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Now today is Friday November 19th, okay, and Lamar return to practice today But still is a good question because when you miss time when you just you have time away from the your team That's time away from you continuing to build that that report that camaraderie you you getting ready for the game Time away that you as QB one get to go over different game plans adjustments and whatnot. So it definitely hurts But if you guys aren't making any adjustments then what is the but now I'm playing um with it. It definitely hurts Because it just it's the reps the football one of the biggest things that football is about is about repetition But with him, I'm sure he's still been dialed in still been Virtually connected and whatnot and I mean live reps or nothing like live reps though You could be behind a computer all day, but that don't mean that you know how to throw football So with that being said, I uh, I'm glad that he is back. So Friday. I believe Friday's usually more of a walkthrough practice And then on so it's that Saturday. I think that might be sad No, that's Friday because Saturday they got to travel to Chicago and then they play so Hopefully everything will be smooth. So I mean he's missed practice before and usually games when he misses when he misses practice from do to be in sick Oh, it is it is a beautiful game the next game. So hopefully things continue next question came from a guy keys He said a engraving. Let's say we go 12 and 5 win the division win a playoff game Also, then we stall out in the playoffs as usual. When do you think hardball will be on the hot seat? We'll love to hear your thoughts. Oh, I am I just feel like hardball is just super super safe I feel like it here. He is super super safe I feel like the only way that he would ever be on like the hot seat would be if Just even with the Lamar Jackson like with a healthy team and they went like oh and 17 or one and 16 To I feel like even maybe two and 15 Ravens was still keep I just I feel like hardballs like he's he got a like a Raven diplomatic immunity like he can't be touched Like he cannot be touched and whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. I just I just feel like he's just safe Period now the coordinators. I don't think that they're safe But I feel like hardball is safe. His leash is super long And I feel like he just ain't got nothing to worry about next question came from my guy Dave you said engraving you have definitely become a big part of my daily Ravens fix I appreciate what you're doing pray that your platform continues to grow far beyond even your own expectations I have a two-part question. I appreciate it. Whatever this thing goes. Who knows but thank you number one He said we all know that Ravens draft needs will likely lean heavy toward the offensive line and younger upgrades the defensive line Will be paramount as well But imagine yourself as area the Casa knowing the injuries that are three running backs have suffered plus injuries to Latavia's Murray And keeping in mind the importance of depth at this all-important position for such a run centric offense And keeping in mind your desire as the Costa to build an undefendable offense Would you agree that having a stud running back is super important to the success of Lamar? If a talent no, I don't think so now having a stud running back would definitely help Lamar a lot a Whole lot and it would him it would make his job that much easier But I don't not that it's not important. It would just make his job easier So yeah, you obviously want the quarterback job to be easier, but I don't feel like it's a requirement for Lamar to do Well, I feel like first and foremost is offensive line It is the offensive line because when he has time. Oh boy, it's it's nasty in a good way But when he doesn't it's nasty in a nasty way. Anyway He said if a talented running back with size strength and speed is available when the Ravens make their first selection in 2022 Would you as the Costa pass up such a talent? Yes There's hoping that JK and Gus will be 100% at the start of 2022 seemed like poor planning No, no, no because they got injured before the season even started So they will have had this entire season and then the entire offseason to get right and then like what you could do to is Sign a couple of guys keep a couple of guys For just as just in case guys Because Justice Hill, I think they did was they did an injury wave to him Like I don't I don't know exactly how that works to me. It sounds like it was like an injured in the injury wave designation So to me what it sounds like is that? He you go on in reserve what they wave them But if nobody claims them then he'll just revert back to Andrew's earth But I don't know if that's exactly what it entails, but I wouldn't envision him being back next year Justice Hill that is and So you just got to have a backup plan have a backup plan But I would not say in dress invest high draft capital Into a running back. No, not at all and he say he said the money's a fully healthy stud running back next to him The length of his career may depend on it now with that part I see what you're saying But um, so yeah, having a really good running back helps because again that alleviates pressure off of you as the quarterback So and he also said in reference to my question My point was that it is my humble opinion that despite the need for at least three offensive linemen to defensive Liming one safety one corner one inside linebacker going into the 2022 draft, but we have just 10 picks for now Can you know Ravens? They they don't end up finding a way to get like 22 picks anyway That we should strengthen our strength in the same way that the Cardinals continue to give Kyler more He called Kyler Murray more wire receiver weapons in addition to adding AJ Green and the Andre Hopkins They also drafted an up-and-coming stud and Ron Dale Moore with the injury suffered at the running back position in knowing how important the strength of that position is to the success of Lamar in the offense Would you welcome South Carolina running back Kevin Harris as the first round selection in 2022? I believe that he is exactly the type of running back that we have needed for years like worth moving up to get Mmm. Nobody catches him from behind. He's a great pass catcher. He runs through Rick walls and his balance is insane He's 511 225. He'll make Lamar so much better Then JK won't have to rush back like Stanley did even if Dobbins were 100% by the start of OTA's I still believe that Harris would would steal His running back one spot. Oh Around the same time last year I was under the delusion that I was the only one who knew about it about Jalen Waddle Thought the Costa could sneak in drafting Thought he was perfect for Lamar didn't realize how popular he would be going into the draft This could hold true for Harris. He would be what we have been missing since the departure of Jamal Lewis No, I I wouldn't do that Of course, you you want to go with best available or not, but I wouldn't jump up for a running back And I see what you're saying But this Ravens, I know they they say, oh, yeah, best play available. Don't draft for need. No, no, no, no, no This draft you you go by what you need and you select the best player available from what you need in my opinion Cuz your needs are huge. They they are here and of course you got free agency and whatnot You got trades or what your needs are huge. So you need to address them as such But his second question, I said everybody's talking about the blitz zero defense that teams are using to shut down the Ravens I was especially Intrigued by the breakdown that Kurt Warner has given on why our offense has been sputtering If you or the viewers haven't seen it I believe you'll find it enlightening when the back goes in motion He starts too late or too early and the timing of Lamar's passes are way off or haven't watched the whole thing yet I I saw like I Saw like a little bit of it, but then I just I end up doing something else Attention spin is like negative three. Anyway, he said uh He has to he has to get the ball out quicker Defenders will have Lamar's number for every remaining game if change doesn't come Although accuracy is also a factor to Lamar's delay passing time be Affected by a thought always in the forefront of his mind that he wants to run the ball instead of getting the rock to the Hands of his receivers Harbaugh stated in his press conference that they have multiple remedies for the zero blitz yet They haven't used these remedies. Why could harbors be spinning to the press? We'll see we'll see in future games That's the only thing we can do now is see how they operate in the future now with Lamar I disagree about the um the part about could his uh could the delayed Could Lamar's delayed passing time be affected by a thought always in the forefront of his mind that he wants to run the ball instead of Getting the rocket into his hands of the receivers No, that couldn't be further from the truth reason being because we have seen that a lot last year We've seen it a lot this year too where? Lamar will have a lane But go Lamar run run run. He won't take it. He'll just sit there sit there sit there Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, and then he'll be looking for that big play He'll be looking for that chunk play and he does it a lot So he just he looking downfield and it's not necessarily a bad thing But it can be a bad thing if you don't take what's in front of you too if downfield ain't there So Lamar got to do a better job of seeing what's right in front of him instead of only looking for the deep shot All the time because deep plays are nice and we all get hyped and excited in the deep plays But you got to take the little the small chunks as well. So it's all about the balancing act next question Came from a guy Keanu. He said those Ravens in the screenplays. What's up in grave and hope you and the family are safe and well Been been watching for a while. This will be my first question submitted. I appreciate it Keanu. Well, welcome I'm writing this email during the halftime break. Oh, oh, he wrote this during halftime of the Dolphins game Anyway, I'm writing this email during the halftime break of the match versus Dolphins I just had to get it off my chest. So last week against the Vikings We ran a few successful screenplays, which we haven't seen basically since very rice Why does Greg Roman now think we're a screenplay team? There's been a screenplay every single drive when the dolphins are reading it and stopping it I just feel like we have we had we haven't been good with running and defending screens in a long while We'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Sorry for the long question and enjoy your day Yes, if you're wondering how the name is pronounced is key. I need oh, no Yeah, Keoni that looks like Keoni the way that you wrote. Okay. If it's Keoni my apologies. I thought it's Keon. Anyway Correct me when you whenever you hit us Yeah, the the screenplays it was just they were just off balance it was off balance It was like oh man It's like they got a taste of the screenplay and that's all of my two apparently Lamar he had checked into some of those screenplays So that's on him too Being like oh, oh, I'm allowed to run this I can run a screenplay zero. Okay. I'm doing it to the max Let's go screenplay screenplay screenplay screenplay and it was just like oh, okay We we get it But it's all about again like we mentioned previously. It's about that balance And using it effectively at the right time and Raven still have to figure out how to do that Now if your offensive line has just been struggling, I'm still waiting on them screenplays to the running backs It's it's still weirdest thing. I don't know why the Ravens don't do it Not with JK not with Gus Edwards not with Justice Heel not with Mark Ingram Not with Avion Bale not with Davante Freeman not with a Tavius Murray not with Tyson Williams The reason I listed all the running backs from the past couple of years is because just to show you that it's not just a thing Because oh man cuz the it's cuz the Ravens don't have the normal running backs right now No, they still didn't run it when they had the normal running backs So I don't know what the issue is next question came from my boy Josh He said a great one. Hope all as well with you and family second year true Ravens fan and appreciate you and team Keep it clean for giving me all I need to know about the Ravens. This message is coming after the lost at home to the dolphins Lol, I like how you did that. I know we get some highlights here and there But this game was truly a reminder that Hollywood's hands lack a lot and we don't really have a threat Anywhere else besides QB do you think it's time? We actually invest into getting those notable certified guys on our team Whether it's a wide receiver defensive linemen or anything feels like we just have a lot of Okay guys playing Um No, Hollywood. Yeah, so it's something does have some drops and that Miami game was just his second worst game of the season Second worst, but he has made a lot more plays than he's left on the field throughout the course of the season But yeah that that game game against Miami was it was a really bad game for But he's a playmaker. He's a big-time playmaker Rashad Bateman. He has shown that a he's a chain mover and The more they get him involved in it the better this offense will be and Sammy Watkins He's made his hand full of plays this year too and he's helped Hollywood be better And when they all three get on the field together and they're all healthy Cuz Sammy walked it. I hope he wasn't healthy against the dolphins because if he was healthy and that was his showing big yikes But when he gets healthy and all three of them can be on the field at the same time healthy Along with Mark Andrew it had just opened up so much stuff. So I still wouldn't be opposed to them Going out and getting somebody else like caught doing a Cardinals to this thing like like the guy like I think was Dave mentioned earlier had a Cardinals they color money had the Andre Hopkins. They added AJ Green. They added Ron Delmore Yeah, Kirk so he had guys, but they still kept Adam and Like a quarterback. He can never have enough weapons But it's also about with the guy that you got putting them in the best position for them to succeed and really using Them to their strengths. So yeah Raven's got some guys for sure And I wouldn't just say oh, it's just okay guys They got they got some guys that can play some guys that can ball some guys that can make some plays That's just about putting them in the best position to do it. Next question came from my boy Dominic He said a man. Hope everything is well with you The offense for the most part has been good all year especially play calling But the dolphins game was a different story screen after screen after screen. I just don't get it My question is do you think the play calling was so bad this game or the Miami defense was just that good I would say a mix of both for sure a mix of both And he said there were no adjust Excuse me adjustments on offense in every play a man was free running at Lamar Jackson. Yeah, definitely a mix of both for sure because it the dolphins their defense was outstanding and They were like a y'all gonna keep giving us this we're gonna keep running I loved it because they didn't try to fix what wasn't broken. The defense certainly wasn't broken in a dolphin's game Oh, it was so bad. Um, well for the Ravens that is But in Ravens, they were like, oh, it's broken. We're not gonna fix it so Now it's just about all the adjustments moving forward and yeah, like you mentioned the offense It hasn't been bad overall this year. They but the issues are big issues and their issues like What I think what Ravens fans biggest frustration is that with the Ravens offensive issues just speaking about offense We ain't talking about defense their biggest issues on offense are issues that We were scared of for when it's playoff time and If we see that these issues aren't getting fixed now Then come playoff time You ain't gonna be in there very long if these issues don't get fixed now next question came from a boy Joshua Hey, he said number eight was the only one who looked passionate angry on the sidelines during the Miami game The rest were just blankly gazing around Do you think Lamar needs to be harder on his teammates so they can be passionate and step up not just waiting for him to do? Miracles and do you think he needs to be more vocal calling out his teammates and stop being all buddy buddy Now we see it seems as if Lamar Jackson does that already Because when when things are going bad. Oh, you could see it on his face You can see it on his face you can see it on his eye like if if he misses on a pass Then he'll he'll go like like y'all always see he'll go like that But if somebody else misses like if if they get ready to get a playoff and it's a false start or if it's a Yeah for false start he'll go to the offensive lineman and he'll yell at him real quick But then he'll he'll tap him on the helmet But then he'll and he'll like he'll do that like he won't go off on somebody like a receiver Something like that he'll talk to them and he'll you'll see the frustration with it when if the receiver like drops it or something That was a big play. Oh He won't go off on him, but um and I think that that actually is a pretty good not even strategy just the way that it is because He He shows like one thing that I see from his game a lot is that if a receiver safe for a fences a receiver drops a pass He it ain't like he's gonna be like I ain't going to that receiver no more I'm only looking for everybody else. No, he'll go right back to that receiver and give them another opportunity to make a catch He's done it with Hollywood plenty of times this season He's done with Mark Andrews plenty of times this season. He's done it and shown like I know I'm gonna still go to my guys regardless So I don't think anything is wrong with the the way that he shows passion and leadership in his game stomp Next question came from a boy droid 209. He said engraving man I hope he had a good time at the game on his first hand watching our boys get punched in the mouth a couple of questions Did the snap look off to you? That's something that I've been forgetting to talk about a lot when we talked about this Dolphins game the snaps the snaps a lot of them. They were all over the place a lot of them were and When the when the ball is snapped high with a snap low Then that can mess up your quarterback because they they worried about catching the ball They they worried about catching the ball. So then after they catch the ball that gives the defense that like that half a second They give them that much more time to get up after the quarterback So, yeah, they were and he said it seems very slow and delayed at times Well, every snap it was very slow and who was to blame for a humble pile-offs The refs for incorrect incomplete pass to Andrews Sammy Watkins fumble Greg Roman not adjusting to the offense offensive line or defensive line long question. I'm sorry in advance I just want some answers from whatever it is. I watched Thursday night Take care a side note He said if y'all have Ravens defense in your fantasy league take them out. Oh, all right. So, um with this Who was to blame? Everything everything and I can't even blame it on the refs because the rest were really Yeah, but with that mark Andrews catch I still haven't seen I haven't seen the TV version of it because when we were there the catch mark Andrews He had his back turned towards us so we couldn't see the ball at all and They did not show it on the replay which was so weird They didn't show it on the big screens They'd like oh the dolphins are challenging of the catch the ruling of the f is a catch And then they showed the ref going to the booth But they did not show the replay at all in every single game that I've ever been to they always show the replay But anyway, um, I guess dolphins were doing some fishy business. Get a little dad joke anyway It wasn't the refs because the refs were the only reason why that the Ravens even had gotten a touchdown in the first place Because they helped them multiple times on that only touchdown drive of the game the Sammy Watkins fumble that was huge and and that was when it was still a one-scored game I'm like 99% sure it was a one-scored game and that play that was a play that actually worked It actually worked and I I want to say was on third down I forget what down it was but I'm pretty sure he get across the first down marker and then it was positive yards And it was like, okay Let's go then fumble and not only fumble but fumble and fumble return for a touchdown So they give up the ball and they give up points on offense double Emmy often scoring the wrong corner points my friends That was terrible. Um, Greg Roman out of Justin. Yeah, well, you know about that and defense Yeah, just the in the defense again They they gave us some big plays, but they didn't give up touchdowns They give up some big plays which you would hope they don't give up because that can trend that like if you're not giving up Those big plays and you're not giving up points So this defense like they've been giving up a lot of big plays this season So that's something that again So it was just a mix of everything to answer your question next question came from Al B He said hello, I'll team keep it clean. Hope all is well with you and yours keep up the good work on YouTube I'm a Baltimore on who transplanted to Hawaii 25 years ago But I've been a Baltimore football fan since the club was the Colts and the stars were Johnny United's Lenny more big daddy Lipscomb and Gino machete mad dog Mike Curtis John Mackie and I could go on This is my first time asking the question my question is this Lamar Jackson is a great quarterback But the entire NFL does have him figured out as well as any football fan who has watched him closely The way to beat him is to get him in a circumstance where he feels he Has to make something happen When he's in that space, he tries too hard at least the interceptions fumbles and sex even the best needs to be coached But is James Urban the right QB coach for Lamar? I know he coached Michael Vick But Lamar needs a QB coach who can take him to the next level who can teach him how not to feel that he has to make Things happen all by himself He needs to learn when not to do so much which leads to mistakes Nothing against James Urban He did good with Vic and he's done good with Lamar But can you take him to the next level or should the Ravens hire someone who's been there and done that It's a time for the Ravens to hire Michael Vick himself as Lamar's QB coach So that Lamar can be all that he can be thanks for listening I look forward to your response and go Ravens. I appreciate that mahalo. Oh so That's a really good question But I feel like I feel like you could say that about Any quarterback Especially a dual threat quarterback Like I feel like you could say that exact same thing That you just said like he said the way to beat him is to get him in a circumstance where he feels he has to make Something happen when he's in that space he tries too hard at least the interceptions fumbles and sex You look at Patrick Mahomes If you keep on getting to him like look at a Super Bowl game look at the even the Ravens game this year Where you you you're getting to him and you're you taking away his options and you get him into a position where he feels He has to make something happen like he has to Pressures getting there like a doff a way the pressure I got there. He didn't get the sack But Patrick Mahomes he tried to do on his little crazy plays he ended up throwing a pick to take on young So I feel like that's not just a Lamar thing That's just a quarterback thing if a quarter and more so a dual threat Because like if it's a if it's a quarterback and he's not a dual threat and he feels like he has to make something happen Well, it's just pressure straight up that the word for that is just is pressure. You're putting pressure on that quarterback That's why teams and especially wink. He talks about pressure so much Because it can bust pipes and so Lamar is no different when that pressure is consistently getting to him Oh, yeah, he presses he starts pressing like crazy. And this is nothing new. This is not Anything that we haven't seen So far, but we we've seen it So it is I think it's it all starts to me With that with the offensive line Starts with the offensive line. I mean offensive line just has not been given a time to Quarterbacks it hasn't been given time to the running backs It just it hasn't been Providing so an offensive line doesn't provide The quarterback is it's rough. So I just yeah, I feel like it's that that's that's all it is It's that that pressure when pressure is can consistently getting to him Then it's not good for any quarterback at all. Our next question came from my guy. Oh Mg he said in a engraving me and probably the rest of us Raven fans were disappointed in last night's loss against the dolphins It seemed like our offense went back to last year when our wide receivers couldn't get open in the passing scheme was just non-existent Lamar's continuing to get sacked and hit due to the poor offensive line and he's having to do everything himself this season He's a franchise quarterback Lamar was upset and frustrated during his postgame press conference that he doesn't understand why the offense is so slow But if he's upset then there's definitely something wrong and changes need to be made now Do you think that Lamar should try and have his own input with EDC and who he wants For his offensive coordinator and the pieces he needs around him in order to be successful with the Ravens going forward Sorry for the long-ranking but the good working just like how I want Greg Roman to be by this week. I'm out Well, he does have input with the pieces he was the one that asked for Hollywood He also asked for for Jerry Judy as well. So I'm sure he's asked for more So that so he's already been doing that but as far as an offensive coordinator That would be a tricky one because I would love for Lamar to be able to get his own guy That he wanted as an offensive coordinator Then at the same time I would wouldn't want it to be somebody who Lamar would be too comfortable with now comfortable Yes, but too comfortable and what I mean when I say that is I wouldn't want it to be somebody that Doesn't challenge Lamar. It would have to be somebody that yeah, you'd be cool with him And somebody I could probably relate to him on a whole another level to I think that would be great And that's exactly what I had been clamoring for last year Ravens bringing in coaches that could more relate to the players On a whole nother level and just some young innovative offensive minds and they brought in team on in Keith Williams But as far as the offensive coordinator, I would like the same thing But just somebody that will definitely challenge Lamar and he could challenge them too Like they could both bring the best out of each other and yet there will be some awkward conversations There'd be some heated conversations some intense moments and whatnot, but you need that You need that to really get the best out of something you got to be willing to go there It has to get uncomfortable sometimes in order for y'all to really break through so I would love if that happened This question came from my guy Trenton. He said hey man, hope you're doing well and your family stay blessed forever I appreciate that. My question is do you think there's any way Lamar doesn't sign a contract with the Ravens? I know he's our number one and will always be a Raven But is there any possibility of them or him not signing a mega deal? It's always stay awesome. Hope to see my question on the episode. Oh, that is a powerful question right there Ravens they My good just thinking about it like it kind of gives me like a bad bad goose bumps and It that would be all kinds of bad Ravens They better not and but they they could not let something like that happen because they Would oh Boy, just imagine that scenario. I think about that if Ravens didn't end up signing Lamar He wouldn't sign else. Oh my goodness Fan base they will go crazy Players in different leagues will go prepared players in the NFL they will go like that would be crazy Ravens they could not and they will not let that happen Anything's a possibility until it isn't anymore. So right now technically it is still a possibility, but oh Yeah, they they can't let that go down because that like That would just be and I love me. I hate using this turn But that would be a very stupid move next question came from my guy Jarvo He said after this season it's time for some major changes with some new faces and creative mindsets It's time for Wink and Roman to leave the pink. Oh my goodness We bliss way too much which causes blown coverages and Roman play calling has not evolved We need to get younger and athletic on the entire defense and on the offensive line as well What are your thoughts? Um, yeah with Wink I don't know. We're Wink. We're Wink. I just feel like like this year There's been this stubbornness almost and this this lack of adjustment and you got to realize that you ain't got all the Same guys out there. You ain't got all the same. You're missing Marcus Peters. You're missing the Sean Elliott You just you're missing some significant guys, but You you have so you have to just you got to put guys in better position in order to succeed Guys have been left out on an island so many times this year. There's been so many blown coverages this year It's just been a lot and I just Huh, but I just it's the weirdest thing I just feel like Wink is like kind of safe Almost I mean, I feel like this seat is a little bit hot but I feel like he's a lot safer than great Roman is especially because it's so much of the What gets talked about is the offense with the Ravens obviously you got Lamar Jackson So he's gonna go on a lot of attention, but I just With Wink, so I mean with great Roman I could see some changes there. They're just depending on so much And Wink, I think it's a it's a possibility Especially because I had a defense has been but he could get that injury pass though It's like, oh no, all these guys were injured. So that's why that that's what had happened like that And again players love Wink, but that was interesting because today November 19th My guy Jameel had tweeted. Um, he tweeted something about the scheme about Matt Jude on and saying oh, it wasn't it actually wasn't Matt Jude. Okay. Here it is. He said and this is Jameel 7 underscore on Twitter He said I want to apologize to Matt Jude on for believing or for not believing you were this great of a player And this is in regards to him Getting 10 and a half sacks to 11 games his career high And then he followed it up. He said I was completely wrong. You'll prove you prove Excuse me You're proving more and more that Ravens fans aren't crazy when they say it's the system not the players and Somebody who liked that was mr. DeSean Elliott. Next question came from my guy Darnell He said hey, good afternoon. Thank you for the good work Just stopping by to put something on everyone's mind Do you think by any chance the Raven should use four and five wide receiver sets through all four quarters of the game? Because when they do it it works think about every game the Ravens came back from this season They were in those four and five wide receiver sets um, I See when they when they spread out the defense like that now if it's four or five wide receivers Not that you use it all game long, but you could use it a lot But when when you had come out of those four or five sets, but it's not all wide receivers You got a full back out wide and you go like like oh, it would be so cringy, man Think I'll leave you on bail out wide even though he is more of a receiver than what he's a receiver and a running back He could do both But just the personnel that the personnel that would have to be on point That's the biggest thing with when they come out oh five wide. It's all about personnel, but you could um You can have one running back three receivers and a tight end and that would allow you if you do go for five wide cool But that would allow you to have Certified weapons on the field and then if you change the play like you could go no huddle go more up tempo And you would have good personnel on the field that you could go up tempo with So that's that's the biggest thing with that the four five wide sets cool But it's all about personnel this question came from my gadget Juan He said what's up in gravy and hope all is well with you and the fan first off Glad you're still enjoy yourself at the game even with so many disappointments But anyway, I think Lamar in Hollywood relationship off the field it's hurting us Don't get me wrong. I love Lamar death, but it seems like he's forcing the ball to Hollywood way too much like every play It's going to him and little Andrew sprinkled in I think we need to get Bateman going He's our number one in my opinion. What do you think now? I do agree? They do need to get Bateman going more they need to get him involved more cuz baby, baby is nice man He's nice. He's he's he got some serious. You got to keep Hollywood involved, too Um, but with Lamar. Yeah, sometimes he does just he sometimes he does force it to Hollywood We've seen it sometimes when Hollywood would have like literally two or three people on him And Lamar be like, oh, there you go. Don't know you And you got to make better decisions with the ball So Lamar got to do a better job of just seeing the field a better job against some different guys involved And just looking at potential matchups or not potential looking at matchups And just really trying to exploit defenses and not just going to Hollywood now We know he trusts Hollywood. He loves Hollywood. That's his guy but you you guys to Just open up the field that much more because if you so focused on Hollywood and defensive focus on Hollywood If you still focus on how you would after defensive focus focused on Hollywood, then that's gonna make it so much easier for them So Ravens need to do a better job of making it the defense's job The defense's job they go against a lot harder and his other question was uh, what's up engraving? This is a little off topic But I have something hilarious on my mind and have you noticed that when the Browns win we had nothing about Baker's injuries, but when they lose He's so beat up and blames everyone else after that Cincinnati game We heard nothing about him hurting Just a thought and p.s. Baker's house about to get broken into when we come to town Well, that was certainly uh, should be a very very Good and in tough game As well and he also mentioned one more thing I think the Ravens are holding Lamar back and I think for the first time we saw the effects of it With Lamar on the sideline upset. They put too much on that guy. I think our biggest weakness is offensive line What do you think? Oh, that's for sure Raven's biggest weakness to me. Well, that that's that's the weakness that um They uh That it it was strengthen them like immediately if they could get that right It was strengthen them so much make them so much better Right away if they could get that offensive line, right, it would make them just Do that thing Instantly next question came from a boy kevin s. He said Lamar has outgrown this offense They need to run a mix between shanahan offense rams and pain manning cold stretch play action That way you get Lamar on the move to the right and left misdirection stretch play Action So sounds like my guy kevin s needs to put in an application to be the new ravens offensive coordinator Next question came from my guy that hitman john. He said a engraving. Hope you're having a good day in the family as well I appreciate it. I have two questions judon has been having a career year with the patriot Do you think that that's an indication on how the patriots actually Tried to let their d-line get pressure with four without doing all these crazy stunts and blitzes Because I remember when I was watching an interview from unique and he said something like doing all those stunts and blitzes Don't really let you go into it With a plan and just use pass rush moves So do you think our defensive scheme is also affecting our pass rushers in a negative way and most importantly always growth? Sorry for the long question Yeah, what the um, it's it's just a raven scheme. It's their philosophy It's the way that they do things they um, it's it's all about the more you can do And that's like that's not a bad thing but They can often be less results when you having to do so much and when you're like, okay, you you're gonna drop back, okay Um, there's safety. All right, like chuck clock for example. All right, chuck clock. He's a safety. So he drops back Okay, chuck clocks in the box too. Okay, chuck clock. He's outside linebacker. He's a pass rusher too. Um, okay, chuck like They have him doing so much and chucks. He's obviously a small player and whatnot and um He's the one calling the plays but then when you think of him How good is chuck lock of a safety and then the shine ellie the same thing? Uh, you like is he truly a free safety? He's listed as a free safety, but he's like really a strong safety playing free safety Um, but they they don't it the ravens defense It doesn't allow guys to really specialize in any one thing In my opinion because they all always doing so many different things Um, and he said ps Hope you see this because I'd be curious to see what tinky wiklein community thinks about this Oh, I think a lot of them will be on the same page with you now the scheme overall over the years the thing about it it has worked as far as Not production with sacks, but with points They are one of the top defenses the minus this year and points allowed Before this year over the past couple years of link But with this year I think that the ravens may be riding on the past two years and be like, oh, no, it's worked before So why should we change it? That's where adjustments come into play next question came from your boy wane He said what up in graven has everything hope you're good My question for you is if giro does get let go, who would you pick as an offensive coordinator? Uh, me personally, we need a mike shanahan type of offense We see that it's working for the rams 49ers and packers And if you put lamar in that style of offense, we will have success But what do you think that's interesting somebody just brought up Um mike shanahan and his offense or kyle shanahan actually, I mean um Who would I get as an offensive coordinator if if they let giro go? Maybe maybe either keith williams or t martin This could be those guys time to shine And that chance to to step forward and and take on that responsibility Because they don't have the experience as offensive coordinators in the nfl So nobody really knows what they will bring to the table the young guys They can relate to more lamar on a whole nother level So I think they would be great fits next question came from my boy jay He said I ain't graven. Hope all this well with you in the family I want to say thank you for being a consistent presence in what has been a very inconsistent Raven season my question is with all the talk of letting giro go Who could you see up as a potential replacement? A lot of fans have been asking for williams and martin But williams has no known experience in a role and martin's only experience was for a bad usc team See this is why when I said those two That's why either one of those two so based off of what you said it would be keith williams This is why Because this would give him an opportunity because it would be something that was never on film before that had never been seen before And he would have a chance to really and after having worked directly with lamar directly with the receivers directly with the running backs Titan directly with the offense He would have his chance to make his own offense and after seeing what has worked and what hasn't worked He doesn't have a resumé in the nfl as far as as an offensive coach This could be his opportunity, but anyway, let me finish He said one name I keep hoping for is james urban the qb coach for the ravens Who is from the andy re coaching tree who already has a relationship with lamar When I think of an offensive coordinator that can design an offense that plays best until lamar strengths It seems like a no-brainer. Please let me know your thoughts and who knows maybe g roll writes the ship and is back next year We'll never know we'll see soon But yeah, james urban is another name Um that would uh make sense since he's been with the ravens forever But you just hope that if it was james urban if it did end up becoming him You just hope that he doesn't uh that he He takes what g roll does successfully And keeps that and it makes his own version of it too But with what g roll does bad, you hope that he doesn't bring those same habits next question came from a boy jeremy He said a engraving. This is my first question ever So I hope you choose to answer this on your podcast been listening to you since last season after my brother Told me about you. Oh, shout out to your brother. Appreciate y'all He said what does your take on raven snapping the ball almost 100 of the time as the play clock is expiring Oh boy, that is so frustrating um Because it just looks like sloppiness It's like it looks like sloppiness and it it forces you to rush things It forces you to rush plays and when you got to rush stuff usually the quality of it isn't as good Um, and he said I feel like we aren't helping the offensive line at all by doing that and defensive linemen Are getting a jump on on us almost every down I'm not sure if it is because the plays are not being called in quick enough Or is that just our plan on offense? Who was to blame there? I That that I hope that's not the plan, but that's that's between uh, lemar and giro They got to get they got to get the plays in like ASAP ASAP Uh, and then lemar got to get everybody set up get it get it called and get it executed ASAP um So that's on both of them. It is just very frustrating to to see that and it's like man like why And it has been happening for so long and it happens so much I that's one thing. I just I don't understand Next question game for my boy. Mackay. Uh, he had previously on november 15th I mean, no, excuse me on november 4th. He sent me a question that said I wanted to get your opinion on tyson Williams I think they might be saving him for the end of the season due to the 17 game season and or the playoffs Uh, but then he sent me another question a follow-up to that He said what's helping gravy wanted to ask if I was right in the Raven saving tyson for the end of the season after Levy on bail was released Um, I I still don't think they're necessarily saving him. I think he's I just feel like he's just there He's just there um, and may he's like a Like I said a reserve reserve because they they just they don't care for tyson right now He's like he's like an afterthought there. Um, and I would hope That with levy on bail going now latavius murray coming back So, you know, it's going to be davante freeman latavius murray and I wouldn't even be surprised if he was named McCurry Wouldn't be surprised if his name is crary over tyson, uh, Williams, but we'll we'll just see so I can't say you're right I can't say you're wrong. We just don't know yet. Next question also came from uh, mackay He said the engraving curse has struck in the last two games you went to Titans and dolphins ravens have two of their worst coach games of all time All love keep up the great work. Hmm interesting. Um, so yeah, it is me I'm the reason that the coaches have had terrible games I get in the building and they decide, you know what? Let's have some of our worst coach games of the season So, yes, those are the reasons why the ravens have lost both of those games because of me You are 1000% Correct. Next question came from my guy gregg from bmore. He said hey, hope all is well during the thursday game on tv He talked about how the floater connections to the ravens and all I could think of was you saying the floater ravens A via nuova needs to play better, but I don't think he's playing as horrible as some might think that's true Well, it's like when it's bad with via nuova. It's bad. It's like really bad And you see him get beat you'll see him get pushed back into lamar. It is like when it's bad. It's bad, but it's been anyway, he said, uh Orlando brown jr. Was better last year, but he had bozeman next to him at left guard to help some I don't think ben powers or cleveland uh before the injury were playing the best at left guard It is the weak point currently on the offensive line. I think cleveland is a rookie and i'm excited for his potential But powers, uh, though, I always hope for the best for him since he was drafted from the late great, um mo Um powers just doesn't look like a starter to my eyes I had a thought though that maybe it's a left side thing with both powers and cleveland and even for when mccarrie returns to right tackle Tyree philips who played right guard last season could play all could play better Uh at right guard than left guard maybe move the right guard kevin xyla to left guard to help out via Noiva some anyways, what's your thoughts on this? Uh xyla you haven't heard his name too much this season. That's a good thing as offensive line. That's that's a great thing. Um, so I feel like for for a spot where it hasn't been bad at right guard I feel like with how bad the offensive line as a whole has been I feel like you can't change that I feel like you you you can't even uh, yeah Could possibly make the left guard spot better, but it's in the middle of the season He'll be going from right to left. That's a big change So I would say no next question came from de andres saying graven I have a couple of questions that I'd like to hear thoughts on number one Why doesn't lemar dump it off to the backs coming out of the backfield how flacco did It seems like the running backs are open with about 10 yards before the closest defender But he doesn't even look there wait majority of the time he then takes off and runs or takes a sec I believe tyson and bill. Oh, let me let me wait for that one. Um, so for that Uh, yeah, he looks for the big play a lot of times Looks for that big chunk play. So like we talked about earlier, he got to do a better job But like looking what's in front of him. I believe tyson williams and levy on bill Well, this is obviously before he was cut But can be dangerous if we got them more involved in the passing game agreed Um, devontae freeman too and alitavius murray. My second question is do you think our Defensive players lack play recognition not just in houston and and not collades camber But maybe some other ones maybe uh, when I watch our team I never feel like the defense knows what's coming When radio's played it seemed as if he always knew what was coming before they ran the play I think we rely more on wink than we do actual film. Oh, what are your thoughts? Oh my goodness. Wow Oh, that's a scary one right there and I hope that's Not the case But Wow Now our players we got a lot of youth on we got a mix of youth. Um, and a lot of old guys Older guys defensive line Derrick wolf. Well, he's not there this year. Um, but brandy williams collades camber Justin houston panel McPhee a lot of older guys there. Um, the youth is on the back end Got marlin humphrey marcus peters The shon elliott chuck clark Um, patrick queen malik harrison tyus bowser madda bk even though he's up front Um, anthony avid So a lot of youth on the back end more the veteran leadership is up front Um, so usually as you get older you do things better. Um, so if film study is an issue now It's it's very important that that gets corrected like asap And and that's one of the things that it really takes a lot of maturity to fix Because film study is your own personal study habits Nobody can do that for you. They can show you how to do it, but they can't do it for you Next question came from my boy david. He said, I ain't great. I hope the family is doing well Team keeping clean be safe out there. Love ones I'm gonna keep it short and sleep because I could write a book on all the things that are going wrong since before the season started I'm a fantasy football guy So I have experience with pulling the plug before I'm stuck trying to manage with the downslope player sometimes The downslopes players sometimes go through during the season I can't help but think that edc pulled the plug on mark big trust ingram too soon Uh, he along with lamar changed the culture of the organization in seconds He was a good runner and was extremely optimistic. I feel like they gave up too soon. What are your thoughts? God bless and team keep it clean No, I wouldn't say they gave up too soon. Um, I would just say when it just it wasn't looking good And they were paying him what five mil per Um, they ended up giving that to gusts. Uh, who was certainly worth a lot more than that Um, but they ended up giving that to gusts and with mark ingram They weren't even using him toward the end of the season So if you're not using somebody but they're paying they getting paid a At least an amount of money not nothing crazy, but you could cut back on that why not Why not and then you don't have to share the wealth anymore like they were doing early on last season Why not? So I know I don't think they pulled the plug too soon It's just I think may I can't say why you think that but I think one scenario that may impact your thinking with that Is the fact that we don't have jk dobbins or gusts elbows. I think if we had those guys I don't think any ravens fans will be talking about mark ingram expression came from a boy Mike read he said team keep it clean Mike read here. Can air read anyway in your voice This sunday for the ravens after the horrendous loss on thursday. I know people gave Uh, gave a saying okay People gave in to saying that we need to get rid of hardball and roman I'm not really for it, but I wouldn't be opposed to it either Sometimes change is good and might be what we need case in point with t morton and Keith Williams Those two came in and we see huge steps in our wide receivers this year Only thing consistent about greg roman is his running attack and lack of adjustments in crutch time Uh wink has his spurts also His schemes have players playing out of position at times His schemes seem a little too complex at times players have to think more instead of just reacting to the ball Look at these two big plays against miami the long justin jefferson touchdown morsel on shut clock ll But you get my point look at pq. He's looked so much better at will than the mike young coaches might be better We have the talent just uh, it just wouldn't really be it wouldn't have to be rebuild mode And especially not with number eight at qb. What are your thoughts? Uh, he said hope all as well with you and a fan cue of the good work and like the ravens were thursday I'm out They certainly were uh pretty much the entire time um Oof that would be something To get a younger coach um And it it having a younger coach could do a couple of different things It could uh show that he I mean he would have a pretty good roster Especially with what's that quarterback? Um, but he could possibly go through growing pains I any would have his growing pains. Um, he could be this young innovative offensive minor. Okay. Let's go. Let's get it I didn't go that again on the other hand. He could have his growing pains. Um And that would be what you take and then there would be him getting his experience As a coach whoever that may be So if if that did end up happening Okay, I'll be cool with it again if they got a younger guy like and again that they might and john hopper has a good connection to the players Uh, but a younger guy he could have a different kind of connection to the players And not that you got to be all buddy buddy with the players and whatnot because there needs to be a limit Because you still got to make sure that they respect you Um, and that they not know like oh man, I'm better than you not that kind of respect But there has to be a level of respect there between playing coaches Um and between when you give them instruction and whatnot, they need to know that a you ain't messing around And so that's that's really important in my eyes So it could work and that's one of those things we just we wouldn't know until uh, they tried but I I don't Hubba ain't going nowhere the next question came from bb. Say, what's up fam? I'm gonna jump straight into this. What is your opinion on Ronnie Stanley? Do you think the ravens are gonna move on from him? No, I don't think they will Uh, he said he's been injured same injury too much I'll yeah, I don't think the ravens are gonna move on from him But I like I said before I do think the ravens need to go into next season as if he's not playing And I should I feel like they should uh go into next season just Not even expecting him to play. I mean, yeah, he's he's gonna get healthy enough soon enough But I feel like they should go into next season and not count on him returning Even though he will but just look at him as a bonus and just and get somebody else for left tackle Just in case because you can't rely on Ronnie Stanley at this point All right, and his other question was is Brandon Williams on his way out too. I do believe so big cap hit He's a player that they take off the field on those third and longs those pass rush downs Passing downs. I mean, so yeah, I think he's gone All right, and he said this ravens team needs to focus on protecting Lamar in his contract Gotta stop being so invested into injury prone athletes. Thanks for the channel hashtag team. Keep it clean and hashtag positive Appreciate that. I mean when When you invest into somebody, um, you You don't invest in them thinking oh man, this person's they're gonna get hurt all the time Well with Tavon young he had been getting hurt before he got his deal And they still invested in him though. Um, but then he's kept getting hurt So hopefully this year will be the year where he finishes it out completely Um And I know he came off the game He came out of the Miami Dolphins game But thank goodness it wasn't anything serious and he's he's been practicing this week. So that was because that was scary um But yeah, it's just it's one of those things that just ends up being unfortunate circumstances where guys get hurt Brandon Williams, I would not say Brandon Williams is injury prone. Ronnie Stanley. Yes, Brandon Williams. No, I wouldn't say Brandon Williams is injury prone um but Because he's missed he's missed one game this year with a shoulder injury and another game being on the uh the covid list And he was a close contact. So But yeah, I think that uh, he's coming off the books this year him. Yes, Ronnie Stanley. Don't know next question came from I got Howard He said what's happening in grave and I'm starting to think that jimmy smith is in some type of dog house Or something behind the scenes is going on I know we both agree that he should be playing more but it seems like lately They're not playing him at all The thing that struck me was in his past monday's presser reporter asks harbaugh Why smith only played one snap in the vikings game harbaugh said that wasn't part of the plan and we want him playing more Then harbaugh said y'all should ask wink about that when he's up there at the presser What in the world is that all about shake shaking my head? I know he was at the Miami game thursday and I didn't see 22 on the field at all and the game watching from my tv screen Just curious to know your thoughts on a situation. Yeah with jimmy smith. I don't know what's going on with him I don't know why he hasn't been being played. Um, I'm not sure like even at the dolphins game When taevon young went out they put chris westerie and instead of jimmy smith. So I'm not sure what's happening Um, could it be a doghouse type of thing? That would make it make sense. But so I don't know though. I don't know Because he's obviously healthy. He's been out there. He's been suited for like every game. Well most games, but The only time he's been inactive was when he wasn't healthy yet So I'm not sure what the status is with jimmy smith and the last question on this extended episode of nfl questions from subscribers I am tired. I am hungry I'm thirsty. I am ready to eat But I know that ain't got nothing to do with y'all. But anyway um Came from my guy yss drayda dawn. He said hey engraving hope everything is well with you And the fam The dolphins exposed us last week and giro has only made it that much clearer and the most recent presser When he said that the cover zero scheme is nothing new. He's not wrong My thing is the dolphins brought speed and aggression to our frail offensive line and running back department With the offensive lines terrible play all season in paveway for miami to bring speed blitz packages and a plethora of other defense The defense is out of the same two four five package We had no answers because the line couldn't provide any protection for lemar. It was hard to watch So I don't know the whole game But from what I remember that was one of the main reasons why aside from the pure lack of any adjustments until garbage time So yeah, it was uh It was a frustrating watch. It was a tough watch. It was um pretty ugly game overall It was something that you are like like giro said giro said it best He said uh, that was a straight to dvd type of feel And it was like we don't not even we don't even want to watch that on tvd. We don't even want to see that on demand but yeah, it was very very ugly and The game was just it reeked of grossness Then that's not even a word so um Now it's all about what ravens do moving forward. It's all about how How they like how how they proceed um, so That's why I think I think so much Heat is on greg roman and there's so much pressure right now on greg roman because thursday You were in the spotlight. Everybody saw what the ravens offense did and did not do Um, so now if you follow this like and now kalil mac he's he's been put on injuries there He's had a season ending uh ankle surgery. I think a foot surgery one of those two So he's out this game They're gonna be missing a few other guys as well and a few significant guys. I know alan robinson is doubtful But again, that's that's the offense work on defense. They might be missing eddie jackson. We'll see Well, bear is going to be missing some significant guys So if your offense, I don't expect them to come out flat. I don't expect them to be flat I expect them to put up a lot of points but In the case that they don't Greg roman will be under a lot of fire And I think possibly could Be relieved of his his duties if They like came out and stayed flat against the bears and did not and put out a bad performance on offense I really do believe that he would be out of there like the next day or that same day I do Um, but let's hope that he doesn't get fired and let's hope that things turn around and the offense just plays great