 Now this Ravens signing Marcus Williams move was very uncharacteristic of the Ravens because they actually have done something that we've been preaching about on here for the longest and they stepped way out of their comfort zone and did something that's way out of the norm that they don't normally do. They paid an outside free agent who's young, the young guy. They paid him real significant money. This is not something that they normally do, but see that wasn't it. The real kicker for me was when we found out from Jeff Marsha who covers the Eagles, listen to what he said and I was like, what, really? He said the Eagles were competitive in discussions with free agent Safety Marcus Williams per source and were close to Ravens offer. So these Ravens that we've been watching for the longest, these Baltimore Ravens, they actually outbid for a free agent and a young free agent at that. They actually outbid it. They actually offered more money than another team to a free agent who was not on the Ravens because the previous stuff like that just does not happen. That is not the end on top of that. They closed. They closed the deal. Oh man, because I know so many Ravens fans are tired of hearing, oh man, Ravens were interested in that guy. Ravens were interested in this guy, but it just didn't happen. It didn't go through and we get tired of that and they're going to be more stories that come out like that. So don't think like, oh, since the Ravens signed Marcus Williams, they got somebody that they were interested in, then it's never going to happen again because it will. It'll happen this year too. Oh, I can almost guarantee it. But this shows the Ravens willingness and the Ravens ability too because so many fans seem to think that, oh man, we strapped for cash. We ain't got it. We can't do nothing. Why do y'all expect all these people in free agency? Why do y'all keep talking about, why do y'all Ravens fans keep talking about y'all and this guy and that guy and that guy in free agency? We ain't got no money. We can't do nothing. So why y'all even having a conversation? You're wasting time. Oh, I know plenty of people done said that over, especially over these past couple of weeks and look what happened. They not only signed somebody, but they signed somebody for big money and they outbid somebody for big money. Now, I know a couple of people that they approached me, they said, wait a minute, wait a minute, because these Ravens, they've done this before. One of my guys said, remember last year, didn't they offer more money to Juju? More money than the Steelers did and more money than the Chiefs did to Juju to come to the Ravens. And they certainly did. They did. But guess what? They didn't close. They didn't close. And I know some people going to be like, oh, well, Juju, he loves the Steelers and whatever, or if you went on to the Chiefs, then there would have been a much better pass in the offense. They didn't close. Bottom line, they didn't close. And in this scenario, they not only offered more money to a free and outside free agent, but they actually closed the deal. Somebody else in the comment section was like, but he engraving. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Remember Elvis Dumaville? Remember Eric Wadow? Remember Kalleus Campbell and Earl Thomas? He was like, see the he is normal. The Ravens have they offer those guys big money deals. They said, but wait. Eric Wadow, I wasn't really big money, but he was old. He's older. Earl Thomas. He was still young. They offered him a big money deal. Yeah, that's true. Kalaeus Campbell older guy and they got him via trade But his contract was big Elvis Dumaville. He got significant money. He wasn't too old, but I say all that by saying this That was it wasn't the normal if something is normal is something that you do all the time It's something that you do on the regular Those signings They were not regular well getting them older players it is that's regular But this is something that's just completely different This is not the norm for the Ravens. This guy is 25 years old 25 years old, maybe he's 26 I gotta see when when he was born, but The oldest that he is right now is 26 years old And the Ravens paid big money. So they paid for a premiere. They paid for a player in their prime They pay significant money for a player in their prime. That's not that wasn't on the Ravens already That's an outside free Who are these Ravens? Who are they? I don't know who they are. I don't know where they've been But let me be one of the first to say it's a pleasure to meet you pleasure to meet you And please hey make yourselves at home. Don't go anywhere. Don't leave Now another thing All right, you got your free safety. That's cool That can't be it That should not be it That will not be it It better not be it It can't be it Reason being because free safety was very important Because that just helps solidify the defense that much more and the Ravens last year They gave up so many plays the Ravens last year They blew so many fourth quarter leads the Ravens last year were sloppy On defense sloppy That is the perfect word to describe them. They were sloppy Miss tackles mis assignments So many things just continue to be missed Then of course there was a lot of misplayers because a lot of people got hurt, but still So much stuff was missed last year You can't have you can't run that back You cannot run that back So if you get somebody who knows how to play ball that who has that experience there It's not a shot at Brandon will you I mean Brandon Stevens? Excuse me. It's not a shot at Brandon Stevens But now they got an experienced guy back there who's still Young still in their prime not someone watched up veteran like we're so used to the Ravens signing They got a guy who's young and still in his prime So that helps to defense that much more moving forward, but again I repeat This cannot be it And I know that there are a lot of people Um who a lot of people getting on twitter and stuff getting on instagram youtube Facebook all that stuff say oh all y'all talking about edc all y'all talking about the ravens and uh looky there Shut it up. I don't want to hear any no No We're going to continue to have these conversations Now I ain't gonna get on here and it ain't me to be oh man edc's terrible. This is no no no I'm letting this thing play out We let this thing play over here on team keeping clear. We look we let this thing play out I mean we really ain't got no choice to but we're letting it play out I'm not gonna get on here and be like But I'm awake Let's see what happens. We know what the ravens need to do. We know what the ravens should do But let's see how they approach it I'm not gonna be tripping out about free agency right now because it's literally the second day It's the second day Now if it was like august or summer september and the roster was looking like oh biggy hikes. Oh, okay We got a long way to go A very long way to go and I know it's tough to be patient sometimes That can be one of the most toughest things not only with football, but in life Because patience it requires you to do something that a lot of people don't like doing Wait You got to wait And and with waiting is it comes a lot of thoughts you start thinking about things you start speculating about things You start wondering about what if so could it be what's going on? But you have to be patient with this thing now Just because you're patient doesn't mean that We still shouldn't be expecting and wanting and hoping for the ravens to make sure they go with quality over quantity It's very very important that they stick with that Again same thing. We've been saying this offseason quality over quantity When it comes to free agents quality over quantity when it comes to the draft Quality over quantity I would much rather five six impact rookies Over 10 draft picks I'm not saying every single rookie that they draft is expected to make this huge impact. No, but I would rather Five to six guys who you know, I plug and play. Let's do it. Let's do your thing How are you gonna transform this franchise? How are you gonna make a mark on this franchise? I'd rather that then Then bringing 10 rookies in 10 Yeah, Raven's got quite a bit of holes to fit 10 rookies And I don't expect them to use all those draft picks at least for the draft But Stuff is bound to get Well, it already is interesting and that's kept keep saying it man. It's offseason. I love it I love it. Um, but yeah, ravens. They still got plenty of work to do So the jury is still going to be out on this offseason It's not over Marcus Williams. He doesn't end things He doesn't stop like oh, okay. Well, all right. Well ravens. They they took care of it All right, front office good to go. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no That's a great start great start I commend them for that start amazing job Oh, I love to sign and love it because again out of the comfort zone but That's not the end and it shouldn't be and it really better not be team keeping clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all We out