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My answer to that question playoffs all day Playoffs all day because if say for instance you tank When you tank you're losing on purpose in order to improve your draft pick improve your draft pick So you would be able to have your pick at some of the top guys coming out of college Some of the top guys coming out of college so You would be able to pick the best quarterback best running back best whatever But me I'm I'm never one that will be down for tanking. I'm never one that could that would be down for losing on purpose I mean if your team sucks and you lose that's one thing, but if your team sucks and you lose on purpose That's another that's a whole nother ball game. And that's a ball game. I don't like playing so With them playing in the playoffs though say for instance You get into the playoffs what I was saying yesterday What I was saying yesterday in the stream is that If you get into the playoffs your record means nothing Your offensive your offensive rank means nothing your defensive rank means nothing How good you guys are on special teams means? All the the numbers the stats all that stuff is out the window in the playoffs Reason being because once you're in that's it anything goes anything goes Anything goes and is if you can get into the playoffs Oh That could be a whole nother story now As as frustrating as it is to watch flakko sometimes one thing about flakko Since this question is about the Ravens one thing about flakko when it comes to playoffs Regular season Not definitely not the best not even top half regular season Flakko he can be terrible He's so That's flakko but playoffs this guy goes from here All the way up past that ceiling fan past that ceiling fan and Every time he never fails us in the playoffs never never the guy plays amazing in the playoffs amazing and He plays a man anytime. He's on a any time. He's on the field in the playoff game He always plays better than the quarterback on the opposite end Every time every time now And that's playoffs though regular season now regular season not even close but Playoffs. Oh boy. So if you can get flakko in the playoffs then Chase said he's he is the line between good and bad quarterbacks Not in the playoffs in the playoffs. He's great Playoffs, he's great But anyway, um, if you can get flakko in the playoffs That might all that might be all you need to do man Just getting in there is good enough because the rest could be history now Say for instance, you tank for a high draft pick It's a guarantee it's a guarantee that in the playoffs flakko is gonna just shine He is going to play amazing. That's a guarantee now in the In the in the offseason in the draft It is not a guarantee that even if you have a high pick. It's not a guarantee that that pick is going to be the real deal It is not going to be it's not a guarantee Not at all. Let me go sit down because my arm is getting tired much better so Again, like I was saying if if you get to the playoffs, it's a guarantee flakko is gonna play great But it's not a guarantee that if you get a high draft pick. It's not a guarantee that that draft pick is going to be great for you It's not a guarantee that they'll be great now It's not a guarantee that they'll be great in the future. There are no guarantees and like I said me I'm always against tanking. I don't believe in tanking. I don't like it and I know what happens It happens in NFL NBA happens all over So but I just I've never been down for that never liked it never agreed with it whatever so You never know. Oh, yeah example pyramid pyramid is a great example of them Well, they did they didn't tank for him the team just sucked But he was a great example of a first-round pick that just didn't work out I mean you can go down you can go through first second round picks You can go Matt either you can go off the brown you go Sergio kindle you I mean Raven's got a lot of They got a lot of them but But it's not oh Yeah, payment was in the 20s my father you right Because that's that's the year that we lost we lost Tori Smith and payment was gonna be the replacement and be an even better version of Tori Smith So we heard that obviously didn't work out though What has it worked out You don't think he'll be Raven next year. I don't know I don't know what they're gonna do Whether they cut them or they try to trade them for super cheap because I know if they try to trade payment Ain't nobody giving up more than a fifth round pick for that guy Nobody's giving up more than a fifth round pick for that guy. No way I That's almost like a guarantee. I feel like nobody's giving up more than a fifth for Rashad Perry And yeah, Mojo, you're right. We probably we would take it But yeah, and Joe Flacco, you're right right there Joe Flacco is elite, but now he's hurt He's he said it right there. You could have said it any better. He said Ravens control their own destiny and it's It's crazy to say to be able to say that and that actually be true based off of how these just even these past two weeks have been You know these past three weeks Really the past month. It's crazy to be actually be able to for that to be true What's up, Grayson? Because I didn't know it until yesterday when I was really late last night because I was up I was I think I was eating a hot dog and I was I was up late last night and I was eating eating a hot dog and drinking some fruit punch some welchers, I think and I Was up watching NFL Network because I had just finished watching Survivor Series just finished watching that Cowboys in a Eagles game and So I was chilling All my excitement for the day was already out. I was relaxed and I was chilling I was a little hungry too so I was watching NFL Network watching some highlights from the game before and They did the playoff picture They did a playoff picture and they did if the playoffs ended right now who would be in and I couldn't believe that Ravens at five and five. I know that's not their final record I know that's not the final playoff standing. I understand that because I noticed there's always somebody I'm like, even that's not what it is. That's just right now. You got games left. I know that I understand it But I couldn't believe that if it all ended right now today, then Ravens would be in a playoffs I was thinking like what I couldn't believe that So that actually made me feel like wow These guys Actually got a shot. They actually have a shot And all those other teams that were but beneath them think it was like dolphins and Raiders Type, I think Titans might have been in maybe I forgot what Titans were I think Texans wanted it or what were Texans under them or were they the one that was in that fifth seed I forgot who the fifth seed was but oh, but yeah to build just just a lot of these other teams that I'm okay Titans were in okay, appreciate that but I'm just a lot of these other teams That were behind them or even around the same record as them They got a shot, too, but it's like man. It was it was crazy to think about it Ravens went out I'm not saying they will but I did say like I said yesterday. It's possible. Isn't likely not necessarily But is it possible? Yes, anything is possible until it just until it can't happen anymore It's possible, but it's crazy to think that these dudes actually have a legitimate shot At being in the playoffs That is insane to me. That's insane. That's really insane to me. I When I saw that I couldn't believe it. I Really couldn't believe it a lot of people been saying 97 is good enough. I Don't know. I remember last year somebody just put in a comment that last year that um That Ravens did have a shot. They did and boy when when that shot When they lost that shot That was uh, that was heartbreak. Oh, that was one of the saddest games Steelers just have for for a while stillers have been the thorn in the Raven side for forever Stillers used to always break our hearts. They used to always break our hearts and Then finally Flacco found a way to start beating them They finally found a way to start beating them and then he started beating them consistently so but then Last year still is said, you know what? We tie it. We tie to this We tie to this and they ripped our hearts out in that game So it's crazy to think that even last year with how bad the team was they actually had a shot at making a playoff Within the last two was the last two games last three games That stillers game was a game before last right because that was week 16. I believe right. I think it was But either way, it's crazy to know that at the end of the season the Ravens team that we had last year could have actually made the playoffs Had they won out? Had they won they could have made the playoffs or game before last. Okay, appreciate it. They could have won I mean, they could have been in a playoffs It is crazy to think that to sit here and think about that They could have been in the playoffs because you know You when we played the Bengals the week later a week later I mean we played the Bengals and you just know You just know because when they played the Bengals that game was a dud They look like they didn't want to be there They were just trying to get through it because they knew the season was over and when you know that it's over I didn't expect them to do anything and they didn't do anything so Knowing that right now Right here right now Ravens are in control of their own destiny and they actually don't need another team to lose to get in They don't need another team to be sorry for them to get in they just got a they control their own destiny That's a great feeling Now do I trust this team do I trust this offense to do that? It's offense. No the defense. Oh, yeah, the defense. Oh, yeah special teams. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah offense though This season again like we say it every single week. We see it every single week. Look at that Tico Good point. He said how does a team have three shutouts in the first ten games? And they only have five ones Great point Great point Level maker said Raven Ravens team on bad. They're just not trying. I think they're saving for a high draft pick You think so I Don't think so right now. I don't think so Because they got a shot Yeah, they all real deal in the playoffs. They just got to get there though If that offense keeps playing the way that it's been playing this whole season They won't have no shot because they won't get there They won't get there but if the offense can just Do something Do something Do something please Get us in They can get us in How bad they are in a regular season won't mean anything Mildew said I've been saying we would be in it till the end and we still are we still are technically But let's see how it goes, right? If Jimmy was in that game, we would hold that 10 point. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, we didn't have Jimmy Smith I forgot because he got hurt in the Patriots game and he was done for the season I forgot about that one. Appreciate you bringing that up because Jimmy Smith is He's just a great cornerback period but against Antonio Brown. He's excellent. He's amazing He's one of the only cornerbacks in the league that knows how to shut down Antonio Brown and of course he has more of an advantage because He plays Antonio Brown twice a year So Ravens know a little bit more about AB than a lot of other teams do so that's understandable So he kind of got he got an advantage over those other cornerbacks going against Jimmy Brown The dude is nice man Jimmy Smith is a beast. Antonio Brown is also a beast. Yeah, best receiver in the league Best receiver in the league best receiver in the league Best receiver in the league Exactly rising son. He said he was answering the question. He said a high draft pick don't mean anything Look at Perryman play for the now So are you right? You're right. Oh Bingo shut down a B2. Oh She reads right was the worst resigning ever. He's pretty bad. Where's Brandon cooks as far as overall receiver He's I mean he's alright. He's I feel like he disappears in a lot of games. I know he showed up yesterday But I feel like with Tom Brady once him and Tom Brady get that connection Then He'll be a okay, I mean he is a okay, but it'll be fine. I think he's all that but he's he's decent But now I said why not just manage the game like the past let the defense carry us until we until we Until we jail or flackle gets his groove on Look, but no the defense has been Carrying us this entire season Except for the one game against the Jaguars Other than that the defense has literally been carrying this team the entire season We still waiting for flackle to get his groove on. We still waiting for the offense to get that groove back. I Don't even remember the last time they had a groove though So we still wait We still wait. Oh JB said Brandon cooks top 25 Amazement the Bugs fan who just came down here to Miami and beat those dolphins yesterday So congrats on your win man He said play for now Especially the way the AFC is looking Ravens D can win some games in the postseason. Yeah, man Yeah, man, they all they say CJ Mosey is fine once he ain't He's fine Meal to say AJ Green makes a fool of Jimmy AJ Green makes a fool of a lot of people man, but last year I mean not last year week one. I'm gonna be talking last year week one of this season was the first time where we actually Shut down AJ Green couldn't believe it Couldn't believe Then you said my prediction for the last six games. I can't do that. That's too. That's stressful. I Can't predict anything. I Do need to do this Ravens Titans preview though. We need to talk about that. I Might do that later on tonight. Maybe tomorrow But we'll see man. Anyway, this was a great question Shout out to my boy Raven C for asking this question and since we talking about playoffs We got another question about the playoffs and about the The structure of the playoffs. So we're gonna talk about that next. I appreciate y'all make sure you subscribe to the youtube channel if you haven't already Make sure you turn your notifications on if you haven't already And also like my guy Ryan mallet says every single video make sure you leave a like on the video if you haven't already Appreciate y'all Hopefully the Ravens play for playoffs And hopefully they make it in there too and then from there Anything can happen Appreciate y'all I'll see you in the next video make sure y'all stick around because i'm coming right back right back