 And stuff just went from bad to worse for the Baltimore Ravens You know what and a lot of y'all may disagree with this, but this is how I'm feeling right now For me, this honestly hurts worse than losing to the Chiefs It really does and I know it's a much different situation and the Chief that was obviously such a huge game But I think it's the way that we lost to the Chiefs too since we were losing like for so long And the Ravens were in it but never really in it in it and they weren't being themselves But this this hurts me more than the loss to the Chiefs did because You had a guy man You you you had a guy that was special you had a guy that was proven you had a guy that showed you literally showed you Showed you so much growth from his first year to his second year. He showed you so much consistency From his first year to his second year. He showed you multiple times like hey, I can make some stuff happen He had been with the Ravens previously But then he went over to Michigan made stuff happen over there boom like that instantly right away quick faster than a hurry Had a huge impact on them Then Ravens are like, you know what? Hey Mike McDonald come back. Come on back Come come to the NFL come be our defensive coordinator. How about it? come try it out for a little bit see how you like it and He not only got the job done with the Baltimore Ravens, but he excelled with the Baltimore Ravens And he was just amazing like he was somebody no matter what About nine point nine times out of ten. He was gonna be on point About nine point nine times out of ten He was going to not only do his job, but do a phenomenal job at his job now. That's gone Now that's done Now and congratulations to Mike McDonald first and foremost. Well, I guess it's kind of like second But first of all most congrats to Mike McDonald. We're happy for him We were definitely happy for him because he earned it. He earned his job and just reading the report Listen to what the report says from Ian Rappaport. He says sources The Seahawks are set to hire Ravens defensive coordinator Mike McDonald as their new head coach Seattle was willing to wait for him if Baltimore made the Super Bowl So you see Seattle knew they knew yeah, they had interviews with Aaron Glenn Yeah, they had interviews with Ben Johnson. Yeah, they had interviews with a Dan Quinn. Yeah, they had interviews with other people But that is significant. The Seahawks were willing to wait for him if Baltimore made the Super Bowl So they were willing to put the the hiring process on pause just for Mike McDonald because they knew they knew how special he was and Continuing with the report it says instead their season ended last week, of course and he takes a big-time job He's currently in Seattle on his second interview And it says the Seahawks brought McDonald in with the goal of hiring him the top target all Alone for a deal to expect it to be finalized So that's that man That's that And we got a lot to talk about right now. So sit down relax It may be a little while but before we do that make sure you subscribe to the channel turn your notifications on and even though We hate this news. We don't like this news at all like it for Mike McDonald personally But coming from the Ravens fans perspective We don't like it But you can still leave a like on the video leave like on the video because it helps out the channel a whole Lot and somebody that helped out the Ravens a whole lot was Mike McDonald But now he's gone something that we talked about with Mike McDonald And he's just short tenor with the Baltimore Ravens He had a huge impact his short tenor as defensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens He had a huge impact with the Baltimore Ravens and We saw growth. We saw accountability. We saw development personal development. We saw him develop Players we just saw so much from him in such a short time But again, it was a tremendous impact that he had on the Ravens But again, the thing we saw from him was consistency and he proved himself We know what to expect from Mike McDonald. He gave us every single reason To believe in him every single reason to believe in him and literally any single situation Because when the situations were the hardest when the situations were the toughest what did Mike McDonald do? He showed who he is. He stepped up. He showed out in the toughest of the tough games minus the Rams game besides that one in the toughest of the tough games Baltimore Ravens they played again, we'll go backwards The chiefs AFC championship biggest game of the season obviously because this is a game to go to the Super Bowl Patrick Mahon's in them cheese. They get 14 points on you quick on your defense on your number one defense quick It's like whoa had a lot of people freaking out a lot of people like oh my goodness. What's gonna happen next? Are we gonna get blown out my McDonald's and no no no watch this. I got you three points for the rest of the game to Patrick Mahon the Travis Kip, right? Isaiah Pacheco 17 points a whole game No points in the second half At all like really? No, that ain't possible. Yes, it is what Mike McDonald is possible certainly was The game before that and we talked about it earlier today Just how do you hold a team to not not even pat they can't even get past the 25 yard line? That's impossible. Especially in these days with all the rules and all that how everything favors. How do you do that? Then week 18, that was just a whatever game, but previously before that the games before the Dolphins Two in that dolphins offense with all that speed even without water with all that speed. Oh my goodness and They were running all over the Ravens. I think I think they're running back Not where he most of but uh a chain devin a chance that he had over 100 yards that game Dolphin score what 15 points or 19 points something like that something crazy low But they first two drives they went right down the field boom like that. What happened after that nothing nothing nothing Because Mike McDonald again in the biggest games against it then the previous week before that against the 49ers You know what happened there. He made those two MVP candidates look like nothing Brock Purdy what five picks right five in a set Now I know obviously it's about the Jimmy's and Joe's more than X's and O's but Mike McDonald put those Jimmy's and Joe's in the proper places to have success and he would do that every week Just about every week That's why this hurts bad and another reason this hurts bad. We talked about people being proven We talked about him being proven. We talked about knowing what to expect from him now once again the focus is on John Harbaugh and A lot of focus is on John Harbaugh reason being and we're gonna talk about this more later on throughout the weekend and really in the coming months to but the focus is on John Harbaugh because It's like hold up John Harbaugh You you've proven to us who you are in the toughest of the tough moments last week against the Texans I was thinking oh, okay. Hey Ravens done turn the corner. They got it now. Yes. We have another demo for 2019 We 2019 the Baltimore Ravens were a historically historically Great franchise when it came to the running game. They were historic They made they broke so many records in the running game And what did that do that made it easier in the passing game the March accent have like he went This dude would have like 13 pass attempts like four or five touchdowns in a lot of games Why because they were running so well that made life easy everybody's like oh, man We got to stop them from running then they oh, oh, they threw the ball over the top of our heads Oh Lamar Jackson through another touchdown. Oh, there goes again through another touchdown and They would do that like almost every single game But then what happened in the playoffs this historically great rushing team in the playoffs. They decide. Hey, you know what? Mark Ingram. He's hurt We're gonna run our running back six times Six times joke Joke in the biggest stage of them all you run your running back six times So then what happened next? 2020 Baltimore Ravens, they made the playoffs and they won that playoff game against the Titans I was like, okay, let's go and then against the bills. They were losing the Lamar got hurt So I was like, okay, we can't say nothing about that. He got hurt So then they didn't make the what they made they didn't make the playoffs in 2021 They had it and then Lamar got hurt had a number one seed in the AFC north or number one seed in the AFC Then Lamar got hurt everything fell apart In 2022 Same thing at number one seed at one point a FC number one seed and FC North all that good stuff Lamar and MVP race He got hurt But the Ravens still because of everything that they had already done they had ended up making a playoffs But of course, you know how that went the whole Tyler Huntley fumble at the one that are a they fought hard though But then this year this year it's like all right Lamar is healthy. Oh, this is gonna be different Oh, Baltimore Ravens was steamrolling teams. They were doing that thing. It's like, oh, yeah This is not a fluke. This team is not fluky at all. They are the real deal Get to the playoffs take care of business in a major way against the Texans again That's what had a lot of us food. It sure had me. I'm like, oh Ravens got it I saw the adjustments from Todd Munkin. I see adjustments from Mike McDonald I'm like hardball got these boys, right? Let's go John. Come on, baby And we've been giving him his credit all year for sure because he's deserved it for sure because he has had this team Right, you don't win 13 games by fluke. Uh-huh. You don't do that Especially the way they've been taking care of some of these teams But then the FC championship game rolled around Against John hardballs his the guy he used to work under Andy Reed and everything went out the window again Again Again Same exact scenario as 2019 Everything's right there in front of you You know what you got to do and what made the game worse What made the game worse It's like, all right Chiefs got one of the worst run defenses in the league one of the worst So a lot of us we have in conversations leading up to the game. We're doing our game previews and all that We're talking about oh, rave is about to run wild on these cheese. Let's go I can't wait this game might even be a blowout, but it's still patreon homes in them So got to respect them because they done been here done that but right. Oh ravens. Oh, they could take off Run all over them. Chiefs can't stop the run. The bills just showed you the week before That the chiefs they ain't stopping nobody from running Oh, yeah, we about to have a field day on these boys. Let's go. Nope Raven said we are going to run with our running backs six times Six Now, I know a lot of the blame has been going the top mucking a lot of people been like monkey What kind of game was that? What kind of game did you call and that is true? What kind of game did he call? Then a lot of the blame goes to Lamar Jackson. Lamar Jackson. What were you doing? Well, you're not taking what's right in front of you while you weren't taking what's given to you You weren't making it easy You weren't taking off when you could have taken off you you had so many opportunities And that he gets some of the blame too for sure For sure You can talk about the offensive line man the offensive line. They wasn't blocking like that. What is going on with the offensive line? Why are you not blocking for the mother so MVP quarterback got to protect them? They get some blame too but the common denominator Common denominator because this is literally the had the ravens lost that game And they've put their best foot forward because that's what I always say I always wanted to be to where Everything should fall on the players all the blame should fall on the players. It should not fall on the coaches That's how I I think it should be If there if the rate that that's the best type of I know there's not a good type of loss But if a team fails for something I think that the coaches should put all the players in a position to have success But then if the players don't execute right then it should all be on them But I can't say that in this case. I couldn't say that in 2019 either and these were literally the exact same things that happen Baltimore Ravens historically great running team this year too Historically were great running team has historically great defense And they decided, you know what? We're gonna go directly against everything that works They did it in 2019 in 2019. Todd monkey was nowhere to be found. I mean, he was with Cleveland He was not with the Baltimore Raven. He was the offensive coordinator. Greg Roman was Everybody was all of us was so angry at Greg Roman. Greg Roman is Greg Roman that man. Greg Roman. Why'd you do that? What's wrong with you Greg Roman? What what what kind of game plan is that? In this year He brought the top monkey. What kind of game plan? What's that? What are you doing? What's going on? Who oversees those guys? Who's in charge of those guys? Who can step in with those guys and not just with the coordinator with the players too? Who's that coach? So many times last year We we talked about especially when um before they even let Greg Roman go We said this both before and after they let Greg Roman go both times or both scenarios We said that the issue is much deeper than just Greg Roman It's much deeper than Greg Roman much deeper Because we talked about how the Baltimore Ravens they've been through so many different offensive coordinators So many different ones And it's been the same issue Same issue And it's like now the Baltimore Ravens. It's like they graduated to a new level of the same issue Because before the issue would be the offense in the regular season We like man the offense in the regular season. They just can't get it done. They can't score They can't get no y'all. They can't get no points. What's going on? So we went through offensive coordinator after offensive coordinator or offense coordinator so then With Greg Roman, it's like, oh, yeah. Oh doing regular season audience They put enough points. They put enough points even in games that they struggled that they put enough points It's like, okay, let's go. But they didn't got to post season and it'd be like, uh What's happening So then go from Greg Roman top monkey regular season Oh, yeah doing that thing even in games where they not all the way on point. They put enough points for enough points for enough points and then boom postseason First half they put on they put up 10 but then the second half they took off. It's like, okay. Yeah, let's go But then in that chiefs game, it's like, oh same issues John Hobo, we looking at you my friend We looking at you my friend We talked about it throughout the season how um, because a lot of people they knew we knew that Mike McDonald was out of here We knew one that he was going to be out of here And I said the only way that Mike McDonald was was was going to stay the only way that I felt like he could stay That he would stay would be if the Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl and John Hobo decided to move to a front office role and Mike McDonald got promoted the head coach That was the only way I saw him staying. That was it That obviously didn't happen. He sure ain't winning the Super Bowl um And now Yeah, we're here Mike McDonald is gone He's gone um And I know we got some guys in the building who they could promote they could promote Zachary Or who used to play for the Baltimore Ravens used to be a nice inside linebacker for the Ravens But then he had that unfortunate neck injury Uh, so he could be a defensive coordinator. You got Anthony Weaver who was a defensive line coach He used to also play for the Baltimore Ravens was a defensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens You could promote him to defensive coordinator and I'm sure both of those guys could do a phenomenal job But the thing where Ravens fans will be hesitant now and how what they've been hesitant about before Will still be the head coach It will still be the ultimate leader on the team John Hobo And I can't fault any Ravens fans for being hesitant and fully believing in what the Ravens can accomplish Because they have the same head coach because he's been the common denominator and so many of the Baltimore Ravens different things Now there have been other factors for sure There have been other factors for sure There have been times when Lamar might have a bad game There might be times when the tackling is bad. There might be times when this, that and a third But there is one common denominator And that is John Hobo So with Mike McDonald leaving Is we'll see what happens. I'm sure that they're gonna hire somebody and they're gonna do a good job as defensive coordinator Will they do as good as Mike McDonald? We'll see. We gotta hope so. Of course. We hope so Of course, we hope so We don't want to see the Baltimore Ravens fail But I know many Ravens fans are scared that the Baltimore Ravens will continue to fail If they keep doing the same things over and over and over if in the biggest moments in the biggest stages They continue to do this malpractice And they continue to fail at this just ultimate level Then that won't be a good thing team. Keep it clean. I We'll see We'll see how this whole thing works itself out. Uh, that just made the press conference on Friday that much more interesting