 So many Ravens fans would love if this happened. Let's get into our first question. It came from my guy bb He said should the Ravens try to go after Chris Jones? EDC needs to get on that phone and make a move to solidify the defensive tackle position Ravens can make this work now that that would be a dream scenario Um, if this was mad and I would try it all day, uh, I I wouldn't be mad I don't think any Ravens fan will be mad at that move at all like Chris Jones to the Ravens like a defensive a disruptive Defensive a consistently disruptive Defensive lineman added to the Baltimore Ravens defense and that can only make them back I mean obviously would make them better as Chris Jones But especially that would help so much with the loss of the temporary loss of Marlon Humphrey But then think about when he gets back That would make them even better. That would make every single body job that much easier if they had a Chris Jones I would love it. I would be all for the EDC Do I need to send a DM or something like that? But I would love if it happened, but I just don't see it happen I don't foresee the Ravens going after Chris Jones, especially because The only hold up right now with him in KC is the contract. It's the deal. It's the money So with KC They they can make it happen and if the Ravens were to add him They could make something happen too But I just I don't see them Spending a bunch of money right there on the defensive line Especially when they got mad at BK coming up. Well, I mean this the last year of his contract And I mean hey adding a quality veteran a super bowl winning veteran And I mean, you know what the vet the word veteran that don't even make We need a better word than that adding a super bowl quality player a baller That would you could never have enough of those never especially if they're still playing at a high level like Chris Jones has been But I just don't see it going down. Next question came from my guy Jarvis He said do you see Keith Mitchell taking Justice Hill spot? No, not right now At least because Justice Hill is big on special teams. Keith Mitchell He would have to earn his role on special teams and he would have to earn his role via Special teams, but Justice Hill is holding that down right now. Or if you're talking about as sort of that third running back Um Early on no, but maybe over time as the season goes on maybe they give him a shot here there See a what can Keith Mitchell do with this offense? And if they like what they see and he does better in the limited time that he gets snapped versus Justice Hill Then there's a possibility And his other question was listening to the purple rain podcast shout out to my guys Simply and sudden he said and he had a question. I like your opinion on is this a super bowler bus year for the Ravens He said that we should at least make it to the conference championship game But if we don't we might see a change at the head coach position. What are your thoughts? Uh, so is it super bowler bus for the Ravens? Yeah, for sure. Of course Definitely like I feel like that's really every year for the Ravens because they have not been in rebuild mode. They just been Retooling. Um, so yeah, it's definitely super bowler bus. And if they don't make it to at least the afc championship Will will there be changes? No, no, because again hardball save I think hardball the only way that he leaves the Ravens is when he walks out on his own terms Um, now, should there be changes everything depends on exactly how the season goes So we'll see when we get there this question came from my guy Devon and he took it up or not He said it's Keith Mitchell jk dobbing replacement. Hey, this is Devon born and raised in Baltimore Hopefully I finally made it to one of your episodes But do you think that the Ravens see jk dobbing's replacement? Just so they don't have to pay him his worth and get a cheap running back That doesn't have a big injury history like dobbing's has All of it is a is a possibility It it really is everything just depends on how stuff shakes out Uh, Eric Dacasa has talked about how he would like to get something worked out with jk dobbing Um, but a business is business. We know stuff happens. Hopefully jk dobbing shows the Ravens this year like hey This is why I need to stick around. Uh, this is why y'all need to pay me This is why I deserve my bread. Hopefully he can stay healthy for 17 plus games Make a huge impact like he has when he's been on the field And then again as business is business in NFL, we'll see when we get there question came from my guy Jordan He said contending year. How long of a lease do you think oh wait in a job? Oh have before Ravens try to trade one of them Um, also, how long is the lease for jalen arm and davis and or Arthur mullet before the Ravens look at some of those Db's that are still on the market. Oh, that's some really really good deep questions, too Uh, daffy away, um, I think he has a much shorter leash than david a jabbo Because this is daffy away third year. Um, this is the year where they have to decide on his uh, picking up his fifth year option or not Um, so I think this is this the year where they make that decision on hey Is he gonna be a raven for the foreseeable future? Uh, is he always going to just maybe hang around for one more year? Or is he somebody that we may end up moving off of and just Looking for whatever's gonna be next. Uh, he's obviously had plenty of opportunity. He's been out there a lot He's been a consistent starter except toward the end of last year. He was not starting and I was like, ooh yikes So this year, hopefully he has a resurgence and just he he hits that corner that we all been hoping that he Can get as far as a jabbo. No, I mean, this is essentially like his rookie year So the lease for him is extremely long. So he ain't got to worry about that jalen arm or davis. I think For him, it depends on uh, what kind of opportunity he gets what kind of playing time he gets Uh, because it's gonna be rock your scene I would expect the other starter to be ronald darby and jalen arm or davis here and there So i'm not sure how much he'll be on the field But So it's really hard to say for him and the same thing with artha malet artha malet may be On the field and like nickel packages and whatnot be as as a slot corner. What not sometimes Um, but he's only on a one-year deal. So I don't really consider him having like a long legion Unless you're talking about like an end season leash But as far as jalen arm or davis, it all depends on how much playing time he does or does not get Here we go next question came from my boy king of pugo. He said in great with my boy Is that time of year again? So here we go. I think this season will either be boom or bust Firstly, I believe we will go 13 and 4 at best or 11 and 6 at worst Lamar returns his all pro mvp play and with his new weapons and oc will take us to the playoffs All right, i'm liking it so far I love now once we get there We all know anything can happen and determine and I believe lamar will get us to the afc championship game And from there it's obviously anyone's guess. Oh, okay. So you left it up for us to determine what happens after that Then he said i'm thinking lamar will put up 4700 total yards with 40 plus total touchdowns I could I could see that especially 17 games The defense will be solid and I still have my eye on mcdonald The only way I see this season could turn into a bust is if we're decimated by injuries again Yeah, that's same thing. I said, I agree. That's the only thing that I see that could hold the ravens back There's some other stuff too, but hopefully ain't gonna deal with that But injuries would be the biggest thing the biggest opponent He said in all in all, this is the most optimistic I've been for a season in a couple years I see why I've always wanted to see lamar in this kind of offense because we all most of us know how great He is and can be I truly believe we haven't seen lamar even hit his super Scion form yet and most of all I wanted to remove all the excuses from my mind that the previous offense gave That's real right there I know lamar will keep good on his promise and bring a superbowl to Baltimore so much So I plan on being in vegas during the superbowl god willing Well, my friend, that's all I have for you if this makes the cut Thank you for reading this out and I hope you and family are doing well And I wish you all the peace and prosperity. He said ps I still watch every video even when I don't want to Okay, hey, I appreciate it because I know sometimes a some of the videos They don't be the best news on the Baltimore Raven than especially. I know you You've been around for years. I think you've been with the channel Definitely at least four years maybe even longer than that, but I appreciate you a lot Uh, and I I know you don't want to watch the video after loss But I appreciate you still doing it because we all get through it together next question came from Mars rose At disrespect to kayu blue kelly and pro shea ain't very this been a bit since my last question I wanted to ask you opinion given the fan base's reaction to the roster cut downs Ravens fans want quality players at wide receiver and corner bag this much is clear However, our frustration at certain players feels out of place at times Does anyone remember pro shea's performing against the bingles in 2021 in a december game He caught seven passes on eight targets for 76 yards never got that amount of targets again in his career With us yet one bad preseason after losing his mother and we turn on him I can get one in better production But why are we dragging his name through the mud when he was obviously not given the right chances before this year? We know greg roman buried him on the depth chart. That is really uh, That's real right there. Um Pro shea as a ravens wide receiver It's a tough spot to be in it is extremely tough Um And the chances are limited Especially if you're down on a depth chart with pro shea and you know football fans Football fans can be really nasty a lot of not all of them and not y'all, but football fans can be really really nasty Um, but football fans it's all about like the NFL always says it's all about what have you done for me lately? and with football fans It's it's it's all about recency recency bias is real. But so if james pro shea Um recently last year recently in the regular season it it was just rough on it was really rough And that was 2022 you talking about the game from 2021. Um, but that was 2022 So what they saw from james pro shea with limited opportunities It was a lot of bad in there. It was rough on it. It was just mistakes. It was bad play It was penalties. It was just it wasn't a good combination of events and sequences for james pro shea So then in preseason it's like all right You scratched that out that was last year But then this year in preseason it was just rough and you felt for him Especially with all the all-field stuff that he had going on in the personal stuff But um on the field It's like whenever the ball went his way and it didn't go in his way too many times A lot of times on the ball went his way because he did have a couple catches But For the big plays it was just be always a big negative play and it's like oh man He just fell for him But so that's that's why I said for james pro shea I felt like he just needed to change the scenery start off somewhere new somewhere fresh And hopefully just clear his mind and and and he will be in a better state of state of mind Wherever he goes next But yeah, football fans can be really nasty as we all unfortunately No, I mean people can be really nasty as we all unfortunately, you know Um, and he said then we cut kai blue kelly after one bad preseason. He's a fifth round pick You assume those guys are gonna be developmental when you draft them It's a failure on our scouting and drafting if he was wasn't ever good enough to be on the team Ravens fans again dragged him through the mud Um, and I think that that's just fans being fans. Uh, not approving or saying this, right? But that's just fans being fans fans. Hey if kai blue blue kelly was on the team There'd be some people calling him uh the next derail revist But since he's cut some people calling him a bus he's this he's that then a third Um, so it's unfortunate. John hobo did say hey, we felt they they didn't want him back on the practice squad Um, but seahawks say no, no we'll take him from here Um, so yeah, it just didn't work out That is on because if if he's a player that you felt That you cut And you you cut him and you felt like oh he passed away as we might get him back Then you didn't really have that much faith in him in the first place since you cut him off the team It's like you wouldn't cut somebody off the team if you really had that much faith in him in the in the from the beginning Um, so yeah, that that is on the raven scouts their scouting department for sure And he said what's your perspective? Am I overreacting to justifiable criticism or is our fan base reacting disrespectfully to players when the real issue is our coaching staff Okay, I should have read that part first, but I guess we already answered both of those questions I appreciate you morse EDC and hardball next question came from my guy denny's heading grave And I hope this message finds you and your family in good health I've been listening to john hardball at the last two press conferences and edcs They both don't sound as confident in the new offense like they were when greg roman had just taken over at that time They were talking about how good they were going to be Now they're just saying we will see you uh after week one Do you think that is a problem or am I reading too much into the press conference? I mean I they knew greg roman's offense. Well, I mean Yeah, they knew greg roman's offense that this offense they know Um, and I just think it's like I will see let's let's let's see it I think they just don't want to do too much talking or set too many expectations or anything like that That's how I feel about it too. Like hey, I'm hype for it. I'm excited for it And I'm thinking it's gonna be like this is gonna be like that it's gonna be like that But at the same time I say hey see it is believing because we could think everything we want to in the world We could expect this that and a third but we got to actually see it on the field not just on paper But we got to see it on the field see it be executed see it to see it how it's drawn up and whatnot Uh to see the real thing So I wouldn't really take too much of what they say into account like that Gus Edwards next question came from my guy rave awk. He said ain't graven. How you doing? Hey, we doing really good. I hope you and family are doing great. This is my first email And I've been a subscriber since the 2019 dream season. Oh, yeah that season was a dream It ended in a nightmare, but yeah, I get you Anyway, he said I would like to hear your thoughts on this What the Ravens bringing in Todd munkin and for the first year in a long time the Ravens will be shifting to a more Pass heavy offense. Do you see Gus Edwards spot with the Ravens in jeopardy? Yes, I do I do Uh, but anyway, let's continue. He said I know it's more likely it most likely sounds crazy But hit me out on this. No, I really don't think it sounds crazy as a matter of fact But let's continue He said this all season Gus Edwards hasn't had too many snaps with the first team offense And we've seen more of justice hill and in my opinion, I think munkin likes Uh, likes hill a little better in his offense, of course this year Gus Edwards will be on the team But for next season do you see the Ravens possibly trading or cutting him from the roster in the running back room? If the running back room stays healthy and Ravens only carry three running backs as their pass game develops I can see that happening I thought he was in the last year of his deal But I think the Ravens like reconstructed something or reworked something So I'm not sure if he got one year left or two years left two years left Excuse me Oh, but anyway, he said Gus Edwards is more of the ground and pound guy But all us Ravens fans know that JK Dobbins has the strength to be elusive But also hard hitting running back on crucial third downs leaving Gus without a roll This is just a thought I've kept in my head and I love to hear your thoughts on this Thank you and have a fantastic day. And as James crochet is with the Ravens. I'm out. Wow So you just talking about in the last question Ravens fans are rough Ravens fans can be rough. Oh, but um, yeah with Gus Edwards. I could I could see that for sure. Um I could see just a limited role for Gus Edwards My guy Jason put me on this from huddle it up films He um And he talked about how because I hadn't even noticed he talked about how just the Ravens had just not really been using Gus with the first team and whatnot It it would be just like the same thing you said just as he would get the first team reps It wouldn't be Gus and he would seldomly be used wasn't because his roster spot is locked Or was it because they just he don't have as much of a place for him like they did before We're gonna see again like the previous question talked about with the as far as the offense We're gonna see we're gonna see how all this plays out We're gonna see how the all this stuff is worked out And it's gonna make for a fun season and all as always an interesting Ravens season Next question came from my guy enonic How do you see the Ravens evolving as a team good afternoon team keeping clean and engraving? I hope you and family are doing great and I'm wishing you and yours all the best moving forward I just wanted an honest opinion on what your expectations are for the Ravens after signing Lamar the offensive Philosophy changes and talent acquisitions made this off season Many in sports media are acting as if the Ravens are a Super Bowl or bus team with anything less being a failure I mean, isn't it wouldn't it be a failure though? I think about that you make all these acquisitions You're a team that's in the regular season. You've been winning a lot But y'all just been hurt at the end that's been the thing the Ravens just end up they start off good Even when they hurt they start off good But then Lamar end up getting hurt and everything falls apart I mean I understand because it is Lamar Jackson that is your guy quarterback And he obviously everything that he can do he has a huge impact on the team but um So why wouldn't it be Super Bowl or bus? That's why I I think it's Super Bowl or bus for sure Because Ravens they they not some random team like oh, they might catch fire So I'm like no they've been a good team especially when Lamar has been healthy They they've been one of the nicer teams So I would expect it to be super and then with all the moves that they made especially how they made them What not? Oh, yeah, it's definitely Super Bowl or bus for sure and I think not winning the Super Bowl It it would be a failure. I mean obviously 31 teams don't win the Super Bowl It's only one team that wins it But not not that it would be a failure failure, but that's what you that's the ultimate goal right there Win the Super Bowl. Um, you feel short of that. Yeah, you did fail. Um, but at the same time I think yeah, AFC AFC championship game should be the bar that should be well not the bar, but That would be where the Ravens that that's where I think that's the least far that they can go in my opinion So Yeah, man. Anyway, um, he said personally, I don't expect monkeys offense to hit the ground running with without some Growing pains. Oh, I'll get you there Uh, the Ravens have made the playoffs four out of the last five seasons with Lamar But this season almost every team in AFC is improving. It might be a little harder. Oh, yeah It's gonna be definitely be challenging because yeah, AFC is loaded. They loaded like crazy He says so I do expect hiccups in the beginning I'm hoping the fruit of all those changes by adc And a healthy Lamar will show itself at the end of the season with a much deeper playoff run What are your thoughts? I love what you're doing on the channel And although I haven't written to questions from subs in a while. I'm always watching and let's go Ravens. Appreciate that So, yeah, like I was saying, man, um Do not win a Super Bowl would be a failure, but I'm thinking AFC championship That is where the Ravens at least have to go as long as they stay healthy And who knows man, it's it's so frustrating to think about like We will never know where root Ravens. Truly how far they truly could have gotten 2019 We saw how far they truly could have gotten because they got whooped in the playoffs against the Titans at the crib 2020 we saw how well, no, we didn't we didn't because They beat the Titans in the playoffs and then in the bills game Lamar got hurt with the concussion So we didn't he could have came back. He could have lost. We'll never know. There's no closure And again the same with 2021 and 2022. There's no closure So we don't truly know how far they could have gotten in those years So this year we want closure, but we want the Ravens to close it out With a trophy weakest points of the team next question came from my god, man. You always said hello engraving Well, we all know this uh by this point the 53 man roster has been announced But our concern is always the same the cornerback and wide receiver rooms health, right? We pray for no i words happening But we start the season with the weak cornerback room in a very unproven But very highly talented on paper wide receiver room But what other weaknesses do you see we have on the team for me is the coaching Although supposedly fixed with the munkin and lamar working together in the lab We have to see it before they say it is a strength and ps if the ravens go down on corners How long until you are cornerback to covering the cheetah on that new year's game? Hey tyreek here. What's up, man? I remember a while back. He was like, hey anybody want to raise some And I sent him a dm. I said, yeah, I want to race never got back to me, but that's cool. Anyway, um What are some of the weakest points of the team? um Yeah, I'll say right now cornerback Uh and right now because we don't know about attire bounces out We'll see what a job will in a doubt fair way It could be past rush, but I I wouldn't call it a week I say more so unknown because we just don't know yet. So starting week one. We'll start to see um It'll start hopefully it doesn't end up in a week spot, but we'll see um, but right right now I will say corner I will I will say corner especially with marlin being out I mean and really with corners a lot of unknown too because we didn't see none of the starters played at three season So a lot of this is just we're gonna see I think with weak spots on a team We can't really call it a weak spot right now because again, we just don't know how it's gonna be yet But really I think not even just week one, but weeks one through four Then we'll really start being able to have a a clear understanding of what weak spots they're on They are on a team. Hopefully there won't be any but I mean being being realistic There's gonna be something next question came from my god. Howdy who's been a patron for wow for three years? Wow, I appreciate that man He said what's good big bro and graven now that pre-season is over in the roster is relatively set I wanted to ask what would need to happen this season for you to consider it a successful season I like we talked about early abc championship at least But obviously super bowl super bowl like that's a that's a successful season. That's a successful season, but definitely um Technically you could just say raven's just staying relatively healthy Uh, that would be a successful season because ravens haven't had that since 2019 And they had a little injuries here and there, but they were pretty healthy in 2019 But them staying healthy would be successful right there But super bowl, but if they don't win the super bowl then them at least making it there to the abc championship I think that would be a successful season Uh, he said given everything that happened from signing lamar adding monkey and obj zay etc What does this successful season look like for you abc championship lamar back to mvp form When in a division looking forward to rocking with you and team keeping clean for another season Peace and blessings appreciate that man. Yeah a good mix of all of those. I mean with the division It's gonna be tight. It's gonna be tight because you got the bingles. They've been winning the vision I think with the last two years Um, but ravens when lamar been healthy, they've been at top of the other of the division But he just ain't stayed healthy toward the end of the year. So the bingles been like, oh, give me that Uh, so we know what the ravens are capable of again health health is wealth Health is wealth lamar back to mvp form. Yeah, whenever he plays he never really gets out of it He'll have some ugly games now like he doesn't he don't have some ugly games over the years He and there but overall it's usually uh mvp form when you think about it So with all the new weapons the new offense I would expect him to get back to that too I was knowing when the march plan he's usually in the talks for mvp He's usually in standing in the rankings and all that and whatnot So yeah, I think that is a realistic expectation. But again health health is the biggest biggest biggest thing Um, as long as ravens can take care of that They'll be in good shape In the last question on this episode came from my guy dominic He said what's up in graven hope everyone and everything is well, sorry, this may be long But I had two questions after viewing the 53 man roster. I noticed that malik hamilton Excuse me malik ham made uh the roster which surprised me, but I was happy to see being from baltimore I actually played against him in high school and we were going against each other at the line of scrimmage Oh, that's not like that. That's cool, man I was at left tackle and he was a defensive end and we were going at it all game It's not every day that you see someone that you actually played against that made it from where you are make it to the nfl Hey, I love this man. I appreciate this a lot. This is this is cool. I appreciate you sharing that with us, man My first question is what are your thoughts on malik ham's rolling? Could he uh the role that he could have on the team and is this just temporary until baltimore comes back? um I don't know we're gonna see because right now. Yeah, they did they did put them through the initial roster but they put them on end reserve to make room for josh johnson brint urban and There was one more. I cannot remember who the third person was but they put them on end reserve for now So I think right now, uh, it'll be more so a special teams type of thing Um, I don't think you'll have a big role right now. Uh, and we'll see if It'll say a lot if they bring them back from injured reserves Um, because that will show like a malik ham. We got something for you right here right now We're ready for you right here right now Even if it is special teams That would be big because an undrafted rookie free agent making the team and getting put on injured reserves So they can make a spot for veterans to come back on the team and then getting uh getting activated from injured reserve That will say a lot man because he's up against a lot. He was already up against a lot But he made it this far But if they activated now, that would be something right there So I think um for him special teams will be it for now Um, but here and there maybe they sprinkle sprinkle him in a little bit on defense. Maybe um rave eight Ravens offense It's on you now. They blowing somebody out He's like, hey malik ham. Go out there go out there. Show us what you got And he showed him something. Hey, he get more of an increased role as as time goes on Anyway, he said another thing that I noticed was that Brandon Stevens is still on the team now I know that he has been bouncing between cornerback and safety, but I have seen enough in pre-season It wasn't any better going against backups But what are your thoughts on Brandon Stevens still being here? All right, let's really love Brandon Stevens. They really do. They love Brandon Stevens Um, and that that showed from his rookie season um with Brandon Stevens, I just think they uh They yeah, he has been bouncing back and forth. So they just haven't figured out exactly where he's gonna be Consistently it's gonna be corner. It's gonna be safety. It's back and forth back for a back forth I think it will be very important for them this year Pick a role for him stick to it Not the back and forth not bouncing around If he's gonna be a corner, let him be a corner and that's it if he struggles sometimes here in there Okay, if he's gonna be a safety, let him be a safety and that's it if he struggles sometimes here in there Okay, but in my opinion Bouncing him back and forth is not gonna help with his development or his growth I think they need to stick with something and just leave it there permanently Don't mess it up. Don't try to oh, you know what? No, let him be whatever he's gonna be and stick with it And then from there just hope that with more reps he continues to improve With more time his play continues to get better with more experience. He just becomes an even better player Brandon Steven. So again with him, we'll see because with Brandon Stevens. He's He's like it reminds me of Chuck Clark He reminds me a lot of Chuck Clark because Chuck Clark He will be there Right right by the way the ball was right by where the play was But sometimes he will struggle to just finish the play. He will sometimes struggle to just make the play Then that's what I've seen from Brandon Stevens in my opinion. Is he a bad player? No, but he has struggled to just to finish the play sometimes So I think once he can get over that hump and that that's a really big hump to get over And it's gonna take some time. It's a gradual process. But if he can get over that then he'll be in good shape