 So as you all know, Ravens placed the franchise tag on one Matt Judon and then a few weeks ago he ended up finally signing it. And that led a lot of us to believe that Matt Judon will play this season on that franchise tag. A lot of other reasons that a lot of us believe that he'll play this season on the franchise tag, one because of the timing. Because had he signed the franchise tag before then there would have been a higher chance of him possibly being traded. Now teams are pretty much set. They spent most of their salary cap and then with everything looming with the possibility of the salary cap being even less next year, because of the possibility of either no fans or much less fans in the stadiums, we'll see what happens with that. But teams aren't going to really want to spend some crazy amount of money. But again, a lot is to be determined. So we'll just see how things go. But then my guy is Moteus. He brought out some good points and one of his questions from subscribers on why he felt like Matt Judon will definitely be a Raven, not only just for now, but for the long term as well. And one of the biggest reasons was the way that Eric DeCosta and company, they handle the franchise tag. Because as an outside linebacker, the franchise tag is supposed to be a little under 16 mil. The defensive end is supposed to be I believe around like 17 mil. But anyway, the Ravens and Matt Judon, instead of going back and forth and clashing and fighting over it, they just tagged him right in the middle of both. They tagged him right in the middle. So that kind of gave you reason to believe like Ravens really like may want to strike something with Matt Judon for the long term. And they at least at least this year alone, if they can't come to a long term agreement, and he would just play this year on the franchise tag. And Matt Judon has said both before and after he signed the franchise tag. He said this long ago, before he even signed it, he said that he's not going to hold out a football this year. He said that he's definitely going to be playing this year, whether he got a deal or a new deal or not. So he already put that out there. And again, this has been the most peaceful franchise tag process that there may have ever been in the history of franchise tags. Because as we know, franchise tag, it's a situation that can get very, very ugly, very, very ugly. I mean, we're seeing what happened with Jadevi and Clowney with the Texans. We saw what happened with what we're seeing, what's happening, what's been happening with Yannick and Godway and the Jaguars. And we've seen plenty of players over the years with the franchise tag. It can just be a very ugly situation. But Matt Judon had a press conference yesterday, and we're going to talk about some different things from that press conference, because Matt Judon, he just, he seems to be in very, very good spirits. He seems to be very, very just happy with his status, with the Ravens. And it seems like just he definitely wants to be here. So Judon talked about how they have 30 days. They got about 30 days to get a deal done because I believe the timeline is July 15th. If no long-term deal is announced between now and July 15th, then he will be playing on that franchise tag. But he said that he was actually happy with the franchise tag. And let's see exactly what he said. He said, I'm pleased to be tagged. I feel like only a few players get to go through this in their lifetime. As much as I want stability in the future, I'm proud of where I'm at. So what that's saying, at least to me, is that I'm just going piece by piece. I'm pleased to be tagged. Some people could be like, pleased to be tagged. Why would you be pleased to be tagged? You want a long-term deal of tags only for one year, man? But if you're even considered to be franchise tagged, that franchise, they value you. They really, they value you, and they are willing to put a big chunk of their money willing to invest a big chunk of their money. Even though it's a short-term investment, they're willing to invest a huge chunk of their money, all in you, all in you. They can make several other moves with all the money that's being allocated into you, but they take away that option when they franchise tag you. So I can understand him saying that he's pleased to be franchise tagged. I could understand that. Of course, he still wants a long-term deal for that financial security for the long haul, but still. And another reason why I think he's probably pleased to be franchise tagged is because, yeah, he was a fifth round pick. And with a fifth round pick, you're obviously making some money because you're in an NFL. You're on an active roster, you're making some money. But now he's going to be with the franchise tag. He's making in one year. He's making more money than he's ever made in the combination of all the years he's been playing. You put all the years that he's been playing in NFL, put them all together. Even multiply him a couple of times. It'll still, the franchise tag for this one year will still be more than all of those. So it sets him up pretty nice. I'm sure he was pretty happy to go take that check to the bank account. Oh, yeah, this is me. Fully guaranteed. Cash it, baby. So that's a beautiful thing. And another reason why I think that Matt Jude on will be pleased to be playing on the franchise tag is because the NFL stands for not for long. It stands for not for long. So with it being not for long, that means that things could change in the heartbeat. You be in a fifth round pick your, your, your expectancy rate, your life expectancy rate in the NFL is not long at all. The lower you're drafted and not saying that, I mean, just because somebody's drafted, though, they're a bad player because that doesn't mean that at all. But the lower you're drafted, the lower the expectation is for you to succeed in the NFL. Now, of course, when teams are picking in these later rounds, they hoping that a lot of these guys end up turning out to be better than where they projected to, but they still know. Okay. That's why the contracts are the way that they are. The lower that you're selected, the lower amount of money you'll get for your contract. So with Matt Jude on him being a former fifth round pick in the league, the NFL that stands for not for long and him making it to actually be the one player, the one because you can only dedicate the franchise tag to one player every season for him to be that selected player that the Ravens chose to designate this franchise tag to. That says a lot. And again, former fifth round pick. A lot of fifth round picks don't even make it to the second contract. So I'm sure that he's ecstatic about that. But anyway, continuing. I said, I'm pleased to be tagged. I feel like only a few players get to go through this in their lifetime. And again, that sort of goes back to what we said about the NFL being not for long because so many players come and go every year, every year. We've had so many conversations. Just, oh, what happened to that guy? Oh, what happened to him? Man, where'd he go? Because player and players can even be hot. They can even be hot for a certain amount of time. They can be like, oh, man, this player. Oh, he's a beast. And then all of a sudden, boom, they vanished in the thin air. I don't know every year. It happens out of nowhere out of nowhere. So that's just something to think about. And he said as much as I want stability in the future. I'm proud of where I'm at. So again, like we talked about, that's stability. That will be a long-term contract because the franchise tag, it does not give you anything for the future. Unless you got to put a bunch of it in your savings and whatnot. But anyway, the franchise tag, it is for right here, right now. It's one year only. That's it. So one year deal. That's it. Nothing beyond this year is guaranteed. Only this year is guaranteed. That's it. So that's why a lot of players get upset with it. That's why a lot of players have gripes with their teams about it. That's why a lot of players get into so many problems and arguments and debates and the back and forth with their teams about it because they don't want to be franchised. But Matt Judan is not complaining. This guy hasn't complained at all. And again, the way that the Ravens celebrated him being franchise tagged. It's like it's been weird because you just don't see that ever. You never see that. So that's been a beautiful thing. And again, he said, I'm proud of where I'm at. So that was nice. And then he also talked about how he's happy to be a Raven and he wants to stay stay here for as long as he can play. But then he said, unfortunately, we can't all stay on our rookie deals because they did talk to him about all those other players who have to get paid and and he knows the business. Matt Judan, he is very familiar with the business. He's seen it. He's seen it. And he said, but I understand that it's a business and they kind of have a bad good problem to have. We have a lot of young talent and it's true. We sure do. It's a lot of young talent that's coming up. It's so many deals. That's what I always talk about, man. Some hearts are going to be broken. Some feelings are going to be hurt because the Ravens they cannot keep everybody. They simply can't. They can't keep everybody and with them not being able to keep everybody. Some people got to go. Everybody's not going to be a Raven for life. And of course, it's nothing personal. It's business. It's business. Everybody can't stick around. But Matt Judan knows that he's seen it firsthand. So he knows that. But anyway, shout out to my guy, Justin Janigan. He said he was hyped because Matt Judan had actually liked one of his comments because he said, I hope that Matt Judan takes a team friendly deal. This could be a Patriots kind of franchise with the line not being too greedy and able to bring able to bring back all of our studs such as Matt Judan, Marlon Humphrey, etc. So he was he was hyped man and Matt Judan had liked that comment. Does that mean Matt Judan will be willing to take a team friendly deal? I don't know about all that. But you never know, man. But if he does, okay, cool. If he doesn't, okay, cool. Can't knock him for whatever. Can't knock him for whatever because that's his money and he trying to get the most of it. So we'll see what happens man with Matt Judan because he is a very interesting case because it's just like with the Raven with Matt Judan. I have just I haven't known which way this whole thing was going to turn. Haven't known which way this whole thing was going to go. Haven't had any inclination whatsoever about what direction it was headed in, even though with all the positivity from him, from the players, from the team. Seems like it's going to go in a long term direction. And then of course with the whole thing. Again, we will go back to what we said earlier with how they met in the middle with the amount that his franchise tag would be for that. That says a lot too. So but they also got Ronnie Stanley too. Oh man, then Marlon Humphrey coming up. And again, every time we think about this, oh man. I don't know, man. I just I don't know what's going to go down. But anyway, team keeping clean appreciate y'all. I love y'all. Shout out to Matt Judan because again, like I said, he has been. He has been extremely positive in this entire situation. And one of the best things about that is that there are like sometimes people don't know what type of impact they have on other people. They don't even realize it. There could be a kid. They could be an adult too. Who these players, they may have a bigger impact than they even realize because and they could be an adult having problems at his job where he wants to be paid a certain amount. He wants to raise. He feel like he deserves a raise. He been at the job for a couple years and feel like, hey, it's time. But his job, they may feel otherwise and they may not give him that raise what right away or they may not give him as much as he wants. He or she wants to get. And he's like, man, he may be wanting to go to work or just be angry and be upset and all that. But then he comes home just to watch some football. So to take a break from all that. And he sees everything going on with Matt Judon. He like, man, Matt Judon going through the same thing I'm going through. But then he listens to Matt Judon. He sees them and I'm not trying to make it deeper than what it is, but you just never know. You just really, you really never know. But he sees Matt Judon. He listens to Matt Judon speak about the Ravens about the organization and whatnot and he hears Matt Judon and how happy he seems and how positive he is. And he's like, wow, you know what? Let me use some of that same positivity too. Cause there's some people who don't even have jobs right now. Whether it's before after the whole situation going on and some people that don't even have jobs, a lot of people that lost their jobs. And Matt Judon could be looking at it the same exact way. There's some football players whose careers are done now. There's some football players who can't even play no more. There's some football players who they ain't got no use for that pass anymore because their careers are done. Cause again, the NFL stands for not for long, but I do appreciate that Matt Judon is appreciating every second of this. So shout out to him for that man. Appreciate y'all team. Keep it clean. I love y'all and we out.