 Daught in this episode and somebody got in a little bit of an issue with me. I don't be doing nothing to nobody. But anyway, let's get into this first question from my guy, Anthony. He said, what's good in gravy and hope you and your family are well. I have a little bit of an issue with you respectfully few videos ago. I remember you saying that Hollywood Brown was the best wide receiver. The Ravens ever drafted over Tory Smith. I have the numbers of their first three seasons to debunk that. Tory Smith, three seasons, 164 receptions, 2,824 yards, 19 touchdowns. Hollywood Brown, 195 receptions, 2,361 yards, 21 touchdowns. Now, Hollywood has more catches and two more TDs. But the thing that I believe put Smith over Brown was those P.I. calls. Really? The passing interference calls? That's what put Tory Smith over Hollywood Brown. Not a row tree. Not that. Not them really maximizing his use as a wide receiver. Not him being really Ravens wide receiver one, but P.I. calls. Let's keep going. I don't remember Hollywood getting one P.I. call as a Raven. I could be mistaken, but I just don't remember. Hey, I don't remember either. But I don't think P.I. calls would be something that puts one receiver over another. But anyway, he said, also, Tory would fight for extra yards. I can't fight with you on that. I can't argue that one at all. I don't have an issue with Hollywood, but if I had to choose, it'll be Tory over Hollywood. Sorry for the long way. I hope you and your family stay safe out there. So that's fine. That's fine. Something that I also said in that same video that you're talking about. I said that if you if you ask somebody who is the best receiver the Ravens have ever drafted and developed both? I said their answer would be either Hollywood Brown or Tory Smith. And it all depends on who you ask, but it's going to be one of those two. And if if if one person's answers Hollywood Brown, then the person right after that is probably going to be Tory Smith. If one person answers Tory Smith, then right after that is going to be Hollywood Brown. It wasn't to pick them against each other. And I don't even think that numbers don't ever tell the whole story. They tell part of it, but they don't tell the whole story. I can't just look at the numbers. Oh, by the numbers, then this guy was a better receiver because of the numbers. We've got to watch the games. We've got to watch the film. We've got to see what they did, what they didn't do. And one of the biggest reasons why I say Hollywood is because, again, as a wide receiver, one, yeah, he did have limitations. He was a little smaller, so catch radius is a little smaller. But as a wide receiver, one, he was able to take on that role better than Tory Smith did when Tory Smith was wide receiver one. And Tory Smith was wide receiver one is like, oh, whoa. But I do think both of them would be phenomenal as wide receiver twos. But we never really got to see that with Hollywood, because, again, last year, everything was all out of whack with the injuries and all is just we never really get to see it because Tory Smith, his his best role was when he had somebody opposite of him, who was the sort of possession receiver was that like that dog or see that nasty receiver. When he got Anquan Bowden, oh, it was a beautiful thing. Oh, Tory Smith excelled. But then when they got rid of Anquan Bowden, they made Tory Smith. It was Tory Smith and Jacobi Jones. I was like, oh, yeah, this this this is not this isn't it. But then when he got seen, I was like, oh, there we go. There we go. Um, I wish we could have seen something like that with Hollywood, like for the Ravens to have gotten somebody who could really be that wide receiver one. No, it could have been Rochelle Bale. But again, injuries, injuries, missed everything up. Sammy Watkins, injuries, injuries, missed everything up. But yeah, it's all good, man. Next question. And this is such a great question. It came from my guy, Paul. He said, how concerned should we be about Marcus Peters? Now, just from the title alone, we should be very concerned, in my opinion, because I keep on asking, keep on hearing nothing. I have not heard anything on Marcus Peters whatsoever. So I'm at training camp, wait to AMP, but that's it. Have not heard anything about his prognosis, his progression, his status. Nothing. So I think we should be very concerned about Marcus Peters. But let's get to your question. He said, hey, and Graven has been a while since I sent in a question, and I know my last few are very long, so I try to keep this one short and simple. This last week, we Ravens fans saw the long way to return of J.K. Dobbins, who should greatly benefit our offense when he returns and if he can stay healthy, it sucks. But I'm glad you put that part in there because that's that just applies so much. Anyway, he said we've also heard that Ronnie Stanley appears to be doing well and should be able to return very soon, if not week one. But unless I'm missing something, we haven't heard much of anything about Marcus Peters, who we really missed last year. Oh, man, we sure did. We miss him so bad with him in 2019 and 2020. Our secondary was elite, but with him missing in 2021, our past defense was literally the worst in the league. I know we had a reinforcement this offseason in the form of Marcus Williams, Kyle Hamilton, Jaylenomar Davis, Damarian Williams, Kyle Fuller. But will this be enough if Marcus Peters has to miss a significant period of time? I hope that the Ravens don't have to find out. I hope Marcus Peters ends up being back right now. I just I don't know. I don't know. I got to ask around a little bit more. But I don't know anything that's going on. What's going on, Marcus Peters? And it's like it's the craziest thing. Like we have literally not heard anything about MP. So anyway, he said, by the way, I'm really excited to see what I say. Like they can do for offense from what I've seen. He looks like a matchup nightmare for defenses and like he could be a legit deep threat. I think he's one of the biggest deals in the draft and Ravens were very smart to select them. Anyway, best of luck to you and the family. And I'm out. Appreciate it, Paul. And yeah, that's hopefully we can get some answers to your question because I'm lost on that. Team keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of NFL questions from subs. And it's where you can ask any NFL question you want to. And we answer them in videos just like these. I appreciate y'all participating in it. Shout out to all the team keep it clean patrons. If you want to become a patron, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving vids. And if you don't want to, don't worry about it. Our next question comes from a frequent team, keep it clean patron, a frequent person in question from subs, Nazarene, and a name that y'all are so familiar with. And if you're not, you will be. You said, what's good? Fam, I just watched a video on Rockwine Smith. I don't think a new receiver was stunt the receiver's growth. You either got it or you don't period. Oh, I love that. I love that. I love it. And even got we only got to continue. That's it. But anyway, let's continue. But I do believe our receivers will be good if Lamar is good. I also want to make this statement. Last year, Bateman was disrespected by the Ravens. Hear me out though, bro. Bateman will go off in a game and then the next game he's involved or they waited till it was garbage time to target him in that dolphins game. That was so frustrating. Hollywood had a really bad game. Sammy Watkins was having a really bad game. We look, we see Rashard Bateman on the sideline, standing up, not limping around, not hurting, standing up on the sideline. It's like, hold up, Hollywood is struggling in this game. Sammy Watkins is struggling in this game. The Florida Ravens are not doing good right now. Why are we not involved in Rashard Bateman? But then at the end of the game, when it was kind of out of reach, pretty much out of reach, not all the way out of reach, but pretty much out of reach. That's when they start involving Bateman. It's like, anyway. So I feel what you're saying. It happens to James Brochette, too. But anyway, let's keep moving. He said, I think it has something to do with the jealousy in the locker room. 11 of 12 Rashard Bateman first catches were first downs. Every time Bateman went off, he barely was targeted the next game. The fans were going crazy whenever he caught the ball. He was a fan favorite since day one. I think that caused problems in the locker room personally. I don't think so at all. Um, I, I, I. I mean, I don't. But let me let us keep going. He said, I think Lamar and Greg wanted to make Hollywood happy. So they targeted him every chance that they got. That's why he was top 10 in targets. Now that part, I think it's true because Hollywood had let it be known. This was not an offense that he was happy being a part of. And the whole trade request was old news. He had been on that for a long time. So I do think that Lamar did a lot of forcing to Hollywood. Probably a lot of times when he shouldn't have to. But I think that he was really trying. Like, Hey, that's my guy. That's my boy. I'm trying to make my boy happy. Oh, one in the league. We trying to beat the Florida Ravens, but Hollywood said, no, thanks. Love you Lamar. Don't love the offense. I'm out. But anyway, um, I think they chose his happiness over what would have actually worked last year. I don't think Hollywood, no disrespect, would have been our number one receiver this year. No, I don't think he would have been. I think it would have been Bateman and Hollywood. Like we were talking about earlier, Hollywood, Hollywood would have been number two, and that would have been just fine. Hollywood even said, who was he talking to? It was in an interview where he's talking to somebody and he said that he looks forward to being a number two. And so, OK, shout out to honesty. He said, I also say this, if Hollywood would have stayed, they would have been a nice one to combo. Oh, yes, man. They would have been. Oh, they would have been, they would have been, man. I think our receivers are highly disrespected and underrated. Adding another receiver is fine with me, though. How do you hit us with that swerve like that? Like, OK, I think our receivers are highly disrespected and underrated. Adding another receiver is fine with me, though. The more the better. I believe our top four receivers on the depth chart are legit. I was definitely listing over adding Julio, but no one else unless it was through a trade. I think we got the juice to dominate. I hope so. If we don't, I'm quite sure we would draft the receiver high in the draft because we won't have the money to pay one after paying LeMau. Yes, they will, man. Yes, they will. If you want something done, you can make it work, man. Straight up. He said, keep the content coming, bro. I love it. Are you not entertained in the gladiator voice? Appreciate it, Azarine. This was fun. LeMau versus Trey. Next question came from my guy JT. He said, what's good in gravy and JT? Here, big shout out to you. The fam and all the team keep it clean. My question is, why is Trey Lam's viewed in such a high regard, but when it comes to LeMau, he is still battling the same stereotypes dating back to high school. I'm not trying to take shots at Trey. You'll make this a LeMau versus Trey topic, but in my opinion, LeMau does everything better. There is no comparison. We'll see what Trey lambs. I'm excited to see him play. I'm excited to see what he does with this 49ers team versus what Jimmy G. did with this 49ers team. So let's see. Let's see. I'm not too familiar with his game. I know he got it on, and I know he could take off with them legs too, but I'm not too familiar with his game. So I'm excited to see just how it ends up working out. He said, LeMau played at a better school. One of Highsman Trophy continues to get better every year and didn't even mention the unanimous MVP. With Trey, he played against lower-ranked competition in college and only played 18 games, but Scouts and others have so much to say about his potential and upside. Depending on how it goes down, it could end up being a lot of the same things. It could end up being a lot of the same conversation that surrounds LeMau Jackson with Trey Lance. Because a lot of times that's how it happens. A lot of quarterbacks who are athletically gifted, they get placed into this box by a lot of experts and analysts and whatnot. They get placed into this box where people just view them as athletes, and you could tell what the wording and stuff that they use when they talk about them, but they view them as athletes, and they talk about them as athletes, but they don't really talk about them as quarterbacks. So I hope the same thing that happened to LeMau doesn't happen to Trey Lance. I would love for it to stop with LeMau, but it's never gonna stop. It's never gonna stop with him. So with Trey Lance, hopefully it doesn't start, but it probably will end up starting. But we'll see, we'll see. He said, there's just so much unknown about Trey, yet he's put on such a pedestal. We're always hearing about what if LeMau gets hurt, yet throughout his career, he's been one of the healthiest quarterbacks. Then there's Trey who broke his finger in one of his first few games that he claims affected his rookie season. I know this all seems like I'm hating on Trey, but I'm not, it's just an observation in my opinion. I wish him the best, just not against us. Hope my question makes it on the show. Peace and blessings, big up to you and the fam, JTA. Appreciate it, man. And yeah, it's gonna be one of those things but we just gotta wait it out and hope that they don't try to put Trey Lance in that same box like they do. But if it happens, it won't be a surprise. And the last question on this episode came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, oh, it's time for more questions than Graven, question one. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Rashal Bateman is already the hands down wide receiver one and that all the other receivers are fighting to determine who falls where in the pecking order. That is very true. You've seen, you've heard about what's been happening in training camp. And if you get a chance to watch it, you will see it for yourself too. You see how the Ravens have portrayed Rashal Bateman, how they propped it him up. Like, oh, hey, this is the guy. And it's like, oh, okay, cool. And I think that's the expectation that Rashal Bateman propped himself up. He said, hey, Hollywood, he was cool. That was my brother, but it's my time now. So he's embracing that role. So it's coming from all different sides and all different people including Rashal Bateman to really take on that role as wide receiver one. He said, do we know for certain that Bateman is our wide receiver one? Could James Pro Shae, AKA Sticky Fingers, outstar 2021 first round pick and presumed top receiver? Could the Ravens' 2026 round pick overcome all odds and outperform his good friend and teammate? Hey, I wouldn't be mad reason being because if James Pro Shae is performing like that and then you still got Rashal Bateman and he's performing good too. Ooh, hey, the more people performing better, the merrier. I'll be with it all day. So I wouldn't care, hey, whoever, wide receiver, one, two, three, four. If you a baller, you a baller. And I don't care where you listed it on a depth chart. All right, he said Bateman is nice with his and looks like he's gonna make some real noise in the NFL. But it's the football universe sleeping on Pro Shae that hard work is showing up in his preseason performance. Well, we'll see if it shows up in the preseason performance. Well, by the time you see this video, they will have already played the first preseason game. But we'll see if he does play in that first preseason game, hopefully he can go off. I don't think Rashal Bateman would play because he just got back to practice a couple of days ago, but you never know. So we'll see. Question number two, you may remember that I'm the one who predicted a 10 and seven outcome because of the very stiff competition in the AFC this season. Although I'd much rather see us add four more wins for a 14 and three record, a record that I believe would have been achievable with the addition of that juggernaut offensive weapon. With no positive news about Ronnie Stanley, I'm already counting him out. Questions and reasonable calls for concern over Tyler Linderbaum's lingering foot condition. Reports that Joanne James, despite his athleticism, appears lethargic, lazy, and lack of days ago, according to the media. Hearing the comments made by Cincinnati State with the wide receivers and given the current status of the offensive line and the very real possibility that Lamar's blindside may be more of a liability than last season. Do you still stand by your 14 and three prediction or would you feel more comfortable hanging out with me in the 10 and seven zone? You are going to join us. We have cold beverages and nachos. No, no, no, no. I said 14 and three, that would be like a high for me. 14 and three, 15 and two. I was thinking more like 12 and five, 13 and four. So not too far off, but still a little far off. So yeah, I think 12 and five, 13 and four. That's what I'm thinking. If they're healthy, if they're healthy, hopefully they're healthy and hopefully they can exceed my expectations and blow them out the water. He said disclaimer, I finally believe that Lamar's going to find a way to put up great numbers against many teams while keeping himself in that conversation for his second MVP season. But with the condition of the offensive line, my skepticism over just how fully recovered JK Dobbins is keeps me stuck at 10 and seven. Ravens, please prove me wrong. Ravens, please prove him wrong. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You too, team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, out of made it. Out of made it. Dick Raven. Shout out to Dick Raven.