 Last night we did a live stream Where the title topic of the question from subscribers was if you saw any areas of weakness or any areas of concern for the Ravens heading into the 2020 season and Of course a lot of us shared our displeasures shared our concerns shared our questions And just shared some unknowns heading into the season for the Ravens coming up Some of those things were my kick-returner were possible running past blocking with the Monster yonder retiring And there were some other things that we talked about in that live stream And I appreciate everybody that came out because we had a lot of fun as we always do And I do appreciate y'all coming out on such short notice too like y'all always do That's why I love y'all so much because y'all don't even have to get a heads up But when it's a live stream, it's a live stream and y'all come through like crazy. So I appreciate it But I wanted to make sure we didn't just focus on the negatives We never want to just focus on the negatives We want to talk about the positives too and what some of the Ravens biggest improvements This off-season have been Because last year they they had a very good roster Very good roster, but somebody somebody told me I forgot who they were in my apologies But they said that with the Ravens roster last year, they don't feel like it was ready They don't feel like it was a Super Bowl roster And of course you can debate that amongst yourselves you can go back and forth On that if you like me personally, I feel like they were good enough last year But I feel like the biggest issue for them in the playoffs and what's been the biggest issue for them in the playoffs the past two years Has not been the roster to me, I think it's been more so coaching just forgetting who they are and just just being outright bad when it came to Playoff coaching Because the coaching throughout the regular season for about 90% of the coaching in regular season was fine I mean they did win the majority of their games I mean a lot more than the majority because I mean them going 9 and 7 would be would be them winning the majority But they went 14 and 2 But to display that product in the playoffs It was terrible and of course it wasn't all on coaching, but My opinion majority of it was But regardless We want to talk about how the Ravens actually improved this off-season What makes them better this year than they were previously? Now we first start on offense They their biggest additions on offense have been a DJ fluca And the rest of them really came through the draft the Ravens didn't sign any Offensive free agents besides DJ fluca and he's an offensive lineman They of course lost Marsha Yanda. So there's not an improvement there But the rest of the talent that they added on offense it came via the draft Because they drafted Devon Duvenay. They drafted James crochet So and and they drafted offensive linemen as well So they got a lot of depth there, but and of course JK Dobbins too So that will be one area where they did improve at the running back position and Of course, I mean you could think Ravens improve at the running back position. Well, yeah, they did they did and in their case it was a rich getting richer type of thing because they improved there and They possibly will see what happens. They possibly may have improved at the versatility of the fullback position And of course Patrick Ricard is still Patrick Ricard And he is a beast of what he does but they for now added Bronson Ricksteiner as an undrafted free agent Now we'll see what happens with him. We'll see if he ends up making the roster But if he does then you have that much more versatility at the fullback position So I would think that that would definitely be an improvement and you just you're adding speed too at wide receiver You did add some young depth. So you improve there With your depth and your speed. I think that's been one of the biggest things that they improved on was straight up speed Because that is something that the Ravens needed That's something that I've been clamoring for they just need to get faster And they did that at the running back position to a JK Dobbins not to go backwards, but they added that speed with him as well Again offensive line they added DJ Fluker and again, I know a lot of people are worried about his past protection As you should be because it was a concern with the Seahawks, but it's run blocking That's where he excelled at and this is a primarily run team. Obviously, they're gonna be passing too but with DJ Fluker Excuse me with DJ Fluker the thing with him is that worst-case scenario what worst case scenario is that it doesn't work out and He either is a backup or He's released, but he's on a vet minimum deal. So it ain't like you are tied to him financially It's not like you're obligated for him to be on the roster And I mean safe instance been and this is what I was talking about. We talked about this way Early in the offseason with Ben Powis Ravens got quite a few options right there for that right guard spot. Um, but say for instance Ben Powis You have him going into his second year and Say for instance you sign a veteran and this is something we talked about if they and we talked about this with them signing With them possibly had signing Kolechio Simile But I was saying if they were to sign Kolechio Simile then the worst-case scenario is that he doesn't beat out Ben Powis And Ben Powis is better than him But this pushes Ben Powis to be even better because you have a veteran who's been there done that played in every single type of game been around But you don't want that veteran to come in and take your spot So that pushes you to be better and then of course another scenario will be that fluke or beats out Ben Powis and and the rest of the team and So it's so win-win in my opinion is so win-win for the Ravens and again We can't expect either one of these dudes to be more shayana. We're not expecting that we're not asking that But they can definitely Be good for the Ravens and they can help make each other better as well So now we flip it to the defense and This is where I think the Ravens improved the most in my opinion The biggest improvement for the Ravens this offseason has been their versatility on defense and Their interior pass rush Because that has been a major issue for the Ravens just past rush period, but certainly on the interior There were some times when you would just watch Ravens games and you would be like what what's going on? Why can't these dudes get any pressure? Why is nothing happening? You'll see the Ravens defensive linemen engage with the offensive linemen and it makes it look like those offensive linemen are just brick walls and the Ravens are just Plastic balls just getting thrown at the brick walls and just bouncing right off They'll make contact with them, but they'll bounce right off. They'll get no pressure And they will get no pressure exterior. They will get no pressure on the interior. It would just be rough So what do they do? Kaleas Campbell interior exterior pressure Derek Wolf interior exterior pressure Madda BK or Madda bouquet always forget how to say his name interior exterior pressure Pernil McPhee they brought him back interior exterior pressure. Jihad Ward. They brought him back interior exterior pressure They brought guys that can do multiple things Versatility That's the name of the game with the Ravens versatility. What can you do? How versatile are you? Can you do more than one thing? Another improvement for the Raven has been with the linebackers their depth and quality depth at linebacker They get a Patrick Queen in the first round you get a Malik Harrison and you still have L.J. Fort You got a Tarah locker coming back. You got Chris board coming back. I Think they keep four linebackers. I think the four that they keep Patrick Queen Malik Harrison L.J. Fort a Tarah locker for inside linebackers. Well Malik Harrison He'd be like inside outside So yeah, they'll keep more than four linebackers Guys for the inside against L.J. Fort Patrick Queen a Tarah locker and I mean you could you can have those guys roving You got those guys floating and whatnot. So yeah now For Matt Jude on Because he's remaining with the team for now I expect him to remain with the team because that's 16 million dollars. That's a lot of money to pay one Matt Jude on but that's a lot of money for another team to pay him to So we'll see what happens But I would Matt Jude on a big improvement for him Something that can help him out and really show like okay Jude on what you gonna do now? Because he's in a contract. Yeah What's around him has gotten a lot better He has a lot more help a whole lot more help So that can be a big improvement for him and that can help him step his game up Secondary The secondary can improve with health secondary was great last year They were great last year boy. We were spoiled last year in the second dairy But now it's another case where one of the Raven strongest parts of the team gets even stronger The Sean Elliott coming back and a lot of people forget just how like I'm not saying this guy was All-star all-pro anything like that, but this guy definitely made an impact when he was on the field Rich get richer Tay Vaughn Young Tay Vaughn Young This guy is good at what he does. He's always around the ball always forcing turnovers and he's been doing that since his rookie year Yes, his biggest struggle is not coverage. His biggest struggle is not tackling his biggest struggle is not physicality His biggest struggle is his injury history That's the biggest thing he got going against him and it's like with with Raven's corners Well, some of them at least Jimmy Smith being the other one When that's your biggest knock Obviously from all in Humphrey is him with the deep ball with Marcus Peters is it's been consistent physicality But with Jimmy Smith and Tay Vaughn Young Their biggest knock is nothing to do with their play Their biggest knock is their health biggest not and And and for the the cornerback the secondary situation that the Ravens are in this year that the Ravens are going into this year Again rich get richer Geno stone another one Safety they drafted Apparently this guy got a high football IQ And he can bring it So we'll see what happens with him, but Ravens again rich get richer. They brought back Anthony Levine as well rich got richer They got richer So it seems as if with the Ravens Rasta wise they didn't want to fix what wasn't broken But they just want to wanted to add on to it their strongest positions They added on to them. They weren't like, oh, yeah, we're set here. So we straight. We're not gonna draft We're not gonna sign. No They got richer So that's a beautiful thing Earl Thomas in the second year Earl Thomas has received a lot of criticism For his play because he didn't make all the plays in the world But when you realize that Oh, it's not that he didn't make all the plays in the world. It's just that many plays didn't go his way And when they did he shut it down for the most part Earl Thomas had a phenomenal year last year and he wasn't even comfortable in his defense yet I'm expecting a jump. Maybe not a major jump from Earl Thomas But it's a jump nonetheless from Earl Thomas being in his second year with this team Second year in his defense. Oh, man, it's this should be a beautiful thing It should be a beautiful thing Now special teams, I feel like they can be an improvement there Because you did retain your special team is from last year. You brought back the Anthony Thomas You brought back Chris Moore. You still have Justice Hill So those are your return guys from last year But you also added Devon Duvenay who can return you also added James crochet who can return So I'm sure that'll be an improvement over what we saw last year So now what I think us as Ravens fans really want the biggest improvement to be Has nothing to do with the roster Well, we as Ravens fans need the biggest improvement to be Has nothing to do with the personnel Well, we as Ravens fans Want and need the biggest improvement for this team to be Is coaching and crunch time Coaching and crunch time will make the world of a difference this year Coaching has failed the Ravens the past two years in the moments where it mattered the most And not to say that all of the blame is on coaching like I said before because the personnel the players They deserve a chunk of the blame too But coaching the way that the past two playoff games were coached They did not put those players in good positions to succeed Based off of well, you saw it. So even though the roster has improved The rich got rich in certain areas Some areas are still a question mark. We'll see But that needs to be the biggest improvement for these Ravens We'll see how it all works out Team keep it clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. I hope y'all having a really great day today Keep it up. We out You