 What's crazy is that when we saw the video and the pictures of Rashad Bateman in the walking boot after Sunday's game and we talked about us and man, I don't expect to see Rashad Bateman for a couple of weeks. Don't expect him for this bingles game. Not even really expecting him for the Giants game. Hopefully he'll be back by then but I'm not expecting it right now. Somebody said, ain't Raven quit being dramatic, man? Raven's just being cautious, man. And now Rashad Bateman who didn't practice all week has been ruled out. There will be no Rashad Bateman versus the Cincinnati bingles on Sunday night football and that is a bummer. Not a surprise but it's a bummer because Rashad Bateman, he helps take pressure off of Devon Duvenay and vice versa. And Mark Andrews, he helps take pressure off of both of them but when you remove one from the equation that makes it a lot easier for defenses. So that's a big blow. That's a really, really, really big blow. And we'll see how to Raven's counter it. Now, what a lot of people were thinking was that Andy Isabella, not that he was gonna play this week anything, I didn't expect him to play this week but I mean in order for him to play one day he gotta eventually get on the team. And the way that John Harbaugh was talking made it sound like, I don't know if business is sweet between the Ravens and Andy Isabella. Hopefully it's just one of them things where they just gotta clear some stuff up and they'll get it worked out but I kinda got them been mason vibes from how John Harbaugh spoke about Andy Isabella. So we just gotta wait it out. We gotta wait it out. And maybe he'll sign with the team next week and maybe he won't, maybe he won't but it's a situation that we'll continue to monitor. But for the wide receivers who have signed with the Ravens who are with the Ravens, it's gonna be Devon Duvenay time. Devon Duvenay, James Prochet, Tyler Wallace, DeMarcus Robinson, it is really like, oh man. It is really, Raven's gonna have to really do a lot and get those guys involved. That's a lot more pressure on LeMar. This is another one of the reasons, one of the biggest reasons where I was really, I really wanted the Ravens to do more at receiver just in case one of the guys went out. Just in case one of the guys got hurt. Just in case one of the guys missed time but hey, now it's just time. All right, you've been using Duvenay. You should be using him a bit more. You've been using Bateman. Should be using him a bit more but you've been using them guys. All right, now next man up. It's time to use that. Whoever the next man up are gonna be. So we'll see how the Ravens end up working that out. Now, one of their best receivers has been ruled out of the game and so has one of their best running backs. Justice Hill, who has been the best Ravens running back this year? He is out. He of course suffered that hamstring injury on the run in the Bills game. On a nice run and then during the run you can see him pulling his hand like, ah! And I was scared. Oh, I was scared when he did that and he went down. I remember saying on the live stream, I was like, oh yeah, he's done for the year. I thought that was a wrap. But then he got up and I was like, oh, okay. Then he went back down again and I was like, oh, okay. But they said it was a hamstring. I was like, oh thank goodness, that was a hamstring. Even though hamstrings, they can linger a little bit. Hamstrings are sort of like growing injuries with how they can link. Sometimes they can be short. It can be a quick turnaround. Other times it can be weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. So we'll see how it is with Justice Hill. I don't think it'll be too long. I think two weeks max. But I don't think it'll be too long. But hey, we'll see. I'm no doctor. But sometimes I do get my medical analysis right sometimes. But anyway, Justice Hill is also out. Ben Cleveland. Ben Cleveland, he has also been ruled out. He hasn't played this year but still, it's nice to have depth on a squad. And you lose depth on the offensive line. Ben Cleveland's been out. And the pass rush where, again, we talked about how hamstring injuries they can linger. Growing injuries can linger. And a growing injury that has been lingering, Justin Houston, he's also out. We were hoping that this will be a week when he comes back. Couldn't count on it, but we were hoping it. But he didn't practice all week. So he is out. So no Justin Houston versus Cincinnati Bengals. So that pressure is on. That pressure is on. These three out of the four are high impact players for the Baltimore Ravens. Justice Hill, Rashad Bateman and Justin Houston. High impact players for the Baltimore Ravens. So we'll see how it goes in their absence. I know, and I've said it before, us as Ravens fans are so tired. I mean, we've been hearing it forever, but like especially last year just made us so tired of hearing next man up. Because literally we were hearing next man up the whole year because everybody kept getting hurt and hurt and hurt and hurt and hurt and hurt. But that's how it is this year too. It ain't like last year, but it's been a lot of next man up so far. But again, the silver lining when you want to look at it in a more positive light for the majority, obviously minus Kyle Fuller, which is terrible. Minus some Joann James, which is also terrible. With the Ravens injuries, they've been sustaining injuries that they can come back from this year. But they're not all season ending it well. And then minus, oh, minus Michael Pierce too. And minus Stephen Means as well. Wow, wow, we lost some quality players already, wow, wow. Cause we lost our starting slot corner, temporary starting left tackle, but he was starting defensive linemen. Oh yeah, wow. Oh wow. Like this is my first time like really like thinking about it like, oh man, so yeah, still been a lot of next man up. Whoa, that's, that's crazy. But anyway, well, for a good portion of the injuries, not all of them, a good portion of them is guys that are on the way back. One of those guys who's been on the way back is Ronnie Stanley. Ronnie Stanley, you didn't hear anything about him this week or earlier, earlier, you didn't hear anything about him. So that was good. So Ronnie Stanley was not on the injury report. So he was practicing and full, doing his thing. There was no injury designation for Ronnie Stanley at all until today. Today they said, oh, he did not practice with offensive line. They said he was doing stretches with the quarterbacks. He was stretching with the quarterbacks, stretching with Lamar, he was stretching with them boys, he was like, okay. And then he didn't practice. So, okay. Well, at least it had a portion open to the media. So I said, I said, man, well, I said, I ain't nothing to feel with that. So Ronnie Stanley, he just probably changing positions. He probably just gonna be Lamar Jackson's backup. So, okay. You wanna be Lamar Jackson's backup quarterback? Cool. Ronnie Stanley knows where the money is. Them quarterbacks, they get paid. So that's all he's trying to do. It's all good. Well, Ronnie Stanley, we'll see. We'll see. Based off of that right there, that got me thinking that maybe this might not be the week, but I don't know. I can't call it Ronnie Stanley. I just, no clue. And somebody who also can't call it with Marcus Peters. Marcus Peters. He has missed some practice time. So I don't know what's going on with him now either. They said the one day that he did practice this week, that's when he got put on the injury report. So, with Marcus Peters, he, we'll see. He could possibly be out if, oh, for God sake about that. I just, oh boy. Marcus Peters was out. Oh, man. I will be sick. Sick. Sick. And of course, you want the guys for the long haul, because it's a long season, but this game, just the status of this game, it's a big game. I mean, I feel like every game in the NFL is a big game because the season is so short, but this is a big game. And especially with the losses, not only have the Ravens lost two, lost two home games, lost two games to what the Beals and the Dolphins, but those AFC teams. So those losses, they hurt even more. Big game on Sunday night against the Bengals. That's all I can say. But, hey man, these Ravens, they, I remember last year, they were, they had just lost to the Raiders. Lost to the Raiders in overtime. It was a crazy game. And then they were getting ready to go up against the Chiefs. And the Ravens were battered, bruised, beat up. So many people hurt. Just, oh, I thought the Chiefs was gonna come into M&T Bank and dog. I mean, that was the Sunday night or Monday night. Was that game on Sunday night or Monday night football game? No, it was Sunday night because the Raiders game was Monday night. So yeah, that was a Sunday night game. Yeah, so I thought that, I was like, man, they better get whooped by these Chiefs. They better get whooped. And nope, they end up winning. So maybe that could be the same thing that happens here. This Ravens team looking down and out. Ravens team looking beat up all kinds of ways. And maybe they irk one out. So let's see, see how it goes. Should be a fun game, looking forward to it. Love y'all team, keep it clean. And like so many Ravens players are for this game and a lot that I just remember for the rest of the season. I'm out.