 YouTube team keep it clean I had to start this video off with a little drink because you know exactly how thirsty Us Ravens fans can be when anybody of any type of significance Possibly hits the open market and even though Rokhwan Smith. He's not on the open market He apparently wants to be traded now It's not every day that one of the best linebackers in NFL Requested trade now. How did we get here? How do we get to this point where Rokhwan Smith is like, hey I want out of Chicago. Well, according to him the bears They they've been in talks about a contract extension But the bears apparently offered him something that was absolutely Disrespectful to him and absolutely disrespectful to the the market the linebacker market So he was like, you know what no, I'm straight. I'm good. I don't want to be here in Chicago anymore And maybe how cold it gets up there and how windy it gets up there. Maybe has something to do with it But anyway He apparently wants to be traded now this thing could go one of four ways One of the ways it could go he could hold out and be like, you know what? I'm not gonna play now Usually that's the way that it doesn't go. Well, unless you leave you on bill They've been one of the only people that actually stuck with that But other than that it just that really doesn't hardly ever happen people have they threaten it But they don't usually go through it another thing that could happen. He could be traded He could be traded to another team end up on somebody else's roster if the bears got a significant enough offer Another thing that could happen He could end up playing and they don't come to a contract extension and he either after this year He becomes a free agent or the bears put him on a franchise tag and they try to tag and trade him Another thing that could happen is if he's like, all right. Well, you know what? Let's just let's do it and the bears come back and they offer him a better deal and they end up reconciling this Relationship and they just move forward. He gets his money from them. They keep their player and everybody's happy Well, which one will it be? We'll see now for that fourth option if they were to end up keeping him Because we've seen this happen in the NFL. We've seen it happen this year in the NFL where players will request a trade Debo and players that I hope would request a trade DK Metcalf and They end up Resigning with their current franchises. So if that ended up happening, it would be very 2022 but how did the Ravens fit in and all of this? Well, I mean, you know, I know as soon as I saw Rokwan Smith was not technically available But he was looking for a trade It's like you just knew the Ravens would be interested in in him And I just feel like the Ravens they they are gonna do their due diligence They'll check around cuz they that's one thing about the Ravens. They may not make everything happen But they will certainly check in on somebody Nothing has come out that said that they checked in on him. I know I've seen a lot Seen a lot of people say that they expect if he does get traded they expect to see a report Oh, the Ravens were close But they just couldn't come to an agreement with the Chicago Viz on the terms of the trade and whatnot Cuz we we have seen that so many times before not only this year certainly this year but over the years So it's like a lot of Ravens fans have become numb to the reports like that, but they do still sting Every time so a lot of Ravens fans are not numb to it, but anyway With Rokwan Smith should the Ravens trade for a Rokwan Smith What could he do for this football team? Well, even though they don't they do not tell the whole story Let's look at his numbers for his first four years 2018 121 tackles the 35 sex not 35 sex. I was reading something else 121 tackles five sex one interception 2019 101 tackles two sex one interception 2,021 39 tackles four sex two interceptions 2,021 163 tackles three sex one interception. So he's pretty consistent Always getting over 100 tackles and I mean most inside linebacker starting inside lineback as they do that But he's pretty consistent with his sex to five sex two sex four sex three sex and then he's been consistent We're getting at least one interception every year But again the the numbers they show production, which is cool, but they don't tell the whole story Patrick Queen He has this burst to him. He has good speed He's a good blitzer Josh Bynes he has smarts because of course he's been around a game for a long time like he played with Ray Lewis He he filled in for Ray Lewis. So he's been playing for a long time But anyway, Josh Bynes, he got smarts. He's a pretty good tackler But just imagine Josh Bynes mixed with Patrick Queen Rockwell Smith There you go. Rockwell says somebody got good speed. He can cover. He got smarts here and he can tackle So that they two for the price of one well actually the price of Rockwell Smith will be a little more than for two but anyway he Would instantly upgrade the Ravens defense in a heartbeat. No questions asked Rockwell Smith would make the Ravens defense significantly better and he would provide them with so much less question marks At linebacker because right now obviously the Ravens they still have a lot because we're wondering. Hey, I Know everything that has been said about Patrick Queen and every year three for him every year three for him It's apparently a big jump. Is that gonna be the same case here in the pros It's Patrick Queen really gonna take that next step as the Ravens inside linebacker because again It's so much riding on him this season in the Ravens I I don't feel like they're 100% in Patrick confident in Patrick Queen And that's not based off of anything that I'd say that I feel but that's based off of their actions They went out and they went all in trying to sign a Bobby wagon again. They even offered more Then the Rams did but Bobby wagon. Hey, these dudes just went Super Bowl. I Live there. I'm from there. So easy decision But I'm glad the Ravens tried to make it a little bit hard for but anyway So they tried to sign another lineback and then they end up bringing back Josh Bynes bringing them back and that could just be for just Stay ready. So you ain't got to get ready Or it could be like hey Patrick Queen struggled last year and then he got benched for Josh Bynes So let's just have Josh Bynes ready just in case he struggles again. So it could be that So I just I don't feel like they're 100% confident in Patrick Queen I hope Patrick quit man for his sake for the Ravens sake for everybody's sake I hope Patrick Queen really goes off this year. I really do but I just wonder What a linebacking unit would look like with Roquan Smith and Then Patrick Queen Roquan Smith being a Batman Patrick Queen being a Robin because again He was robbing at LSU and then when he became Robin last year seemed like a thing just slowed down for him So much and he played so much better. He was so much smoother. He played with so much more confidence Now another scenario with that Because with with Patrick Queen I wonder if if the Ravens were to trade for Roquan Smith, what would happen with Patrick Queen Would they keep Patrick Queen this year? I mean obviously next year. I don't I would not see any scenario where Because the this is the year where they had to pick up his fifth year option so I don't if they were to trade for Roquan Smith, then that would be Patrick Patrick Queen will be on the way out and They were they will probably end up trading him the following off-season possibly even now, but definitely the following off-season Because I just wouldn't I wouldn't see them keeping him to especially because they would have to pay Roquan Smith and If you paying Roquan Smith, you're not gonna pay Patrick Queen as well so that can that could be something but Roquan Smith would definitely help because Roquan Smith is a sure tackler and that is something that has been lacking on his defense Oh, it's been lacking for sure and because with with tackling y'all have seen it like with lying back is with cornerback Sometimes with safety, so if you don't tackle well Then it just it makes everything so much harder for your defense and it makes everything so much easier for opposing teams offenses If you don't tackle well an eight-yard slant can turn into a 60 yard touchdown But you're more chase last year. Yeah, I did too And we've seen it time-to-time last especially last year guys just not Tackling but if you tackle well, it makes everybody's job easier reason being give you I'm gonna give you example You got to play safe instance. You got it. The the offense is running the running play. They don't want to run and play Quarterback hands it off to the running back running back. Well going right up there. Okay, linebacker season Roquan Smith season Tackles them boom to your game at the most. All right, cool But safe instance same play Running back runs it up the gut Roquan Smith or whoever is that linebacker? They missed the tackle. All right, so now it goes from just a two-yard game Then it turns into a five-yard game now It's up to the corners in the secondary for them to make a tackle And they're not usually always as physical as linebackers some of them can be but most of them are not so now they got to make the tackle and If they don't make the tackle bone that looked what could have been a two-yard game It could turn into a six-yard game It could turn into a eight-yard game. It could turn into a 14-yard game all because of miss tackles So with a Roquan Smith, he would give you that short thing at inside linebacker as far as tackling now Situation is everything when it comes to so many players In the shuck the Chicago I don't know what I just said just now, but the Chicago Bears have not been a good team Um, they've been struggling for a little minute But he's still been balling and So you you just think about man He's balling on a bad team imagine what he would do on a good one So he would again he would certainly be an upgrade for the Ravens Um, I don't expect them to trade for him if they did cool But me if they were to make a trade I would rather them look for a trade in another area Of the team because with a Roquan Smith, I feel like he'll be nice He'd be excellent for Ravens excellent for Ravens defense give would give them a nice boost but Would he really put them over the top like that? In a question that I posed to some people yesterday Just something for you to think about Roquan Smith like and I'm still hoping for Malik Harrison. I'm still hoping that him and Patrick Queen They could end up being a nice little one-two punch like a little one-two combo But when Malik Harrison, I just I don't know what his role is gonna be and I don't even think the Ravens know what his role is gonna be So we'll see what happens there because again, they did bring back Josh Bines So it's not just about Patrick Queen. It's about the other linebackers, too And they they brought back Josh Bines So they did not feel comfortable yet moving with their young linebackers moving forward with their young linebackers Because they brought back something that was gonna team back in like 2012 and what? Like like Josh Bines been around for some different generations of football and shout out to him, too By the way for it's still bringing it still playing Wow, that's crazy. But anyway, um, I Just I don't know man I would rather them if they would make a significant move. I would rather be somewhere else Somewhere that I would really feel like would really push the Ravens over the top Oftentimes when whenever a defensive player becomes Available and I know he's not technically available available But he tried to make himself available whenever defensive player comes available and even when the Ravens trade for a defensive player Nobody's ever like oh man That guy's gonna take away snaps from the young guys. Oh man that that guy Oh, he's gonna stunt such and such growth on defense. You don't never hear that That there's never even a conversation It's never a conversation But if you talk about another Position and you talk about making a significant trade to acquire somebody there Who's gonna be really good player? Then that's when a lot of chatter comes about. Oh, it was stunt their growth. Oh It was gonna take away snaps from them and I would just rather those assets be put into Lamar Jackson And then Greg Roman. Hey because he's the offensive coordinator instead of the assets being put into Mike McDonald now, I just because I feel like with I Feel like we could still use more on that side Then on the defensive side on offensive side than the defensive side because I just again my thing is We always talk about making life easier making people's jobs easier And this it would be a luxury move really it'll be a luxury move They got Roquan Smith and hey if they got them a kudos to them Um, I don't think that they will I know again I'll it's all the top destination for Roquan Smith is Baltimore Raven. Da-da-da that It would be a good move But I would just rather Then make a move on the other side of the ball now if they did get him They had to pay him He had to come to a contract extension with him Well, I mean you didn't don't technically have to but I'm sure he wanted that agreed upon Raven he was already they got a certain contract that they need to get figured out First before you go dish the contract to somebody else to line back or ain't even on your squad Oh, you you you got a contract that's kind of important right now that you you best take care of ASAP or else Next offseason this thing I'll get ugly If that contract ain't handled in the next three weeks But before the season starts so about oh, yeah, what a next month if they handle it in the next month This next offseason could get real ugly It can get real ugly because once franchise tags start coming into play. Oh That's what stuff can get real nasty So let's just hope it doesn't get there but Roquan Smith wants to deal The more Jackson wants to deal priorities