 To team keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and today these Baltimore Ravens They had a presser that featured John Harbaugh Lamar Jackson Kaleas Campbell Marlin Humphrey I'm not sure if they threw any other bonuses in there because after Lamar Jackson said his piece at the presser That's when I turned it off and I said, oh, I gotta go talk to team keep it clean about this one But anyway, so I might go check out the other pieces later. Probably probably not who knows but anyway Lamar Jackson in this press is some things that I noticed was that His negotiations both private and public are continuing and he showed the Ravens. He said hey, I'm giving you one last chance I will give me a one last chance. I want y'all to make another push So we can get this done or else a he gave them an official public official deadline So it's not any like misconceptions. Nothing can get misconstrued. No, he gave them an actual date publicly at least and let it be known But also some other things that I noticed by Lamar Jackson Something that's we've already noticed before but just to continue leadership And the continued honor and respect that he shows and continues to show for his teammates But we'll talk about all of that stuff. So first He started off by saying that because he was asked of course about the contract from the jump I mean, you know, that's the topic of conversation. That's what everybody want to talk about What's up with the contract LeBron and he said that they are still talking but that he'll probably cut it off after this week So when he said that I was like, oh, yeah, that's him giving them one last shot at this thing like a it's Wednesday Y'all got two days Two days and if you can come up with something really nice, maybe I'll give you a third But y'all got two days to get this thing, right and after that we won't talk no more now Just so nobody thinks it's anything crazy I don't believe that just because they if they don't come to a contract agreement I don't think there will be any like bad blood or anything like that because a word that Lamar continued to use throughout this presser was Business is business conducting business. So he understands it. He knows it So I don't think just if for some reason that they don't come and they can't come to a contract agreement Before the deadline and he plays throughout this year I don't think it's going to be any bad blood. Are you gonna be throwing football like man? I can't stand these ravens Oh, I'm gonna throw a touchdown anyway. I don't think it ain't gonna be nothing like that But anyway Lamar Jackson also talked about because somebody asked him about injuries He's anything about no injuries. Yeah, you want to put it out there? and He also said the process has been business as far as him handling his own contract and then that's what after that That's what he mentioned that Friday is his deadline. He said Friday is the deadline That's he said I'm giving them to the end of the week and somebody's like in the week Like when is the end of the week is like before the game during the game there? No, he said Friday. That's the deadline He said that he is comfortable handling his own contract talk And he was also asked if he feels like it's a risk Going into the season without a contract and that has been a question that has been talked about a lot amongst Analysts commentators media whatever that Lamar is essentially risking a lot by stepping on a football field without a deal And he said that it was a risk two years ago And he said that last year it was a risk, too But he said he's just playing football. He just playing football. So he's not really worried about all that other stuff Then he was asked again about representing himself and his initial response was funny because he was like He said y'all still asking me about representing myself, but then he was like, oh, no, no, I'm just playing. I Don't think he was just playing I Think that I'm along with the contract to because there was even a point where Lamar was like no It ain't no more contract and somebody off to the side, too The person that was that was handling the the presser. They were like no more questions about the contract He ain't answering no more contract questions. So they will they will pass that they're ready to move on from that But then Lamar himself he was ready to move on from him representing himself Because it just it just sounded to me like he was just over it. He was over that conversation over that being brought up But anyway, somebody else asked if the him and the Ravens were pretty close to come into an agreement on a deal And he said I don't know I Don't know and I love that because you saying I don't know that doesn't give anything to anybody Nobody nothing Because you could be like, oh, yeah, we're getting close, but no, no, no, you could be like, oh, no, we're far apart. I don't know So that that keeps everything super super private He said He has no clue how close him and the Ravens are when it comes to agreeing on a contract And he said that you got to ask the guy who I'm talking to that of course being mr Eric the costa and maybe Steve Beshawty, but mr. Eric the costa will be the primary guy He talked about how it's not him versus Joe Fleco that is him versus the Jets defense and I mean, that's well, that's true It's always more fun to say the quarterback versus the quarterback because you know I mean that is one thing with that media does that I actually appreciate and enjoy Because it's like the two are going to they're not going to get they're not on the field going against each other Like that, but yeah, they're going against each other's defense But it's more fun to say the quarterback versus quarterback But anyway, we know that technically it's the quarterback versus the opponents defense and so on and so forth He brought up about the team not peaking too soon and he mentioned that a couple of times too He kept he reiterated that so that's something that obviously is important to him This was one of my favorite Not questions, but more so responses from Lamar in this presser for everything that wasn't about the contract somebody asked him if he could pick one guy on the team to have a breakout season besides himself, who would it be and You would think like man Who was Lamar could probably say like the Shaw Bateman that that could probably be an easy answer for him Rashad Bateman, maybe he might bring up James crochet. Maybe he might bring up Isaiah likely a Lot of different options that he could bring up especially since he's a quarterback and he's gonna be the one throwing them the ball He's on offense. So one would think that it would be an offensive player But no his answer was he said Ravens offense Ravens defense and Ravens special teams because they're hungry and they didn't like how last season ended now What I appreciated about that answer was that Him like we mentioned he is obviously an offensive player. He's a quarterback So he was like, you know what? I'm not gonna single out one person on my team because it could go to it could go a lot It could go a lot of different ways some positive but a lot of negative because say for instance, he's like, all right Who do you think is gonna break out on this team Lamar? Rashad Bateman if he answered Rashad Bateman Nothing wrong with that answer and that's a lot of people's expectation that Rashad Bateman is gonna break out But if Lamar as the leader of this team You know, a lot of people are looking up to him. He says Rashad Bateman somebody could be like, hey, oh, what about me? I think I'm primed for a big year and somebody could keep that in their mind the entire year and be like Oh Lamar, that's why he's throwing him so many passes because he said he was gonna break out Oh, he favors him more more over me and That that could cause somebody to just really start festering up some just bad blood on the inside and then In turn that could reflect on the outside another thing it could do to if he would have singled out one person It could put a lot of national pressure on that person People could be like, oh Lamar said this person was gonna break out. Okay, all eyes on them Even though I mean in it's NFL so all eyes are on them already but still they be like, oh Lamar said this person probably gonna break out So let's watch some extra clothes and if they ever for some reason they disappoint People could look back at this and be like, oh, man. Well, that's he thought was gonna break out. They let us down But it just I really appreciated the answer because he put everybody up instead of just propping up one person and Giving them that shine or whatever. He gave everybody that shine and I really loved that He also they he was asked about Joe flacco The year that they were doing the switching stuff Um, and he asked he was asked if it was any awkwardness Anything like that between the two. He said no, he said Joe flacco is not awkward not petty anything like that He said Joe flacco was always professional. He said with it when they were in the meeting room He had a question Joe flacco would answer right away He also it was asked and this was a good question too He's asked if he thinks they're not playing in the preseason for the first time in his career if that will affect him And he said no He mentioned Tyler Lenderbaum being a fast smart sinner and that he catches on pretty quickly and then this this part right here This part because he was asked about Tyler Lenderbaum specifically But with this next question he was asked how he feels about Ronnie Stanley being close to being back and in this answer I loved it because he said that Ronnie being close to being back is great But he also said he gave an endorsement to Joanne James. He's like, but Joanne James is looking good Something like that. So I was like man That does a lot for Joanne James Because Joanne James is expected to step in and Ronnie Stanley's absence If Ronnie Stanley can't go week one, I'm not expecting him week one, but we'll see but Joanne James is expected to be the left tackle so With Ronnie Stanley having been out for as long as he's been out and Joanne James feeling the road There's a lot of pressure on Joanne James whole lot of pressure because the Ravens have been through some different left tackles in Ronnie Stanley's absence But for Lamar to be like, hey, yeah, I'm about to get my guy back soon. Oh, yeah, that's great But then he's still like oh what no, but Joanne James. He's been looking real good The way that he handled a lot of these questions just it continues to show the maturity level of one Lamar Jackson And it continues to show how great of a teammate he is to his teammates and that he really does actually care about them And he is really down for them like that. So I just appreciated that then one last thing he said Because they asked him about JK Dobbins and he was like, hopefully JK will be out there in a couple of weeks Now when he said that I was thinking oh hold up now. Wait a minute little boy Did you just drop something that I don't know because that made it sound like JK wasn't ready to go all the way yet It almost sound like he was almost wasn't ready to play, but we'll have that question answered in a couple days Um Yeah, cuz the Ravens. Yeah that uh, we're gonna find out who's playing a little come Sunday like an hour and a half before the game You know the actors and actors all that but we'll see but I mean JK even if he does play he's expected to be eased back in It's not gonna be all right for workload JK. There you go. So that was cool Harbaugh he spoke before Lamar and he said that it'll be nice to say hello to Flacco before the game But after that no he said after that they got to defend his offense And he said that they have to be at their best because he knows what Joe Flacco was capable of obviously Um, and he was also asked about the transition year from Joe Flacco to Lamar He said that they both handled it great Say Lamar was excited to learn from Joe and wanted and really wanted to learn from And he said that Joe was supportive of Lamar the whole way And even in a playoff game. He said that Joe Flacco wanted Lamar Jackson to stay in And I I really think that that playoff game That was so important And that was so crucial For Lamar Jackson in his future with the Baltimore Ravens And I know a lot of people may disagree But I was glad that they let they left Lamar Jackson out there in the playoff game I said it back then and I still say it now Obviously Joe Flacco had plenty of playoff experience Joe Flacco might have came he might have came in and saved the day Or he might have came in and still lost who knows we'll never know But if they were to yank Lamar Jackson from that game That would have showed Lamar Jackson like hey rookie, we drafted you in the first round But no we not sold on you. We ain't riding with you like that. Oh you you help get you Which you led us to what a 71 record down the stretch it wasn't 61 whatever it was No, we straight we ain't worried about none of that Flacco get in there Lamar. We don't believe in you That's what that would have showed him and that would have showed everybody else that too So the fact that they left him in the game that was so important for his future and I'm glad that they did it It was ugly It was definitely ugly even though to the end it got a little it got a lot better but um Yeah, it that was a good move and I think that that was the right move But anyway team keep it clean appreciate y'all I love y'all we'll see if the ravens and Lamar Jackson if they can beat this deadline Or if they reach it and it's like hey, well, we just couldn't make it happen But either way, it's going to be a fun season. It's going to be a uh, just a lot going on this season as you all already know Um, but hopefully it doesn't end with Lamar Jackson after this year being out