 YouTube team keeping clean what's going on it's engraving here with another video and in this video the question is who will the Ravens Apply the franchise tag to Today marks the day the first official day where teams can begin applying the franchise tag to their franchise Players and real quick just a brief explanation on what the franchise tag is That's the designation where a team puts it on a player and that player is paid for one year fully guaranteed So 100% of the salary guaranteed 100% of that salary goes on the cap and That player is paid the average of the top five player salaries at their particular position But the Ravens have a few candidates who could get the franchise tag Mainly that being Matt Judon who received it last season Yoneke and Gakwe who's also a pending free agent and Tyus Bowser and me straight up just to let y'all know from jump I don't think anybody's gonna get it. I do not see Ravens putting the franchise tag on any player Not the exclusive tag and that's the franchise tag where the the players they can negotiate with any other teams Not the transition tag where they can talk to other teams about Possibly signing a deal with them and then those teams would have to give up the Ravens some draft picks and not the normal franchise Tag either where the Ravens they could either keep their player or trade the player So there's some different kind of franchise tags. They can get very tricky But I don't expect it to get tricky at all for the Ravens I know last year they applied the franchise tag to Matt Judon And then there was a little bit of discrepancy and whatnot between the Ravens and Matt Judon Whether he should be designated as an outside linebacker or as a DN and then what they did which I absolutely Loved and appreciated about the Ravens organization and loved and appreciated about Matt Judon They had the differences. They didn't see things out of eye on it, but they met in the middle They met in the middle and that was nothing that either side had to do But they did it. They didn't allow things to get ugly. They didn't allow things to get messy They didn't allow things to get tricky They just met right in the middle between an outside linebacker and a DN franchise tag salary So shout out to the Ravens and Matt Judon for that, but that ain't going down this year It's not and one of the biggest reasons why I do not think anybody's gonna get franchise tagged is Because with the Ravens, I don't think they see any of these guys as a long-term solution I really don't Now I would love to I would love to keep all of But I don't think the Ravens really see any of these guys as a long-term solution that they are willing to really invest in Like that like that with Matt Judon, they tried it out last year they they franchise tagged them last year and That second half of the season boy He came on strong and then especially in the playoffs because he knew he knew like hey I'm playing for that next contract whether it's from the Ravens or whether it's from somebody else I'm trying to get paid so I don't fault the man at all I know a lot of people be like oh man all these players a lot of these players They only show up in the last year that contract If you were working your job that you have been working for a while and you knew that you were coming close To getting such a significant pay raise Would you not work harder and I don't want to hear that. Oh, well, I work hard every time I work hard all the time you may but if you know, you're about to get a life-changing pay raise Are you not gonna put in that much more effort don't lie But anyway So I don't fault any of these players when it's contract year and they go off no problems with me But with Matt Judon He definitely did that in the second half of the year in the playoffs But I think he knows that he's he's not gonna be with the Ravens long term And I think the Ravens know as well now we unique in God quay They traded for him in the middle of the season They gave up the draft picks to acquire him and just didn't work out It didn't work out He I don't think it was a good fit. Now. I was like excited for unique in God way I thought he was gonna be a great match with the Ravens and it just Didn't work yourself out Be and I think one of the biggest reasons it didn't work out is because he's a nice pass rusher But he just that that's all that he was And not saying that every single player has to do multiple things and has to be multi-dimensional anything like that But we're in Ravens defense is definitely a big plus it goes a long way And I think Ravens defense has spoiled us over the years They spoiled us over the years with having players that can do multiple things Like you you have these cornerbacks I look at Marlon Humphrey outside corner number one corner and They kick him into the slot he can play slot, too Now he ain't really have no choice because of the injuries and what no and Ravens need to look at some slot corners in the drag But they kicked him to the slot Jimmy Smith Outside corner, they had him at safety not too often, but they had him at safety Chuck Clark. He's a safety. They put him at linebacker. Sometimes they get him right there in the box They're linebacker. So and Tyus Bowser pass rusher outside line Matt Jude on pass rusher outside linebacker Kaleis Campbell Run stopper run defender Batten balls down pass. Oh, see again different got pernil McPhee Set in the edge and provide an interior pressure and exterior So you get what I'm saying and we haven't even gone over everybody And that's just this year alone We could go throughout the years and talk about all these different guys who did different things Because that's what the Ravens love they love guys that can do different things now Sometimes they love it a little bit too much to where they don't allow a guy who does a particular thing well whether he did that particular thing well in college and then they they try to make him do different things that he Didn't do in college and then they wonder why he didn't succeed, but You get my point and what you need can guy quay he Good pass rusher, but Defending against the run that could have definitely used a bit more work He's not a he's not an outside linebacker. So he's not dropping back. So as a defensive end I Feel like what the Ravens they're gonna look at it and be like it just can't be just strictly about the pass rush because if we're gonna be paying this guy so much money then He can't just be playing like what was it 20 snaps in the playoff game. It was something crazy like that If you're gonna be paying a guy so much money, he better be out there He better be out there on that field or else it won't be worth it. It won't be worth it And we actually gonna talk about somebody later on who mm-hmm That's gonna be a tough conversation that I really didn't want to have but we have to but we'll worry about that later on But with unique in God quay, I don't think they franchise tag him either Now Ty is Bowser with him. He's another candidate for the franchise tag all these past rushes and But he is somebody that's versatile He can drop back as an outside linebacker. You drop into his own You saw when against the Titans in a regular season game and what was the other game where he caught that nice picking? I think it might have been the Steelers, but he like it, but especially in that Titans game He faked like he was about the Blitz But wink had him drop back Ryan Tannehill threw a right to him pick Beautiful pick. What did it pick six? Maybe it was like almost a pick six, but in exception so And not just that one play alone, but Ty is Bowser has shown that he is versatile but with Ty is Bowser He hasn't quite earned that franchise tag yet in my opinion in my opinion So I don't think he's this perennial player where he's just going crazy And there's absolutely no way that you let this guy go now. I would rather them keep like I said, I would love it They keep all three, but it's just it's not happening It's not happening There's no way that you got three guys and this is just three guys alone Raven still got plenty of pending free agents But there's no way that you get three guys like those guys To all take one year two year deals at a significant discount. No And I don't I wouldn't blame them either like when I know when when fans get mad at players for not taking discount for what? For what? No, don't you don't get mad at them get their money? That's what they went to the NFL for they went to the NFL to get paid To make a lot of money playing the game that they love. That's what it is. It's a business So anyway Well with Bowser, I just don't feel like he's that guy yet Now he's been coming up But I just don't feel like he's necessarily hit that stride yet to where Franchise tagging him would be worth it Now, I think they'll try to maybe come up with a deal But I don't think it'll be anything crazy But so I think tires Bowser ends up testing out the free agent market and he ends up going elsewhere. I Really do I just The more that I thought about it. I just I don't see him coming back. I really don't So we'll see what happens there, but I and like I've been saying too I think Raven's just going a different direction when it comes to the pass rush when it comes to their Front for when it comes to that front set. I just I think they're gonna do things. They're gonna operate a lot differently I mean Eric Degas he talked about it that with the pass rush It's just it's not what it used to be anymore Because quarterbacks are getting the ball out quicker than ever quicker than ever So maybe he needs to take that and also translate it to the offense to have Lamar get some quick throws in He needs to relate. Anyway, we talk about that. That's a whole nother conversation But Raven's franchise tag I Don't see it being applied to anybody Nobody on defense. Nobody on offense and another reason to is because like we said at the beginning of the video The franchise tag is 100% guaranteed So just to set the set an example if you if Raven's for example had 20 million cap space and Somebody's franchise tag was for 15 mil then once that person got franchise tagged That would eat up 15 million cap space because it's all guaranteed now They will get paid because for that one year to get that 15 million dollar check Oh, we got it. We getting paid now after taxes. It could be a big yikes But it's still see a lot of money and a significant amount more amount of money than what they got paid the previous year And if you get if you got franchise tag the previous year and you get franchise tag again Then you get a 20% raise all for that So you get oh boy You cash it in you get franchise tag multiple years is it's a gift in the curse gift because you can pay the artist Money you get paid all some money up front But the curse is if you get hurt Then that's why that's why guys like signing these long-term deals Because they can you take they can get taken care of just in case they do get hurt But franchise tag if you get hurt and they only sign you for one year Oh, the team they benefit because yeah, they pay you all that money up front, but after this year. Oh, we're done We're done. You got hurt. Oh your damaged goods. We're moving on so hey, it's tough but Yeah, it would be it would be guaranteed so it would eat up so much of the cap the little cap space at the Ravens do have So I just I don't see it happen now the one way to alleviate a lot of that cap space Or the way only one way to alleviate it eating up a lot of that cap space would be if they came to a long-term agreement with whatever player They franchise tag but that's yet another reason why I don't see it happening because that's not a guarantee that they come to an agreement with whichever player so it's just I Don't expect anything to go down all with Ravens and the franchise tag So like I expect Tyus Bowser to be mad Jude on to be unique ain't got way to be and Then probably some other players unfortunately due to the salary cap and being released cut traded and so on and so forth Like all those guys are probably gonna be very very soon