 To start us off, this first question came from my boy Kevin. He said, I ain't graven. I don't understand why we don't talk about playoff and Super Bowl runs as a team. The Ravens have a great team, according to their only formula that works for them. Great run game, great tight ends, top 10 defense. Not saying that we don't need receivers, but Tom Brady never won a Super Bowl with a Randy Moss type receiver. Lamar's strengths are short, solid passing, strong running game and top 10 defense. Let's start talking about Ravens as a team, but that we lack receivers. Your thoughts? This is a confusing one. All right, so the Ravens have a great team, according to their only formula that works for them. Great run game, great tight ends, top 10 defense. So how has that been working ever since? Even if you go back to 2002, like obviously 2000, yeah, great run game, yeah. Great tight ends, yeah, yeah, Shannon's job. And top 10 defense, like they had like the negative three top defense because they were higher than top 10. They were higher than number one. So they were just amazing. So that worked for them then. And that first Super Bowl, but then the second Super Bowl, guess what? Guess what they had? Strong running game. They had an opportunistic defense. It wasn't even top 10. It was either 16 or 17. It was one of those two. 16 or 17 ranked defense, but they were opportunistic, so they made plays. But then, oh, oh, oh, receivers you say, receivers you say, oh, they traded for Anquan Bowden. Oh, they traded for Anquan Bowden. Look what that got them. Yeah, a Super Bowl. They traded for talent at the wide receiver position. They had Tori Smith who complimented Anquan. They both complimented each other so nice. Tori Smith and Anquan Bowden. They don't talk about it, what would they do? They would go, oh, can't beat them, didn't join them. The guy who helped them advance in the playoffs the previous year from fumbling those punt returns. Jacobi Jones, he was like, you know what? I'm about to KD this thing. I'm going to the team that just beat me in the playoffs, shout out to them ravers. So they picked up yet another receiver. Who was talented, by the way? Wasn't the best receiver, but he also didn't need to be. But he was the best returner, especially that year. So they got talent at the receiver position. They still ran the ball, but when they needed to pass, they had talent to help. And there were times when Joe Flacco, he didn't have to be always pinpoint accurate. There was so many times when he just threw it up. Whether it be the Torrey Smith, or even Anquan Bowden. There was one play in the playoffs. I think he was in that coach game where he was throwing, I think it was to Tandon Doss, but then Anquan Bowden ran, alpha Anquan Bowden ran and said, give me that. I'm catching that football. It wasn't even intended for him. It ended up being a real big play. So we cannot like, even if you go back 10 years to when the Ravens won a Super Bowl, we cannot eliminate how quality receivers impact this thing, man. We can't do that. The Ravens formula, when the lack of emphasis on receiver, it has not been working. Hasn't been working. This is why me, I talk about it so much on here. And I hope they obviously, I obviously hope they have success, but they gotta put more emphasis on that passing game. Now, when you talked about Tom Brady, he never won a Super Bowl with a Randy Moss type receiver. Well, he sure went undefeated with one. And he sure made it to the, so he didn't win. It was closing. It was a lot of crazy stuff that happened in that Super Bowl, but he went undefeated. When he got the Randy Moss type receiver, he went undefeated. They did not lose a game and then including beating the Ravens in that, oh, that heartbreaking Monday night football game. Ravens were in all black and everything. Oh man, that was a game right there. That was one of, even though they lost, that was one of my favorite games of all time. That's the game that I was at work. And I'll tell you, because I used to work overnight at that time. And I told my manager, oh yeah, I'm going on lunch. That was the longest lunch I ever took. And then I came back to work so sad because they lost. I'm like, man, come on, Ravens. Like, yeah, I'm over here, like taking this three and a half hour lunch and y'all lost, man, come on now. But coaching is a big impact on that too, with Tom Brady. And it's so many different factors. And I just, I never really quite been the big fan of the whole, the Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson comparison because especially when it comes to, because I don't feel like that's a reason that the Ravens should provide less. Because, oh, Tom Brady, he never won a Super Bowl with superstar wide receivers. So is that a significant reason why the Ravens shouldn't provide Lamar with top-notch receivers? Because if so, it's not to me. And then another argument that a lot of people say with the whole pay thing, oh yeah, Lamar Jackson should take less money. No, no, no. Lamar ain't give the Ravens less, so the Ravens should not give him less. But anyway, back to what you have seen. Lamar's strengths are short, solid passing. Why is that his strength though? Why is his strength not deep passing? Is something missing? Has he really like shown, oh man, he not a strong deep passer. Has he shown that? Well, there are a lot of other factors involved. Who has he been throwing the deep passes to? For those deep passes, is there a limited catch radius? Have there been drops? Has he been inaccurate with them? It's just, so many different points with it. Lamar's strengths are short, solid passing, strong running game, top 10 defense. Now are you saying Lamar's strengths or Raven's strengths? Cause when you say top 10 defense, it sound like you're talking Raven's strengths just as a whole. But anyway, he said, let's start talking about the Ravens as a team, but that we lack receivers. So yeah, I mean, let's see, hope eight, this pre-season is, well by the time you see this hit, the first pre-season game might have already been played by now. But the pre-season is going to be the time for where the Ravens, they can show this stuff. They can show what not only the receivers are made of, and they can't really show everything. Cause it's pre-season, they ain't going to be throwing everything out there. I mean, it ain't like they got this super deep playbook anyway, but it ain't like they're going to be throwing everything out there and be like, all right, but the pre-season is where it starts. And then once the season comes around, hey, let's see, let's see what these boys are about. And it's not even the receivers themselves, and hopefully it's not. Hopefully the Ravens will show us. But it's just how, it's just the lack of, again, lack of emphasis put on the receivers. The lack of emphasis put on the passing game. That's what they really need to up. Because you can't be like, you don't, because everybody keeps saying 2019, 2019, in 2019, regular season was great, but it can't be like, all right, 2019, 2019. All right, 2019 regular season, we ran over everybody, ran through everybody. Wow, these Ravens, that running game is so strong. And then the passing game, it was efficient. They had to pass for like 500 yards a game, LeBlanc had, he passed like 150 yards, like four touchdowns. But it was working. But then, so the volume of the passing game, it was low. But then come playoffs, it's like, oh, we ain't about to let these Ravens run on us, like they ran through everybody else. No, we ain't doing that. So now, when you need to switch it up, when you had to switch it up, you got all these receivers drop, except Hollywood, Hollywood wasn't dropping them. You ain't dropped nothing in no playoffs. But anyway, you got all these other receivers dropping passes, passes going right through their hands, passes hitting them in the face. And it's like, whoa, is this what happens when we up the passing game? And it was a scary sight. And that is part of my, one of my biggest reasons why I want the Ravens to emphasize the passing game earlier. So come play off time, you have that option and it doesn't catch anybody by surprise, including the Ravens own receivers. Cause that's what it seemed like happened back in 2019. It's like the passing game, oh, we gotta pass a lot now. Oh, we not used to that. So why not get them used to it earlier? Why not put more emphasis on it earlier in the season? So later on, when you need it, you'll be good to go. Yeah, this feels like a dream. No jazz, what I made. What I made. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, out of made it, out of made it. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right in gravy? Right in gravy. Team Keep It Clean, welcome to another episode of NFL Questions from, from y'all, from Team Keep It Clean. I appreciate y'all, I love y'all. And without further ado, let's get into the next question that came from my guy, Enonik. He said, do they even believe in us? Okay, what's this about? Now, in Graven, hope you and the family are having a great summer. Football is almost here and I can't wait. I just watched your What Lamar Jackson can do with Raven's unproven wide receivers video. And the question you answered touched on a trend the Ravens have continued to follow for most of their recent history, which is not maximizing or developing all wide receivers and offensive talent by expanding our offensive play calling and going all in on top tier wide receiver talent when it hits the market. Coaches seem to have a, don't worry, just send the wide receiver down the field Lamar will run for it mentality. Ooh, that's, that's kind of funny, but that's kind of sad at the same time. Over the last few seasons, former Ravens, Willie Sneeds, he's been seen here, there's Brian, among others have questioned Greg Roman's offensive play calling and route schemes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Roman himself seemed to imply in one of his recent pressers that if Lamar was throwing this wheel in the past, the play calling might have changed. Yeah, that is, that is what he said. That is what it implied. He didn't directly say it, but it is what implied. Cause he's like, oh yeah, well, he's, but again, the quotes too. The quote that was going around, it wasn't, it wasn't what it seemed. Like, it just, there was a lot of little mix up with that. But anyway, he said, remember the playoff loss to the Titans, a healthy, Gus Edwards stood around while a banged up Mark Ingram got carries and we abandoned the run game all together. Yup. My question for you is since our offensive leadership doesn't seem to really believe in our players, would this team be, will this team ever find the success? They are truly capable of in spite of them. Love the channel, keep up the great work. Appreciate it, Enonic. So since our offensive leadership doesn't seem to really believe in our players, will this team ever find the success? They are truly capable of in spite of them. If they don't believe in the players, then no, it would be impossible. Because if leadership doesn't believe in the people that they're leading, then there's not going to be any success. So that's why I'm hoping, I really hope that you're wrong about the lack of belief in their players. But then at the same time, it raises a question in some that we've been saying on here that I just, I don't feel like the Ravens, they fully believe in Lamar Jackson as a passer simply because of how they moved. Because of how they moved, it just has not seemed like they've believed in him as a passer. I hope, and I mean, we're in year five. We're in year five. And it seems like they don't believe in him. Now, it's very important, that's why this year is so important. I mean, the past years have been so important. And there's just, there seems to just continue to be a lack of providing for him as a quarterback. Now last year, I felt like they did, they did a good job, but injuries messed it up. Like Sammy Watkins, I was like, all right, cool. They signed Sammy Watkins, he can catch, da-da-da-da. But he's always hurt. So we know he gone miss a bunch of time, but they drafted Rashad Bateman too. And they drafted Tyler Waller, oh, okay. Still had Hollywood back then, Mark Andrews still doing the same, oh, okay, cool. Last year I felt like, all right, cool. But then injuries, they killed that whole thing. Killed that dream. I was just thinking about what if he, imagine all three of our wide receivers on the field at the same time, da-da-da-da-da. But I really, Ravens, they don't have a reason not to believe in Lamar Jackson because Lamar Jackson made everybody believe in the Ravens again. No Lamar Jackson, who knows where the Ravens are headed? Who knows? Well, we know where they were headed before Lamar, but he has continued to give them every reason to believe in him. But I just keep seeing this lack, this lack and especially in certain areas. And it's, you can't do that, man. You got something special with him. You got something, and he is obviously the engine for this team. Like it has been brought up before, like my guy Rodeo talked about. Lamar Jackson obviously isn't the only player on this team. It takes effort from everybody. Lamar Jackson cannot do it by himself. Takes stuff from everybody. But it's important, leadership is such a, so important. It's important that the people at the top, they believe in the people under them and then they believe in the people under them and da-da-da-da. And not even that people are under anybody else, but just that there's a belief in each other. Like, hey, I know you're gonna do your part and I know you're gonna get it done. Hey, I know what you're capable of and I know you're gonna get it done. You know what? You struggle in this area, let's work on it. But let's make it, even if it's your weakness, let's make it the strongest weakness that you ever have had. It's so important that leadership does the right thing. It's so important that they do the smart thing. Because if they don't, there's gonna be just a bunch of failure again. That's it. And the Ravens, they are too good of a team with too good of a lot of players for that to happen. And all a lot of us want is just to see got both sides of the ball, not just even on offense, but people on both sides of the ball put in positions of success. Last year, we ain't gonna talk about the offense, but last year we were on defense. We continue to see guys not put in position to have success. They weren't. It's all guys getting dogged on the field. And then they just continue to get put on islands. And it's like, wait, what's going on? A leader cannot be stubborn, in my opinion. A leader cannot be somebody who's stubborn. A leader cannot be somebody who says, all right, it's my way or the highway. If my way ain't working, you know what? It's y'all. It's not me. It's y'all. I cannot have that from somebody in a position of leadership, in my opinion. You can't. Because a true leader, somebody who's willing to admit their mistakes, willing to change stuff if stuff isn't working, willing to make adjustments, willing to say, hey, you know what? That's on me, I was wrong. That's on me. And as far as the Ravens, leadership can come from, front office leadership can come from players. It's not just the head coaches or coaching staff leadership comes from players too. It's everywhere. Leadership can be found in so many different areas of the team. And with leadership, when you lead somebody, that means you got people that follow you. So they're gonna be watching you every move, even if you think they're not watching, they're still watching. So it's important that the Ravens, they really show belief in holiday guys. And apparently, hey, they, I mean, they did try to get some receipts. They didn't work out, but they did try. But they have been saying, hey, we believe in our guys. We believe in our guys. Okay, all right, well, let's see. Let's see how much you really believe in them if you really give them opportunities. If you really put them in positions to show off their strengths, let's see. I wanna see the Ravens show that they really believe in their squad. Next question came from a boy, Nicholas. He said, ain't gravy with the new multi-shell rule for helmets. What would your dream alternate helmet be? I think a purple or white helmet with the shield logo could be cool. Any other ideas? I mean, there's been these pictures. I think there's been a white helmet that I love. It is so pretty. It is so pretty. But with the Raven on there, but it's white and it's just, ooh, that thing is clean. There's also been a purple one also with the Raven on there. So those things just look pretty. And I know there's actually a way that you can order them. I might have to look into that because those things are good. Next question came from Jalen. He said, would you rather? What's up in gravy? I think today is more of a fun hypothetical and I think it's pretty interesting. Would you rather the Ravens keep the same coaching staff and philosophy but sign a superstar receiver like Devante Adams or Jamal Chase or keep the same receivers but bring in Sean Payton and give him full control of the offense? Ooh, that is a, wow, wow. Actually, you know what? I would do both. I'll say, hey, keep doing what you've been doing but bring in an elite wide receiver to help overcompensate and add him to the mix. And hey, if it doesn't work out, then go to the second option and then bring in Sean Payton so he can work with, have full control of the offense. And then, I know that's cheating a little bit but I love this question. He said, P.S. every question I've submitted has made the thumbnail so hope. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. So hopefully we can get that streak alive, LOL. Thanks for your time and always putting out quality content. Appreciate it, Jalen. Next question came from my guy, Jarvo. He said, would pre-season games approaching and cuts as well? If the Chiefs cut Josh Gordon or the Jets cut Denzel Mims, should we make a move for them? Well, Josh Gordon, it would depend on what Josh Gordon you're getting. I don't know how he is right now. I just haven't heard much about him ever since he joined the Chiefs and even a little bit before that with his time with the Seahawks but Denzel Mims is another name that has been floating around. I know just today as of this recording he got into a fight at practice so I guess he got that little swag about it. He like, hey, I ain't letting nobody mess with me. Then I don't know, two guys who have underwhelmed or at least Denzel Mims, especially if they cut him, that would definitely mean he's underwhelmed as a jet. But it couldn't hurt. They picked him up, put him on practice squad or something like that. Cause he, what wasn't he, was he a first round? I think he was a first round or was he a second rounder? I know he was one of them too. But I mean, it couldn't hurt but everything would just depend on how the Ravens ended up using the guys that they have now and anybody that they picked up. Cause you could pick up the best of the best but if you don't use them, if they don't get an opportunity then you'll never be able to see any of that talent. Next question came from my guy, Mark. He said, hey man, hope all is well with you. I'm sitting here doing staff duty, military people would know. Anyways, I was wondering, why haven't the Ravens brought back Devonte Freeman? You know what? I was a thousand percent sure. Two guys that I was a thousand percent sure that the Ravens were definitely gonna bring back were Tony Jefferson and Devonte Freeman. I was for sure they were gonna bring them back. Tony Jefferson because he just showed a new Tony Jefferson last year and Devonte Freeman because he was their best running back last year and then they still had their guys coming back from injury. So he would be another year familiar with the system even if it was only for training camp and maybe possibly to practice squad. And even if that was it, I felt like I was for sure they were gonna bring him back but no, they didn't. They didn't. He said, I thought he was pretty exceptional for us last year and if Gus and JK aren't available, I think he would be better than what we have now. Yeah, I just, I don't know. He ain't speak no bad blood of the Ravens. I know he did a little Instagram post the other day where he spoke highly of the Ravens organization and whatnot. So I'm not sure. I'm not sure why they didn't bring him back. I don't know. They signed Corey Clement a couple of weeks ago. Obviously signed Mike Davis during a free agency still got Justice Hill. JK just got activated off the pub. Gus is still out. Put brought Nate McCrary, signed Nate McCrary to that future reserve contract. Well, last year they signed to a future reserve contract for this year. So I don't know. I just, I have no answers to that question. Next question came from my boy, Colin. He said, what's up in Raven? Do you think there's a chance to Ravens trade for Roquon Smith? No, I don't. He'd be nice, but I would rather, if the Ravens gonna make a big trade, y'all know what I'm headed. He said, with us losing Vince Beagle and not having a job for a long time, he would help this defense a ton. Oh, he certainly could. And just being an amazing linebacker and a great tackler, because that was one of the biggest things last year with Ravens defense, which was a problem was tackling. It's tackling. If they improved on a tackler, ooh, that would just, that would push them so much higher than what they were last year. But anyway, he said, I think it will put us over the top and can get us deep in the playoffs and hopefully the Super Bowl. I don't think adding him would put the Ravens over the top at all. I mean, it'll be nice. He'll be a very, very, very, very nice piece. But I don't think adding a linebacker, who's an amazing linebacker, I don't think that would be the Super Bowl push. I don't think that would help the Ravens. I mean, it would help, but I don't think that would be what got them over the top. I think that would be something on offense. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I mean. You two take, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, automated. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven. Shout out to Raven.