 Will Ravens ever make another Super Bowl under John Hallbaugh? Would it be a good idea for the Ravens to sign Antonio Brown? Should the Ravens start to shine Elliot over Tony Jefferson? These and many, many more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. Just what I mean, you too, I'm with y'all. You too, team keeping clean. What's going on is to engrave and hit with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers, which is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team. And we answered in the video just like this. Now, if you want to be part of NFL Questions from Subscribers, all you got to do is send me a DM on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook. Or you can send me an email at teamkeepingclean at gmail.com. Or you can send something to the PO Box like a lot of you have done already, which I appreciate. Thank you. And I'll answer your question in the video. So appreciate y'all. Real quick, shout out to Lyme. That's our sponsor. And you know if you need tickets for the low, without all the extra fees and all that and the hitting costs and all the seller fees and the delivery fees and all that. No. Hit up Lyme. The information is down in the description with all my other goodies. Merch coming very soon with the new logo on it. Let's get into it. First question, well, slash comment. Uh-oh. Oh, this is a, whoa, this is going to be a doozy. Came from my boy Carlo. Iron at it on YouTube. He said, I have more of a comment than a question. I've been doing some film study on the new linebacker LJ Fortway recently signed. And I must say, he may be a valuable acquisition for us. Here's the numbers. He went undrafted in 2012, just like the Ravens like him. Played one season for Cleveland where he started as a rookie and had 20 tackles, one sack and one interception. After that, he's had one year stints with a few teams. Denver, Seattle, Cincinnati, New England, and then Pittsburgh in 2016. He played 14 games with only four tackles and only three solo tackles. 2017, he played 15 games and had 11 tackles, one sack, nine solo tackles, and then 2018, he played 15 games and recorded 48 tackles, one sack, 38 solo tackles. While making the splash defensive plays on defense and special teams, which John Hardball loves, Steelers lose him as an unrestricted free agent to the Eagles. Well, we all have seen him before, but a lot of people don't remember. He is actually the same linebacker that Lamar shook out of his shoes in a joint practice. But somehow, I remember this fact. During that play, we can take a few things away from the humor. We took part in one, he was rushing Lamar, which is a task within itself, which we all know. Two, his instincts took correctly diagnosed the play. And three, his pursuit angle to where if it was anyone but Lamar, it would have been a tackle for a loss. At least, or at the least, I think the costa may be up to something. I like to sign him even more after I watched the tape. He confirms all of the above, he is fast, he can hit, which we are lacking at the moment. He takes great run fit angles. His block shedding is better than you would think for his size. He can rush the passer in a 3-4, which we run. Or a 4-3. His own coverage is decent and his man is okay, but what stands out about his play recognition, what stands out is his play recognition, diagnosing a play where the run or pass is greatly important. And I would say he has an above average play recognition IQ. Watching more film of our pre-season game against him, and it wasn't hard finding number 58. I promise if you rewatch that game, you will see him near almost every run, if not making the hit. Or somewhere near or heading in the direction of where the ball is going on passing plays. I think the costa strikes again, and the Ravens sign a low key, great signing. I like what Shane Ray could have been. Oh no, like what Shane Ray could have been. Let me know what you think. I know it's long and I know there's a lot in here, but I just wanted to do my part for team keeping clean. Unlike Calvin Johnson after every game. Yikes. All right, appreciate that, Carlo. So we're gonna see. We're gonna see. LJ Fort is that super low key. Like you said, definitely a super, super low key signing. And we're gonna see how it all works out, man. I am, I'm looking forward to it. I mean, because from what we've seen from our linebackers, it hasn't been much to look forward to a week. But I'm looking forward to see what LJ Fort does and see if he can deliver on all his promise. But one thing that was brought to my attention is that if this guy is really that good, if he is really that underrated, if he is really that talented, then why is he still a free agent? Why was he still a free agent? Not to say that there aren't any good free agents out there. There aren't guys who can play. There aren't guys who can ball. There aren't guys that can prove themselves that a free agent, but why? Hopefully we don't find out when he plays. Next question came from my boy, Tyrus Antoine. He said, do you think it's time for Ravens to start The Beast, DeSean Elliott over Tony Jefferson? I wouldn't mind that at all. Reason I wouldn't mind that is because he may be a lot more rangier than Tony Jefferson. He may be able to cover better than Tony Jefferson and he may actually wrap up when he tackles. Tony Jefferson has not been good this year so far. It's been really rough. I had a lot of promise, especially going from last year, I thought he was gonna be a lot better than this, especially early on because, like I said before, when Chuck Clark, when Tony Jefferson was injured last year with his hamstring injury and Chuck Clark played, it really made me appreciate Tony Jefferson that much more. And when Tony Jefferson came back and played for the rest of the games, he did pretty good. But then this year, it hasn't been good at all. And maybe it's a communication thing. Maybe again, it's the football IQ that's out there on the field. They ain't got no weight or no Sugs, no Moseley, so things are a lot different than they used to be. Even Jimmy Smith, too. He's not out there. Tayvon Young, he's not out there. So it's a lot of guys, ooh, that's a lot of guys. That's some powerful people that we lost, man, because I didn't even think about that. Every time we talk about the football IQ and we speak about Wettel, Moseley and Sugs, we forget that Jimmy Smith, too, now. And Tayvon Young, Tayvon Young always around the ball. So we lost a lot. And then Zadaria Smith provided in the pass rush and yeah, we lost a whole lot. And we haven't been able to overcome it yet. But in regards to starting to show on Elliott, yes, I think they might as well. I know they're not going to yet, but I think it wouldn't hurt. It really wouldn't hurt. It would not hurt at all. So it's like, why not? Next question came from a guy tied at great. He said, why doesn't the media highlight Lamar's accomplishments like the other quarterbacks? Instead, they only talk about his negatives. Well, it's because the media is just, they are hoping that Lamar can be how they view the stereotypical black quarterback where they can run, but they're not good passers and they never will be good passers. And there's only a handful of them that will be good passers. So I think that's what it is because there has been that narrative for a while. He has been proving them wrong now, especially you look at the numbers, you look at him passing on film, he has been proving them wrong. And he's going to have to continue doing that. And not all the media has been talking about his negatives. There's some that talk about his positives too. But like I said before, there's always going to be whether it be people, whether it be fans, whether it be media, whether it be whatever that stay on the negative and don't even bring up the positive at all. Next question came from a boy, Pete Browning. He said, engraving, hope all is good. Just finished watching the post game show. Do you think that John Harbaugh has lost or is losing the support of the team because of his recent comments? In his post game interview, he said, good game for Browns and bad game for Ravens. Not bad game for us. That's a good observation right there. He said, maybe I'm looking too much into it, but people usually say what they mean. Keep up the great work, sir. I appreciate that. Wow. So John Harbaugh, if that's what he said, because I didn't really watch it. If he said, good game for Browns, bad game for Ravens and he didn't say it was a bad game for us, that is telling. Because that creates separation. That is a bad display of leadership, if that's what he said, because it is his team. He is the head coach. So you are the leader of that team. You are the leader of the football team. You may not be the owner of the team. You may not be the owner of the front office, but you are the leader of that football team because the head coach, as somebody who works closely with the front office, you also work the closest with the players out of everybody in the front office. So if he said that, yeah, that's not a good look at all. Next question came from a boy in man 902-1. He said, I know this teams are not blitzing the Ravens offense that much. They're dropping back in coverage. They're not stacking a box on them. Do you think it's because of them drafting Marquis Brown and what they saw in week one versus the Dolphins? Or you think teams and coaches are convinced Lamar can throw the ball? Well, I think it's a mix of both, but the biggest thing with Hollywood, they don't want to get beat deep. They do not want to get beat deep and they saw it in week one. They saw it in week two a little bit, but not as much, but that play at the very end, they were like, we cannot be called slipping. And now he was beating the Chiefs in week three too, but Lamar just kept overthrowing. He kept overthrowing. And then in week four, we barely saw him. So yeah, they are playing smart. They like, we're not gonna let them beat us. Like people know Lamar can throw. Teams know Lamar can throw, but they do not want Hollywood to get behind them. Next question came from TVA0706. He said, Earl Thomas hasn't seen to be doing much for us. Do you think it is because of the weight that he gained or do you think that we shouldn't have signed him? I think we should use the Sean Elliott now and Lamar Jackson needs to pass more anyway. And he said, love the vids, keep up the good work. Appreciate that TVA, thank you, man. So I don't think it's because of the weight. He does definitely look big now. He is a big boy, but he was a big boy in that week one game and when he got that pick, he was moving. He was moving pretty good. And not that us big boys can't move, but he was moving pretty good for it with that weight that he put on. But it may make him a tad bit slower, but he can still move. Now for that second question, do you think we should start the Sean Elliott? Oh no, he said, I think we should use the Sean Elliott now. Okay, well yeah, they definitely should. I think he should be out there. I would not mind if he started at all. I wouldn't mind it. That would be a big boy move from the Ravens and that would show like, hey, we are taking play over pay. Because enough teams, especially the Ravens, they take the play, I mean they take the pay over the play. If you a guy that's making all this money, no matter how bad you're playing, we're gonna leave you out there because you're making all this money. We paying you for a reason, right? But at the same time, if the play is bad, then we'll still keep you out there. So I think they should change that. And as far as the money is to pass more, I just, as long, whatever winning football is, game by game, man. Whatever the winning football formula is, game by game, man. That's the only thing I want him to do. Play winning football and play his style of football. Don't try to conform to all these other people. Play your game. Next question came from a boy, Jeremy. He said, with Tony Jefferson's poor player, strong safety, why haven't the Ravens kicked the tires on Eric Berry? He's still unsigned. Well, I think that's because they got the Sean Elliott. And I think that's because they, like we said in the last question, they're paying Tony Jefferson all this money and they taking the pay over the play. With Eric Berry, I don't think they will sign him unless DeSean Elliott, something happened with him. But I think that DeSean Elliott would get a chance to step in there before and Eric Berry would. And I mean, with Eric Berry, it's like nobody signed him. He's still out there. It's week four and nobody has even brought him in for a visit recently or less than something we don't know about. His market has been super, super, super quiet. Next question came from a boy, Jody Summers. He said, do you think it would be a bad idea to sign Antonio Brown? Because to be honest, I was hiked about Earl coming over but now I'm starting to doubt him. Like, I don't like how he is with the media and from what we see the energy he brings not running to prevent an injury, LOL. And on top of that, starting issues with one of our veterans. I think Antonio Brown would be a good addition, I feel as though. See, it's crazy because he did say, he ain't like how Earl Thomas is with the media. Okay, that's cool. But then he said the part about starting an issue with one of our veterans. Then he said he thinks it would be a good idea to sign Antonio Brown. Let's keep reading. I think AB would be a good addition. I feel as though this season, if we wanna compete, we need more power and offense. Next year, there are gonna be many great defensive players in the free agency that we can draft. But I say give the offense even more of a boost with Antonio Brown, Hollywood and Boykin and Snead, plus the tight ends, it would be scary. On top of that, AB speaks highly of Lamar and I think we can get him for a cheap deal considering the current circumstances. They certainly could get him. They certainly could get him and you never know. Never say never. But I don't think the Ravens would even look his way. Especially with all the stuff pending but even after it's clear, he would definitely help the offense because he would actually be a legitimate receiver that can get separation, which we don't have much of. Hollywood is really the only one that's been really getting separation like that. But I don't think that's happening, man. I don't think that's happening at all. Next question came from a boy at Keene. He said, I wanted to show on Elliot to replace TJ but unfortunately our coaching staff doesn't believe in making big boy moves. We love the status quo. I'm tired of seeing guys thinking a man is gonna fall just because they throw a little shoulder out there. I wish men would get the Belichick philosophy of not playing hero ball and just doing your job, filling your gap, manning your coverage assignment and getting your layup tackle completed. Guys look little league out there and that's not how we as Ravens get down. I don't even need to say anything about that. I don't even need to, there's no follow up. There's no follow up. That's about as straight up as you can be. Next question is came from BB. He said, with continuous miscommunication issues and the secondary and blown coverages, what do you suggest Ravens best options are to get better moving forward? Fundamentals, fundamentals. Find somebody who knows the defense and with the green dot, just don't move it around. Just have somebody and have them stick with it. Cause if you keep flipping, flipping, flipping, flipping, flipping and I know they only did it twice. They only gave it to two people, Peanut and then Tony Jefferson, but give it to somebody who knows that stuff and knows the defense and is going to be able to call the game. Somebody with a good IQ and it could be Tony Jefferson as the best one cause maybe he got the most experience cause we would say Earl Thomas, but if he's struggling to even grasp the Ravens defense then it wouldn't be a good idea for him in the heaven. So we, wow, that is scary. Tony Jefferson might be the best man for it, but then at the same time, a lot of us don't want him to start anymore. So it's crazy, man. It's just, Ravens are in a tricky position because if they did start to shine earlier, which I wouldn't mind, you would lose that much more brains. It would be a risk I'd be willing to take them. His next question was with the inconsistency with the pass rush on defense, how important do you feel it is to make a move to improve the pass rush? It's something that I thought they were gonna do during pre-season, but they didn't and they still haven't. There are guys out there that they can at least reach out to or reach out about. But we'll see. That really hasn't been Ravens way to make mid-season trades, but again, it ain't nothing wrong with shaking some stuff up a little bit during the season, especially if it's gonna help your football team, especially if it's in an area where you know you need help bad and pass rush is definitely one of them areas. And his next question was, can you recall a time, these are questions still from BB. He said, can you recall a time when the Ravens defense has been any more suspect than they currently are? Only in that Browns game back in 2000, I don't remember the year, was it 2015? I don't remember where, where Josh McCown came in through for 500 yards, 500 some yards on Ravens defense and through for like four or five touchdowns in that game. But this consistently bad, even though it's only been four weeks, really three weeks to the bad defense. But this bad, this consistently, I can't really recall. And he said, have you seen more blown coverages by Ravens secondary on a week to week basis? My goodness, our secondary has been extremely suspect so far this season. Again, same thing now, I haven't. It's been really, really bad, really, really bad. And then his last question was, how do you feel about Greg Roman and Lamar and the offense as a whole, not getting Hollywood involved versus Brown Corners playing eight yards off Hollywood, yet no slants, no stop routes. I be confused sometimes watching our so-called new revolutionary offense, shaking my head. Yes, this is the revolutionary offense. This is it. This is it. We will hope, again, we talked about this with Marty, with Marty Mournerway. He had a plan A, if that plan A didn't work, there was no plan B. There was no plan C. He stuck with that plan A. Now, with Greg Roman in the offense, with Hollywood, of course, you wanna take your deep shots with him. But if the deep shots aren't available, yeah, throw it to him short. Now, they got him involved in one pass across the middle, but he dropped it. But you gotta keep it up, man. Keep it up. I remember, there was a question from a subscriber during the off season that talked about the Ravens with the deep ball. And it's something that happened to them before when Joe Flecker was a quarterback. When they weren't getting the deep ball, they weren't getting the deep ball. And it was something that was asked, are you worried that if the Ravens don't get the deep ball early enough in the game, that they'll just go away from it completely? And I was saying that that's something that's very scary, and I hope they don't do that. But that's how it is with Hollywood, man. It's scary to think that with the Ravens, they're not getting Hollywood involved early, then he won't be involved. And he wasn't involved much in this game at all. But they gotta find ways. They gotta create ways, create mismatches, create plays where he can get his hands on the ball, while his boy can see everybody, Seth Roberts. You gotta give different guys opportunities because with the Ravens, it's just been Andrews, Hollywood, Andrews, Hollywood, Andrews, Hollywood in the passing game. And yeah, other guys have gotten passes too, but those two have been the focal points. So if teams take those two guys away, what's left? Next question came from a boy, Will Adams, 91. He said, undrafted players and late-rounders look in the park. Bring back Willie Henry. I wish, not happening. Besides Marlon Humphrey, who was your top-rated player on defense this season? He said, I'll wait. Video's a great team. Keep it clean. Appreciate that, Will. Thank you, man. I appreciate that big time, man. Who was my top-rated player on the defense this season? Well, besides Marlon Humphrey, though, it's Earl Thomas. Earl Thomas, besides that chop play, besides the chop 88-yard run, it's Earl Thomas. Nobody is, they're not throwing his way. He ain't giving up no deep plays. He's making tackles. He's making a lot of tackles. Once those running backs and tight ends and receivers get passed, the defensive line-and-line backers in the corners, Earl, he's the wrap-up tackler. But yeah, Earl Thomas, he will be the guy. Next question came from a boy, official Jared B. You can tell, sometimes you can just tell the date that all these questions came from. He said, do you think that Tony Jefferson gets benched for Deshaun Elliott because of the horrible play recently? I'm honestly to the point where I want the Ravens to switch to a 4-3 and give up on a 3-4 defensive scheme. Well, do I think Tony Jefferson is going to get benched for Deshaun Elliott because of the horrible play? I don't think so. But I do think that the team may end up thinking about it if Tony Jefferson plays really, really, really bad in the next game. And then possibly really bad in the game after that, too. I think that they may give it like two more games of just really bad play, really poor play at that position. And it would have to be really bad. Because Ravens don't normally do stuff like that. They won't bench a guy who's making all this money like that. But I do think because it's been really rough. I think it's time. But again, this is not so Ravens for them to make a move like that. But again, don't base it off for the pay. Base it off for the play. Next question came from my boy, FA26. He said, would you like to see a first rounder for Von Miller? He's 29. First rounder. Right now, I would rather like a second. It's like as the season goes, I'm like, I feel J. Laram's OK here. But Von Miller, I like a second and a fourth. First rounder, before I would have been with it. Now I'm like, I'd rather like a second and a fourth. Second, fourth, and fifth. Second, fifth, and sixth. But a second and change, I would rather that. Next question came from my boy, Ice Lethal. He said, should us fans be worried about if Jimmy Smith will come back? And I had to ask him the question. I said, this season or next year? And he said, this season. And yeah, I think they should. Especially after his pass defense has been without Jimmy Smith, again, it's been ugly. It's been ugly. So if the Ravens stand put at what they have at the cornerback position, it's probably going to continue. It's probably going to continue. I mean, of course, you hope that one of these guys steps up besides Mullen Humphrey, but so far, no good. And with Brandon Carr, it hasn't been too pretty. So I think this may end up being his last year as a Raven. Especially I think they may be looking to redo this defense. I mean, they started redoing the offense, but maybe looking to redo the defense as well. Not completely blow them up, anything like that, but really do a redo. Next question came from my boy, John Moore. Shout out to John Moore. Y'all know who he is. He said, do you think that the Ravens will ever win another Super Bowl or even make it to a Super Bowl under John Harbaugh and his crew of friends? I love that question, man. I love it. So will the Ravens ever make it or win another Super Bowl under John Harbaugh and his crew of friends? Wow, that is a great question. Oh, wow, that's a great question. That is a tough one. Under John Harbaugh and his crew of friends, it's possible. I really think it's possible. But I think it would be a lot more likely if John Harbaugh takes more advice, if he took more advice. Like if he listened more and didn't just go based off of him. Because I feel like with John Harbaugh, of course, he, him as a head coach, he wants it to be his show, which I can understand. But at the same time, again, two to three games a year. Two to three games a year. John Harbaugh loses the Ravens. Why? Due to poor coaching decisions. And I'm not saying that with coaches, they're never going to make mistakes. They're never going to make bad decisions. But they are decisions that you could cut down on. A mistake is a lot different from a bad decision. And Harbaugh makes some bad decisions. Again, those two to three games a year, it never fails. So I think they could if he just took more advice from other people. And not to say that he should have 20 miles to his ears. Like, no, not like that. But then if he just let up eased up on some of his power control, then I think they could. And you know just what I mean. You too, team, keep it clean.