I I I've seen a lot of people saying that maybe not the national media or anything like that, but certainly a lot of Ravens fans and not even just Ravens fans, but people who objectively watch Lamar Jackson play. And I like the point that you made about Lamar Jackson being even more mature this year because, yeah, he does have he had his rookie season. He's I mean, he's still super young, but he had his rookie season. And then in the second year he had he won MVP, a unanimous MVP. And then the follow up for that, despite it's like it's crazy because with Lamar Jackson, his pedestals, like it is so high because in the people's expectations for Lamar Jackson, they are they are extremely high. And it's like he's he's a victim of his own success. And it's sort of a good problem to have. But at the same time, you know, people just waiting for them to fall short. And what? But anyway, with Lamar Jackson, he this will be his third. This will be his fourth year, excuse me. And his third season as a four time starter and the maturity level. That's something that I think me myself, I don't talk about enough. Yeah. But he he'll be that much more comfortable this year. And despite what a lot of people would say, like if you listen to the national media, they'll be like, oh, Lamar Jackson, he had a bad year last year. He had a down year last year. But again, you got to think about what like where do you how do you follow up an MVP season, no matter what you do is the only place to go is down. Yes. But even last year was not a bad season. And something that that's been a trend with Lamar Jackson. Ever since his rookie year, his touchdown and interception ratio was always really good. And we've seen the improvements, the biggest improvement that he made from this rookie season to his and even till now, because his rookie season, you saw this dude losing fumble at the fumble, at the fumble, at the fumble, at the fumble, at the fumble. But that's not that that wasn't an issue. His MVP year wasn't an issue last year. He corrected that. So he's been taking steps forward and leaving the issues that he had in the past and the past. Now, with Lamar Jackson, one of the things that I'm the most excited for this year and like you talked about earlier, when you talked about the repetition, what you do in practice and then it translates to the field. If you keep on repeating it in practice, one of the biggest things I'm looking forward to with Lamar Jackson this year. And hopefully he can't be. I don't even care if he gets regular season MVP, I'd be nice. But I just want to get a Super Bowl MVP anyway. With the one of the things I'm looking forward to with him the most is a deep ball improvement that would do wonders for this team because they they missed a lot of opportunities with that. Sometimes Lamar would over, though, sometimes he would under throw. But with the deep, if they can get that deep ball going and make teams like respect the deep ball, not just respect Hollywood deep but respect the deep ball period, if they can get that going. This offense could be on. I mean, it's already on another level, but if they can add the ball to what they already do well, man, that thing would be nice. Big facts. I'm telling you. So I think the way, you know, people, they got to stop looking at the MVP stuff because that's just the that's the shiny new toy, to be honest with you. The people want what they want in front of their eyes. Something new and Lamar Jackson was that it was magnificent for the the season and, of course, him to lead the league and touchdowns. That's awesome. But right now, I had to say, who was going to be the MVP for the 2021 season? I got to go with Justin Herbert, the throw, a touch on the ball. Oh, my gosh, the guys, the guys' throws are amazing. And I'm not saying Lamar's aren't. I'm just saying this guy, he really makes the tight throws. He makes the touch throws. He's got everything around him that he needs to be successful. It's already proved that Baltimore, of course, has these new shiny toys. And like you said, the deep ball is going to improve because they got guys who know how to jump up for that deep ball and Tyler Wallace and Rashad Bateman. They actually go after it, climb the ladder and get the ball. This apex come down with it. In fact, they led the league, I want to say, in college. They were some of the top performers as far as the the the jump balls. You know, they they loved it aggressive and going after those big time catches to add Sammy Watkins to that mix and have him to be one of those jump ball type players is going to make Lamar's job a little bit easier as far as those passes on the outside. I think, like you said, the repetition piece is going to be a key part of that. But as far as the MVP, it's going to be consistency. Can you be that consistent thrower or can you be that consistent playmaker, should I say, because it's really about the playmakers. It's not necessarily about who can be the best thrower. We saw that when Lamar killed it for the MVP season. Yes, he scored the most touchdowns. But at the same time, it was just the crazy plays like the plays against the bangers, plays against the Texans. I mean, the highlight reels. How many times do you get on the highlight reel? Pretty much is what it was. Like, I remember watching him in college and him being able to be on the highlight reel because he was throwing those 50-50 balls in Jason Smith. Or like when I went to go watch Lamar's take, it reminded me. So I was like, OK, his his, you know, his highlight reel was nice. But then I went and watched each individual game. And the individual game was this old highlight reel. I'm like, oh, this guy's a freak. Did that one? That just went 70 yards. Like this dude is crazy. And it was just off of one little read option. He gets some action like that this year and stacks highlight reel on top of highlight reel and starts to turn it into like what 2019 was and using those receivers getting involved. And that's how you make an MVP. You know, that's that's how you get on the national television. The more national television games, we've got more opportunities that votes will come through because those writers who are the haters right now will then go ahead and flip their flip the script. Oh, he's amazing. But then you go back and look like five months ago, oh, he can't throw. I'm like, what are you coming from this? You know, y'all saw this man just won an MVP. Now you want to say, oh, Lamar can't throw. Oh, Lamar can't hit the deep ball. Lamar can hit the deep ball. He's just it's up the middle at this particular time. It's just the ones to the want to say to the far right. And that's where he struggles at. But you can see the ones like the game against Jacksonville. He was in the deep ball to the left to Hollywood Brown, the Browns game, the first game in the season. He dropped a dime to the ground. He's able to make the throws there. We just got to get more opportunities. And Greg Roman has to be open to listen to Keith Williams as they incorporate that in to the passing attack. Like I liked during the was it the offseason during the camps, the mini camps or the OTAs when they showed the kiss route. And they were kissing off each other to run that. It was a it was a chair route, but it went back out into a post. And I was like, this is I don't know here that they incorporate some of this and it's going to allow more to do what he does best for that fade. OK. And you know what? Speaking of Gero, let's just go ahead and segue into our next question that came from our boy, Manuel. He said, what's up in Graven? Shout out from Mexico. I was listening to your recent question from subscribers that had the question about maybe HR wasn't willing to bring the people to evolve our wide receivers. And that got me thinking. David Cully was our passing coordinator and was helping Greg Roman build the air attack for his offense. But could it be that because Lamar is so unique in his talents that even if both Giro and Cully watch Michael Vick, Tyra Taylor and other mobile quarterbacks tape in order to create a passing scheme for Lamar, it wasn't working because he is levels beyond those guys. Maybe not on arm strength, but the mobility and speed he has his leagues above what they had in their time that he needs his own passing offensive scheme to evolve. Since Keith Williams and T Martin can train wide receivers and make them elite and they can see better how they flow with Lamar, maybe it can help Greg Roman be more creative and stop assigning Lamar a Michael Vicks box and create his own. Stay safe and tell Carter to be great at what he wants to do when he is big. Appreciate it. So what is the question? This is a very interesting one because I mean, basically what he's saying is that he feels like Giro and David Cully tried to put Lamar Jackson in a box like like a Michael Vick try to make him a Michael Vick. But he's saying with Keith Williams and T Martin, he hopes that they can train the wide receivers, make them elite. And this can also help Lamar Jackson. They can just develop a passing game for Lamar Jackson and make him his own guy. Uh, I think they're already doing that. But hopefully, like this year, they just they let loose. Like they started to last year now. They started to early on last year. Like I remember the first couple of weeks, definitely the first game definitely against the Browns, definitely that Texans game where they you could tell like they told Lamar, hey, though it don't don't don't take off even if you especially in that text in this game, because I remember there was a play in the red zone, Lamar dropped back, nobody was open. He had a lane hit. It was touchdown if he would have ran. Well, he just waited, waited, waited, waited. Then he thought to Hollywood at the back of the end zone, but he overthrew him a little bit. But so they they started to a little bit last year. They start to really let it rip. But hopefully this year, when they do let it rip, they like they they take the leashes off. They say, Lamar, go do your thing, man. Do your thing, like go after go get it. And now he has more experience received with Sammy Watkins that I think hopefully he can stay healthy. That's that's the biggest thing. Hopefully stay healthy. But his experience can help a lot and it can help everybody who's underneath Sammy Watkins as well. Because again, Sammy Watkins knows what it takes to to win it all. He knows what it takes to get there. He knows what it takes as a team to get there. So hopefully he can help the Ravens, especially on offense with that. And like you talked about earlier, with the Rashad Bateman, with the Thailand Wilders, with them really going after those those 5050 balls, maybe Lamar Jackson, this could be a year where he might take some more chances. Because I know that that's been a thing with Lamar Jackson, too, where he can he won't really take unless it's to Hollywood and Mark Andrews, those two. Yeah. But with everybody else, if you're not open, then no, you're not getting the ball thrown your way. And hopefully one thing that will take Lamar's game to a whole another level if he started throwing receivers open that. Oh, boy, if if he. But I don't I don't think that there. I don't think that Greg Roman and David Cully were doing a thing where they were trying to box him in with Michael Vick or Tyra Taylor. Yeah, I just I don't think they were doing that. Hopefully they weren't. But this year, I just feel like they could just let him looks. And here's my thing, I think, you know, when John Harbaugh, when he was applauding the way that Greg Roman ran the offense when Marty was here to try to help save some things, I think Greg took it like, hey, you know, we're doing these great things. Let's continue to do them. But then I think he told Cully, like during the game planning or to input the past part of the attack, he's like, hey, when did you go sit over there? Just just go sit over there for a while. And Cully's like, I got some great ideas. No, we we're running this thing and we'll use your basic routes of those flies and those outroutes. That's pretty much what we're going to stick to. And then if all else fails, we'll just go ahead or run an inseam up to Mark Andrews with a jump ball. Sound good? Cully's like, yeah, I guess if that's what you I mean, you know, that's what you want to do. But I think that Williams and Morton are going to have a little bit more of a backbone and they're going to jump in there and Harbaugh is probably going to be right behind him saying, hey, Giro, I'm going to need you to listen or you're going to be gone a week, seven. I'm just going to tell you straight up right now, you need to listen to these guys and incorporate this into your offense or things are going to shake up. They got to listen to how routes are going to be ran. You know, they have to incorporate this new, these new schemes because you see it when the Devante Adams is running his routes, it's nasty and then of course, they're not just your natural stick routes that you teach in Pee Wee football. In Outrout, a slant doesn't look like a slant. One thing, one of the things I used to look at was Stevie Johnson when he used to run the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, nothing too. Nothing looks like a regular route for him. It didn't, and he actually said it when he was doing his training videos. He was like, look, man, you running a slant, the corner don't need to know you're running a slant. The quarterback needs to know you're running a slant, but you get there how you want to get there. And that made so much difference in his routes. Hans Ward, same thing. You didn't know what Hans was going to run. He was a wildly tight receiver or whatever. He didn't run mechanical routes. And these quarterback or these coaches, the wide receiver coaches are teaching them how to run non-mechanical type routes. And that's what's going to confuse things for these corners. That's what's going to shake up the plays for this offense is non-mechanical type routes. Sure, there's, you know, slants are going to probably be a little basic or whatever, but the jump step now is something that's getting incorporated in. They're just throwing these corners off because you don't know which way they're going. And these hips are getting put wide. As soon as these corners are going wide, then that's when these wide receivers are going to take those opportunities and make things happen big. But that's what these coaches are teaching. And the coaches are going, like he said, those daggone drills, they become the routes. And the routes are going to become the plays. He put it on Twitter straight up. That's how it's going to be. G-Ros got to be able to be humble enough to listen to them to make it happen. And that's what the Ravens are going to come big. Shout out to the Ravens.