 This whole Derrick Henry thing has been a lot and apparently it's not over yet because the Baltimore Ravens actually still may have a shot to land Derrick Henry. So of course, as you know, Cole Jackson reported yesterday that the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans apparently had a deal in place. They had everything set. They were good to go on a trade that would send Derrick Henry to Baltimore. But apparently, according to him in the sources, he said that ownership stepped in. So that would be Amy Shrunk and she shut it down. She said no. She did the whole Adam Silver when the Lakers were trying to acquire Chris Paul some years back and they shut that down. They did the whole Roger Goodell. I remember when the Ravens were involved in like this three-team trade that where they would have ended up in the long run with Jadevian Clowney about years ago. And I forgot the other two teams that were involved. I don't remember if it was the Saints or the Jaguar. I always forget. Maybe one of y'all will remember. But anyway, it got shut down. But according to Paul, Paul Kaharski, who covers the Tennessee Titans, he said on Amy Adams Shrunk, that's Titans owner, but on her vetoing a deal for Derrick Henry, not true. So he's saying, oh, that did not go down. That didn't happen. So it's still a lot of back and forth. But the good thing to know is that by today, by 4 p.m. Eastern time today, whether it's true or not, whether it goes down or not, whether this trade happens or it doesn't happen, we will officially know by 4 p.m. today. And whatever trade the Baltimore Ravens may do or may not do, we'll know by today and it will be official by today, which is a beautiful thing because I know a lot of y'all with all the back and forth, it drives you crazy. For me, I don't mind it so much. But I know for a lot of y'all, it drives you crazy. Now, one thing to keep in mind with this whole Derrick Henry thing and really just any possible trade that happens today from any team. Adam Shrunk to report yesterday, he said any long shot chance of a potential Derrick Henry deal diminished even further at 4 p.m. today, which was yesterday. He said when the deadline passed for him to restructure his contract ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, Henry has 5.5 mil left on his deal. I don't think it's going to happen. A source said so that means that that 5.5 mil that's left on his deal, a team would have to take that on and that will get divided up into the remaining who the Ravens have nine games left. So yeah, they six and two, so they have nine games left. That would get broken up into those nine games, but they would still have to pay that five, that entire 5.5 mil all to him. So that could make things a bit trickier. It weren't already tricky enough between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans, but there is still a sliver of hope. Now, with it being the trade deadline, we got some questions. So people sent in some questions that they were like, Hey, we trying to get the answers to these, but before the trade deadline, and you know what, just because we ain't going to have no time to do them later, because the trade deadline is going to come and go in a couple hours. Let's go ahead and talk about these right now. The first one came from my guy, Raven Pride. He said, what up? It's your boy, Raven Pride. Hope you and the family are in good spirits as well as Ravens fans. We have to be honest about the business of this sport. These guys come into this game for two reasons, to play football and to get paid. So when it comes down to deciding who to keep, it's tough. And that's why these general managers get paid to make these decisions. Hopefully EDC can work his magic. Oh yeah. They certainly get paid the big bucks to make the decision on who they're going to give the big bucks to. So, but it's still fun for us all to talk about it as fans. That's, that's the beauty of it. Anyway, next question came from my guy, Justin. He said, and these two are Tinker and Clean Patrons. So I appreciate y'all. He said, thank you for all that you do. No, you got to thank me for nothing. Y'all do all the work. I don't do nothing, but send a message. Y'all do all the work though. Anyway, he said, do you believe OBJ will come alive in the playoffs or do you think he's lost a step? I believe he just isn't as smooth as he once was, but I hope I'm wrong. Yeah, that's, that's something right there. That ain't got nothing to do with the trade deadline, but hey, I do hope that it's a little bit of both. I do think he certainly lost a step. He certainly lost several steps. It seems like, and yeah, that is a perfect way to explain it. He does not seem as smooth as he once was. He's trying. He's really trying, but it's, it ain't clicked yet. I think it'll, I think he'll wake up before the playoffs. Cause I mean, hey, I know people talk about force feeding and whatnot, but you paying them 15 mil, like it ain't too much force feeding for 15 mil. Like you trying to get your money's worth. And he has given you some nice flags, some nice penalties, but OBJ ain't come here to draw flags and draw penalties. So yeah, I think he'll come alive before a playoff time though. Next question came from Maurice, who's also a team keeping clean page. He said, Hey, we'll love to get your thoughts on potentially adding a running back as reported by the Diana Rossini. Everyone is talking about Derek Henry or say, Quan, you name it. But how about Zach Morse? Appreciate your work. Appreciate you Maurice. Zach Morse will be a really good one because he would fit right in with the Baltimore Ravens. I mean, he already went off on the Ravens at M and T bank stadium. So why not? Why not? And the Colts, they already showed like Jonathan Teller was out. Zach Morse was in. He had been balling. Jonathan Teller got back. They paid Jonathan Teller right away. And Zach Morse, I mean that he did what he, he did what he needed to do to earn him a little deal too, but they didn't pay him. So again, you can't pay everybody. Even though Jonathan Teller been doing this thing for years with the Colts and whatnot, but that could make Zach Morse be like, Oh, well, what about me? So that would be, that would be a nice move. I would not be mad if they got a Zach Morse cause he's shown like Ravens, no first hand that Zach Morse, he can carry the load. Next question came from Nyan. Nyan always asked some fire questions, by the way. He said, I ain't gravy and Nyan here, wishing you bountiful health and success for you and the fan. Appreciate that, man. So two points here. First point. I didn't care personally to get Derek Henry. Gus Edwards has the same production with less carries. All we'd be paying for is a name and reputation. And with Gus getting three touchdowns against the Cardinals, it's almost like he said, Derek, who? Now I get what you're saying, but I think it's more than that. I think you will be paying for a running back that can also get the job done that can carry that carry that load as well. And somebody that has experience, especially in the playoffs as well. So it's more than just a name. I see where you're getting at, but I think it's more than just a name. It's somebody that can ball too. But anyway, he said, if anything, we should look to acquire more depth at corner receiver or defensive line, because in my opinion, Clowney ain't it. All right, now we got a problem. Now we got a problem, Nyan. See, I ain't appreciate that one. I appreciate what you said about my guy Clowney. I don't like this question anymore. You started off hot, but then when you said that, I didn't appreciate that. So I'm going to need you to issue a formal apology. Not only the team keep it clean, but not only to the Baltimore Ravens, but to the David and Clowney specifically, I need you to issue a formal public apology to hashtag JC24. But we'll continue just this once. Oh, he said, second point, it's funny that Geno Stone continues to impress and make us and hopefully the front office believers during the game. One of the commentators mentioned that we haven't seen something like this since guess who? Ed Reed. I'm just saying per my last email, hashtag trade Williams 2024 offseason. We'll talk about that later. I can't, I can't argue with it though. I can't argue with that one. We'll talk about that later this week. Anyway, he said, I know I said too, but I'd like to say something else that's funny. With all defense playing like it has been, I'm more excited to see the defense than the offense lately. Initially going into the season, I was excited for our offense, but this defense got me hype. Oh man, I wouldn't want to take it back there because I don't remember the days like watching the Ravens of old when I would be more excited to see the defense than offense and that like the offense is back then was like, now the offense right now is not like that, but they can be rough sometimes. So once they get clicking though, that's when we really going to want to see them. I mean, you know, you know what Lamar, there's always something crazy that could happen every single game. I think us as Ravens fans, we get so spoiled by it. We take it for granted because we so used to but so much of what he does is just, it's literally insane. But then he said, send with appreciation to the greatest NFL outsider and greatest source for all things Ravens coverage. Oh, that definitely ain't me. The greatest now, but I do appreciate you though, man. He said, go team keep it clean and shout out to shout out to all God nine man. I appreciate you a lot man. I ain't going to forget about that public apology that you owe to Judevian clowny though. So I won't forget. I'm going to remind you every time I see your email, every time I see your name, I will gladly give you a reminder because you owe it to my guy and he's going to show you to what I know he missed a sec. This past game, but he's getting it. The pressure's getting there. The pressure's getting but watch against him. See Hawks because David clowny against his former team. That's what he really want to show out. So this is a big game for him coming up. But anyway, last question came from my guy, Jarvo. This looks like it's more for down the line, but he said, can we franchise tag Patrick Queen or Justin Matabique if a deal can be made and then tag another free agent the following year like Bateman or away if they can't get a deal done with them. Well, yeah, they can certainly tag Patrick Queen or Justin Matabique when their deals run out because they can ready to be free agents. And if they did not want to let either go, they couldn't come to an agreement with either one. They could place that franchise tag on them and boom, they'll be stuck unless they facilitated a trade or something and worked it out with another team. But yeah, so they could do that. But now the next part where you said, could they do it the following year on Bateman or away if they couldn't get a deal done with them. Now they could, but that would mean that they declined their fifth year options if they tagged them the following year. But they could like you could do that for any free agent like you can only use the tag once on one player per season, but you can do it for anybody that's a pending free agent for you. So yeah, they have that option. And he also said, is it me or is Lamar extremely focused more than ever this year? I think Lamar is always focused. I don't think this year changed his focus at all. I think the way that he's playing is a bit different though. And the reason why I say that is because you could tell I feel like he is more reserved and not even necessarily reserved, but it almost seemed like he's just protecting himself more and looking out for himself long term more than he has before. Just the way that he runs the how he runs just to what he does when he runs seem like he just holding back. It seemed like he's playing the long game a bit more than he has in the past. It seemed like he is focused, but he's thinking about the future a lot, the immediate future. Like I'm talking about like playoffs and stuff like that. And it seems like he just really holding stuff down and reserving stuff until they get to there. And I'm not saying holding plays back. I'm not saying even, but just the way that he, I feel like he's not playing as loose as he has before. Still playing good now, but not playing as loose. So I still, I think he waiting to get loose until later on in the season, but yeah, especially come playoff time. Then I think that's when I think he's gonna go crazy and really put it all out there.