 Why do some Ravens fans give up on everything as soon as the team makes one mistake? Dujino Stone, Nigel Warrior, Ardarius, Washington, and Brandon Stevens pose more of a threat to Deshaun Elliott or Chuck Clark. With the unfortunate situation that the LJ fought injury is, should the Ravens bring in KJ Wright to replace him? Please and much more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. Please and much more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. Please and much more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. Please and much more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. As soon as they make a mistake, I think part of it comes from them being spoiled because as Ravens fans, we have been spoiled. We haven't been spoiled rotten like a lot of Patriots fans, you know, anyway, but Ravens fans, they are certainly one of the more successful franchises over the years, especially in such a short amount of time to and with Ravens fans. I think since Ravens fans are so used to the Ravens being so successful, especially recently, but they're so used to them being successful through the majority of the flakko years and obviously having reached the highest high under flakko and then with Lamar them being just extremely successful, like extremely successful during the regular season playoffs still got to work on that. But I just that's what I think it comes from because they're so used to success. So when there's a hiccup and when there's a mistake when something, it doesn't go as smoothly than a lot of people are like, Oh man, you know what? I'm tired of this. I just want to over with. I want this guy fired. I want this guy out of here. And that's how it can be now again. That's only for some people because there's other people who when they talk about somebody possibly being relieved of their duties, they talk about the Ravens going to diff in a different direction, whether it be with front office people or somebody as a player, then there's some people that they notice patterns. They notice patterns and it's things that they don't want to continue to repeat themselves. So they've thought this thing through. They've analyzed it. They've watched it. They've criticized it. They've went over so many times in their minds and they've watched games and they've watched patterns and they don't want history to repeat itself in certain areas of the team. So far as the ones that you were referring to, yeah, I think it's from just being spoiled. Next question came from my boy, Jamari J. He said, I ain't graven. If Queen continues to play well, do we move the green dot back to the linebackers? I think for sure. I think Queen is getting that next year for sure. Reason I think that he didn't get it this year was because last year was an off season. And when I say off season, I don't mean the opposite of being in the season, but I mean the season last year was just off. So I think they will definitely be making that move probably next year to where he'll have a better understanding of the defense and he'll have more experience and he'll have had a full regular off season and then another season under his belt. So yeah, I think he definitely gets that green dot. And then he also said, do you think Geno Stone, Ardarius, Washington, Nigel Warrior and Brandon Stevens are more of a threat to Deshaun Elliott or Chuck Clark? I would say neither. I would say neither because Deshaun Elliott and Chuck Clark, their jobs are not on the line or anything like that. It's not like they're barely hanging on to being starters or anything like that. And they have far more experience than all of those guys, all of them. So they're the clear cut starters. So no, these guys don't pose a threat to any one of them. Now, if we talk in next year, next year, things could change quite a bit. Deshaun Elliott, he's in the last year of his deal for Chuck Clark. I forget where he is on his deal, either he has one or two years left. I want to say, I want to say one, but I'm not 100% sure. So I can't say. But either way, next year, things could change. So we don't know if Deshaun Elliott is going to stay or go or depends. We don't know if Chuck Clark is going to stay or go. It just all depends. So then these guys, especially Brandon Stevens, that's when he may be in competition for a starting spot at the safety position. So hopefully this year, he pushes those guys to the max. And then next year, whether Deshaun Elliott stays or leaves or Chuck Clark stays or leaves, whatever happens at the safety position. Hopefully Brandon Stevens, he makes it really hard on everybody. Next question came from my boy, Lord Valley. He said, what to do Brody? She boy, Valley haven't come through in a while, but man, I'm happy for your success for real. I've been faithfully watching this January 2020 before the playoffs and loving it. I appreciate that. Appreciate you rocking with us and sticking it out, man. I said I grabbed Madden last night on the Xbox one and it feels the same as usual. Can't wait to play on next gen and get all the new extra features. Immediately I started a franchise mode with the 75 man roster because I've never been so excited and thrilled about 25 extra players. I know aren't going to make the team. But I feel you with Intel every day, I've grown to appreciate our preseason roster for the simple fact that every player is going to be going all out because they want to be attached to the legend of Lamar Super Bowl team. And I have never, ever seen this before or really even noticed it in NFL media. The only thing I hate about Madden is none of the rookies faces are on the players. All right, shout out to Madden 22. Maybe with that first update, maybe, but we'll see. Anyway, he's in out of my question or really statement. I picked up for free agent offensive linemen, but when it came to making cuts, there were about 10 and I was really up. I had to let go or send some people to the practice squad. I didn't do any trading or nothing like that. Just a pure generic roster. And the fact that we have 10 solid corners, 10 front seven studs. It's almost like, man, do I shorten the offensive line or do I shorten the wideout to keep a stack defense just in case injury occurs? And just to be real with it or do I keep balanced numbers? You know, it's crazy. Do you believe that come cut day that the staff are really going to be scratching their heads and frustration of not letting go of so much talent or practice squad and players, you know, are going to be hot on the market and have great careers. Season going to be fire. Hold on tight. Keep it clean. Appreciate that, man. Yeah, I don't envy them at all. They are going to have to make some very, very tough decisions to where they really assemble the best 53 man roster that they possibly can. And something to keep in mind, too, that just because it's the 53 man roster for week one, well, for week one, it doesn't mean that that's going to be the 53 man roster for week one because Ravens, they get tricky with it. They do some manipulating with it. They are very just, they've been doing this thing for a while, too, because they'll have some people make the roster and be like, oh, I didn't think they were going to make it. And then that person may go on injured reserve. That person may be released. That person may be this. So they work that roster, man. So the roster that you see, the 53 that you see, when the roster is initially established, it might not be and probably won't be the 53 that you see going in a week one. Next question also came from my boy, Jamar. He said, I ain't gravy. And I feel like what people haven't noticed is the Ravens wide receiver position group is supposed to be a battle through preseason, not just the camp. And when Trace went out, the Ravens changed the offense to a Lamar-like style and Huntley has been thrown to only Oliver and Williams on check-downs. If Roman doesn't take big shots against the Washington football team, what are we going to know besides Hollywood, Watkins and Bateman? And Wallace and Dove, they've been pretty quiet in camp, had a few catches from Trace and one from Huntley. Pro Shae hasn't been trending unless in camp and before games. Moore, Victor and Kane need this last game to show something, even though Kane has shown promises in camp. Oh, still, this is certainly a lot right here. Yeah, with Duvenay and Pro Shae, most of Pro Shae can approach it. He's been the talk of all offseason and training camp. And my guy, Bio Lawson, man, he made some great points. And I was just like, wow, he took me back with some of them, too. He said with the Ravens, something that he's always noticed is that there's always somebody where it's just all this hype surrounding his player in preseason, everybody going crazy about him and training camp. They are the training camp hero training camp warrior that they just been killing in training camp. But then when the game comes on, stuff gets real quiet. You don't hear anything from him. And with Pro Shae, it could be cut to lack of opportunities. I've heard some people say one of the games he's getting open a lot. And I heard some people say in other games, he wasn't getting open at all. I've heard it all. But there are those players every year. And then he also talked about it on the flip side. There's also some players that you don't really hear anything about. You don't hear anything about them. But then when the lights are on, when it's game time or they go crazy, like McCrary, like Williams. So we'll see how this whole thing really impacts the roster because it's going to be very, very tricky with Tyler Wallace. It's going to be tricky with him because I'm not sure where he's going to be on a depth chart because he's got a lot in front of him. And as far as Watkins in Hollywood with the deep shots, really just with the offense, we we're not really going to be able to really see the Ravens offense until week one because that's when everybody should be back. Sammy Watkins, I don't even you know what really before we won in this preseason game because I've been I don't know how the Ravens are going to play this preseason game because I was for sure thinking that Lamar is going to play in week last week against the Panthers. I was 100 percent sure like, oh, yeah, there ain't no doubt in my mind that he going to play at least like two drives. Nope, nothing, nothing. So if he's going to play in the last preseason game, I don't know. I don't know how they're going to work this whole thing out. But we'll see. But we're not going to really get a glimpse of the full offense in preseason. We're not. So as far as the deep shots, I wouldn't really even be too concerned with that because remember, it's been Tyler Huntley playing. It's been Trace McSawley playing. It has not been Lamar has not been Hollywood. It has not been Watkins. Obviously hasn't been Bateman, but it hasn't been the regular guys that are that are going to be out there. So the fact that they haven't taken many deep shots, I wouldn't really be overly concerned about it. And just with the whole offense period, I wouldn't be overly concerned about it. I would be a little bit concerned about it with the offensive line since more starters have been out there. But hey, check this out when you go from week one to week two, you see the improvements in offensive line, especially in run blocking. They added another start out there week two with Kevin Zitler. And you saw all the holes that were getting created and whatnot. Offensive line, they just played better. So it's just going to take more time. But I can't really overanalyze the Ravens offense right now in preseason. Next question came from Yahoo. He said, what's up, engraving and think even clean. Grateful to have you repping the Ravens like no other could. Oh, I appreciate it. That's a good thing or bad thing because like no other could. Others could do much better and they do. But I appreciate it, man. He said, do you notice that NFL Network never shows Ravens preseason games when they have quadruple games to show? But no Ravens. Am I overreacting? I mean, it is what it is, man. It is what it is. It ain't no big deal. As long as you get to watch it, we get to watch it. That's all that matters. And I mean, Ravens coming out the gate, I guess they don't want to overraven it because Ravens coming out the gate. They got that first Monday night football game. And then the following week, they got a Sunday night football game. And then three weeks later, they got a Monday night football game. So yeah, people, whether they like it or not, they're going to be seeing a lot of Ravens. This next question or questions will be a blended question. It's going to be the last episode. On this episode of NFL questions from subscribers, because it comes from my guy Augusto V, Bullet A-trex and Chris P from the West Wing. So first, we'll start off with Augusto. He said, yo, engraving, I hope you and your family are doing amazing and staying safe. Appreciate you. Thank you. And yes, we are. Thank you for that. So I got a question regarding LJ Ford's injury. We all know he's a good linebacker whose absence needs to be addressed in the form of adding a solid starter or backup. My question is, should the Raven sign KJ Wright? He's a nice veteran free agent who could help the Ravens out for a year. So the linebacker room can stay as good as possible. At this point, free agents have immensely dropped their market value and KJ is not too old. He's 32. And even though he isn't the best, he's a really solid player who is there at the right place at the right time. Combined with his experience, I think he could help the linebacker room and shout out to Team Keep It Clean. One love y'all and love you engraving. I'll send y'all a hug. Hey, we send you a hug right back. They go right there, man. But now I appreciate it Augusto. So KJ Wright has been a popular name recently. Now let's go to my guy bullet A-Track's question. He said, ain't Graven love the videos. Appreciate you. With LJ Ford, unfortunately getting injured, we might need a veteran linebacker to be on the roster. What do you think about signing KJ Wright, former linebacker of the Seattle Seahawks? So with KJ Wright, I this, like I said, this question obviously came up a little bit. And yes, he is a free agent right now. Why his name is not on the list of free agent linebackers. I'm not sure, but he's out there. And that is a very interesting name. We know that he made plenty of plays for the Seahawks back in his day. I don't mean to say back in his day, like he's like some old man, old man. But he definitely did his thing, man. He did his thing. And we wouldn't need him to come in. He ain't got to come in and be the KJ Wright of old. He ain't got to do. He would not have to do that. He wouldn't have to be this all pro linebacker, anything like that. No, but with his experience, he could help that room a lot and bring a lot of what LJ Ford did. He wouldn't have to be the fastest. He wouldn't have to be the strongest, even though he had that look, that grown man, grown man strength 32. But he would just have to come in and be a leader. Be a solid contributor and just be somebody that will be ready. And he would be somebody that will provide that experience that a lot of our linebackers just don't have. And somebody that could come in in a bind, come in in a pinch and help out. So with right because right now, a linebacker in group is very, very young. I think Chris Board is the most experienced linebacker that we have because it's Chris Boyd, Christian Welch and obviously, Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison, Tara Lockup. Not sure what his status is. I know he's still hurt and he isn't practicing. He hasn't practiced in like forever. So we'll see what happens with him. But KJ Wright would be a move that I would not be mad at at all. Would he have to start with? Would that mean that Malik Harrison wouldn't be the start anymore? No, it wouldn't mean that. It doesn't have to mean that. But it would mean that you would have somebody again. Stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. Ravens were ready, but LJ Ford unfortunately, he got hurt. And now he's out for the year. So again, stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. You could bring in a veteran guy who got some great experience. And I think this will be a good move. Now, somebody else who somebody else who was suggested, let's go to my guy, Chris from the West Wing. His question, well, his part of this question. He said, Missing Raven, I'll keep it short this time. With the unfortunate injury to LJ Ford, do you think that EDC would immediately sign a free agent linebacker since that will grant him time to evaluate that signing against the current roster of linebackers? Or do you think that he will wait until the final roster cut down on August 31st and look for a roster cut casualty? Or will he do both? Ooh, that is a great question. Hmm. Wow. See, and this is why I love Team Keep It Clean so much because we could all be thinking one way. Somebody may have presented something one way, but then somebody else comes in and they throw a curveball and they present something a completely different way. And it's like, oh, wow, that's wow. But I think that I would think and this is my thinking. Obviously not in the brain of EDC, but I would think that they will want to get somebody if they're going to bring in somebody, which I think they will because John Harbaugh gave that talk today in his presser. Shout out to Carter laughing in the background. He watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But anyway, in John Harbaugh's presser today, he was like, oh, and I'm recording this on August 23rd. But he was like, oh, yeah, we're confident in our guys that we got. I was thinking, OK, yeah, you're definitely bringing in somebody now. When you say that, because you got to give a boost to your guys. You got to give a confidence boost to your guys. You got to let your guys know, hey, we rocking with y'all. We love y'all. And we really we got confidence in y'all. We got faith in y'all. I know y'all got it. That's hard about telling them. But then at the same time, it's like, oh, well, yeah, we're still going to bring in somebody just to give us a little boost. So I would think that they will want to bring in somebody now rather than later. Now, because if you wait till later, you could bring in somebody. They can still do that thing. But either way, I feel like there's not really pressure on the Ravens to do. It's not like, oh, man, we got to sign a linebacker right here right now. It's not like they have to. I think it would make them a little more comfortable going into the season if they did now. But yeah, they could end up waiting because like with a guy with KJ Wright, who we obviously discussed a little bit earlier, he's out there. Well, if he's out there again, I checked the free agent list. I didn't see his name, but I see people's talking about it. But I got to double check that. But if he's out there, he's still out there and he's been out there. So will anything change from now until another week? Maybe, but maybe not. Probably not because it's going to be a lot that like the free agent, the pool of talent and free agent is going to get in free agency is going to get very crowded very soon because it's going to be a lot of guys getting added to being free agents because it's a lot of cuts are going to have to be made because right now we're going through baby cuts. Is this little baby cuts is baby cuts was last week with just five people. Baby cuts this week with just five people. But then next week is going to be the huge cuts. So that's going to be that's that's going to be something right there. So I feel like with Eric Dacosta and them, I feel like it's really no pressure on them. Like they could make a move now, but they don't have to. They could just end up waiting to have more of a selection of people. Or they could be like, you know what, let's go ahead and make a move right now. Let's get this thing done. So I appreciate you bringing that perspective to the conversation. And he said, by the way, it looks like Josh Bynes is about to be a cut casualty from the Panthers. And Patrick Owasu is currently a free agent who was on in your reserve last year. See, look at that. I like how he said that. And he didn't say anything else. That was it. He said, sincerely, Chris P. from the West Wing. That was it. He just left it at that. He didn't say, hey, let's sign them. Let's grab them. Let's pick them up. He didn't say he's interested if they become free. Well, if Josh Bynes becomes a free agent, nope. He ain't say none of that. He just said, oh, looking like Josh Bynes about to get cut peanuts out there. That's it. So with Josh Bynes, I don't think they would do a reunion. But then when you think about it, it could make sense. And again, he wouldn't be a starter. He would not be a starter. And the thing with veterans, when you sign a veteran linebacker, like a veteran veteran, you, depending on depending on your team, but with the Ravens, if they were to sign a veteran linebacker right now, same thing we talked about with KJ Wright, they wouldn't have to come in and be the starter. They would just have to be somebody that would come in and just be ready. Now, one thing about Josh Bynes, he is obviously very familiar with the defense. He's familiar with the team, familiar with the defense. So that would give him a leg up. And when peanut, too, oh, peanuts, same way, same way. But with peanut, I mean, he left for more opportunity and whatnot with the Jets, it just hasn't obviously didn't work out. We'll see what happens with even with CJ Moseley. I don't even know what the status of CJ Moseley. I have not heard anything about CJ Moseley recently, man. But man, it's just been it's been rough for both of them. I know CJ Moseley. He got hurt the first year, I think. And then I think he got he opted out last year. And I don't know what his status is right now. Um, but that familiar familiarity with peanut and Josh Bynes, that would help them, um, but I just, I don't see the Ravens bringing back either one, especially peanut. Oh, I know we said we were logging off for real quick. Shout out to my guy Ravens, eight lead on Twitter because he brought up some nice little information, some little tidbits about KJ Wright. He said he started 140 out of 144 games. So he pretty much started everything. Eight playoff appearances. He's been a pro bowler, two Superbowl appearances, obviously one to one Superbowl with the Seahawks. Now, the rest of the stats, oh, he did bring up. He's 24 and 15 versus all of our NFC opponents this year. 6-0 versus the Vikings, 3-1 versus the Bears, 3-1 versus the Lions. Now that that part is like he obviously has had success against those teams being on the Seahawks and whatnot. But the Ravens, now he'll be on a completely different team, completely new system, if the Ravens even brought him in. But my favorite part about everything that he stated were the Sammy Watkins approach. It reminds me of Sammy Watkins because, again, the two Superbowl appearances, the one Superbowl win, the eight playoff appearances. So when we talk about experience, we talk about experience. He brings that experience to that group. And when you think about Sammy Watkins and think about Ravens receivers, they don't have that experience. They got playoff experience, but that's it. And just a minimal amount of it. But when you bring Sammy Watkins, he had playoff and Superbowl experience. So that's important and that's big. And we got like a lot of guys all around the team that have playoff and Superbowl experience, special teams. Justin Tucker, Sam Cook, Superbowl experience in the secondary. Jimmy Smith, Anthony Levine, Superbowl experience, defensive line, Kaleas Campbell, Purnell McPhee, Derek Wolf, Superbowl experience. Well, at linebacker, very young. And again, it's nothing against him, obviously, but he would bring that experience that could really just fine tune them that much where he could be like, hey, well, this is what we should do. Maybe it might be better if we did this or maybe this would help us help our game that much more. This could really help us get to that next level. So that experience can make the world of a difference. All right, I'm out now for real. I love you.