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Let's do it first question on this episode NFL question from subs came from Lynetta she said a engraving how you and the family doing we're doing pretty good pretty good I appreciate it. I hope you and your family doing really good, too She said I have a question. Why does Lamar try and force Hollywood the ball and most of the time it doesn't work I'm just wondering. I think we beat ourselves to night Hmm That's a good question and a great way to start off. So with Hollywood He he can count on that's his guy. That's his go-to That's his a1 day one And and he really just has big trust For Hollywood Brown now in the game against the Dolphins Yeah, there was some times when some other people may have been available may have been open or whatnot He could have looked at some other guys, but he just I think he just really wanted to try to make a play And I think with Hollywood, I think he just he knows Hollywood is capable of making a big play And I think that's all he was trying to do because you know again with the Ravens They go for that that the kill shot so much that a lot of times they end up missing what's right in front of him So I think that's what the case was against the Dolphins because since the the the offense had been just struggling so much Throughout the entire game. So they it was like man, what can we do? We can't even get a first down We can't even get a first down. So it's like since they weren't moving the ball at all They were just hoping and waiting that something big some big because you know that spark a big play could really spark your team And really turn the game around. So I think that's why But when you look at the the way that this season has been going Hollywood is his number one receiver. This is number one guy So that would explain why he would force him the ball So much next question came from my guy, Mike He said with us doing the running back by committee lol How would you feel about Devin Duvenay taking a snapshot running back? I would be with it all day It certainly couldn't hurt it be a way to keep Duvenay involved in the game While getting some other receivers involved in the game as well if you got Duvenay lined up in the back field It just gives you another option and a reliable option An option with some speed an option that's comfortable in this offense An option that's used to taking handoffs from Lamar because you now y'all know jet sweep king Let me finish this question though. He said we don't have a change of pace running back I believe putting him in the backfield could open up other things defenses would more than likely Think he's getting the ball. He could be a better version of time. I'm going to be lol passes out of the backfield outside zone screens screens you say Now what what what kind of screens would would they be the uh the one once a month Raven screens or a dolphins type of screens Where it screens every single play because we're Ravens. I guess Ravens are very they are very extreme team They an extreme screen team because they either do one a month Or like they did in the dolphins game They do one every single drive. Well one every single third down actually, but anyway It's all about balance In moderation. He said All running backs haven't done enough to put fear into defenses Offensive line hasn't helped with that either lol would be another way to get a playmaker the ball Him out of the backfield manned up against a linebacker Good luck with that Empty set consists of a running back out wide Be an easy way for him to get open against a linebacker just my thoughts That last part that you just said I I love that because When he said all empty sets consists of a running back out wide. They also Was just I told y'all it bugs me so much to see it. They also consist of a full back out wide I just that Wow, that is very frustrating when that happens I because I just feel like like almost like it's just a waste And it's it's so frustrating to see Um And it's like you're really having pat and and and like sometimes if they go empty backfield Sometimes patrick carter be lined up on the inside, but there are a lot of time when he'll be lined up Out wide he'll be lined up like an outside receiver. It's like Like what do y'all think that this is gonna do? What what what do you think that this is going to do? I uh, it's it's it's just so cringy man. I hate it. Um But yeah, when you put it like that like instead of a patrick carter a la vie on bell even a davante freeman Lining up what because they do a lot. They send them guys out a lot when they go to to that empty set That could be devin duvenay and oh a receiver Actually being lined up and then you would have your other receivers on the field too I would love that. I would love that so much Oh, and he said anyway in your voice illa well Hope all is well with you and the fam keep up the good work And keep that heat coming like always appreciate you mike But yeah, I think I don't think there's one ravens fan that would be Against this option. I don't think there will be one Because yeah, uh davante freeman. He's he's been doing this thing overall. Um, and he has been Our best running back that's been given opportunity um And he's he's had the most burst Out of all of them. Um, that's been given opportunity and it's crazy because I remember when we signed davante freeman I was looking at some of his film from last year. I was like, oh, yeah, he still got that burst He's still got that burst I know there were some giants fans and um, that were like, no, he doesn't he really doesn't And now he's shown that he does so that's been good for davante freeman. Um, la vie on bell. It's just Oof Uh, it's it's been rough Overall, it's been rough. Like I said, he got a couple plays in there, but overall it's been pretty rough So devon duvenay again, and then we think about the rpo. Like I said earlier Yeah, he's a jet sweep king but lamar unhanded him the ball so many times over the past couple years Lamar unhanded this dude the ball a lot So with that being said like again them jet sweeps, man Well, Lamar you now lamar just uh when devon duvenay come lamar just go Hot potato hot potato hot potato hot and just toss it up and then duvenay will catch it and do what he does but Him like consistently back there. I would love it I would love it so much. He's already built like it on the back You just do it. It it could it could not hurt It could not make anything any worse than what it is right now in the running game Next question came from my guy calm city. He said, how's the family brother got a ventilator? It's all good. We all had to after that game He said how many weeks do you come out running the ball well and take the back out to switch up What's working the offense and the slow starts must be a focal point in practice because they're killing it In a in a bad way. Um, the big plays on the defense This year and ball tomorrow are unacceptable. I'm done for now. I feel better. Take care fam Again, he just had to get it out. He had to get it out and yeah, the uh, the slow starts we've been talking about those all year long Now for the most part the ravens have recovered from those slow starts, but They've been games with them slow starts bit them in the butt. They bit them in the butt And it's just not to say you can't overcome it because again if you win the game Okay, well the slow start is sucked But you got over it But it it will be it will make stuff just so much easier for the team If they got off to hot starts now as far as the difference Yeah, the the big plays have been just crazy this year They've given them so many big plays and they give up big play like Every game like against the dolphins. They gave up like three of them um against the the vikings, of course, uh, justin jefferson And dalvin cook then against the bingles It was the uh the tight end being wide open twice for touchdowns and and then the uh jamar chase um It just like so they they've given up big plays all throughout the year But then uh even recently like you would think all right, maybe early in the year They were giving up some big plays. Okay, they might fix no So whether it's a miscommunication thing. It's just people overthinking assignments people missing the set. It's just It's been bad. So ravens they just They they the fixes are still like again now now it's crazy because none of us are talking about tackling anymore None of us are complaining or worrying about tackling anymore because tackling has been fine but it's still the misassignments so And of course the slow starts So it's like we fixed one issue But then another one said it taps us on the shoulder. So hey, what's up bighead next question came from my guy Makai and appreciate you being a patron as well. He said what's up in grave? But do you think the loss to the dolphins was a fluke? I mean it was a few days after a tough overtime win. No, it wasn't a fluke at all Dolphins were the much better team that night throughout the entirety of the night. So no no fluke ravens got beat no excuses Yeah, I know I know I heard. Oh, yeah, the the ravens played what 93 snaps against the the vikings a couple days before And they um, and then they had an overtime win. Okay. Yeah, that's cool Yeah, that's a tough game. It was and ravens end up winning But the dolphins they also had a game on sunday too against the Texans that they ended up winning No, it didn't go to overtime. They didn't eat overtime to beat the Texans. They took care of business and regulation But they they had a game just a couple days before and the dolphins looked 50 million times more prepared than the ravens did and then the ravens were So there are absolutely no excuses for the ravens getting crushed like that and it wasn't a fluke at all And I really think this week really over the past couple of weeks It's just been trapped game city over the past couple of weeks But certainly this week too. You see the bucks Tom Brady Mike Evans and all them they lost to the washington football team Um, they were the the raiders. They lost to the Anyway, um, there was another one to the the brown That wasn't really a trap game the browns game in the patriots because patriots not they're not a sorry team But you see the um the Steelers in alliance They had a big win in the overtime and they tied So it is trap city next question came from a boy brandon m and shout out to you before being a new patron He said ain't graven. I'll be attending my first ever ravens game next week against the bears Oh them bears that should be fun. Hopefully Uh, do you think we will fall into another trap against the bears our performance against the dolphins was pitiful? Do you think our terrible performance will carry over next week against chicago? All right one thing about the ravens As as frustrated and as crazy as they can be and as stressed as they can make us When we watch the games The trap game twice two times in a row No So I I fully expect them to bounce back against the chicago bears Um, I I I expect them because they ravens to they love to do this It's the lamar ravens the flack already they love to do this stuff to where They can look like the worst team on the planet one week and it's like whoa What's that? What what did we just see? And then the next week it's like, oh, they they a whole another team They show us a whole another side a whole another face. It's like, whoa, what would y'all that last week? so I expect them to take care of business against the bears, but at the same time a expected unexpected with this team expect unexpected with this season But no, I expect them to bounce back and I expect them to really just make a lot of uh, a lot of um Questions that will have been asked this week and have been asked really over the past couple of weeks I expect A lot of those questions to get put to rest against the bears Like questions on if the raven should fire g-roll or not if they should fire wink or not Some people even ask if they should fire harbore or not um, but I just I uh, I think against the bears they they look like The ravens that we've been waiting on now. It would be against the bears now, but Still, it's it's better to take care of business than not to as we saw in miami Next question came from my guy, jordan. He said a engraving I've been listening in the strong opinion sports podcast today when the host zack mentioned something very powerful Shout out to my guy josh Hoffman because he put me on to strong opinion sports like the year and change ago And I love his videos Anyway, uh, he said zack mentioned that some of the things joe burrow say come off as cocky or arrogant He also implied that lamar who's very humble isn't smoking cigars It's vastly different a different personality wise and will get criticized for acting all high and mighty the way joe burrow does But instead joe burrow gets a pass One of your thoughts on this and if you think it has any relationship to the way lamar jackson is viewed by the league slash refs Thank you. Oh, um again With lamar jackson Same thing we've been saying he's not your traditional quarterback So he's not going to be viewed or treated as a traditional quarterback Um, and that's just the the way that it's going to be for the entirety of his career He's not going to get the same calls that the guys get He's not going to get the view that are talked about the same way other guys get He's not going to get those same passes that a lot of other guys get and that's just the way that it's going to be Unfortunately next question came from my guy tron j and i'm giving him a pass this one time because I'm sure his head was hurting and he sent it to the wrong email And that's it was after the dolphins game But anyway, he said What's good fam? This is the day of Miami game I'm sure you remember because I'm the one that thought I messaged you on twitter first lol Hope all is well with you in the fame. I'm pretty sure we all know what levion game was about before seguan into the league He was my favorite running back even though he was with the stealers lol But we know the patient running, but I think we forget the part He was one of the best running backs that can catch in the league I'm sure you remember his stealer days, but since he's been with us I haven't seen him catch a cold and I don't want people To say he lost speed because to be real levion was never fast to begin with lol So my question is do you think we're going to see that levion bill in the second half of the season? Or is that it? I personally think that would open up or offense that much more But I like to hear you take on it piece bro. Appreciate it So do we do we think we're going to see levion bill catching some passes? in the second half of the season um Maybe a few who in here and there, but like my god mike said in the previous question I would be all for the devon duvenay like really taking a bigger role out of the backfield um, because this could give you Fresh not even fresh legs, but just faster legs Reliable hands, uh that potential explosiveness Out of the backfield like because think about this Say for instance, um You have You got levion bill and levion bill runs like a little five five yard route Then turns around waits for the ball. Lamar throws it to him Say for instance duvenay does the same exact thing at the running back position runs a little five y'all route turns around Lamar throws it to him Who do you think has the bigger potential to turn that five yards into 10? Or turn that five yards in the 15 Who has the bigger potential with that yak? And obviously the nfl is not all about yak It's all it's about securing that ball first making that catch first, but both of them got good hands so I ain't worried about that but Who who would be the option to really turn that into something more It'd be duvenay every time be duvenay every time For levion for it to be levion bill again everything in front of him the blocking it had to be perfect Duvenay has the the the bigger opportunity to create something out of nothing with levion bill he It's just not him to create something out of nothing Because in order for his something to be something then he needs some perfect blocking set up in front of him but that's Ravens and perfect blocking. Oh, those two don't go together this year Um, so I mean but back to his question back to my guy tron's question Uh, yeah, I I would expect because again with levion bill the ravens are infatuated with him They love him so much I think it's that respect from the past and it's also that the oldest guy is a big household name that we got for super cheap But they love levion bill you could tell that by how they use him Even with stuff isn't working. Hey levion. I'll take this. I'll take this hand off. All right. We got you my friend So You should definitely expect to see him get involved in the passing game a little bit more In the second half of the season and the last question on this episode came from my guy dominik He said what's up, man? I just got finished watching the game against the dolphins terrible Dolphins look like they found a way to stop the ravens offense blitz the outside like no other and play Coverage, do you think other teams will follow in that same trend and do you think the ravens will be able to adjust to that? Well, they better They better But dolphins one thing that they have that a lot of teams don't have I mean some teams do but they have a really really good secondary And in order for you to be able to play like that your secondary they got to be on point um, so with that being said Other teams will try it but and you know for sure other teams are going to try it because the dolphins literally shut the ravens Offense down ravens offense couldn't do anything like nothing at all So, you know other teams are going to follow soon and be like oh, oh really because you see you saw what the uh, what the lions did Lions they sold out to make sure the ravens were not running the ball and ravens didn't even have a good running game that game Um, but the ravens they passed all of them like crazy. So they're like, oh man The broncos they tried to sell out to stop the runner and they the ravens didn't have a good running game that game They ended up barely getting over 100 yards on that last play But they didn't have a good running game that game But again, the ravens were airing the ball out, but that was a really good secondary too. So Dolphin show like hey It's all they're secondary ain't better than the broncos, but they show like hey, we we got it. We got this And so other teams are gonna definitely probably even the lions. I mean not the lions the uh, the bears I'm gonna hit the lion tigers bears. Oh my so with the bears you they gonna look at that And they you know, they gonna run that same stuff too because they gonna be like, hey We ain't got nothing to lose We ain't winning our division. We ain't making playoffs. What a guess what we gonna try to ruin ravens chances So I would not be surprised if bears start running the same stuff So ravens are probably gonna they're gonna need to show like right away this weekend If they can counter that or not