 The YouTube team keep it clean. The Ravens had what sounded like an exit interview for this season since they have been carefully escorted out of the playoffs due to a number of things that we don't even need to get into. And it featured a lot of different players. Featured the likes of Rashad Bateman, who was just really excited about the future. Featured Hollywood Brown, who talked about how he was really disappointed in himself. He is disappointed, even though he got a thousand yards, he's still disappointed in how things turned out. He feels like the offense, they didn't reach their potential. They didn't, even though they didn't reach their potential, it still was some good times, some good spots, but they didn't reach their potential. And a lot of that was with him himself. He is his own biggest critic. And he did talk about the drops that he got to come down with those. And it's true, he has to. Hollywood, he just scraped over a thousand yards, but if you even cut his drops in half from this year, then he's at 1200, at least 1200 and probably more. But if you take away all the drops, he probably like 13, 1400, they have been big, it's been some big drops and some big moments. And if I know he said that in this off season, he wants to work on getting bigger, stronger and faster. And that's cool. And he did get those things. This past off season, especially the stronger part, because a lot of times early on in the season, he would actually be initiating contact and going to contact. I was like, okay, let's go. It seemed like that slowed down a little bit toward the end of the year. But biggest thing he got to work on is just catching with his hands and just really focusing on catching the ball before anything. That is just so huge. And it would really take his game up to another level. I know he said he also wants to work on contested catches as well. This presser also featured Kevin Zitler, who's getting ready to be 32, but he said he has no plans on retiring whatsoever. So I'm like, okay, cool. Hey, it's nice to have somebody, some consistency along the offensive line. Kevin Zitler, it looked like our guard positions are set with Kevin Zitler and Ben Cleveland, but a position that is not necessarily set is a center. This presser had Bradley Boseman and is crazy because when he first got introduced, I was telling my wife, I was like, all right, listen to this guy because he sounds like Drusky. When Drusky's doing his own little country impersonation and joking around, that's what he said. He sounded just like Bradley Boseman. So Bradley Boseman came up and he started speaking and I was thinking like, hold up. He doesn't sound like himself. He sounds like he just sounded down. And at first I was just initially listening, but then I started watching too. And I was looking at him and I was like, oh man, I said, I think he's getting ready to cry. And a couple minutes went past and then he was talking, he was saying something, then he paused. He paused and you could see his face and you could hear it in his voice, you could hear it in his breath. He just started breaking down. And oh, that was tough to watch, man. That was a tough one. But he was talking about how much he loved Baltimore. He loved the Ravens. He loved the city. He just loved everything about the team, the organization and all that. And he thanked them. And usually when players thank the organization, it's not a set in stone, it's not an end all be all, but that's their way of giving fans a heads up, giving media heads up like, hey, this could be it. Could also be a little contract negotiation tactic too. Say, all right, well, thanks for everything. I'll stay if you wanna up my offer, but if not, thanks for everything. But it just sounded like he knows that this could be it. And it could be, it could be. Now I would love for them to keep Bradley Bozeman. Don't want it to be another Rancis, Jensen situation to where we just, we are centerless for a while and we just keep searching for different centers and nothing's working out. But even if he does leave, I think the Ravens will still be straight with Tristan Cologne Castile. But we'll see what happens with that offensive line. Somebody else who sounded like it could be a wrap for them was Brandon Williams. Brandon Williams, they asked him about his future with the Ravens, if he wants to come back. He said, yeah, of course I wanna come back, but that's up to them upstairs. And whenever a player refers to them upstairs and they sort of deflect it to the front office, that's kind of a little indicator too. So Brandon Williams, again, he's another one, we'll see what happens with him. And Ravens got a lot of free agents coming up. So they got a lot of decisions to make. So Eric DeCosta, as always is going to have to be, he's gonna be very, very busy this off season. Somebody else who spoke, well, he didn't actually speak in the media today, but he tweeted and that was DeSean Elliott. Now we know DeSean Elliott, he was having, he was having a decent year this year. He dealt with an injury. I think it was a hamstring injury. I forgot what it was and he was out for a couple of games and he came back with all this energy against the charges. Oh, and you could see the difference. Think that's when he got his first interception as well. Then he was back for a little bit, then he got hurt and then he was out for the rest of the season. So he, he tweeted, regardless of what happens next, I love being in Baltimore. I love my brothers I got to play with while I was here. The organization for giving me a chance, injury after injury, the culture, the fans. Been a blessing to be here just to start off a long career, never quit. So with DeSean Elliott, it sounds like he knows like, yeah, this, this could be it. This could be a wrap for his time in Baltimore and I'm sure he wanted the team to have the ultimate success, of course, but at the same time he had to be watching while he was out watching Brandon Stevens take his role. And they are two completely different type of safeties. They played a game in a completely different way from each other, but that's where he was playing at. He was that free safety for the Ravens. And now he may not be, he might not have that role anymore. He may not even be on a team moving forward. So we'll see what happens with all of that. Now, somebody who a lot of Ravens fans they wonder if he's gonna be back next year, that somebody is Greg Roman. And I feel like with most Ravens fans, it's an extreme for one case or the other. Some feel like Greg Roman absolutely has to go. There is no way that he should be back. He needs to be fired. He needs to be gone ASAP. Then there's others that feel like, nope, Greg Roman needs to stay. He doesn't need to go anywhere. There's offense despite losing this, that and the third. They have still been competitive. They still been in games. They've still been one of the top ranked offenses in the league. Greg Roman needs to stay. He is not the problem. And whichever way you feel about it is fine. Cause again, we all got our viewpoints on this whole thing with the Ravens. Now me, y'all know, I expect Greg Roman to stay. But with him leaving, or if he does leave, get fired, whatever, I think the issue goes beyond just Greg Roman. I think the issue is just the Ravens philosophy, period. Just the way that they do things, period, especially when it comes to the offense, just the way that they view the offense, the way that they value the offense, there needs to be an increased value on offensive production, on the use of all these players that they have. They need to be used to their strengths consistently. The coordinator, the coaches, they need to be in the flow of the game consistently. They just, they need better rhythm consistently. And that's one of the biggest areas where the Ravens lack and they come up short. It's that consistent, crucial, critical coaching. And it just, it needs to be a lot better than it has been. With Greg Roman, say for instance, he gets fired, okay, cool. So what's gonna happen next is if hardball is in control of hiring whoever's next, I would expect us to be having the same conversation a year from now. Same conversation about all the offensive coordinator, this is dad, what's wrong with our offense? What's wrong with our offense? I expect it to be the same thing. This is why this offseason is so important that EDC and Bishadi, they step in big time, big time. Now, I don't, again, I don't expect hardball to be gone. I don't expect Roman to be gone. I don't expect Wing to be gone. I don't expect any of these guys to be gone. I don't, because I feel like with the injuries, all three of them will get a pass. So as far as Greg, if they get rid of one, I just feel like it's gonna be the same cycle again until real significant change is made. But somebody that really changed the Ravens franchise and really brought them significant change was one Lamar Jackson. And in a surprise, Lamar Jackson, he was part of the press conference today. It was a nice surprise seeing Lamar didn't expect to see him. They didn't even put him in the thumbnail. I was shocked about that. But anyway, Lamar Jackson, he was asked about Greg Roman. And I was very happy. I think it was Charles Walker that asked it. I don't remember off the top of my head. But let's just read what Lamar had to say about 1GRO. He said, Greg Roman has been great for us. He's a great coach. We're glad he's here. But I can't get into that. I don't really know what they have going on upstairs. I don't talk about stuff like that, but he's been good for us though. So somebody asked if Lamar feels like G-Roll is the guy. G-Roll is a good fit for them and offensive coordinator and whatnot. Now we know Lamar. Lamar, he won't do it to players. And he will be reluctant to do it to a coach. Even though with Greg Roman, he did go on Rich Eisen's show and said, hey, they know what we're doing. They know what plays we're running. They know the offense. He did say that before. But overall, he's been pretty hesitant when it's coming. He doesn't throw people under the bus very often. And in fact, that's the only time I can even remember him doing such a thing. But Lamar, he said that Greg Roman's been great for us. He's a great coach. We're glad that he's here. Gave him a lot of praise. But then after giving him that praise, he didn't say, oh, hey, G-Roll, that's our coach. That's our guy. We love G-Roll in the building. No, no, no. He said, that's them. That's the front office. I don't talk into that. I can't get into that. That's them. So he deflected it to Eric DeCosta, Steve Busciotti, and with that, and of course with Hollywood's comments about the offense not really reaching his peak, not hitting their potential, it just, and it seemed like for a while now that there is just a disconnect between Greg Roman and the players from the Ravens. But back to Lamar Jackson's comment, because sometimes when you read stuff, you don't get the same, like it's like when you texting somebody. When you read it, you just, you don't always get the gist of it, even though this is pretty self-explanatory, but let's listen to Lamar and how he said it. The season doesn't go well. It's been great for us for the last couple of years. Since he stopped man, me and Greg coach. Man, we glad, you know, he's glad he's here. I can't get into that. I don't really know what they got going on upstairs. You gotta talk to Eddie Cinder, all the guys about stuff like that. That's not, that's not nothing I can say. I don't talk about stuff like that. He's been good for us, though. So Lamar, he removed himself completely from, and he said, I don't know what those guys got going on up there. You gotta talk to them about that. And we've seen in the past where Lamar has given praise to players possibly getting ready to be free agents. Oh, I love this guy. Oh yeah, we should bring him on. Oh yeah, I hope we can keep him. Oh man, yeah, he needs to play for us, da-da-da-da. But we, and he's done it with coaches too. He always talks about James Urban and all these press conferences and all their conversations and stuff. But here with Greg Roman, he like removed himself. He was like, no, nope, that, that. Hey, he's a great guy, great coach. Glad he's here for us, da-da-da. But that ain't got nothing to do with me. That's up to Eddie Cinder, that's up to Bishadi, that's up to Harvey, that's them. They handle that. So I just thought it was interesting. And then even the way, he made sure he was very careful with his words, very careful with his words. And but he sort of tiptoed around it. Cause it seemed like when the reporter asked, it seemed like Lamar Jackson, okay. Oh yeah, he's a great coach. He's like, okay, hey, tell us more. But then he was like, oh, wait a minute. But yeah, I don't know what they got going on. That's all of them. So just thought that was very interesting. So we'll see what happens if anything does happen with Greg Roman. Now again, Greg Roman has not been a bad overall offensive coordinator. He can be situationally bad. He can be situationally questionable in those critical moments of the game, the situational play calling. They can be very suspect at times. And he just, he reminds me of an offensive version of Dean Pease. Cause Dean Pease was not a bad defensive coordinator. He wasn't. Dean Pease was not a bad defensive coordinator, but situationally, that's where he messed up. That's where he failed the team. So it's just, it's important that Beshadi and EDC, whatever they're going to do, they got to make some big time decisions because we know that they are the head honchos when it comes to the Ravens organization. But you definitely want to keep your players in mind for whatever move that you make. You want to keep your players in mind because these are the guys. Yeah, you make the big time calls and all that. You make the signings, the high rings, the firings, the trays, the drafts, all that stuff. But you want to make sure you keep your players in mind because those are the guys that are on the field. Those are the guys that have to execute whatever game plan is created. Those are the guys that have to make it happen on the field. So you want to make sure you do right by them and you do really what's best for them. You have to do what's best for them. It's important that EDC and Bishari, they realize that it's important that Harbaugh, as the head coach, as the leader, as the motivator, that he realizes that as well. And it's so important that he does what's best for the team but not necessarily best for himself. They need to get uncomfortable. They need to get uncomfortable. We know that everybody got hurt this year. We get that. Trust us we do. But even beyond this year, even before this year, the Ravens just have not been getting a job done. They haven't been getting it done. So they really need to do what's best for business. Again, I've said this before, if John Harbaugh can't do what's best for business, then Bishari and EDC, they have to step in and do it. They have to. They have to. Or else this franchise, they're gonna be stuck. There used to be a time, and I know football is different. The game has changed a lot, but there used to be a time where Ravens, people will be scared to play the Ravens. And I know it's the Ray Lewis days and stuff, and Ed Reid and Suggs or younger Suggs. And like teams used to really like, oh man, we gotta play Ravens. Oh boy. Like where Ravens used to actually be intimidated, used to be like, whoa, but they don't have that anymore. They don't have that fear factor anymore. A lot of people are like, oh, we gotta play the Ravens. Oh, okay, this should be fun. They need to get that back. Starts up front, it starts up front. But even before it starts up front, it starts up top. This front office gotta get it right this off season. They have to, and if they don't, it's gonna be a repeat of all the same stuff. Ever since Ray Lewis left, since Ed Reid got kicked out, they've won two playoff games. Two, one with Flacco, one with LeMau. They've won two. They've had some teams. Remember that 2014 team? They had a little squad, man. They weren't 2012 or anything like that, but they had a squad, had a team. And then you look at 2019, of course. They definitely had a squad then. Didn't even 2020. Had that squad there too. This year, 2015, and this year, okay, everybody got hurt, but you still had opportunities. And that's been the thing. That's been the thing with the Ravens. It's been a lot of opportunities missed based off of a lot of bad decision-making over the years. Even a lot of them seasons where they just missed the playoffs by that much. These Ravens, they fight. They fight hard, but moral victories ain't gonna get it done. Moral victories are not gonna equate to playoffs. Moral victories are not gonna equate to Super Bowls. Moral victories are not gonna be enough to finish the job. So Ravens gotta get past this whole moral victory. Oh, well, we tried. Oh, well, well, we gave it all. Oh, well, it was great effort. And that's nice. Those are great qualities for sure, but that's not enough. Team Keeper Cleaner, I appreciate y'all. And just like the Ravens are when it comes to being in the playoffs due to so many different reasons, we out.