 Love it. I love it and the reason that I love it is because this is Raven stepping way out of their comfort zone YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and in this video The Ravens have signed former Saints safety free safety To a 70 million dollar a five-year deal worth up to 70 million dollars. That's an average of 14 mil Per so Ravens they pay some big money for safety And I love it because this gives them a safety that has some range and they were missing that big time last year He's been healthy He's been consistent as far as the numbers that he puts up as a safety if we could take a look at him really quick 2017 he got 73 tackles for interceptions 18 he got 59 tackles to interceptions 19 he got 55 tackles for interceptions 20 he got 59 tackles three interceptions 21 He got 74 tackles and two interceptions and now he gets to come to the Ravens and Something that I've been saying this offseason with Mike McDonald Ravens new defensive coordinator It is going to be hard for him to fail if everybody's healthy It is gonna be so hard for him to fail if everybody stays healthy Because you think about it. You got a Marcus Peters. Oh, we miss him big time last year. You got Marcus Peters You got Marlon Humphrey And now you got Marcus Williams, then you got Chuck Clark You got Patrick Queen and whatever else they do a line back and then they got to get the D line fixed and situated and whatnot But bottom line the Ravens just got to stay healthy and that defense will be a okay But I love this move because this is again way out of the Ravens comfort zone They do not pay the big money to outside free agents their own pending free agents They'll pay the big money to them But outside guys. No, this is just This is not very Raven like but the thing about this is one of the reasons why I love it so much is Because it's something that's out of the norm for them But the norm for the Ravens has been this okay level of success Regular season's been cool. They pretty much been winners in the regular season recently But they ain't been able to get over these humps There had been a lot of times where they had missed the playoffs and then of course once Lamar Jackson got there They had been consistent playoff threats to make it there But once they got there they end up coming up short But the Ravens had been still continuing to just go by this same model For the longest and this is a nice little shake-up now They tried something like this a couple years back and a lot of people questioned the signing when they signed Earl Thomas They signed him for your safety. He was a good player and when he was with the Ravens He was still a good player. He did his thing here but it was just very out of their character to sign him for the big money that they did and It it worked for that. Yeah, he played great. He did have some little lapses here and there Of course the whole Derek Henry stiff on the whole pulling up. He said I ain't chasing on Nick job I ain't doing it. Oh, no, no, no, no, and then sometimes you run its mouth a little bit too much, but Overall, he was a good player for the Ravens and then all that other stuff happened And they were like, oh man, see we knew we shouldn't have spent the big money on a free agent We went against the grain. We went against what we normally doing it backfire man But I do like that the Ravens are trying again They trying again So this what this does this gives you your guy at safety now to Sean Elliott He must have knew something about this yesterday because the Sean Elliott He he tweeted something that kind of gave you a alright. Well, yeah, we know he probably not coming back But this gives them their guy now This gives them their proven guy a proven player And you know what? Let me check one more thing. Let me see how old Mr. Marcus Williams is Let's see how old he is. I'm trying to find it right now, and I'm having trouble now I'm having trouble have finding how old he is one second Because that that'll tell if the Ravens are really if he's under 30 That'll really tell if the Ravens are like really way out of that comfort zone. Let me see Marcus Williams Saints Wikipedia Waiting waiting waiting got to get better internet He was born in 96. Don't feel like doing the math He's 20 he's 25 years old. Oh Yeah, this is like way out of the Ravens comfort zone you signing a player that's 25 years old Wow That's crazy That's crazy, but I'm not mad I'm not mad like not one bit and Wow, that's that's just insane and The oldest he'll be will be 26 sometime this year Wow Edie sees listen He's listening now. We still got to see what they do on offense How they provide on offense what they're gonna do on offense and one thing we cannot forget one thing I want to make sure people don't forget Just because I know it's gonna come and no people gonna be like, oh man, there they go only providing for the defense One thing this lets you know is that well no one thing to know to keep in mind Just because they signed Marcus Williams It does not mean that they cannot sign anybody else. It does not mean that they will not sign anybody else Just because they signed him it doesn't mean that that's it Doesn't mean that. All right. Well, we ain't getting the offensive linemen now. It does not mean that Hopefully they take care of that. We just got to wait and see Now one other thing that one other reason why I really love this move is because It says that this is the Ravens saying Compic Whatever Whatever And this is something that I felt they needed to do for the longest Stop worrying about those compics. Don't worry about that. Now with Bradley Bozeman, wherever he ends up going That's to be determined. We'll see what happens with him But you got to figure that if the Ravens don't resign Bradley Bozeman Then wherever he goes that deal will qualify them for a compic But this deal with Marcus Williams will disqualify that compic. It'll cancel it out So then they'll be back to no compics, but then it's like you think about it It's like hold up Ravens got like 10 picks right now like in the draft I don't I don't want them to and I don't hope they use all 10 of those picks Like there's no way you can bring 10 rookies onto a team and you and win now mode and you expect all 10 rookies to really contribute No, that's just that's unrealistic So you can package some of those picks You could trade for like really continue to show don't let this be the end. Don't let this be the end of it Continue to show us. All right. We trying to get this thing done. We trying to make it happen Now another thing another position. This has an impact on Lost tae vong young. Oh man lost tae tae. Okay, they cut him. All right And we'll see what happens with him. We haven't heard any market on tae vong young yet But so Ravens could bring tae vong young back. That's a possibility, but As far as the slot corner Who's that free safety last year? Well, they had a little mix. They had a little bit of geno stone Obviously some D'Shaun Elliott before he got hurt, but then who ended the year off at free safety rookie Converted cornerback slash converted running back Brandon Stevens Now this allows him you could still use him on some different packages and whatnot but Safe instance. All right, everything doesn't go as planned as we hoped it would at the cornerback position He knows how to play corner. He's physical. He's a good tackler as well You could put Brandon Stevens back at corner You could have him there or if you want to keep him at safety cool But he's obviously going to play some corner as well So you have him as a fallback option in the secondary You can have him do some different things But you have so you at cornerback right now you have Marlon Humphrey You have Marcus Peters and you possibly also have Brandon Stevens So that gives you a little more flexibility now With your defense and we expect them to simplify the defense a bit We don't expect him to be wink blitz happy and that's not a shot at wink. That's just who he was We don't expect him to do that. But this really allows It just makes stuff a lot better for the Ravens Because if you have a true free safety who can cover that field and Marcus Williams can cover that field He can cover that field This gets this allows you to really put trust In him put trust in everybody in front of him and it just allows you to just do more When you don't trust somebody on the back end in defense. Oh, it's it can be a train wreck real fast real fast Especially when you got somebody young back there somebody that's unproven and even and I'm not saying that just because somebody's unproven They have opportunities to prove themselves But now you have somebody that's already proven themselves still young is a playmaker can make it happen not afraid to tackle either Not afraid to come up and lay the hit man And that's big that's huge actually So Good job Ravens. Don't let this be the end all be all don't let this be it But this is a good start So we love it I love it But let's make sure that y'all don't stop here. I know y'all won't but we're gonna be waiting and we're gonna be watching and we're gonna see But let's Keep it moving To love y'all team keep it clean appreciate y'all And just like Marcus Williams told New Orleans in real quick to see I continue to say New Orleans the Saints and the Ravens They forever tied They will be forever tied always always Because their players just go they go back and forth to each other All the times been happening for a long time and it ain't going nowhere. It's another example But anyway, like Marcus Williams told the Saints I'm out