 Why do the Ravens always try to turn Lamar Jackson into Patrick Mahomes when they play the Chiefs? Should Gus Edwards be Raven's number one running back? When Lamar Jackson is frustrated we can all see it, but his teammates see it as well. Doesn't have an impact on their game. Please and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions From Subscribers. You too team keeping clean, what's going on is saying Raven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions From Subscribers. What Questions From Subscribers is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer it in a video just like this. Now if you want to be part of NFL Questions From Subscribers, I know some people say, hey what's the email for Questions From Subscribers even though we say it every single question from subscribers. Send an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. 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I appreciate y'all. Let's go. First question came from my boy King. He said, hey engraving long time subscriber to the channel. I love the videos and the content and they're definitely on point in part of my weekly feed of all things Ravens. I appreciate that King. Thank you. I don't know how I'm on point there y'all but I appreciate you watching over me. Thank you for that. I actually have a question and a comment. It's lengthy but I believe it speaks to the real issue stopping us from getting to and winning the Super Bowl. Okay. Here we go. I believe running back by committee is just like a QB controversy. If you have no real starter then you don't really have a QB. Teams do have success with a change of pace backs but when you consider Lamar as a runner as well, there's simply not enough carries to go around to begin with to have three back splitting carries. With Roman having a hard time in big games, getting our primary ball carriers, even ten measly carries, let alone the ideal 18-25 that is clearly needed to impose our will and tie out the opposing team's defense, do you think hard-born Roman will ever realize the game planning and time management aspect that it will take to knock off the AFC heavyweight Kansas City Chiefs? That is interesting when you put it like that. I mean, I don't think that, I don't necessarily think it would hold the Ravens back from winning the Super Bowl but I think if they actually got back to it because so far they haven't been doing it. It's been, they haven't been like, they obviously haven't been running too much and they've been spreading it out but with the limited amount that they do run spreading it out, it just doesn't let anybody get in their rhythm and I know what I talked about, I've said the same thing, they don't really have a starting running back. Mark Ingram is technically the starter but they don't really have a starting running back because they don't have that guy who is their premier running back, their focal point at running back, their guy like back when Ray Rice was here, Ray Rice was their guy. They had Benar Pierce but Benar Pierce wasn't the guy, he was a guy but Ray Rice was the guy and I don't think like even last year, Mark Ingram was more of the guy but he still had a nice chunk of change of Karrion as well and he got a lot of yards. I think he had like 700-some yards as a backup and that's pretty good and of course Lamar, he was the leading rusher for the Ravens and he had a bunch of yards but so I don't, they had a formula last year that could have got them to a Super Bowl, they had a formula last year that worked but the thing with the Ravens, I don't, so I disagree with that part that the running back by committee that it will keep them from getting a Super Bowl, I don't agree with that but I think that they would actually have to stick to running the football, of course you're gonna have to pass as well but do what you're good at, do what you're good at, do what you're best at and play to your strengths, Ravens and play to their strengths and this season they just, they haven't been, they haven't been that running team like they had been in like last year and it's like you kept all those same running backs and even got another one you did that for a reason right? So they got to show us, we waiting on that. In his comment he said second level defenders becoming terrified of Gus the bus after getting trucked and bounced off of the turf at the second level it will be nice to see our coaches set up the pass with the run first by cutting out the gimmicky option pitch back plays and running the real downhill plays with Gus and stretches own plays with Dobbins. Once we say true to our identity this was exactly what I was just saying man, exactly what I was just saying because it's just frustrating when we watch the Ravens weekend week out and they just, they're not themselves, it can be frustrating and you're wondering like wow like of course it hurts a lot less when they win not being themselves but when they lose it's like oh come on but again we've been talking about this from beginning of the season but anyway like he said it man once we say true to our identity you could have ended the whole thing right there because that's it that's that's exactly what it is once we say true to our identity I believe the Chiefs will be more vulnerable for our wide receivers to make them pay in the past game big sigh players are not the problem cupcake play calling evidence by Dobbins having a 40-yard run in the Texans game only to have his number called for one carry in the Chiefs game hmm one carry and yeah I think you got like one carry for six yards something like that one carry when you're running back so I'm getting the ball that makes the play action pointless that makes the fake to the running back worthless because teams are gonna be like oh these dudes they ain't gonna get these running backs of ball anyway oh he faking the right he faking he doing play action oh yeah no that running back ain't touching that they throwing all right y'all back up yeah and then you said as well as dovenay having a 90 plus y'all returning the Chiefs game and a whopping two targets in the same game passing it seems as though Roman really does not know how to implement the real weapons we already have on the team hmm oh yeah we started off with a bang of the day he said ps thanks for letting me vent as it is always painful to see my team get made to look like we were worse than what we are on national TV shaking my head well said man next question came from my guy Marcel a he said a big wide receiver is not the answer look at how the defense plays us jam brown at the line with a man over the top close to the middle of the field all year we heard about our rookie wide receivers don't drop the ball and how fast Devin Duvenay is but he gets no plays called for him to use his speed to take the top off the defense but we watch Miles Boykin who has oh who has a hard time getting open get way too much playing time who hasn't yet made a defense pay for leaving him one-on-one I know it's just week three but till but tall wide receivers other than brown oh no but till our wide receivers other than brown shows up then this will be how the defense is play us we can't keep doing the same thing and expecting something different just my two cents I like to hear your thoughts on this I appreciate it Marcel wow with Miles Boykin he gets a couple of looks every game usually just a few not many but he yeah Ravens just somebody else got to be it man somebody else got it like teams need to pay Ravens need to make teams pay for just them trying to take Hollywood out the game because obviously Hollywood at the wide receiver Hollywood is going to be their focal point Hollywood is going to be the guy that these teams really really try to take out because he is Ravens primary receiver and until somebody else ends up stepping up until somebody else ends up being like a y'all got to watch me to then it's going to be the same old stuff now Miles Boykin I think one of the reasons that they leave him out there so much is probably due to the blocking probably due to his blocking his ability to block his strength when it comes to the blocking game and that's nice because that's a big part of Miles Boykin game but it's um it's got to be more than that we need more than that because blocking is great don't get me wrong we obviously need that but what else can you do what else can you bring to the table you know Ravens like players that can do more than one thing so whether it's going to be Miles that takes another step or it's gonna be Willie Snead and a lot got to do with the offensive line as well and LeMond too it's on everybody it's on everybody just needed to step up as a whole but we just really need a legitimate another receiver that's team's respect and I just nobody has really stepped up like that yet to be that guy so we just got to continue to wait and see what happens and and just hope that somebody just ends up shocking the world next question came from my guy Nick he said back with another question why did the Ravens always try to turn LeMond to Mahones when they play it's that pressure that pressure that pressure bus all the Ravens pipes man he said we should be playing keep away melting the clock while Mahones watches from the bench but yet again the coaches attempt to go back and forth with Mahones given our running backs very few carries LeMond has improved as a passer but he will always be the greatest runner we've ever seen do you think the narratives influenced them I do I do I think so for sure I think so for sure I think they let a lot of outside noise get in it seems that way especially when they play the Chiefs it's going to cost the Chiefs being a big dog being a Super Bowl champs and all that I think there's some intimidation to say hey we got Lamar Lamar always getting compared to Patrick Mahones you know what Lamar let's go put on a show for these boys let's go ahead and show them you just as good as a pass as Patrick Mahones and we can air it out just like them Chiefs can't it's like are you playing to win or are you playing to impress which one are you trying to do not saying that the Ravens shouldn't air it out but hey play your game play your game you are a running team this team is built from the ground up like literally cuz they ground them down but you're a running team and you just decide you know what no running no who's gonna do that for for what what's the point so they got to fix that if they're gonna move forward this season in the postseason really play your game man do what works for you a next question came from my guy twist fn he said hey engraving hoping all as well in your life hey things are going really really good I hope everything is even better than yours he said now do you think the Steelers are being overhyped considering they have beat teams that have a combined record of zero wins and nine losses and they are only winning by one score the defensive line is insane but that's it in my opinion I can't I can't call them over hype reason being because they only play who's on their schedule that's it they don't play who's on their schedule so let's just wait till they play some obviously obvious better competition cuz they the teams that they have on having been the best of the best and yeah they may only be winning by a little bit not blowing them out anything like that but at the same time they're winning they're winning they're winning and beating the teams who are on their schedule so that's literally the only thing that you could ask for that's the only thing you can ask for because had they been losing to these teams we'd be having a whole another conversation but they're they're winning so they're still despite who the teams are they still taking care of business and that's how you got to operate as an NFL franchise if you are considered one of the better teams and if you play what somebody has considered one of the worst teams you best take care of business yeah and you better better find a way to win whether it's an ugly win whether it's a pretty win a win is a win cuz like I always say man I would rather if my team's in a Super Bowl I would rather have the ugliest Super Bowl win ugliest than have a pretty loss a question came from my guy shadow Badger cat he said all the Ravens America's team if we show up in big games and this was written before the Chiefs game oh yeah it was it was written on 207 p.m. is when he sent it and the game happened six hours later and big yikes Ravens no they're not America's team that's still the Cowboys right now still the Cowboys a couple now when we come to Chiefs it'll be it'll remain the Cowboys because the Cowboys difference between the Cowboys and the Chiefs and the Ravens is that we're more so just the Cowboys in the Ravens lead the Chiefs out of it but it's the same thing applies it's that market that market and that familiarity teams know who the cow I mean people know who the Cowboys are they know who the Cowboy Cowboys been around for a long time and even though they've been average for a while they still been around their fan base is every any state you go to any states you go to you can always find Cowboys fans there and a lot of them everywhere so Cowboys is still America's team next question came from my guy Charles aka OHMG I think it's really OMG but the OHMG anyway he said I ain't Raven hope you and your family are doing well I appreciate we doing really good man this is my first question from subscribers and I ain't no football expert as I started to watch and understand the basics of football in 2019 it's all good man and none of us experts on well some of team keep it clean is but I'm certainly not so we on the same boat my friend anyway he said I'm kind of glad that I did start late as Ravens had the best record in the franchise and NFL and that stamped me as a Ravens fan I just had a couple of fun would you rather questions for you don't stress on deciding answer too much thanks for the videos and the content they are helping me get through some hard times in my personal life and through this chaos we are facing in the world I hope this question from subscribers one of many to come from me and hashtag team keep it clean I appreciate it man and I'm glad that I'm I'm glad that the videos could be of some help to you man so I appreciate it because like we always say that's exactly what we wanted this channel to be just chance for everybody to get a little break because we all know it's a lot of stuff going on out there and it's crazy because with a lot of stuff that goes on out there it's all stuff that we see but with a lot of people personally like a lot of what team keep it clean we don't know what each other going through personally but I mean the world is crazy enough by itself so personally what a lot of people may be going through that we don't even know about it could be even worse man so I appreciate you so it's questions number one would you read would you rather see a team you hate the Steelers the Chiefs win five Super Bowls in the next decade or never be able to watch football again whoo I would um I would much rather watch one of those two teams win the next five Super Bowls because for never and that would be rough oh that would be rough because Steelers would be like hey we went from six stairway to seven to the hallway to 11 yikes it'd be a big yikes and then the Chiefs oh man Chiefs if that happened with the Chiefs um it's whoo it would just be rough it'll be rough because this whole Chiefs Ravens thing and hey Chiefs on the Ravens right now man they do they could talk all the trash they want to but some of it is a little toxic but every single fan base got some fans that's a little bit toxic on there man because some people just they take it way overboard it's okay we we get it um so I but to not be able to watch football ever again nah that that ain't flying man so I'm definitely going uh Chiefs of Steelers winning five Super Bowls in the next decade um oh hold up I read it wrong so he said when five Super Bowls in the next decade so that means that Ravens could slip something in there too okay so I read it wrong I originally read it like they'll win the next five Super Bowls but he said five Super Bowls in 10 years that's still a lot but Ravens could slip some in it's okay so I'm with them number two would you rather have the Ravens lose every game or lose in the final seconds of the 16th game to miss the playoffs oh um I would rather them lose in the finals uh 16 seconds or the final seconds of the 16 games to the 16th game to miss the playoffs because that would mean that they were competitive um if you lost every game then you were out of it and like so I don't I don't get how there's some some fans and everybody looking stuff different so it is what it is but I don't I don't understand for me I look at it like because I know there's there will be some fans that'll be like oh man if we ain't gonna miss the playoffs we might lose all the games get a high draft pit they would rather that than their team be competitive and be trying to get to the playoffs and miss it by the hair that chinny chin chin if uh but for me I would rather my team be fighting it out and really trying to make it and then if they come up short at the very end okay it would hurt a lot more than losing every game because if you lose in every game you're numb you're numb you're numb to losing because you get so used to it that becomes the standard but if your team's fighting and and oh it comes down to the very end I mean we saw that in that was week 17 yeah the Bengals and what was that 2017 yeah it was 2017 because Lamar came in 2018 and that week 17 was against the Browns and boy we were scared oh that was a game but um so yeah in 2017 that happened with the Ravens they had just won the week before against the Colts and everything was set up so perfect for them to get into play all you have to do is beat the Bengals okay cool and you at the crib you at home okay cool no problem but yeah it ended up being a problem uh and his last question he said would you rather have the Ravens lose every Super Bowl or never ever make it to one wow I would rather them lose every Super Bowl because I'm it would that would be like I don't think you would be able to become numb to that because your team would have gotten there but just keep coming up short and I know Bill's fans went through that a long time ago um they went through that where they were getting to Super Bowls but they just weren't closing so that would be an uh an indescribable pain well you make it to the big game you having all these parties every year you're like oh yeah we back in there and then you lose and then the next year you're like oh yeah we back in there let's go baby then you lose again then it happens again and oh man that got to be tough um but I would I would rather than be playing in the Super Bowl because I would have gotten to have a lot of celebration throughout the entire year but that last game where I want to celebrate the most it just we come up short but so I would rather than be playing in the Super Bowls these were fun this question came from a guy Tom he said hey Justin hope you and your family are doing fine hey we're doing real good appreciate your time hope you're all doing well as well he said here's my question after what I've seen the last three games especially in the game against the Chiefs I think Gus Edwards should be our number one running back I think he is the most powerful running back on a roster I think that he is he always has the most yards per carry and that should be enough to make him the starter what are your thoughts about that keep up your amazing work greetings from Tom and the flock in Austria appreciated man shout out to Austria I would be with it and again what we talk about is that the Ravens they don't really have a number one running back well that is Mark Ingram but at the same time they spread it out but and usually Mark Ingram ends up being the guy who gets the most carries but the Ravens still they use all three backs they have four remember Justice Hill he's been a healthy scratch for the past couple of games um so with Gus it's I sure wouldn't mind if he was a number one back if he started off the games and they started using him from jump to really run that rock even if they featured him he was the feature back because Ravens don't really have a feature back if they feature Gus Edwards and really like really let this guy get in the rhythm because you can give him you can give him a nice carry here you can give him a nice carry there and see imagine this one of the most dangerous things about Gus Edwards when you think about it he got what four carries against the Chiefs um and he he got I think he got 10 against the Texans and against the Browns I forgot how much he got but Gus's average and he got a higher yards per carry average this season so far but guess what that's what he has without even having gotten into a rhythm Gus Edwards produces and he he's not even in rhythm yet so just imagine what Gus Edwards could possibly do if you allowed him to get into a rhythm if you allowed him to actually get into a rhythm this guy could really he could possibly go off but Ravens don't do that next question came from Tanya B she said hey I ain't graven hoping all is well with you and yours hey I'm good hope everything is well with you Tanya and let me know if I'm saying your name wrong because sometimes I feel like I'm I'll be saying it the wrong way because I see a spell Tanya but I'll be thinking sometimes maybe that J is pronounced with a Y so it's Tanya so let me know if I'm pronouncing it wrong so and if I am my apologies uh she said uh I have a few things on my mind I see a pattern uh oh in tough games such as the Chiefs and the playoffs we are always out coached clearly the Chiefs are just too fast so with that being said what was up with all the throwing obviously with all the butterfingers out there on the field they should have relied on the run game more uh but no Lamar still throwing like crazy just like in the playoffs if the receivers and tight ends are dropping all the balls then run the rock Gus gets pulled when he's moving the chains lastly Lamar shows his frustration and tends to pout on the sideline if his team sees the leader breaking then it's a domino effect ooh he needs to be more vocal he never takes command of his team maybe with more maturity he will learn to lead in this way and be more relaxed in stressful situations I can think of more that's on my mind but I will end for now take care of my friend oh that's deep that's deep I mean obviously uh yeah we all on the same page with the uh the throwing um Raven's just get out of character in these big games and not even that this was I mean it was a big game but at the same time it wasn't a big game uh the Chiefs they are afc opponents yes uh but they are not in your division no um but at the same time it's money night football you're gonna get super bowl chance yeah that's a big game it's a big game um but it is week three so no so it's still a long way to go but anyway uh they just yeah they get out of character they get out of character and it it shows and then yeah about Lamar and his frustration that that's big too uh and I like how you made that point is talking about how to lead as a domino effect because Lamar Jackson he's out here showing his frustration and then that can so the people can see that he was like whoa that's the guy we're looking up to if he's frustrated I'm frustrated and then it just it just trickles down to everybody else and it just ends up being no good all around because if you already get now coached then it's hard to fight against that uh it's extremely hard to fight against that but then if you just if you getting frustrated and showing then now you're fighting a mental battle too and that just makes the situation that much worse speaking of coaching next question came from a guy Gary A he said A and Graven how you doing A I'm good I hope you're doing good too Gary I have an important question Lamar said that the Chiefs use the Titans game plan do you think that the Ravens biggest weakness is their confidence this team worries too much about the outside noise the teams see the team seems to have fun when they're leading but when they're down by literally three points they abandon their game plan as if it's lost I know this might sound annoying and cliche but we really haven't been the same without Ray Lewis he's literally if Lawrence Taylor Optimus Prime and Captain America fused call it an overreaction but Lamar mentioning the Titans really make me nervous down the road what do you think um one thing it's a it's a couple ways to take that uh because I know a lot of people didn't like them putting it out there a lot of people didn't like Lamar even calling the Chiefs the Ravens Kryptonite a lot of people like oh man that makes the Ravens look weak uh that makes Lamar look weak and it's like oh man it's just them admitting oh we can't beat the Chiefs um but it could be depending on what side of the spectrum you look at it from he could be saying that just to sort of have people looking down on the Ravens to sort of have them casting off the Ravens and be like oh the Ravens yeah they ain't doing nothing meanwhile in the background they really working on something they got something cooking up to where it's like okay they ain't gonna see this coming and then um with him saying that uh it was a Titans defense so you put that out there so now some people may start playing the Titans defense against you so maybe the Ravens may be trying to counter that maybe they may have something that can counter that and if somebody tries to run that same stuff then they'll be like okay we got something for the Ravens may be ready who knows it just all depends on uh where you're looking at it from um but yeah you're right they um they just gotta they gotta work on keeping their heads on a lot better man um that comes with time comes with maturity comes with experience so games like this is experience now Ravens have been down by three before but I mean really down if they down by ten all is not lost the game is not over it's really not so depending on the the time how much time is left on the clock you can still run the ball you can still do that you don't have to try to out Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes just Ravens need to work on being themselves man it feels like we all like guidance counselors or something and Ravens having like identity issues it's like they have an identity issues it's like we know who they are we've seen who they are but when they get in certain situations they don't act like who they are they turn into a whole nother person so they gotta stop that next question came from a boy Matthew he said that ain't great when I think there's a chance that Gus stays with us in the long run I think even he knows that a lot of his success is because of the situation he's in his run style is perfect for Baltimore I think he could continue that success with J.K. Dobbins I love Ingram but once he's done I think Gus and Dobbins will be a scary duo a duo you can start a Ravens dynasty with and he said I love what you're doing with the channel though engraving hope to see you hit a hundred K soon I appreciate it Matthew I um I don't know because again my God nitrous speaks about this a lot to where he feels like the Ravens may be uh not even using Gus like that so they can try to drop his value a bit um so they can resign him for cheaper uh but I don't I don't think Gus is gonna take no low ball offer from the Ravens man I just if this season continues like it's been happening uh I just I don't see Gus trying to accept anything I could see him holding out and hoping to get traded or just really straight up talking to them and saying hey I want to be traded please trade me and I could see them granting him that request I think he deserves it man Gus deserves it man he's been grinding he's been working he's been like a silent assassin to what you don't hear him but you sure see him when he makes that impact and but he doesn't complain you never hit his dude complain you never hit his dude see this dude take the social media anything to complain about no nothing he just keeps quiet he's in the background just working and then his the results show on the field and he don't say nothing he don't say anything some people actually think that's his downfall that he doesn't speak up they think maybe he's too quiet I don't know but I could see the Ravens trying to offer him something if they got rid of Mark Ingram but Gus being like no I'm straight no I'm straight just just trade me because he wouldn't want to be some backup so uh now if they the money was right then hey we see but I just I don't see the Ravens off in him anything crazy it'd be nice to keep him though but I just I wouldn't think that he would want to stay if things continue had they been continuing this season had they been this season that's including the first two games to them but if they continue not using Gus like they haven't been using him then I could see him one now