 What is one simple, simple fix that could change Lamar's game and help take it to another level? Do you think that Greg Roman finally gets to picture and will really mix up the offense this upcoming season? Shirayvins keep Matt Judon or Yonikin Gakue? These and many, many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on? It's Engraven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. What this is is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer in the video just like this. Now if you want to be part of NFL Questions from subscribers then you can send me an email at teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. Don't send it to any other emails or else your question will not be a part of Questions from subscribers. I love y'all team keep it clean. Shout out to all the patrons. 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Now Hollywood he's been coming along fine but there's still a lot of questions about Boykin and from what we saw last year with Duvenay and Proche there's still a lot of questions and really what we've seen over the course of the Ravens history is still a lot of questions for them at wide receiver. A lot more questions than answers so I would rather them sign a free agent that was already developed already knew his stuff and already just has has panned out because I think that would be a much better route for them. And he said so I think we should trade up in the second round for Cadarius Tony. This man is special and what we need also love the V is appreciated. I've heard his name a lot and I got to do my own research about him too. I've heard Wato have heard Terrence Marshall so I got to start looking at guys now too but I just I would much rather Ravens just sign a free agent. Next question came from my boy Anthony L. He said what's up hope all is well with you and the fam. How do you feel about the Ravens signing Deon Kane? Didn't really watch a lot of highlights of him but do you think he can be a good number one and depending on cap space do you think Ravens can still land a proven number one for example Alan Robinson. So no I don't think Deon Kane is going to be that number one and he's not commanding a lot of cap room. He signed to a future deal so it's going to be super cheap. It's not going to be anything that just shakes up the cap or anything like that. So I wouldn't worry about the money with him from what I saw with him. He looks like a 5050 guy. He got good speed. He's quick. Everything about it looks good. I didn't see really any of his blocking ability but everything is a receiver. Everything looks good. He's six foot two. Like I say good speed. Real good speed. Good and open space can make people miss. But I think the biggest thing with him has just been the lack of opportunity. So but I don't think that's really going to change with the Ravens because the Ravens are not this team that's just feeding all these different receivers so much. It's not going to be like oh somebody that we signed to a future reserve contract. I mean a future contract is not like they're going to oh they're going to step on a scene they're going to shine and they're going to take over. It'd be nice to see them get some time but I just I don't see it happening just to be realistic. So I don't think this has any hindrance on the Ravens free agent options at the wide receiver position. And with Allen Robinson I don't I don't think they're going to get him. I never thought they were going to get him. I would love if they did get him but I don't see them getting him. Next question came from a boy Justin P. He said I know I've been getting on your nerves a little bit. LOL would share my podcast and YouTube channel just trying to get to where you at and your major inspiration to myself and many others. Anyway on to the Ravens. That ain't nothing man. And keep doing your thing man. Keep pushing keep going man. Keep going. And then my biggest advice to anybody trying to do the YouTube channel podcast any of that stuff do it your way and be patient. Do it your way and be patient. Because we talked about this more extensively on the podcast but there's going to be a lot of people that do like your style. There's going to be a lot of people that don't like your style. But as long as you like your style and you having fun with what you're doing then all that's going to come. The growth is going to come the support is going to come and just all that stuff is going to come but you got to just keep doing your thing be consistent and be patient. So no I ain't got no problem with you continuing to share it with me man. So keep on doing it man. What he said. As I said in my previous podcast episode he did a little plug there and YouTube episodes did another plug there. He said Greg Roman has to go point blank period. He is stunting Lamar's growth with his 1960s three yards and a cloud of dust scheme. Lamar is a pocket passer who so happened to be born and blessed with extreme athletic ability and speed. All that is God given. You can't coach that either. You have it or you don't. He can play in a pro style offense. He did in Louisville when he won the Heisman. So you have a Heisman trophy winner and league MVP a QB and you want to keep the training wheels on. It's ridiculous. You saw when he gets to play freely. He puts up monster numbers. Look at all those five touchdown games from the 2019 season. Those weren't flukes. I say all this to say let Lamar play the QB position the right way. And yes I do agree with that. And my thing with that is that I feel like with Lamar Jackson Greg Roman in the offense that it's going to be a nice thing when they stop relying on him so much and they can that's when they can really open it up when they stop relying on his legs so much because what they do and I mean not to say you you do want to use your weapons on your team but Lamar is the weapon. He is the weapon and there's a lot of plays. There's some plays that just they get so obvious and what not and we call them out all the time. Y'all call them out all the time. But there's that that keep where Lamar rolls out but keeps it and tries to scramble for a first and oh that player is so cringy. I hate when he was seeing that. Oh it's so annoying and they do it so much and so frequently and it's like oh boy. And then there's of course all the third and twos. You know when it's third and two Lamar is doing they're going to do the RPO Lamar is going to keep and try to get them yards. But you just it's more about balance that's the biggest thing because we know Lamar going to get his he's going to get his through the air get his on the ground but it's about balance. If you can have better balance that can go such a long way and really open things up for your quarterback because he is your quarterback. You drafted him in the first round for a reason and you drafted him at the quarterback position for a reason. He plays quarterback for you so let him do that. You saw what he did in college and like you mentioned you saw what he did in those games throwing four or five touchdowns. He can do that but you got to open this thing up and some people may say oh well Lamar maybe he struggles with that in practice that's why they're not doing it in the real games. Okay get him through the struggles get him through if somebody's struggling with something and you just be like oh you know what since you struggle with that we're not going to do it we're not going to work on it forget about it. No keep doing it keep doing it. That repetition is it's going to it's going to build their confidence up and it's going to build just there it's going to build whatever skill that is up to whatever they need to work on it's going to build that up because they're doing it over and over and over again and so they're getting a better feel for it they're getting used to it they can acclimate it to it so all the same stuff needs to be done with Lamar Jackson. Yep I don't have to mess around let me be an offensive coach for the Ravens man we're going to have that boy right. Next question came from my boy Darryl W he said what's going on in graven hope you and the fam are safe and in good health I've seen a lot of videos analyzing different aspects of Lamar Jackson's game they talk about his arm angle his difficulty with throwing passes outside the numbers his lack of a true number one receiver etc but the one thing I have never heard anyone talk about and I believe would help his game too tremendously improve is to simply learn to take snaps on the center oh yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes you even got to say nothing else after that yes I agree so much with this so much anyway he said this move would have an immediate impact on how defenses play Lamar number one it lessens the likelihood of bad snaps yes and and us as Ravens fans we know all about that from last year but anyway moving on he said especially in games in bad weather like in new england number two it keeps the defense on their toes because they don't know if he is taking a one three five or seven step drop y'all saw I was messing up with my count on my hand I was trying to read and count at the same time anyway but that's true as well just standing back in the pistol even a half decent defensive end can pin their ears back and get them to have to move around number three it would add a new wrinkle to the rpo Lamar running in a direction for a handoff will make the entire defense shift this could help with naked boots play action with crossing routes in the overall run game yes yes I don't have anything will need to add anything to that that was that was perfect oh boy the title of this question is called what if did y'all hear that what if my guy it came from a boy Rodel he said my guy is clear that the Texans are in rebuild mode it's clear we only build on defense it's a matter of time before the Texans trade Watson once he departs I feel like JJ Y is next with us just signing coach Anthony Weaver do you think we make a move at JJ Y not that I want him or we need him but it just feels like the Ravens thing to do you know what you know ignore offensive knees and get defensive once so yeah I could see it happening I could definitely see it happening and I feel the same way it's not a move that I would want but it wouldn't hurt but it just the money I just I could definitely see but especially with them possibly losing Panamik Fee with them Jude on Yannick and Gakwe Tyus Bowser not saying they'll lose all four but they're definitely going to lose at least two of them at least two and probably three but bringing in a JJ Y is a very Raven-esque move so I could definitely see it happening I mean he you know he wants out of Houston the Sean Watson getting ready to be out of Houston so the Texans fans will have already they're already prepping for the blow they know it's coming Texans the brass knows it's coming Texans ownership they are they all know everybody knows it's coming so it's not like it's gonna shock anybody when it does actually happen but is but him going to the Ravens would be very yes Raven-esque um but I just hope if it does happen I just oh boy I just hope the money is right and it ain't nothing crazy and they ain't trying to like because JJ Y is not the same JJ Y they gotta remember that but we'll just see what happens next question came from my boy Sean Ivy he said what's up in gravy and hope all is well with you and your fam been a while since I chimed in but believe me I'm always watching appreciate you man he said now begins a time of great speculation known as the NFL offseason oh yeah it's a lot of fun too all the mock draft analysts and Mr. Know-it-alls with voice uh they they will voice their opinions and contradict themselves about what moves the Ravens will make and which direction they think the Ravens will go I enjoy the madness and listening to the gossip but I keep it a thousand and I think realistically although the popular first round pick would be that Phantom number one wide receiver those who really know know is going to be either O-line or pass rush I believe the wide receiver position will be addressed and I'm confident we will find a fit even if the player is on the team already I wanted Roman to be fired but I think he finally gets the picture I believe if we pass the ball eight to ten percent more and mix it up well while still dominating with the run but show effectively we can pass opponents we'll be guessing uh at the point while we win more and more I like that and I love how he put that he said pass the ball eight to ten percent more so he's saying he's not saying to revamp everything to absolutely change everything just add in a significant significant more of a significant amount of passing uh into the Ravens offense and he said mix it up well yes mix it up well exactly and then he also said while still dominating with the run but show effectively that we can pass yes I love it especially since Greg Roman is still here but anyway he said uh opponents will be guessing at the point while we win more and more especially when it counts in the playoffs my question to you is do you believe that dog is on the team already and just waiting to be fired or is he elsewhere waiting for us to pounce also okay so we'll do question by question so is that dog already on the team you know who got some dog in on his team Hollywood does Hollywood does he got the mouth he'll talk he'll talk he'll taunt one thing with Hollywood though we need that playoff Hollywood in regular season that playoff Hollywood man he he just he gave that much more effort man he's in playoff time Hollywood steps it up against the Titans against the Beals against the Titans last year Hollywood steps it up so I really feel like Hollywood got that in him he obviously ain't got the size he ain't no six foot five wide receive anything like that but he got that help but the one thing that I would really love to see from Hollywood during a regular season take that contact take that contact and and I know he ain't gonna be running nobody over but he did he did get that little step for him I forgot who he gave that step for him too but he gave somebody that step for him I remember that game I don't remember who it was against but I remember to play but take that contact and try to get them extra yards because that could make a big difference because you and you just never know you may slip through a defender's arms and take off but besides Hollywood DuVernay too DuVernay is the physical he's physical and DuVernay don't shy away from contact DuVernay could be something serious man but he would just have to get the shot to get the chance I just tried to say shot and chance at the same time I said shot but anyway he would have to get that if he could get that oh man but he would have to get that opportunity consistently Boykin Boykin got the physical tools but I feel like up here up here is where things have been slipping a bit but with Boykin I think it's all about that opportunity man and I think that's one of the biggest things with Raven when it comes to Ravens in their wire receivers is opportunity opportunity because there's that lack of opportunity man so with that being said I just um I feel like the person they could already be there but it's about how Ravens used him how Ravens implement them in their offense so anyway and he said do you believe that Giro gets the picture and will finally mix it up more despite what he did in the past based off of history I'm not the most confident person in the world and the offense coming up at least at least the passing offense I know the Russian offense is going to be just fine they're going to be good probably going to be great but as far as the passing offense I do think Giro knows but I think hardball knows too like hey hey buddy it's it's time it's time NFL is the what have you done for me lately leak it stands for not for long so I don't think that Greg Roman is going to be uh giving this pass over and over and over again I think it's now or never like early on too so we'll see what happens with that um and then he said or will his stubborn style be his demise oof that's a big yikes uh thanks again fam love watching the growth of the channel uh you keep building your network big things in your future peace from showing from east b-ball hey appreciate you man and thank you for supporting always bringing like I love with his questions and even his comments on the videos too he always brings that perspective and it's like oh okay I see you next question came from my boy Ryan K he said bro after the emotions have subsided I feel good about where our team is actually Harb's recent presser helped me to see things from a more optimistic and objective lens sometimes we get worked up because our expectations have been disappointed not necessarily because the situation is really that bad example Greg Roman situation we are a couple of years away from making the big dance sometimes building on what you have is better than blowing things up that's a lesson for life that is true that is a lesson for life but I still think that they should have went in a different direction um so I I respectfully disagree with that about uh blowing up the offense hey hopefully I end up being wrong hopefully this thing ends up working itself out and this offense can take off continue running really good and then end up passing well as well um but I just under Greg Roman the and I know history history is meant to be broken records are meant to be broken but Greg Romans history as an offensive coordinator we know who he is we know what he's done and hopefully I'm wrong but we we know what he will do we've seen it year in year out the cap Tyrod Lamar we've seen it oh Alex Smith was in there a little bit too but we've seen it so I just my expectations they've they've lowered a bit hopefully doing the offseason I just don't know but I just don't know and that's not me being negative that's just me being realistic about who our offensive coordinator is I'm hoping for hoping to be wrong I'm hoping for the best man I'm not walking around like oh man these ravens they suck they this I'm no ain't unlike that but my expectations they just they took a hit once they confirmed like like he was staying on like oh okay okay so we'll see what they do this season and I mean we won't really know till we know we won't know till we won't know in preseason we won't know anything in preseason we'll hear of course all the reporters and all that and all the analysts of oh Greg Roman he's installing this this this in the offense wow this passing offense is gonna look they look great that's gonna be all that preseason talk all that no all that training camp talk that's what it's gonna be oh man this passing game is gonna be crazy you know how it goes every single year but we won't know anything until weeks one through one once the one through five because after one week you can't see it after two weeks you can't see it even after three you start to start to see a little bit something but you gotta see that consistency you gotta see that consistency and then it all depends on the opponents too but you you really want to see that consistency so I say after week five then we'll really really know what we're in store for but it is what it is next question came from a boy Isaiah as he said engraving I just got the news that rg3 got released what are your thoughts on how he played with the ravens while for the time that he was on the roster was he good or bad I hope your family is doing well and stay safe appreciate that Isaiah I'm sorry he did all right but he did what he was expected to do he wasn't expected to come in here and be this amazing quarterback anything like that he would he came in here to be a transitional piece while the ravens inserted their new qb of the future because when they sign an rg3 that's when and they tried to sign rg3 a couple years before but he was like no I'm not ready but then when they sign an rg3 that was meant to be the transitional piece from the for the ravens to go from Joe Fleco to whoever would be next and that ended up being Lamar Jackson so rg3 was brought in not to be this amazing player but to be an amazing mentor to be an amazing teammate and just in case anything happened to come in and fill in and try to pick up where Lamar left off at so while his play when he was on the field it wasn't the best wasn't the flashiest he did all right and he did everything that he was supposed to do as a teammate next question came from a boy Logan he said how come the ravens always lose in the playoffs to a quarterback of the number 17 this almost seems scripted that is very very very very funny I love that question and because I okay josh allen yeah he's number 17 but then uh last year we lost to tana hill he's number 17 then the previous year we lost to um uh philip rivers he was number 17 so that's funny I like that question but I know under the flacco years they lost to other quarterbacks whose number weren't 17 but so I guess if you were to your question why under Lamar Jackson uh in the playoffs do we always lose to a quarterback whose number 17 but also the only playoff game that we've won while Lamar Jackson has been a starter in the playoffs has been to a number 17 next question came from tanya she said that ain't great but how you know fam doing are we doing good really good appreciate it I was looking at the peace kurt want to put out with hollywood and mark ending up right next to each other in the end zone lamar has showed frustration with receivers for being in the wrong place and running the wrong routes this is a big problem imagine how many times this happens because I have seen Lamar hesitate and it could be because receivers are not on the same page that is another major problem Lamar has to deal with he is really left out there to get things done on his own coaching has to be held accountable shaking my head what are your thoughts yeah that's got to be uh very frustrating um as a quarterback when if your receivers are doing the wrong thing because you you spend so much time throughout the week practicing repetition over and over and over and then if in the in the game your receivers they they run in all these routes and one receiver supposed to be emptying out this space so this receiver can be there but both receivers end up in the same but they both end up in the same place it's got to be super frustrated so um I could understand why that why that would make Lamar hesitant and then if there's a breakdown with the offensive line on top of that and it just it's a perfect storm and it's a it's a it's a recipe for disaster so again Lamar still he got he's still got some issues too but when that happens I'm sure that's got to just drive him insane and we've seen plenty of times when he's shown that frustration which I ain't got no problem with man I ain't got no problem with anybody showing frustration when they upset on the field or anybody showing the happiness when they they having success on the field uh emotion is part of the game but I we have seen it be just very uh heated at times when stuff like that happens and and he'll he'll tell them too you'll see him do some like a little hand moving or something like that or he'll go like that so he'll show them like oh you should have been here blah blah blah but yeah hopefully that can be fixed uh this off season how oh it's a long list of ways next question came from a boy ace he said do you think Lamar has to move on from Joshua Harris and that's his uh qb coach been his qb coach for a long time now um no I wouldn't say that because if especially if he's been uh coaching Lamar since his college days uh and Lamar obviously had a lot of success there and he's had a lot of success in the NFL too but I think that the the coach that they should move on from uh they already determined that he's staying with the Ravens this season so Lamar kind of stuck with him but anyway his next question he said did you see the interview with Steve's been seeing about how the Ravens route concepts are elementary we'd love to know your thoughts on that uh yeah yeah we definitely saw it and I mean it is what it is but that that kind of uh brings to light why uh Greg Roman's passing offense is always bottom of the league because of those routes and I feel like there's a lot and we talked about this so much through the season but I feel like there's so much like simple stuff you can do to just open up the offense but they haven't done it and I can't can't like I'm not going into the season expecting just this huge turnaround I would love that but I just I can't expect it so it is what it is next question came from Ebony she said I ain't graven out at the Raven season is over who stays and who walks um I think there's walks I would actually like for him to stay but I think he walks I think Willie Snead he walks and I'm just going based off of pending free agents and anybody that I could see getting cut um Tyus Bowser met Judon Yoneke and Gakwe Pranel McPhee I think Judon walks um I think Bowser I think they try with Bowser I think they really try with Bowser but I could see him walking Yoneke and Gakwe um I think he walks but I think he walks because I think the timing is just really really bad because not that they it would be impossible for them to sign him but he would command big money and he just uh the Ravens only gonna have like 10 to 15 minutes we'll see we don't know the exact numbers because the exact cap hasn't come out yet but I think he walks Pranel McPhee I think he walks as well um now if I had to choose one of those four of the the defensive end pass right outside linebackers to stay uh I think it would be Bowser but I think it's gonna be hard though man because Bowser he's gonna be able to get more money on the open market um but if they if Ravens had to choose one I also think he would be Bowser um so I think he's the most likely to stay but I also think he could he could walk too Derek Wolf I think he stays um who are Chris Moore I think he he walks he's going um any other pending free agents oh DJ Fluker I think Fluker I think he walks as well so I think that uh oh Jelly Justin Ellis I think that um I think he walks too I think he walks as well so yeah oh and Massacre Massacre I think he walks um Gus Edwards I think he stays Patrick McCurry stays and ah yeah that's about it next question came from BB said bro I'm so disappointed in the Ravens release in Geno Stone again to be dropped twice in a season it has to be difficult no camp due to C-19 the Ravens are in need of a true free safety as we have discussed before to let Geno go is a big mistake he had no time to develop on the wink hopefully the Ravens take a safety either in the first or second round this upcoming draft thanks again for team keep it clean yes I um with Geno Stone I never got a chance to look at like Finn on him heard a lot of good things about him um but I do agree about the Ravens needing that that true free safety now they got by with the Sean Elliott and Chuck Cloughty did that thing but I feel like that secondary could be even better if they had that range free safety and if they could move the Sean Elliott to that strong safety role um so we'll see what happens I don't envision them doing that I do envision them taking a safety for some depth but hmm we will see we will see because the Sean Elliott his contract is coming up yeah I think this the last year of his contract because he was a what a fifth or sixth round pick I forget um out of Texas but his first year in reserve second year in reserve third year shout out to him because he played the whole year played this whole year didn't get hurt so I'm happy for him but now he's on his fourth year only first round picks get that fifth year option this is the final year for the Sean Elliott man this is the final year of his contract so it's time it's time this year is going to determine whether he stays or whether he goes and if he goes or if he stays this year will determine how much money he gets and the last question on this episode of NFL question from subscribers came from new era he said that we're still in the playoffs well this was obviously before we because right now we're out of the playoffs but he said this is more of an off-season question but I wanted to know who you think the Raven should keep between Judon or in Gakwe in my opinion Judon has played better ever since in Gakwe was traded to the Ravens true but in Gakwe has shown he can be better than Judon when he was playing with the Vikings and Jaguars after the game Judon had versus Titans this decision for me is just getting harder he started the season slow but he's gotten better also less penalties yes yes yes yes yes yes Judon he improved a lot and that's something that I often forget about because the beginning of the season he started off a bit slow but that second half of the season he played a lot better but also got to remember that that second half of the season Yanik and Gakwe was right there too so I'm sure that helped out Judon a lot because people are probably commanding more attention to Yanik and Gakwe and Judon got a little bit less attention so that allowed him to thrive so that that's a good thing Judon I think Judon is the more valuable player I really do because with Matt Judon he's not just a pass rusher he's somebody that you can move around and do different things with you could have him drop back you could have him cover tight end or something like that you could have him pass rush you can have him do all that stuff but with Yanik and Gakwe he's a pass rusher that's it he's a good pass rusher but he's a pass rusher that's it now with Yanik and Gakwe I did read that and John Hubbell talked about it at the press that he only played 20 snaps against the Beals in the playoff game 20 snaps this is the guy that you acquired via third round picking some change and 20 snaps in the playoffs when your pass rush wasn't anything serious against a team that never runs the ball and in that playoff game they never ran a ball they didn't run that's concerning but that also lets you know how they felt about Yanik and Gakwe in that situation so this is why I could see a scenario with both of them and like I said earlier I could see a scenario where both of them end up walking to where it ends up being either Yanik and Gakwe or Matt Judon even though I know the Ravens they gave up to get Yanik and Gakwe but I could see them being like uh you know what it didn't work out it didn't work out like we intended it to because you would think that normally I would think that okay yeah they traded for this guy this gonna be the guy that gets the deal it's gonna be him and this season wasn't a bad season for him the numbers weren't sexy anything like that the pass rush was nice but he would he would just get all so close to finishing but just not finish but um it could be a situation where it's neither I think they would be leaning more to and Gakwe because of what they gave up to get him but I wouldn't be surprised if both of them ended up walking I think Judon definitely walks but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being both