 Today, the Ravens had their live stream where they showed a portion of practice. It went by pretty fast, but we appreciated it. We loved the presentation with it, so that was super cool, man, and it just gave us another reminder that football is back. Football is back, and we are very close to the regular season. But another feature of the Ravens' production was their press conferences, and they've been having press conferences every week. Usually hardball speaks, and then a couple of players speak as well, and today was no different. Because first, John Hardball, he spoke to the media. Of course, he was asked about Dez Bryant, and he said, well, yeah, we're working out and looking at different people and whatnot, but he didn't comment on Dez Bryant specifically. He said, we're not talking about workouts. We're not commenting on workouts. So he pretty much not shut that down, but he just didn't say anything about it. But that was expected when people asked about him. So when people asked about Dez Bryant, Marlon Humphrey came on there. He talked about, I love what he said about Marcus Peters. He said that with Marcus Peters is that Marlon Humphrey showed Marcus Peters like a couple of plays, and he was saying, oh, well, on this play, I feel like I could get an interception, but on these other plays, he's like, which ones do you feel like I could get an interception on? Which ones do you think the best ones that give me the best chance to get an interception on? And he said that Marcus Peters said all of them, all of them. Because the question that Marlon Humphrey was asked about Peters was just how he just continues to get so many interceptions. How is he so good at that? And I love that experience that Marlon Humphrey gave when it came to Marcus Peters. He also talked about just how the guys are clicking, the guys are gelling on the field. And he said his next big thing that he wants to do, because he said he went to the Super Bowl last year. He said he stepped on the field of the Super Bowl last year, and he said he wants it to be him. He wants it to be him. He wants to win the Super Bowl, because he said he just got this energy from being on the field. And I could imagine, I mean, first off, one, he was in Miami, so there's enough energy there already. And then two, being at the Super Bowl, but not being there with your team, being there as a spectator, being there in the audience, oh, it's just different. And again, football players, they get over stuff a lot easier than us as fans do. So we got to keep that in mind as well, but still. So he talked about that. He talked about working out with his family and whatnot, how this offseason has been that it's been very different and whatnot, but hey, they're getting there. Then Orlando Brown, Jr., he came on. He always clean, maybe having on his glasses and stuff, or he's got a head on. He had a Sanford and Sun shirt. I love that show, Sanford and Sun. But he came on. They asked him about how the offensive line is. How's it going to be with Marcia Yonder? Do you feel like there's extra pressure on you and whatnot? And he talked about Lamar some, just really the normal stuff. This press conference was just a lot of, not necessarily formalities and whatnot, but just the guys just talking to the media and whatnot, but then came Judon. And with Judon, when he was speaking, a lot of the stuff that he said, that it really stuck out to me. But he came on, he came on joking. He came on joking. He came on laughing and whatnot. And y'all know, some people, they don't like Judon's jokes, but a lot of people do and a lot of people understand. That's his personality. He loves to joke. He loves to play around. He loves to have fun. And there's nothing wrong with that. But Judon, he talked about how this year, they asked him what his goals are. He said he wants to be a champion. And that, hey, all of us Ravens fans too, we want you to accomplish that goal too. But he said he wants to be a champion, man. He wants to be a Super Bowl champion. And I think that resonates with the entire team. I think everybody can agree on that. They want to be Super Bowl champions. But it's different because this team, they're ready. They're right there. They have every reason to end up being Super Bowl champions. I mean, they had it last year too. But anyway, he talked about another one of his goals. He said he wants to get a pick. He said he wants to get an interception because he said, and he said, when he gets that pick, he said it's going to be a pick six. He said it's going to be a pick six. And he said he got the best hands on the team. But when he talked about that, he also talked about how he just wants to work on creating more turnovers. He said, and he talked about his role on the team. He said he will, whatever he has to do on his team, whatever his job is on whatever particular play, he said he's going to do it to the best of his ability. He said, if he got to play nose tackle, he'll do that. If you got to pass rush, whatever, he will do everything to the best of his ability because he said he knows he has to wear a lot of different hats on the defense and that he does. Because while he is a pass rusher, he's an outside linebacker pass rusher, but he still is required to drop back to. And again, so a big theme on the Ravens this off season from the guys that they've added, whether it's through the draft, whether it's through free agency. A big theme of the Ravens this year has been versatility. They clearly want guys who can do multiple things. And that's, it's a beautiful thing. You want guys that can create pressure from the inside and outside. Guys that can pass rush and drop back. Guys that can play corner and safety. You got the best of both worlds. So Jude on is clearly aware of that. And he knows what it is moving forward. Another thing he talked about with the additions of Kalaeus Campbell and Derek Wolf, he said, what he said, what Kalaeus Campbell, he talked about how his voice is just so deep. And that's one of the things that a lot of us know about Kalaeus Campbell, that his voice is super deep. But he said that they watch film on each other. And he said that he said the chemistry sort of it's been natural. And he talked about how they, since they watch each other and whatnot, he said Kalaeus Campbell will like give him pointers and stuff. They'd be working on stunts together and whatnot, just as a defensive line as a whole and as a pass rush as a whole. And yeah, they just ready. He also talked about something that a lot of us have been speaking on this entire off season with how it's going to be extremely hard for the younger guys with no preseason. He talked about how a lot of the younger guys, a lot of the younger players and whatnot, this was there, Marlon Humphrey spoke about it too. But this was their opportunity. The preseason is their opportunity to do their thing, to show their stuff. But now they're not going to have that. But something else that stuck out to me. And this is where it's sort of and maybe I interpreted this wrong. And so you all can obviously look it up for yourself so you can do your own interpretation of it. But this is where things sort of they they took sort of a serious turn for me. Well, what I felt it sounded like it was serious when I forgot which reporter brought it up, which which member of the media brought it up. But they asked Jude on about the franchise tag. How he felt about the franchise tag. And he said, hey, it is what it is. Said it is what it is. But just the tone of his voice, like it sounded like it completely changed. And it sounded like it just things got a lot more real at that point. And again, please watch it for yourself. Don't just take my word for it. Watch the replay for yourself so you can make your own interpretation of whatever you feel that it was. But at that point, I felt like things got very serious. But he said it is what it is. He talked about, hey, wanted to get something done, but nothing got done, obviously, and can't do nothing about it. And he said, we'll see how this year plays out. And I mean, that's something that we all obviously know because they can't come to a long term agreement right now. They can't do that because the deadline for that that passed back in mid July. So that that's done. So he is officially going to play the entire year on the franchise tag. Um, but he also said that he said, yeah, they did franchise tag me. And he said he's happy to be a Raven. He did say that. But he also said, I know I'm not the franchise guy. He said, I know I am not the franchise player. He said, that's number eight. And it sounds like Jude on. I mean, he obviously does because he's there. He's the one signing the contracts and he has the agent explaining everything to him in detail and whatnot. But Jude on clearly understands the he has a good understanding of the business side of things. And I mean, I'm sure this this entire offseason has been extremely busy for him because he's been dealing with the business side of things so much. Of course, he started last season. It was his contract year. You end up getting nine and a half sex. So it's like, man, what is Jude on's worth? What is his worth to the Ravens? So apparently they they were in contract talks with him. But nothing came about. So they placed a franchise tag on him. Franchise tag buys them some more time to come up with come up with an agreement with Jude on, but they placed a franchise tag on him. He didn't he hadn't signed it for a while. The draft pass. He still hadn't signed it. And then the deadline to sign it was coming and then he signed it. So then apparently they were working on a long term deal. But obviously nothing came. Nothing happened. So he played he's going to be playing on the franchise tag. I think 16.8 mil, all guaranteed. But it sounds like he just sound like he he understands everything going on and that he knows that he didn't say this. But I mean, he pretty much said it without directly saying it. But it sounds like he may feel like his chances of returning to the Ravens are staying with the Ravens, that it's obviously not a guarantee, but it almost sound like he just he just felt like things are up in the air as far as his return, because with him saying and he wasn't taking a shot at Lamar at all, we know that, like, Jude on ain't that type of player to take shots at other guys on the team or whatnot. But it just sounded like he knows his his days could possibly be numbered with the Ravens because they their franchise guy, their franchise player is their quarterback. And their quarterback is he's due soon. He's due to be paid soon when the Ravens pay him. We'll see. But they he Jude on knows that Lamar is due soon. And Jude on knows the business. And like we've been saying on here for a long time now, then I've been having to brace myself and I've been trying to brace Team Keep It Clean for a lot of moves that are to be made over the next couple of years. But Jude on knows that you can't keep everybody. You cannot keep everybody. Everybody can't be a Raven forever. And I think and again, it's my interpretation of what it sounded like to me. It just it just sounded like that may have hurt him a bit. That's what it sounded like to me. It sounded like he may be a little frustrated with that. I'm sure he loves the vibe here. I mean, this is the team that drafted him. There's a team that gave him an opportunity. It's the team that took a chance on him. But it just it sounded like he knows that it's just not guaranteed that he will be here next year. So it just it sounded like he was not necessarily that he was coming to the realization of that because I'm sure he's talked with his agent and whatnot. They've had plenty of conversations and he knows the game. He's seen a game. He's seen different players come and go. He's seen it firsthand. So it's just got to be something that's it's got to weigh heavy on your mind as a player, because this is your business. This is your business. This is your future. This is your livelihood. But at the same time, these guys are like your brothers. This is like family. And you, of course, could you go if you go to another team, you can meet more people and you could build a rapport, build a relationship with those other guys, the new guys and new coaching staff and all that. But you got to feel like like you got to put yourself in their shoes and you can liken it to your normal job. Excuse me. You can liken it to your normal job to where yeah, everything's going good and whatnot, your normal job. You like your manager, you like your coworkers on all that. And it's a good vibe. But then you may get transferred somewhere else. And well, there may be a possibility of you getting transferred somewhere else. And you're like, I don't know about that. I don't know. And you may think about it and wonder about it and just ponder about it and whatnot. And it's like, I just I don't know. I want to stay here. But they may not have the budget to keep you on. So you could end up going somewhere else. So we'll see what happens, man. But anyway, appreciate your team keeping clean. Again, thank you always for listening. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to spend with us. So we love you. Appreciate you all. Hope you're having a really good day today or whenever you're watching this and we out.