 Are this year's Ravens or last year's Ravens the better team on paper? Is it a little too late for the Ravens to sign up past Russia? If you could give him the truth serum, what would be the one question you would ask Ravens GM Eric DeCosta? Can Malik Harrison and Patrick Queen turn into one of the best inside linebacker duos in the NFL? 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 which is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to and we answer it in a video just like this. If you want to be part of NFL Questions from subs you can send me an email to teamkeepitcleanatgmail.com and we'll answer your question in a video just like this or for the patrons you can send it directly on Patreon. 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Anyway he said hey how's it going engraven? Hope all is well. So my question for you is do you think last year's team was better on paper than this year's team? In my opinion I think this year's team is better. I think we got the guy a wide receiver in a future stud pass rusher in a daffy away. Even though they aren't players I think Keith Williams and T. Martin were our biggest additions for the team. I think they are going to change the culture in the receiver room and help this offense take a big step in the passing game. Thanks for your time engraven. Hope you have a great rest of your day. Hashtag team keeping clean. Appreciate that my man. Yeah I would agree and I think I feel like you you I know you asked the question but I feel like you answered the question too with all of your responses. Some of the biggest additions to this team weren't even to personnel but to the coaching staff with T. Martin and Keith Williams. They should prove to be really big for the Ravens and yeah I do agree that on paper the wide receiver room is looking like it can be better than it was last season. You have an injection of youth but you also have an injection of experience as well and you have an injection of speed and also route running too and hopefully that route running is definitely upped this year when it comes to all of our wide receivers which it should be. I think we all expected to so that's big. On the offensive line last year you had Orlando Brown Jr. Ronnie Stanley. This year you have Ronnie Stanley and Alejandro Villanueva. So with Alejandro we'll see how he stacks up as far as when you compare him to an Orlando Brown Jr. Orlando Brown Jr. definitely had youth on him and he was an up and coming right tackle wants to go to left tackle now so and then he was not bad. He was not bad and a lot of people since the old hold he wanted to get traded thing came out oh man he's not that good anyway but he was an up and coming guy young guy so I hope he does well out there in Kansas City like I said when they played the Ravens and but anyway um losing Marchionne the last year was big and they never quite filled that role but now with Kevin Zeitler a veteran on the interior of the offensive line that should help Bradley Bozeman moving back to his natural position at center so that should be a smooth move oh shout out to that tee oh that's some rough tea to have your stomach all messed up but anyway uh then you talk about on defense now we have the same interior defensive lineman the monstars uh now as far as pass rushers that remains to be seen um Yanikin Gakwe Matt Judon uh they're both going of course Jihad Ward he's going as well uh but we do have Adafi away Daylan Hayes Tyus Bowser Panel McPhee uh so we definitely have a an injection of youth um an inexperience so it'll be a lot to be determined we're gonna see about some things secondary all the guys are intact but something that I was just talking to my guy Beazey about uh at the Lamar Jackson Funday um he made a very very great point the Sean Elliott the Sean Elliott um he this will be his first off season his first full off season training camp and all that being a starter so he will have gotten to know the guys and really gotten to really dive in as the starter this off season because remember last year was his first year start because the whole of course the whole Earl Thomas thing was going down um and they cut Earl Thomas and then it's like okay the Sean Elliott you're up you're up but then last year we didn't even really have an off season they didn't really have an off season and the year before that he was not a starter and the year before that he was not a starter but he got injured both of those years anyway and missed the majority of the season so with the Sean Elliott um he should take another step forward because of that and I when my guy Beazey pointed that out to me the other day I was like wow that's that just makes so much sense so in my opinion I agree with what you said I agree that this year's team on paper is better than last year's next question came from my guy Frank W you said ain't gravy been watching for the past two years now and love what you've been doing whenever new Ravens news drops I don't go to Instagram pages of Twitter I go straight to YouTube and watch your new videos I appreciate that man he said you keep me excited for Ravens football year round and I appreciate what you do I hope you Carter and the family are healthy and well again love what you're doing and keep up the great work hey thank you Frank thank you for watching man for real he said do you think at this point in the off season it is too late to sign a veteran edge rusher no but he said like Justin Houston or Melvin Ingram do you think that we even need another edge rusher with what we already have like uh with a daffy away or pernell McPhee in the lineup let me know what you think love you and love what you do keep it clean appreciate you man love you too um I don't think it's too late I don't um but I think we're we're getting is we're getting there we're getting like it's getting a little close now so if the Ravens gonna do something okay go ahead and do your thing Ravens but if not okay no problem um I uh I still think they're gonna sign a veteran guy and what they could do they could sign a veteran guy just to sign a veteran guy just to see what he's got and just to help push the young dudes that much more and it could be one of those situations where um it was like Michael Floyd when Raven signed Michael Floyd oh and even when the Raven signed uh Shane Ray I think that was his name Shane Ray who used to play for the Broncos for my first round pick I believe Shane Ray they signed both of those guys they would they took part of training camp with the Ravens and everything um with uh Shane Ray he's a past rusher and they said uh no thanks we're good appreciate you for coming by stopping by but we're gonna go in a different direction Michael Floyd hey Mike hey appreciate you big dog thanks for coming through we're gonna go in another direction they cut both of them two veterans in positions where the Ravens could have used them Michael Floyd I never thought he was gonna make the team though but two positions where the Ravens could have used them shout out to Pookie in the background um but they they cut both of them so it could be one of those things where the Ravens just they bring on an edged guy just to see what he's got now with Justin Houston to Melvin Ingram I definitely think they could be access to the team and they could help keep the young guys that much fresher uh and give you that veteran presence there now at the same time like I've said before plenty of times too I don't mind I would not mind us running with the young dudes but um I do still think the Ravens are gonna get somebody on the edge but it's probably it's probably gonna end up being one of those signings that we just don't expect that we don't see coming in somebody who we weren't even thinking about next question came from Gillian he said hey engraving my brother Ben and I are huge fans of the channel and we love watching your videos together please choose your favorite question hey appreciate a shout out to you Gillian and shout out to your brother too appreciate you all man under the influence of the truth serum oh sound like he been watching some Marvel stuff but anyway he said what would be the one question you would like to ask Eric DeCosta wow so if I gave Eric DeCosta a dose of truth serum what would be the one question I would ask him how much do you how much effort did you really put in getting these guys at wide receiver and or no how much effort did you really put in acquiring these players I would ask him about DeAndre Hopkins I would ask him about Adam Thielen I would ask him about Julio Jones I would ask him about Juju Smith Schuster I would ask him about T.Y. Hilton I would also ask him about Yannick Ngakwe and because those are all I would also ask him about Jamal Adams too because those are all players who it had been said that the Ravens were interested in and even tried for a lot of them but for the majority of those players well for all of those players they ended up failing they didn't acquire them fell short now I know some of y'all like wait a minute you said Yannick Ngakwe the Ravens got him but initially they failed so I would ask him how much effort did you really put into acquiring all of those guys obviously with Yannick and Ngakwe it was a little more effort because they ended up sealing the deal but with the other guys that that would be my question for him oh I love this question boy I love it man anyway next one he said what about Greg Roman's offense hinders the effectiveness of the passing game and do you think the additions of Keith Williams and T. Martin will help solve the issues with Greg Roman's offense it is obviously run heavy and that's what they do that's their bread and butter and that's not just a Ravens thing with Greg Roman that's been a bills thing with Greg Roman that's been a 49ers thing with Greg Roman they'll get their big plays in a passing game here and there but it's really about the run game but what I think hinders the effectiveness of the passing game speaking from his experience with the Ravens is not using guys to their strengths not putting guys in positions to where they can succeed not giving them opportunities to where they can succeed not creating enough mismatches for the defense and just that would be it for me because you it's like we see with Greg Roman one of the things that have been frustrating with the offense is that we've seen flashes of things we've seen flashes where it's like oh my goodness like I'll take you back to the Cardinals game the Cardinals game back in 2019 week two uh in 2019 um there was a drive where Lamar said Hollywood would oh fake like he was gonna go stay back on the screen Lamar throw it to him Hollywood catches it gets a couple yards on the screen so then same drive and that will not even necessarily the same drive but on that drive and and on other drives as well they will do the same thing same play set it up same play Lamar set get the ball throw the Hollywood Hollywood catches it get a couple of yards sometimes he would shake for a little bit other times he wouldn't but I watched that and then there was a play and and if y'all want y'all can look at the vlog from this channel because we went to that game and we obviously was recorded and stuff but the plate they did that same play again they were doing the play for a couple of series for a couple of drives and they came to another point where they were setting that play up again Lamar set Lamar faked it to Hollywood and my camera's on Hollywood because I'm thinking okay Hollywood's about to catch another one they done ran this play plenty of times he faked it to Hollywood but then throws it to Mark Andrews who's open touchdown touchdown and I'm like oh my goodness they called me off guard too so the way that they set that thing up the way that they set that play up I was like wow can can can we get some more of this so we see the creativity and then even like we go back to last year uh with that play on the fourth down and I wasn't the I didn't really agree with it too much but I'm glad it worked out the direct snap to Mark anger stuff like that uh we've seen going back to 2019 and when we played the bills uh it was right before halftime they were acting like they they were gonna nail the ball and they did a pitch to Justice Hill it's like we and there's been plenty of other instances as well but we see creativity here and there but we don't see it consistently and again you don't have to be too pretty you don't have to be too fancy but you can implement some different things that can catch some people even ourselves off guard and something we always make fun of but it's it's the sad truth about the Ravens just wanting running that one screen per month they run one screen per month and that's it once they meet their screen go that's it they maxed out they're done you don't see another screenplay until the following month not the following game not the following week the following month so with that I just I think that would be what I think hinders the Ravens offense in the passing game it's the lack of creativity and next next question he said who in your opinion I know you told me pick my favorite ones but all of these have been my favorite questions that you sent so I appreciate it he said who in your opinion is the most underappreciated player on the Ravens um well defense I would say Brandon Williams but I think after uh last year I think people are really starting to appreciate Brandon Williams that much more but I would still say Brandon Williams because I know um he has a high cap number and I do think that this could really actually possibly be his last year um especially with Justin Madabique looking to emerge as a premier player um but I think it could be him um and because with him when we don't have a Brandon Williams the effects of it are just crazy bad um he means a lot more to this Ravens defense this Ravens uh run stopping ability than a lot of people appreciate because he doesn't get the sexy numbers and all that he doesn't get the pretty numbers and all that so people like oh we don't need a Brandon Williams but he puts in that work he reminds me obviously two different positions but it reminds me of Jared Johnson Jared Johnson who was outside lying back at the end for the Ravens back then not too long it was a little while ago but Jared Johnson he was another guy didn't get the pretty numbers didn't get the pretty stats but he put in that work he put in work and it was similar to even though his career didn't end the best with the Ravens Courtney Upshaw Courtney Upshaw is sort of the same thing too put up the work but don't get all the fancy numbers and pretty numbers yeah but you your impact is bigger than what a lot of people realize so I would go Brandon Williams um and if I had to go he said um if I had to go another guy uh I would probably say Justice Hill I know a lot of people with Justice Hill they're not feeling Justice Hill because uh oh they say oh he's not even a good running back that I seen a lot of people saying that with Justice Hill he doesn't really get many opportunities to really even show anything but where he does get his opportunities he shines that being special teams uh Justice Hill somebody that you could call on in a pinch um and even when it's not a pinch he's definitely been a good special teamer uh and that's why he continues to stick around and will continue to stick around uh that's why when it was all this talk about Todd Gurley and I kept saying Justice Hill's job is not threatened whatsoever his job is not in jeopardy whatsoever I did not see Todd Gurley as a threat to Justice Hill at all not one bit um so with Justice Hill I I would have to go him on offense slash or more so special teams because he doesn't really get much of a shot on offense uh and the last question he said can Malik Harrison and Patrick Queen turn into one of the top inside linebacker duos in the league oh man for sure for sure Malik Harrison uh he's the guy that me myself haven't I haven't been talking about enough this offseason I really haven't and that's a shame because Malik Harrison he I liked him a lot last year his opportunities toward the end of the year they uh they started dwindling a little bit um they they got less and less but Malik Harrison I like him man I like him and I think he's going to be very good and I don't just say that because I'm a fan of the Ravens obviously hope all the Ravens players do really good but he looks like he's going to be really good because he reminds me of a Deshaun Elliott a guy that Deshaun Elliott before because obviously now he's gotten a lot more of an opportunity but before uh just a very raw guy a raw player that just hadn't really gotten much opportunity but when he does get his opportunity he makes plays he's around the ball and he is not scared man he's not scared you see some players out there they can get intimidated by some guys especially some big guys especially like super shredded Derek Henry but just like with Deshaun Elliott with Derek Henry he's the same way with Malik Harrison with Derek Henry he is not afraid and he is very strong um coming into his second year again same thing with Patrick Queen same thing with Matt Abike with Devin Duvenay with Pro Shae these boys ain't having off season it's important to note that they did not have an off season and you see what a lot of them did with the opportunity it's like when they got the opportunity think about it when the rookies from last year got the opportunity they did their thing Devin Duvenay when he would get catches and of course the the jet sweep king when he would get them jet sweeps he would do his thing and of course on kick return and then punt return too and then with JK Dobbins I don't even need to get into it y'all already know but even with um with Patrick Queen obviously too but then even Malik Harrison too when he got his opportunities did it just to Matt Abike got his opportunities did his thing Pro Shae didn't get his opportunity so he can't really speak on that but when the rookies from last year got their opportunities they did their thing so that could give us even more reason to believe that come this season when they do get even more opportunities they will do their thing especially the duo of Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison next question came from my guy BB he said do you think the Ravens brought in Williams and Martin in battle for the offensive coordinator position after G Rose hiatus as partial offensive so okay so he's already predicting the future and let us know what he thinks is gonna happen he said after G Rose hiatus as partial offensive coordinator I mean anything that brings in help for another coach knows that there is a problem or lack of ability to fully fulfill their position change is coming sooner than later thanks and hope all as well in this last month of silence hope pookie stops the waterworks too it's kind of like G Rose aerial attack this guy man no she she's good man it that that came and went and that was going within 24 hours so she's good back to normal and that yeah she's she's straight I appreciate it though man um but certainly they they definitely were brought in to put that pressure on giro uh and because they they specialize where he doesn't specialize that um so it's definitely pressure there so if hope hopefully giro does not get fired though that's not what we want I know a lot of Ravens fans like I expected it to happen after last season I thought they were I wanted them to go in a different direction but if once they decided they were going to keep giro I like okay I do not want a scenario where he gets fired during the season reason being because that would mean our offense was not doing well I want a scenario to where giro is out there he's doing his thing he's out there killing it the offense is out there killing it so that means everybody is doing what they gotta do giro stepped up to the pressure giro took notes from Williams and Martin and then they had a voice and it translated to the field so I don't want giro to get fired right now and obviously during the season so hopefully he doesn't but those guys are certainly on his neck next question came from my guy Kevin he said ain't graven hope you're well and the family is blessed I appreciate you wanted to bring up the wide receivers and passing game think about this Lamar has only had one receiver that is hollywood browns level with the addition of Bateman Watkins and Wallace if those three can be three more hollywood browns as the floor the ceiling is anything over what hollywood has produced so far the offense will be record breaking I believe those three individually are equal to hollywood or better now Watkins I mean with with receivers you have different types of wide receivers of course Watkins is a much different type of wide receiver in hollywood is and so is Rashad Bateman Tyler Wallace uh yeah him too but um with those guys I do see what you're saying if if they're but Watkins is different though because we already have seen we got experience seeing him in the NFL so I can't really say that if his floor can be hollywood's floor because Watkins already he's an experienced guy he's a veteran but as far as the other two even though they're different types of wide receivers I see what you're saying as far as the production and what they can do for the offense if their floor can be hollywood's floor then yeah the the the ceiling and the potential for the offense is crazy crazy than ever and like you said it could be record breaking if this offense and what we anticipate the Ravens doing on offense and hope that they do uh if it delivers it it's gonna be crazy if it delivers consistently too it's going to be wild man it's going to be wild because these guys just and again the running game we know the running game is going to be the running game but the passing game is obviously our biggest question if they can get that thing going like consistently they ain't got to be coming out passing for four or five hundred yards every game you don't have to do that you don't even have to pass for 300 yards every game but when it's time to pass you got to be able to pass and just pass efficiently continue they they've already been very efficient the Mark Jackson is very efficient he ain't throwing for no 250 300 350 yards every game but he will throw for like two three touchdowns and his touchdown interception ratio is very good it's very it's been very good since the rookie year and it's maintained over the years um so with that being said yeah the sky is the limit for this offense