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What's going on the same grave and hit with another video and in this video We just finished watching the end of the year press conference from Eric the Costa Where he touched on a lot of different subjects that are going on with the team currently And we're gonna get into that but before we get into that we as you all have heard by now The Ravens they are not bringing back Morgan Cox the long snapper for what 11 years I think he's been with the team forever But he's not gonna be back and that's unfortunate That but that makes sense to why they kept Nick Moore around on a practice squad The whole year and they were even sometimes when they protected him so nobody else could sign him off of the practice squad They also hired a new DB coach The Anton Lynn that's Anthony Lynn the former Chargers head coach That's his son and he he worked with the Texans last last season And they were big yikes, but hey, maybe this new environment will help improve Improve his resume And also he'll be working with better corners, too But if you look at Texans corners compared to Ravens corners, yeah, there's a big there's a big jump there So hopefully it'll work itself out. 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So thank you now With Eric D'Costa He again, he touched on a lot of different things in this press conference today Now one thing that I was expecting going into this presser I was expecting something of significance to be said, but I don't really think he really said anything too significant He didn't say anything too shocking He didn't reveal any like crazy information or news or any updates anything like that He just touched on some different questions that a lot of people had been asking over time One of those he spoke about was Lamar Jackson's contract. He said he expects to go to the senior bowl And he expects to talk to Lamar like within these next 10 days about the contract and that's cool And of course that news came out right before the The bills playoff game came out the night before the bills playoff game or was it the day before either way but Is while he did say he's gonna talk to Lamar Jackson about a contract It doesn't mean anything until the contract is actually done Because you can say you're gonna talk to this guy by the contract this guy that guy that guy and that's cool But it doesn't mean anything until it's actually signed. So we'll see if there's any progress with that We find out anything with of course, you already know we'll let y'all know and I know y'all let me know too Because remember they there was also to talk a couple of weeks before the season ended that the Ravens were in contract talks with Derek Wolf and I think he even said on his Instagram that he would be back But we haven't seen anything or heard anything yet. So That's that and speaking of contract talks somebody was somebody asked EDC about Mark Andrews and Orlando Brown, Jr. Because they also have contracts coming up and They're in the last year of their deals. So excuse me With that being said Eric the cost of responding. He said hey Ozzy told me a long time ago. He said you can't keep everybody Say you cannot keep everybody and that's something that we say on here all the time too when it comes to this free agency and pending free agents and all that Because they talked about how um, they also have the four outside linebackers that are all pending free eight like four And these are like significant players to the team Matt Judon, Yannick and Gakwe, Tyus Bowser, Pranel McPhee all free agents all of them All of them getting ready to hit the market unless the Ravens can come up with something to a deal Well, we'll see what happens with that Because I'm like I'm so I'm really lost on that like who do you keep? Who do you keep? And I know some people say well a lot of people been saying oh, well you keep Bowser in in in Gakwe Well, you could do that But I mean that you're gonna put all that money into those guys and that's something else that Eric the cost of spoke on too The money he said he expects the Ravens to have about 15 to 20 million dollars in salary cap space and that's It's really not that much It's really not that much but being a Ravens fan We're pretty used to this pretty used to going into free agency with not much money to spend Happens every year pretty much Ravens are never one of these teams where it's like oh, yeah Hey, we about to drop this cash on this player that player that player that player that player well unless they defensive players Oh, and we gonna spend it on da da da da That's really not them So them not having much salary cap space is no shocker. It's no surprise and it's nothing new So we'll see how they continue to maneuver. I will see how they continue to sort of work with and around that Now something else that was asked about was Mark Ingram. They talked about he said how Mark Ingram Eric the costa said he spoke with Mark Ingram and his people most his agents and they asked him How do you want to do this? how would you like to go about this and He said that the agent said that him and the agents and Mark Ingram felt it was best that he just was released And he said that Mark Ingram he had earned that and you you can understand why he had earned that sort of that that respect To where are you you choose what you want to do? And it reminds me of it's not out. It's obviously not close to the level of but it reminds me of with Joe Flacco for Joe Flacco, he got to choose He got to choose so That that was just that's that's very respectful Because it's not anything that the team has to do They they could just they could trade you somewhere. They could just cut you at any second They don't have to be like, oh, you know what what would you like to do? How would you like to handle this? They ain't got to do that. It's business It's business So shout out again to to mark Ingram now with The number one receiver question the passing game question, you know, those came up they those had to come up and I just I Notice that it was a lot of deflection it he sort of just deflected those questions to Greg Roman and John Harbaugh. He deflected them to coaching and while coaching They are the ones that are more responsible for taking care that EDC. He still got his hand in stuff And he still got his hand in stuff. So I was just hoping for something more significant with that I'm not really sure what I expected But he he said it starts with the offensive line, which we it does it certainly does He says it's also about building up that offensive line and he was also asked about the center position What are the Ravens gonna do there? How are they gonna address that and the the person that asked the question of my apologies? I forgot which reporter it was but he talked about Patrick McCurry the bad snaps in the bills game and he talked about Matt scurro with the bad snaps in the Patriots game like how do you how are you gonna address that and Eric Dacosta was like well, he attributed it to the weather Talked about how what the Patriots game was among soon and what the bills game is the crazy win and that's true But whenever I think about that and not saying that a player is not allowed to have a bad game Because again, they're imperfect people. So this is their profession and all of us in our profession We all mess up. We all make mistakes. I know I certainly do With that when whenever I would hear somebody say if they would attribute it to the weather I would think hold up and that the Patriots they have any bad snaps The the bills they had one bad snap but Like so the opposing team Their miscalculations and their mess ups and hiccups in those games They were not even close to the levels of the Ravens mess ups So he did talk about how they plan on having some competition at the center position, which I do expect I expect Patrick McCarion and Tristan Cologne Castillo to be battling for that and if the end if they draft somebody too So we'll see what happens with that Now something else that is very Because he made a very good point when it when he talked about the passing game because it was sort of these like Sort of these kind of deflections and whatnot and and sort of the dodging the question a little bit But he it but it's still a good point though Because when he was asked about the passing game, he talked about the the pre snap penalties He said we got to cut down on those we guys to and that's true Because the pre snap penalties We know Ravens would always get at least one false started game and at least one illegal motion or legal shift every game every single game Now I think there was like one game Maybe it was I think it was a Titans game the playoff Titans game where they actually didn't get anything But um, the pre snap penalties were very bad this year. They were terrible and that can change Field position that can change momentum that can change a lot for a team so that's really bad, but something that I think about is And that's that right there is on coaching And that right there is also on execution Sometimes it's coaching not having the guys at not having the right guys out there at the right time I'm not pulling guys off the field and it can just be miscommunications Then it can be on the players to maybe Lamarion get the play in maybe there's a player That's on the wrong side of the formation. They get lined up incorrectly It can be both but something that I thought about too with the weather games the bad weather games Where? Since you and this is where offense comes in the mind too Since you still have Lamar primarily running out of the pistol formation He's not under center So when there's bad weather Then in those snaps all are coming from the pistol formation or shotgun or whatnot That raises the potential of a bad snap So I would um, I would have loved if coaching made adjustments in those games To where okay, let's have him snap under center a little bit more How about we do that because with this wind blowing or this monsoon is rain coming down Maybe we should make some adjustments, but Anyway, that's that So it just this press conference I it just left a lot to the imagination on What's what's gonna be next for the Ravens? Well, what's what's gonna happen now with the Ravens? What are these guys going to do? moving forward and He talked about the number one wide receiver position as well He did speak about how he wants the the team to be more balanced And this was when he was still answering offensive questions, but a lot of times when he would answer an offensive question He would talk about the defense you talk about the defense and I mean, you can just tell that you can tell the Ravens MO that it's it's still defense And somebody asked a really good question. They said you you see the teams that that are in the Super Bowl They said you you see the Bucks the past happy you see the Patriots They're past. I mean, I just said the Patriots. You see that. I mean, well, there's a new Patriots You see the Chiefs their past happy and They're in a Super Bowl and he said yeah, but they also play good defense And he's he's probably speaking about the Chiefs specifically He's it and about the Bucks do too, but he said the Chiefs they play good defense He said I think they only held the bills to like 30 something Russian yards So you didn't he saw talking about you got to have a good run defense and he's got any talk about you got to Have a good run game So now I don't expect and I didn't expect the Ravens to come in this offseason and just change up everything I wouldn't have minded because that would have meant they got rid of their offensive coordinator They moved in a different direction and even something with that too I Just I know that a lot of us Would rather somebody else for the position of offensive coordinator But let's also Try to be respectful of people Because These people are human too Because you can voice your displeasures about the way that they run the their show and the way that Greg Roman runs the offense But please don't ever make it personal Because I see some people doing that in this don't do that. Please please and that's just that That's just not the way to go about thing. This is not anything that's personal It's just strictly business and a lot of us we have our own opinions And how we what we feel would be best for the Ravens moving forward and while we all may not agree on it just Be respectful Because Greg Roman is a human too. He's a human being too So you got a wife kids family and all that so be mindful of that But with with Eric the Costa he yeah, he so he went to defense He kept going to defense whenever he was asked the offensive question But he also did talk about how he wants the Ravens to run the ball and running the ball He talked about how they have over the past three years They have had a historic run offense Which they have Which they have But you got to have more balance You have to and I'm not saying that I would expect the the Ravens to come out and Become the chiefs to become the bills become the the buck become those passing offenses, but The run while the run game is still important. You got to get with the times my friend you have to you got to get with the times and Again with Greg Roman We saw it in San Francisco. We saw it in Buffalo and we've seen it with the Ravens Again always a top five rushing attack but bottom five and passing Always a top rushing attack. It's beautiful. It's great. Wonderful and The quarterback sufficiency. That's one thing that's always been pretty good too Kaepernick with Tyrone Taylor Willa Ma Jackson Their efficiency has been pretty good But They don't get it done when it counts the most so and and this goes to scheming and this goes to Using our guys when they need to be used and And putting our receivers in the best positions to succeed using their strengths and using their talents You saw these guys in college You saw what they did in college You know why you drafted them you selected them when you selected them for a reason and you I mean just period you selected them for a reason So why are these guys like especially look at look at the over name pro shape These guys were known for their hands. They were known for catching the ball. They were known for not dropping passes but Pro shape is just a punt return and I know it's more numbers game with pro shape He was on the back end of the depth chart But Duvenay is just a jet sweep king. That's it. He was a jet sweep king You hardly send them deep you hardly send them on any slants. You you you could have thrown them some screens something But this is why I just felt like we just needed to go in a different direction offensively because They guys just guys were not used to their strengths. They weren't used to their strengths and That's something that you have to do We watched this chiefs game last night and we see these guys getting used to their strengths They they find ways to get all their guys involved and it's so frustrating as a Ravens fan watching our offense and Even watch if you watch college highlights of all the guys that we drafted You watch college highlights of Hollywood or Boykin Duvenay or Pro shape you watch all of that stuff And then you look in NFL and you like man, are they not even trying half of this stuff? They not and That with Lamar Lamar got stuff. He got to work on to Again, he he got to make better decisions stop always going for that home run ball and it's like it's crazy with With flacko it was reverse With flacko it was like flacko throw that deep ball man. Go get it But flacko flacko, you know your check down king But then with Lamar Lamar, he always going for the big play and we want him to take more check downs So that's that that's just funny how that works out. Um, but yeah, he got to work on stuff, too Lamar got stuff that he got improved as well And we're gonna talk about that soon, but we're gonna talk more about that soon We talked about it a lot, but we're gonna talk more about it real soon but it's just It seems as if this team is just still Almost like stuck with old-school football Because again, we know that they we know what they've been winning they got a beautiful record ever since Lamar has been the starting quarterback Beautiful record. They lost two games last year. I think what are they 38? So I'm 31 and eight something eight because they lost well five games this year Regular season, of course, they lost two games last year that seven and they lost one game with him as a starter in His first year So they do lost eight games in the regular season in the past three years. Well, two and a half years That's crazy That's crazy But for but when you think about it, this is this is what's scary be this team Team that only lost eight regular season games You like whoa, they are doing something right But then in a playoffs they were one in three One in three Who's that on who who is that on cuz regular season everything seems to be working just fine But playoffs it seems like the moment may be a little bit too big for them