 Raiders very very active today. They had some guys come in and also they kicked some guys out They sent Carl Naseeb and Yannick Ngakwe packing Yannick Ngakwe got traded to the Colts For the cornerback. I believe it was Rocky sin. He probably got one of the best names in the NFL And then they brought in Chandler Jones Chandler Jones a three-year deal were 17 mil per year So he will team up with Max Crosby who also just recently got a big deal And those will be their premier pass rushes. So that's a nice one to punch. I'm a Ravens fan. Trust me I know especially about Crosby and about how you thinking Gakwe was last year with it. But anyway they also They also brought in a very familiar face week one last year Monday night football Legion Stadium The Raiders took on the Ravens now the Ravens They had their fair share of injuries last year to pretty much every single position on the roster And they're one of their best cornerbacks. Maybe their best cornerback Marcus Peters He was out so that thrust Anthony Avery into the starting spot So his very first game as a starter It was against the Raiders now He's had a lot of playing time off and on throughout the years and he's even started a few games But coming out opening day on the starter. That's just different as a starter. That's that's a whole different vibe And he stood up to the test now. I know Raiders fans are gonna be wondering man Who's Anthony Avery? Was he about is he good? Is he bad? Well, what is it? Anthony Avery He's a question mark as far as injuries. You ain't got to worry about that with him He's usually pretty healthy now last year was an anomaly But you know that the whole Ravens roster was an anomaly with how many injuries they sustained Anthony Avery he got hurt see this is where because usually with him. He's like a He's a decent tackler for a corner. He's a decent tackler But the technique in my opinion has to improve a little bit because it was technique in my opinion That got him hurt and taken out for the rest of the season last year It was in the Ravens final game against the bingles not their final game of the season But their second game against the bingles where CJ Uzama the bingles tight end He caught a pass and Anthony Avery went low to try to tackle him And of course Anthony Avery is a lot smaller than him. So you're not gonna try to tackle him up high You're gonna go low take out his legs. That's the small thing to do but he threw like his entire like rib cage at CJ Uzama's lower legs and CJ Uzama's knee went right into his rib cage and that ended his season So the technique has to be better. Maybe that play was an anomaly for him. But as far as coverage Anthony Avery has good speed Very good speed The thing with him that he needed to work on going into last season was really tracking the ball And he did get a lot better at that throughout last season the thing with him I know they would they would be a lot of Ravens fans that would be down on Anthony Avery But what I would say about him is that he just needed time Anthony Avery was a fourth round pick out of Alabama and he Alabama seems like a lot of their corners. They don't have really good Ball skills as far as tracking the ball like well at least the ones that go to the Ravens because you got guys like Marlon Humphrey Good cornerback physical cornerback, but he plays a receiver. He doesn't really play the ball good Anthony Avery same way he plays a receiver, but he doesn't really track the ball good. So I don't think that's a coincidence But anyway, um He was doing a lot better job of tracking the ball and with him I feel like he just needed more experience in order to really get better because he was behind Marlon Humphrey He was behind Marcus Peters He was behind. Yeah, I think he was on the team when Brandon called us here, too But either way, he was always behind somebody so he couldn't really get out there consistently So whenever he was out there, it was really It wasn't consistent So but now he's had pretty much a full season to be out there So obviously it worked good enough to where the Raiders were like, all right, we love it Now Anthony Avery when he's playing good He's playing good, but then he can have these games where it's just it can go bad really fast Against he's better against those smaller Shifty or wide receivers in my opinion those bigger taller wide receivers. No, it won't be a good matchup But he may improve he may improve But he was like like last year against Tyreek Hill. He was doing his thing He was doing a little bit of holding but it's okay Like the NFL got to get a defense like some slack wing like cuz I know NFL they won points points points They were high scoring games They would offense to be able to do whatever they want But they got to get a defense like a little bit of slack But that would be the type of wide receiver you want him matched up against your faster wide receiver Your quicker wide receiver not the big tall six three six four six five wide no not that one Because they're gonna be able to box him out. They're gonna be able to jump over him. No, so He's gonna do fine there. I don't know what the the terms of the deal are yet I haven't heard anything yet So I'm still just waiting on that But I'm excited to see what he does I'm excited to see what he does With the Raiders, so I hope he does well though. I hope he does a good job over there Of course, this whole free agency has been nothing but the AFC West show the chiefs been doing their thing The Georgia certainly been doing their thing now Broncos been going crazy with it and the Raiders They've been making a lot of moves to so this has been and and this is the first official day Of course the tampering period which I need to get rid of started on Monday But this has been crazy and then if they've been trades even before then so It's gonna be a fun 2022. It's gonna be a fun football season and this is literally only the beginning