 Now y'all know, when we do questions from subscribers, we have a lot of fun with it because y'all always bring out so many different great points and perspectives, stuff that I wasn't thinking about, stuff that a lot of other people weren't thinking about and we just have a really good time. But for this episode of Questions From Self, I couldn't just keep the good time all to myself. I had to share it out. And bringing on the fellas from Lunch Break Hot Take was so nice that I had to do it twice. So they'll be joining me to help break some of these questions down, help answer some of these questions so you can hear their point of view and their perspective on how they feel about you guys' questions. Now, what questions from subscribers is, of course, is a series where you can ask any NFL question you want to and we answer it in a video like this. Now, for the Team Keep It Clean patrons, the patrons, if you wanna send a question, you wanna participate in this, you can send your question directly on Patreon. And for anybody that wants to become a Team Keep It Clean patron, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving fits. I love y'all. And if you don't wanna do that, which is fine, you already know. If you wanna participate in questions from subscribers, you can send an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. Y'all, we have some fire questions as always. We have some thought provoking questions as always. So as always, let's do it. Yeah, this feels like a dream. You too, Team Keep It Clean. You see my boy, he like got him made it. Got him made it. Wood, white and gray. My first question came from Stephanie. She said, hello engraving. I hope you and your family are well. Yesterday was my birthday and I spent the day relaxing and this question occurred to me about the Ravens. You've mentioned several times that the organization has a bad reputation with wide receivers. I wonder if you could be a little bit more specific with that, but my real question is, why do you believe that Eric Acosta won't try again for a veteran wide receiver? Is it once burnt, twice shy? Or is it that he just doesn't believe any of those in the draft for this year they could have helped team? You may have covered this already and have sold my apologies, but what would it take for the Ravens to sign a veteran wide receiver and for them to change their bad reputation? The fact is Lamar Jackson wants to go all the way. The fans want it. I assume the organization wants it as well. So what does it feel like there is a disconnect in communication between the quarterback and the organization when it comes to this topic? It especially felt like that on the draft night with Hollywood. Anyway, sorry for the long letter. Blessings to you and the fam and to all the team, keep it clean. So how can Ravens change this whole idea of a wide receiver for them? The idea that wide receivers won't eat here. Wide receivers won't feast with the Ravens. Wide receivers won't get the numbers like that. How can the Ravens change that? Well, first I want to say that I think the problem is that we do go veteran too much. In fact, we go to veteran, right? I think what she means by veteran wide receivers is somebody that's still in their prime, one of the top tier wide receivers, but we tend to go with guys that are a little over the hill that won't cost a whole lot. And we keep on trying to get it done with our guys, but we also don't usually make a big investment in our guys either. EDC has gone wide receiver in the first round twice. That's something we haven't normally done in the past, but as you see, Hollywood just got shipped out. It wasn't enough. And we'll see what Rashad Bateman. What needs to happen is one, Rashad Bateman needs to turn to the player that we all think he'll turn into. And two, it just needs to be a change in the scheme, ultimately, we're known as a run heavy team. Hollywood leaving and saying that he wasn't a good scheme fit while still on his rookie contract does not help our image. And then we'll see if we can land another big time wide receiver in here. But if not, I don't see how that image gets fixed this year anyway. First off, say happy birthday to Stephanie. Yes, happy birthday, Stephanie. I want to, I'll keep it short. It's, John Harbaugh's got to go and you got to start paying people. There you go. You don't ever think that players are worth it. You don't want to pay them. They're not going to want to come. Next question came from my guy, Marco. He said, engraving my man, hope everything is great with you and the family. I think the answer to our middle linebacker position is already on our roster. Chuck Clark, he already wears the green dot, calls out defensive signals and has a high football IQ. Plus Hamilton and Marcus Williams will play the two safety positions so Chuck can make the transition. What do you think? Ravens like projects and converting players to different positions. Do you think they should do this? And will they do this? Peace. What do you think, B? I'm going to say no. You know, look, the part of the transition for players, they have to want to do it. Like Chuck Clark wants to go somewhere else and play safety. I don't think he wants to be in there banging around with them 300 pounders all over the game. And trying to come up and make those tackles. I think Chuck will, he'll peace out on that. Yeah, I think this is probably Chuck Clark's best year this past year. I thought he played really well. I think he wants to continue playing at that safety position. I'm not sure which position pays more. I would say probably safety. He wants, I'm pretty sure he wants to continue to try to thrive there. And the Ravens don't see him as a long-term answer, but it doesn't seem like it does. They've drafted Kyle Hamilton. I would expect him to be going elsewhere, not changing positions. Not even this year, I wouldn't change positions. Next question came from my guy, Gareth. He said, I ain't graven. I've been thinking that we are going back to three tight end sets again, like we did in 2019. It seems that way. And PSI have, I haven't texted you in a minute, just to say that you got me through a really hard couple of months. My grandmother passed away. You don't know how you impact people's lives. You're one of one, keep up the great work and tell Team Keep It Clean that we will get through the Hollywood trade. Love you, bro, and hope everything and everyone is okay. Hey, I appreciate that. And sorry to hear about your grandma, man. Yeah, condolences. Yeah, man, because that's always tough to lose somebody, man. Sorry about that, man. As far as the three tight end sets, yeah, I mean, that's what it's looking like. You have three tight ends on the roster, really two for sure. Well, I can't even say for sure. Mark Andrews for sure. You also have Nick Boyle. And then you got Josh Oliver, kind of, we'll see what happens with him. But then you draft two tight ends in color and likely. So yeah, you best believe them three tight end sets are on the way. So that's what it's looking like. Now, as far as, yeah, going back to 2019, I hope they have the success on offense, but the season doesn't end the same way that it did back in 2019. And that's because the quality or the lack of quality that they had at wide receiver. So it came and really bit them in the butt at the worst possible time. And it was, I think it was the lack at wide receiving the lack of adjustments too. Because playoffs, that's when everything counts the most. And Ravens clearly did not get it done. But how y'all feel about possibly going back to the 2019 style? I mean, it seems like that's what they're trying to do. And even with that, no matter what you're trying to do, my issue is why aren't you trying to get the best players possible to fit in what you're trying to do? If you want to do a heavy three tight end set, why aren't you trying to get the best tight ends possible? Right? We talked about trading for Zach Ertz a year ago and that never fell through. I thought maybe we try and get them in all season and we didn't do that. But you're relying on, obviously, Mark Andrews is one of the best tight ends in the league. Some are the best. But Nick Boyle, I mean, he's not that guy, good blocker, like he's not somebody we rely on in the past game. And then we got two fourth round lookies that we're just factoring in. Some people are talking about converting him to a wide receiver. Got to do better than that if you're talking about running out with three tight end sets, like try to upgrade that position a little bit. Yeah, stop looking for answers outside. Don't go and try to look up a history fact in your math textbook, right? If you want a wide receiver, go get a wide receiver. Don't draft a tight end and say, well, maybe he could play there. Don't look at Miles Boykin and say, hey, maybe we can move from the tight end. No, go get a tight end. If you want a wide receiver, go get a wide receiver. I don't like, it doesn't give me much confidence when you see a team looking into the past to try to fix their current and future problems. I think that's a sign that you need to change in leadership. But, especially when they said, we needed to be exactly like 2019, get the one decent receiver up out of here. So I'm not real confident in that approach, but it seems like that's the way they're going. So we'll see. Next question came from my guy, Mark 2K6. He said, after watching the Hollywood Brown post trade on I Am Athlete interview, how confident are you in the Ravens coaching staff when it comes to the passing game? P.S. I love the Ravens, but I am not a fan of John Harbaugh or Great Roman. Hmm. That sounds like Martin needs to be subscribed. No, you guys, you guys. Yeah, no, so, I mean, I agree. I didn't see that particular interview. I mean, he used to say that up front there, but no, I'm not confident at all in the Ravens coaching staff. I don't think that they develop players well. I don't think they use players to the best of their ability. They obviously don't listen to players who have an issue with the way the team's being run, as you see with Hollywood saying, hey, you know, I don't want to be in this kind of scene. The scheme doesn't work for me. And they said too bad, basically, right? So no, I have about zero confidence in John Harbaugh and crew. I think that once Harbaugh won the Super Bowl, he just said, I'm going to do it my way. You can't tell me otherwise and it doesn't matter if it works or not. Yeah. And it's not about whether we believe in the system. It's about whether the players believe in the system. And to be his point, it doesn't seem like they're buying in, or at least we know some of them aren't. Hollywood didn't buy in. Des Bryant has spoke out about it. Oh, yeah. Will he sneeze too? Will he sneeze? Even David Cully spoke out about it after he left. Yeah. So even something, you have your own coaching staff that's saying, this ain't it. So I mean, you know, like you can't be that stubborn to where all the signs are telling you, you got to make a change here. And you just say, no, I'm going to go with my guys. All right. That's not a good look. Nobody who's been involved in the passing game believes in the passing game, except for Greg Roman. Right. Wow. And it was crazy about that with Hollywood, something that he spoke on in his interview. He said he was not only speaking for him. He said he spoke up for other guys too. But he said then when he spoke up for both him and other guys, then that's when the picture was painted that he was selfish or something like that. So that's when he said he decided that he wasn't going to speak up about it anymore. So that's very telling and very kind of scary to think about. I do want to say too, we've been very critical of Hollywood. He's had his issues with drops and kind of disappeared, especially the last half of last season. But it does take a good amount of courage to kind of step up and put yourself out there and say the things that he says. And I think it's important. I mean, it's not life or death or anything. But it's an important thing that he's stepping up and kind of being that leader for all the people on the team who had an issue. And I think that, you know, I think he's going to thrive in Arizona much more than he did in Baltimore. I wish him the best. Oh yeah, for sure. All right, last question came from our guide to Raven. He said, hope all is well on this post draft Sunday. We had a great draft and I'm happy with the group we got. However, watching into his question from subs has me wondering, is Lamar holding off on the contract because he still wants to be a quarterback. No disrespect intended, but Giro has so many design QB runs and Lamar just wants to throw the ball and only run when necessary. Is Giro and the Ravens holding Lamar back from being a great passer? I mean, if the Ravens don't free him up, someone else sure will. Lamar doesn't want to continue to be RG3 or Vic like he wants to be a proven passer. If that's true, does the brown trade put a bigger dent in the system, especially if we don't sign a big name receiver? I believe it does. I believe Lamar is thinking that this means the Ravens still don't trust his arm. So there's little trust and big trust. You can say they opened it up in 2021, but that was only because of injuries. If injuries don't happen, then neither does the Airtat. That's something that I've been thinking about a lot myself. He said, we want to build an indivisible offense, but where's our big body wide receiver for this? Andrews, likely Kala will likely be switched to wider. He's just talking about that. Will likely be switched to wide receiver or be used in wide receiver roles like Andrews, like they wanted to do with Max Williams, Hurst and Andrews. Lastly, we remember the price offered to Lamar was quote unquote, a generational price tag. I bet that doesn't seem too generational anymore with all the prices skyrocketing. Just had that on my mind. Anyways, have a wonderful evening. Ooh, that was loaded. Yes, G-Roll and company are holding Lamar back from being a big time passer and to beast credit, beast man for a while, he doesn't believe that they believe in Lamar as a passer. But I do think that Lamar is, he can see past the present and look long-term. Long-term, G-Roll just not gonna be there. John Harper probably won't be there either, if we're being honest. I think he does wanna stay in Baltimore and I think they will get a deal done. I think the move that he's doing right now is just to make sure he gets the most money he can possibly make. Just by him waiting, his price tag went from possibly 35 million to definitely at least 45 million, I'm thinking 50-55, if we're being honest, right? So just waiting and being patient is making him more money. I think that's a business move. And the reason why I think he's gonna stay ultimately is because Steve Bishadi is not gonna let his cash cow walk out the door, right? I mean, he runs the city. Lamar runs the city. People go to see Lamar Jackson. He puts butts in the seat. And I think it was the same thing with Flacco. People love Flacco after he won a Super Bowl. I'm not 100% sure that Ozzie wanted to bring him back because that wouldn't have been the first time that we let a quarterback go after winning a Super Bowl. Shout out to Trent Dilfer, right? And I think Ozzie was prepared to let Flacco go. And I think Steve Bishadi stepped in and said, no, pay the man. I don't care what he's asking for, pay him. I think the same thing's gonna happen with Lamar Jackson when it comes down to it. He says, I don't care what he's asking for, give him the money. And once that happens, then you're gonna start seeing a shake up, right? Then Lamar can say, not really feeling this system anymore. Okay, well, we're invested in you. We're not invested in Great Roman, or really hardball. So I think after the contract, his new contract is signed, then I think we'll see a change in philosophy and leadership. Okay. Yeah, I tend to agree. Like Ozzie said, I said, as soon as they retained Great Roman, that's a signal that they don't think that Lamar is a franchise quarterback in terms of passing the ball. Like they don't believe in him. They're not putting him in that kind of offense because they just don't think he can do it. But as we've said, multiple times we think that they do need a change in philosophy, a change in leadership there. And it's not just Lamar, but I think that Raven's fans have to kind of look at the organization and see, it's not all okay right now, right? It's a talented team. And yeah, they got a lot of talented players in the draft, but your number one receiver forced his way out because he's unhappy with the coach. Your quarterback won't talk to your front office right now. That's not an okay thing. They have to be in lockstep, right? You want the GM, the coach and the quarterback to all be on the same page and they're not anywhere near that right now. I think that Lamar, like Ozzie said, I think yeah, it's partially money. I think also it is kind of trying to hold them accountable. If they don't make the moves that he thinks that they should make, he doesn't need to sign a long-term deal. He can play on that fifth-year option, then he can play on the franchise tag, then he can play on the franchise tag again and Baltimore can just deal with it, deal with the cap implications of that. And once those three years go by, he'll hit free agency as probably the most coveted free agent in the history of football. And at that point, either Baltimore's done enough to convince him that, hey, we do believe in you as a passer, we'll bring you back, we're gonna try and win, or he'll go somewhere else. And it could be also that it doesn't even get that far. It could be, hey, he does the Hollywood and says, you know what, Harbaugh and Greg Roman aren't really meshing with me, and it's time for me to go. Ooh, that would be crazy. Yeah. I don't want to be clear, I don't think that that is going to happen. I think Lamar's gonna be a ray of mental life, but it's one of the possibilities. He's not engaging with the cost on the contract right now, so it's not all okay. Right. Shout out to Graven.