 So much of the talk this offseason has been about building protecting and taking care of quarterback Lamar Jackson. We've seen him get knocked out of the past two seasons. He hasn't been able to finish either one due to the offensive line. So our hope this offseason was that the Ravens would truly address the offensive line with quality over quantity. Eridicosta even said it himself. He said, that's all me, your boys. That's all me. That is my fault. That's my responsibility. I didn't address the offensive line like I should have. Okay, Eridicosta, you said that, but how did he follow that up? Well, we saw what happened in free agency. We saw what happened in the draft. But to talk about everything that we've seen thus far, we brought on a special guest. Team keeping clean. Very special guests in the building. Because all this offseason, even during all last season, a lot of complaints, a lot of people's frustration was for the Ravens to build a house. They need to fortify a security unit around their quarterback Lamar Jackson so he can be protected. So I figured, why not bring in the guy who just specializes and loves all the talk about the offensive line, Cole Jackson. Cole, let everybody know where they can find you at on Twitter, your YouTube, what you do on there. Talk to the people. Absolutely. First off, thank you so much for having me on, man. It's a great opportunity to talk ball with you. So on Twitter at Cole Jackson FB, you'll see film breakdowns, clips, all that good stuff, specializing in O-line, the run game, all that. And then over on the two guys watching football YouTube channel, I do some film rooms. I have a very exciting episode coming on Wednesday. I have one-on-one with Raven's right guard, Kevin Zeeler. So that's going to be a very, very exciting episode. Talk ball with him, talk about his new teammates that we're going to get into tonight. So be sure to check that out. Perfect segue to his new teammates. So before we get into what the Ravens did in the draft, how do you feel about what they did in free agency and what they didn't do? Because they, of course, they signed Morgan Moses, but during the season they had re-signed Patrick McCary, but they also, for now at least, they retained Joanne James. So how do you feel about the Ravens off season at offensive line before the draft? It was kind of an interesting piece because last year we learned the big need was that left tackle. Patrick McCary came in and there's some debate around, you know, was he able to do it? Was he not? I personally felt he was able to kind of lock down specifically in pass protection at the right tackle spot. There just wasn't games last year where you're like, ah, McCary's killing us out there. And so that was kind of the big thing. You know, the need to me was a true swing. We need a guy that, if Ronnie can't get back, we've won. We need a guy that can get in there. And I mean, you can see it in Lamar Jackson's game. When Villanueva moved over to left tackle, Lamar got uncomfortable. And rightfully so because when Villanueva lost, he lost that and that resulted in QV hits, extreme pressure sacks, you know, contact that you don't want Lamar Jackson taking. Regardless of whether or not he elevates his O line, he can scramble. You don't want him to scramble. You want him to be able to sit deep in the pocket, feel good, let guys get open, all that good stuff. So what I expected was someone to come in, to play, you know, be that backup left tackle option. They kind of went a different direction. They got James, they kept James, who has been a right tackle throughout his career, and they got Martin Moses, who similarly has been a right tackle most of his career. He does have games in 2020 with the Washington football team, I guess at the time, where he did swing over to left tackle. So I think theoretically he can do it, but, and then they, you know, so they kind of solidified right tackle, but, you know, left tackle going into the draft was like, all right, what's the plan here? You know, we kind of have McCarrie, Petzlin and center one. We have Stanley hopefully coming back, but if he can't, what's the game plan? We don't really, is it moving Moses over? Do you trust James Hell? So there was a lot of uncertainty with the backup left tackle situation if Ronnie were to once again, not be able to get back on the field. Mm hmm. That's true. And now shifting to the draft, Tyler Lindenbaum, tell us about Tyler Lindenbaum is a very fun watch. And I mean, everyone's seen me publicly on Twitter, if you follow me, I call them not a scheme fit. And I still sort of believe that because the big thing that's going to help Tyler Lindenbaum is this offense does have his own concepts installed into it. So a little quick profile on him. He's an elite mover in space. You know, he seriously, there are times where he's running outside zone where he'll overlap outside of his garden tackle on the play side because he's so fast. He runs, he has a shuttle run like a like a running back. So, you know, his ability to move in space, I think this could be wonders for the screen game because of how good of a mover he is. Imagine if the Ravens could run a screen again. Oh my God. So I mean, that that's kind of what he is as a rum blocker, a very, very elite mover. And when he gets on guys out in space, he finishes blocks. He's a very aggressive even at six to impasse protection, very good mover, elite with his hands. People are you're going to hear people talking about his arm plank question. It's it's one of the shortest of any first line center taken in the last decade. Doesn't matter. He has black belt certified hands looks like, you know, Mr. Miyagi taught him how to taught him how to refit. You'll see the wax on wax off mount stop. So very exciting in that regard for me. I think he's going to be a really good pass protector. And that has the added benefit. If you have a center that, you know, they're going to give him some inside help against those big noses you'll see in the AFC North. I have no doubt about that. But he's going to give Lamar a better confidence of, you know, that interior pressure that when he loses in past protection, he only gave up three sacks in his college career. That's in the big 10. So when he does lose, he loses very slowly, which is good. It's a slow burn. Lamar can work off a slow burn better than any quarterback in the AFC in the NFL. So that's obviously very exciting. I think it's going to give him more security. And the big thing that will excite fans, that Iowa offense, there is some under center, a lot of shotgun, which, you know, snaps your dynamite. So don't worry about the snaps. Oh, man, you know Raven's fans, he's scarred from those snaps, man. Geez. Cringy stuff, man. It's cringy stuff. It's rough, man. And of course, I think the most infamous one that everybody remembers the most is in the Bills game, the one that took Lamar out. But hopefully that's in the past now. And Linda Baum can be our guy of the future. Now, another guy who is for the future, because I'm not sure about what his immediate impact is going to be, is Daniel Fahlele. The mountain. Literally a mountain. Six, nine, three, eight. It's hard to find a player comparison because no one is as big as him. That's just a reality. He's a fun player. I mean, I'm really happy with how they got him. And a lot of it depends on Stanley getting back. But if I can get here with him on the bench, he's got that, that ceiling is guys that are his size. You think of the Trent Browns of the world, even Orlando Brown, Jr., to an extent, but he moves better than them, even Orlando. And Orlando was a pretty good mover relative to his size. The big difference between him and OBJ coming out of Oklahoma was Orlando Brown, Jr. was such a tactician that like his technical abilities were well advanced to Daniel Fahlele. So for those that don't know a ton about him, he's out of the University of Minnesota. He went to the IMG Academy for high school. And he was an interesting recruitment case because he wasn't a football player. He was actually a rugby player and a basketball player. He's from Australia. And you know, I think someone saw him at like a regional combine and IMG was like, we need you. And they just saw his monster size and the way he moved. And they're like, we'll teach you how to play football. You bring me skills that I can't teach someone to be six, nine, three, 80 in athletic. There is a clip in the 2019 Penn State game of him running outside zone playside, and he perfectly matches step-for-step micro Parsons and drives them. It's like stuff that he does in space is pretty special for his size. I mean, there's more athletic guys out there. But when you consider it in the context of the size, it's special. So he needs a lot of work in his past protection, which is going to make fans nervous because anytime we're talking about a mountain of a tackle, natural leverage comes into play. We saw what happened with Alejandro Villanueva. There's been comparisons made to Villanueva. I think those comparisons were in the context of Villanueva as a stealer when he was good. So I rest assured that, and here's the difference. Villanueva was six, nine, like Falele is, Falele has 70 pounds on him. So the way Villanueva would welcome guys into his chest and get walked back, a lot harder to do that when there's 70, it's a 70 pound extra slide that the D-line has to push. But the big thing he needs to improve on, he didn't vertical set a lot at Minnesota. It was a lot of quick sets. They used a lot of play action. So he didn't have a lot of true pass sets. And you saw some bad clips at the senior bowl because the coaches, when you get to the senior bowl, I think those are people don't realize you're at the senior bowl as a job interview, but you're also at the senior bowl learning from coaches that are there to coach you to get you ready. So they're going to ask you to do things that you may not be comfortable doing because you haven't been asked to do them. So there's like that clip of Miage Sanders walking him and he's in a vertical set. He didn't vertical set a lot. He's a raw football player. So he needs to develop that ability, but what got me excited is that the combine, he's talking to a reporter and the reporter was straight up like, what's the number one thing you need to work on? And he said, I need to get better in my vertical set. I was like, this guy's got a chance. He knows what he needs to improve. I think he's going to come into Baltimore and have an opportunity to have that space where he's not going to be asked to start immediately where he can develop. The big thing is, again, he's athletic. He has pretty fluid hips. The way Orlando Brown Jr. wins is he's just so masterful in where he reaches a set point, how he deploys his length, and the way he squares guys up. You'll see like the Vaughn Miller speed rushers of the world that try and just dip him and he's so quick to a spot and he turns his body to square you up. You can't just dip him. He's too technical. If Daniel Falale can get to that, and I don't know if anyone's seen it, there's an Orlando Brown Jr. retweet of a Daniel Falale clip resonating with what he's doing. So even Orlando Brown Jr. saw a little bit of Daniel Falale, saw him and Daniel Falale. So that's his path to success. How can he master his past sets? How can he square guys up? How can he deploy his length and use his size to his advantage? So I'm very excited for this kid. I can't wait to watch him develop. See, and when I looked at him, especially him being just like literally a mountain, like you said, that that was my big concern. Like how will he do against those speed rushers of the NFL? Because obviously the competition gets that much more tougher since he's in the big leagues now. But also his coaching will be that much tougher and better since he's being coached by the big leagues now. So that was a big concern of mine. But you broke it down well. So after the draft, after free agency where we sit right now today is May 3, it's about 10, 15 in the morning. How do you feel the Ravens have done for as far as building this wall? How do you feel like they've accomplished it? Do you think that they should be done right here? Or do you think they need another piece or two? How do you feel about the Ravens so far? So the funny thing is if you had asked me pre-draft, what did the Ravens need to add? I would have said a center and a tackle. And the Ravens went out of the center and a tackle. So I feel good about that. Tyler Linderbaum, despite being maybe not the best scheme fit, he was still the best center in this draft. I would have probably preferred they go to the JC Treader route. JC Treader hasn't even been rumored to a team. Is he even looking to play? It's kind of a weird situation. But they still they address center in a big way. They got one of the top rated prospects to come out in the last five years. If you compare guys from previous draft classes, you'll hear the top analysts out there say Tyler Linderbaum tops them. If they're able to develop and Tyler Linderbaum gets out there and executes, he has all pro potential. So that's the exciting part there. And so they address center in a big way that kicks Patrick McCary back out to tackle. I know there's a lot of debate out there. Everyone has their opinion. Those opinions are valid. It all depends on how you want to view it. I think he gives them a comfortable, I'll say a comfortable backup option at left tackle. I don't think Daniel Falale is going to come in here and start week one at left tackle for you. I'd be nervous about that. If Ronnie Stanley can't get back for week one, I expect that to be Patrick McCary. And I expect him to he's not going to dominate, but he's not going to be putting Lamar Jackson at risk. So how did the Ravens do? They addressed their offensive line. They brought in three key pieces that one of them is very developmental, but the other two are immediate starters and Morgan Moses and Tyler Linderbaum. And the big thing about Linderbaum and Moses, they have really good durability. I more than Moses has been a model of durability throughout his career. And then you've got a couple lottery tickets too, which is exciting. If you're Juan James, you don't have to rely on him, but if he was able to get healthy and maybe give you something, that's just an added bonus at this point. So that's kind of the exciting thing. I also think in this offense where you have the added benefit of Lamar Jackson, what he does to defenders, the way defenders have to read him, it's it always is going to help your tackle. So if Morgan Moses has to do a little bit of work at left tackle, I think you're going to be okay. Like I think they basically what I think they've done is they've stacked contingency plans at their tackle spots to give them flexibility if injuries arise. And that's what excites me. Perfect. Perfect. And the last question before we get out of here, you're starting offensive line with health week one. Who would it be? With health, Ronnie Stanley left tackle, Ben Cleveland left guard, Tyler Linderbaum at center, Kevin Seatler, obviously at right guard and Morgan Moses at right tackle. All right, perfect. So Cole, I appreciate you a lot for coming on and breaking it down for us. And again, before you get out of here, let everybody know where they can find you at. Absolutely. At Cole Jackson FB on Twitter and over at the two guys watching football YouTube channel, very creative name. And now I link everything in the description. Just in case y'all get lazy, don't like typing everything out. You can just go to the description and click on it and it'll take you right there. So Cole, appreciate you coming on. Appreciate you coming through as always. Thanks so much, brother.