 I'm so happy we had to buy a week because the Ravens they haven't completely found their groove yet but it seems like they really start to really find who they are and figure out their identity so to speak. I know when we say that word identity it's like we done heard that one before we've heard it foraging a new one but it seems like these Ravens are really figuring some things out even though they still got some stuff to work on they still got some stuff to fine tune but six and three going into the buy week. Hey that's okay with me but to talk about that identity first question on this episode came from my guy Dorrell he said what's up big dog hope you're having a good day hey we're having a great day. He said let me just say I was wrong during the preseason about Kyle Hamilton I'm definitely loving what I'm seeing from him. Yes Kyle Hamilton has been better he's been the game is slowing down for him and it has slowed down for him pretty fast because there was some times early on he would look a bit lost but now it seems as if he's been being put in better positions to succeed and that's all we could ask for. He said but Adam Roquan Smith makes this defense just nasty in a good way and I can't wait to see it with Mr 70 million dollar man Marcus Williams but hey Justin Houston he got a chill out man he's trying to get that vanilla paycheck dude is balling I'm loving it and yes Roquan Smith he made an immediate impact like literally right away right away and like you mentioned uh yeah they're gonna get Marcus Williams back so he will make this defense that much better that much better and then yeah with Justin Houston it just it don't even make no sense it don't make no sense just how levels above all of our other past rushes Justin Houston has been this year. Defenses I mean offenses haven't had an answer for them they haven't and I hope they don't find an answer for them because a good past rush would just make life it makes life that much easier for everybody see when you have complimentary football especially complimentary football on on one side of the ball like the past rush it helps out the linebacker's good linebacker play it helps out the secondary good secondary play it go it's a big circle of life because good secondary play it helps out the past rush and then it just it's just a revolve not a revolving door but it's just a circle of life like we said earlier circle of life should have stuck with that one first but everybody helps everybody football is the ultimate team sport man but one if everybody's doing good then it's a beautiful thing if one area is lacking sometimes the other two areas can cover it up but it just makes stuff that much harder so it's been a nice thing to see the defense just getting better and better uh he said the run game now on he talked about the offense now the run game is back to normal uh because I don't know he said because I don't know what it was early on in this season see what the run game early on we gotta think context is big because we could just be like man what was going on with the Ravens run game early on this year versus what's happening now with it earlier this year no jk Dobbins no Gus Edwards no Ronnie Stanley Ronnie Stanley has been big in the run game uh he's been huge but Gus Edwards to and Ken Drake Ken Drake wasn't as comfortable as he is right now so I think it's just it's been one of those things with so many different factors and they all contributed to how poorly the run game was earlier this season but now it's really like they've been finding this rhythm so it's been looking a whole lot better like you mentioned he said and shout out to Mike McDonald as well he's been calling good games and making adjustments we haven't seen in some years and he put the uh and the sleep emoji so he's taking a little he's taking a little shot at when he's taking a little shot but it's all good he said but I'm out and all the team keep it clean y'all have a great day and always god first you already know what time it is man now um yeah you mentioned a lot of the things that the Ravens they got going good right now which is good and then there's still things even with them finding their identity they still got room for improvement missed opportunities I know with with the past game Lamar he's missed some opportunities missed some sort of some lay-up throws he's also made a lot of crazy plays as usual so even with the missed opportunities Lamar has still done some amazing work he's had some misses Ravens have had some drops they've had some some silly penalties but again it's all the stuff that they got to get cleaned up it's all stuff that's doable it's stuff that can be fixed now with with you and with us talking about the Ravens really finding their identity one thing that is going to be very interesting is when Mark Andrews gets back it's going to be very interesting to see how this passing game is when Mark Andrews returns because since Mark Andrews has been out most of the Bucks game and all of the game against the Saints that ball has been going to a lot of different people but now with Mark Andrews coming back for the Panthers game he should be back by then it's going to be really interesting to see how it is but it's like for the the problems that the Ravens have again it's a beautiful thing that they're all fixable issues it's not stuff where it's like oh man I don't know if they're ever going to be able to get that right but it's stuff that they just some fine-tuning here and there and they should be good to go Team keeping clean welcome to another episode of questions from y'all and to get us or to continue if I say to get us started but to continue next question came from another patron my god Dominic he said what's up in gravy great game last night from these guys all around Mike McDonald's best game in the season in my eyes sticking with the defense with guys coming back after the bye week on the defensive line how important is it in your mind to be able to get pressure with just four I think this changes a lot for a team who was blitz heavy last season and it hit us a couple times but now looks like we don't have to blitz as much and it makes a big difference what are your thoughts that's a good point um because if you can just rush for and get pressure and actually get sacks get production oh that just makes life easier for your whole team your offense and defense um because it you that allows you to do more uh with more instead of having to do more with less like it allows you to do more as far as past coverage because if you could just rush for then that means you got seven in coverage you got seven people drop back to cover four five past catches so that that helps you out a lot to make your life easier um and that's that's that's that's what i'm about man that's all i'm about trying to make life easier for everybody on offense on defense and whatnot just trying to get people to help each other out so things can run uh that much more smooth next question came from another patron my guy gary he said ain't graven hope you're having a great vacation well he sent this one we was still on vacation but he said hope you were having a great vacation you deserve it you work your tail off just for team keep it clean uh and i mean that it's all good man i i appreciate it we we did have a really good time um so i thank you uh he said my question is is it time to worry about rashard bateman's health moving forward i feel really bad for him but we should have traded for a wide receiver if we knew he was going to be out i don't understand the front office i would love to know what you think shout out from ireland i didn't know he was in ireland i thought you were somewhere else but i i appreciate you man um i think they they they definitely do need to worry about rashard bateman's health uh moving forward and i i think just the way that the ravens treat uh rashard bateman um moving forward it has to unfortunately change and it has to be one of those things where you obviously hope that he'll be there but the expectation has to be like it almost you almost have to expect that he's gonna miss some time you hope that he doesn't of course we obviously hope that he can stay healthy but moving forward you just the expectations as far as health they have to be lowered and you have to treat not not necessarily treat rashard bateman like he's a bonus but you have to stay ready so you ain't got to get ready um so that means you need to bring in more supply of wide receivers next question came from another patron my guy jason he said engraving i hope everything is good looks like you on a cruise i hope you enjoyed it hey we certainly did i appreciate it two things number one i tried to walk myself on your view about patrick queen after the row qualms miss signing and i have to disagree if we remain a three four defense there'll be a place for patrick queen at the very least pick up his option next to see what this linebacker court can fully look like the clock is ticking on josh bines and kalaeus cambell steve ross isn't promised to be back and fully healthy oh you mean uh josh ross uh tyus bowser has to get back up to speed david a job but once he's up to speed he in a way will hopefully take us back to the place we were with judon and sedaria smith i say all that to say queen and smith can coexist in the future my thing with queen again back to that i would love if they kept them if they could find a way to keep both but it's just not not how things happen um in order for them to keep both because obviously row quanta ain't going nowhere patrick queen would have to take a cheap cheap cheap deal uh and while he hasn't consistently always lived up to the expectations of a first round pick at inside linebacker um he him taking a cheap deal from the ravens would be probably be bad business for him um a lot of times we've seen with eric decosta um if he is not going to pay you if he's not going to doesn't plan on signing you to a long-term deal then he'll trade you before your contract runs out and it could be somebody that i that they probably should have kept somebody that it would be nice if they would have kept like a hatin hearse that would have been great like in orlando brown jr that would have been great like a hollywood brown that would have been great but he wasn't going to pay those guys especially when he paid their counterparts at the same position already um or he had another plan in place at the same position already like again or they paid ronnie stanley they weren't going to pay linda brown jr they uh mark andrews was ascending they ended up paying him they weren't going to pay hayden hearse and hayden hearse when he wanted his opportunity they're going to pay ro quaw smith patrick queen they're not going to pay him the big money too so i i love i love the way that they've looked together and that first it was beautiful wonderful it was amazing i loved it um i just i don't see it being a long-term thing though just because of the contracts me that's it just just the business side as far as the football side yes it makes all the sense in the world to keep them together and what it makes all the sense in the world but it's just the business side that tends to get in the way a lot and then he said and lastly greg roman does realize he no longer has any excuses to hide now that we witness him call such a good half of football of offensive football against tamper bay um void of andrews and bateman so if you can do it once you can do it again especially against our remaining schedule thanks for the time and appreciate your work oh i appreciate it jason and yeah we saw uh in the game last night well last night from when i'm recording this um but on monday night he he called a pretty good game situational play calling was good overall the play calling was pretty good uh there was some execution mishaps that happened but play calling overall from greg roman and that game against the saints was on point next question came from patricio and and appreciate you being a patron say hello engraving i hope that you would you were doing great they were doing really good i appreciate it as everyone knows the trade deadline i was hearing that ravens didn't try to trade for a game changing wide receive of course i'm really happy for the roquan smith trade but how are we going to be able to execute without someone who is him of course bateman is nice duvenay is nice but they are not the number one wide receiver that lemar needs josh allen wasn't playing good before the 2020 season until the bills got stepped on digs when they got digs allen started playing like an elite quarterback acquiring digs stepped up allen's game by miles and lemar has been able to be an elite qb without true weapons other than mark andrews he's doing more with less imagine if the ravens get lemar number one my last hope is signing obj for the playoffs but i don't even know at this point shaking my head yeah we can imagine but i mean that's all that would be left to do is just imagine um and i mean it is what it is at this point uh ravens got they are clearly uh moving forward with the guys that they have um the guys that they got on a practice squad and whatnot and we just got a hope for the best last questions on this episode came from my guy nazarene he said hey fam just wanted to share this article pff drop today i knew i wasn't tripping uh the link will be at the bottom if you want to check out the rankings weaknesses and strengths articles enjoy uh number five baltimore ravens their preseason rank was nine uh biggest strength offensive line over the past month the unit has been excellent in past protection with left tackle ronnie stanley working his way back into a full workload since week five prior to monday night football and week nine um ronnie stanley's past blocking grade is second among tackles patcher mccary uh is 14th right tackle morgan modus is 18th kevin zeila kevin zeila is first among gods ben powers is second that's good rookie first round center uh linda bomb is still coming along but he has gotten better each week he was bullying tamer bait bucking his linebacker debon white and we gave you he was having fun with him he was having a good time man um but he said biggest weakness wide receiver uh this was the answer even when rishad babin was in the lineup and now that he's out for the year baltimore has an argument for the worst wide receiver group in the league the unit has a 65.8 receiving grade which ranks 25th with the second fewest receptions and explosive receptions on the uh x-factor for the second half rookie titan isaay likely may need to become a focal point of the offense on a week-to-week basis not just when mark anju's injured with the loss of rishad babin baltimore needs any in all past catches to step up likely has six receptions for 77 yards in the touchdown in week eight against tamper bay um and yeah then uh in the game last night he had what one reception the touchdown and then he had the two drops uh so yeah anyway um he also said what's good fam jeffz rebick agrees with me remember when i said we have the most talented roster in the league a lot of experts agree here's what jeffz rebick said uh there has been so he's quoting jeffz rebick now there has been so much talk about what the ravens don't have but here's what they do have one of the league's deepest rosters it's been on display during that three game winning streak and the ravens are about to get even deeper is he agreeing does deep mean talented or does deep just mean depth it all depends on how you look at it it depends on how you look at it um the ravens right they have a lot of talent on their roster more so on the the defensive side i think that's where they got like a lot of talents like whoa um and on the offense there's a couple of guys um but um yeah man i guess it all just depends on how you view it so i guess the the talent is in the eye of the beholder right shout out to graven