 if you look up the definition of doubt it says a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction and doubt is something that a lot of people have when it comes to Ravens center Matt Scurra returning and being ready for the season opener against the Browns because a lot of people looked at his injury like it was a major injury which it very much was but a lot of people felt like Matt Scurra just it wouldn't be time he wouldn't have enough time and he just would not be ready and it's something that could have easily crept into all of our minds when it came to his big return but it's something that should be cast out I remember I spoke to Team Keep It Clean about a month ago because I had talked to Matt Scurra's trainer and he told me he said hey Matt Scurra is doing good he is actually ahead of schedule so he will be there ready for the season opener he'll be ready for it and I was like okay that's good that's actually great because Matt Scurra is somebody who has quietly he's quietly been with the Ravens since what 2016 I believe because they signed him as an undrafted rookie free agent he was on a practice squad the first year and then he in 2017 Marsha Yanda went down and this is a lot of stuff I didn't even remember but Marsha Yanda went down and Matt Scurra had to step in that right goal for him and then 2018 he just had to hold it down because Ryan Jensen was the starting center and then 2019 Ryan Jensen he ended up leaving for Tampa Bay insert Matt Scurra and boom the rest was history and he did a phenomenal job as the Ravens starting center and I think like I've been telling you I think Matt Scurra is going to end up going the Ryan Jensen route where he has another phenomenal year as the Ravens starting center establishes himself again I mean he already did that last year but reestablishes himself as a good quality starting center and then ends up getting paid handsomely by somebody else though because that this is uh Matt Scurra's contract is one that a lot of us often forget about including myself because we get so caught up in Ronnie Stanley's contract coming up Marlon Humphrey's contract coming up Matt Judon's contract coming up even Titus Bowser's contract coming up Gus Edwards contract coming up so Ravens they they have a lot of guys that are due very very soon but Matt Scurra is also one of them but anyway um Matt Scurra uh and a lot of other Ravens Gus Edwards he talked about it Lamar Jackson he talked about it um and there been a few others they've been taking the condition the conditioning test and that famous conditioning test that oh we all know about we've all heard about it from plenty of Ravens in the present in the past and they say that that conditioning test is like no other they say it is no joke we've seen the details of it before but I forgot exactly what what it entailed but it is tough it is extremely tough but one sign another sign that we have that shows that Matt Scurra he should be ready is that he passed the conditioning test Matt Scurra who a lot of people have doubt on that he'll be ready for the season opener he passed the conditioning test he passed it so if he was still so injured if he was still in such bad shape then there's no way that he will pass the conditioning test there's no way so that's a very very good sign when it comes to a lot of us wondering what that Raven starting lineup will be because there's still some questions that are in position but I think that and I've been saying too all along that I believe that the Matt Scurra's job is Matt Scurra's job Patrick McCarrey came in and did a good job he did and especially for that being his first time starting at the center position in his football career like what that don't even make no sense how good he did he wasn't Matt Scurra's level but again because I remember for myself because oh boy I think it was the Rams gangle Matt Scurra got injured I was scared I was very scared because I was thinking oh no oh man when Matt Scurra went down and then they had to bring the cutout for him you just knew you just knew that the season was over you were hoping to be wrong but you just knew his season was over you knew it you could tell by everything going on you were just hoping just not a little bit but you were just hoping that there was just a little chance that oh come on man please don't just something let let it be a misdiagnosis let it be just them being safe rather than sorry since they brought the cutout please don't let anything no please not Matt Scurra please no but it was confirmed that he was done for the year but at that very moment when they escorted Matt Scurra out and they inserted Patrick McCarrey I was worried because I'm like hold up this dude's an undrafted rookie free agent not saying that undrafted rookie free agents can't come to play because they made that team for a reason but I was like oh this oh boy what's gonna happen to our running game what's gonna happen to our pass protection what's gonna happen to just the Ravens offense because offensive line is it's a skill that gets overlooked and underappreciated by so many people because if you have a good offensive line you can really just not appreciate them like that but if you have a bad offensive line oh trust me you will remember the good days when you had a good one but Patrick McCarrey came in and he did very well he did a phenomenal job and I was proud I was very proud of because I was like wow he he there was some games where I actually had forgotten that Matt Scurra was injured and that's not a diss to Matt Scurra at all y'all know that that's just more so praise for Patrick McCarrey and how well he did in Matt Scurra's absence but there were still some things where he wasn't as good as Matt Scurra with and that was really that blocking at the second level that was probably the biggest difference and that goes a long way because that can make a run go for just that much more that much more yards it can make a game that much bigger but again that was Patrick McCarrey that's his rookie season rookie season so for that being his rookie season he did a great job great job even if it wasn't his rookie season he still did a great job but again I think Matt Scurra he will be the starting center so I think the the positions that are locked for the offensive line are center left and right tackle so Ronnie Stanley on the left or little brown jr. on the right and Matt Scurra at center positions I think could be up for grabs now I do I do feel like Bradley Bozeman will be the left guard but I don't feel like it's 100 percent I'm like 85 percent sure but for right guard I think that's up for grabs right now and again I do believe DJ Fluckel he'll have the edge but still they got been power sitting there waiting and he could be like hey this is my chance and if he outshines DJ Fluckel in training camp either DJ Fluckel could end up being a backup or DJ Fluckel could end up being back on the street but it ain't like again Ravens don't have some crazy big financial commitment to DJ Fluckel because they signed up for vet minimum these dudes be making some moves man because I remember when DJ Fluckel first signed a lot of us were thinking okay maybe like a three four million dollar deal for one year something like that maybe a two year six million dollar deal something like okay but no they signed up for one year vet minimum deal geez man and the thing you wonder about that is um I wonder if DJ Fluckel if he had if he had any other office and if he possibly turned down other office to get a vet minimum to just be on the Ravens something that I just I never thought about until just now so that is something that could be a possibility I don't know but anyway with Matt Scurra I expect him to have a really really good season man I expect him to have another really really good season I mean he was already on pace to having a really good season I think he was um he was again one of the I think the entire offensive line had been voted to the pro bowl I believe but I think he was one of them that was on his way but of course again the entry happened um but Matt Scurra is gonna do well man he is gonna do well uh when he gets back and like I said him passing the conditioning test that's no easy feat because even there even guys that there even guys that are healthy who can't pass a conditioning test there guys that are completely healthy and they can't do it like we've seen it year in year out what guys will uh they'll take the conditioning test fail take it again fail then usually on that third time that's when they usually uh get it but remember if you I know practice hasn't started yet but when it does officially start whenever that'll be um you can't practice if you don't take the conditioning test John Harbaugh will send you home before you can watch from the sidelines but if you can't pass the conditioning test no practice for you you guys to go buddy so this is a very very good sign that Matt Scurra is well on his way man so anyway that was um uh just just very very good news um and I'm just it made me that much more excited for this upcoming football season so uh I love y'all um I appreciate y'all I think later today we we will be putting out another vlog um so shout out to y'all uh got a lot of uh footage that I need to edit for some vlogs um so y'all y'all just keep looking out for that um I think the the the vlog release days will be on Sundays because I think Sunday is a super chill day for everybody not everybody necessarily but it's a chill day and it'd be nice to just sprinkle in like I said sprinkle in some different if a team keep it clean man because it's nice to get a refresher it's nice to always take a break um just period man and whatever you do and whatever you do um because we can easily if you're doing something especially if you're doing something so much and because I know it happens with me there's there be sometimes where I don't even want to look at no football stuff like because we could we talk football literally every single day so there will be times when I I don't even want to look at no football stuff I don't hear about no football stuff I'm looking at no football stuff so I will I will take some nice breaks I will take nice breaks and it it is the best thing yet because you you refresh yourself and you get that that breathing it's like so if you still hear this part of the video just put in take some time for yourself and that's not for me that's for everybody take some time for yourself just to get that refresher or you can put in the comment section refresh yourself because we all need it for whatever you do whatever you do for work whatever you do just period we all just need that time where we could just take a breather take a step back and just just vibe man so whether your vibing is taking a break and playing a video game or going to the beach I know we can't do too much right now um we did stop by a beach yesterday it was very empty which I loved oh man I loved it um whatever you do if you go out to dinner with your family do whatever watch a movie whatever man whatever you can do to take a take a little break some of y'all even use the videos to take a break so I appreciate that um and I'm glad that they that they help because I know it's a lot of people everywhere just they're just going through a lot man like we talk about man people people are going through a lot and I just feel for people man I just I feel for people because everybody got their own things that they deal with but um like I said man just keep pushing man just keep pushing and um promise you you'll get through whatever it is it made some stuff may take a little longer than others some stuff may be a little more difficult than other things but you'll definitely get through it so team keep it clean I love y'all and I appreciate y'all a lot um thank you for watching and again uh look out for the vlog uh later on today I'm out