 Was the revolving door that the Ravens had an offensive coordinator due to Joe Flacco or just bad coaches? Which player on the Ravens roster is set to make some serious progression and carve out an increased role? Has wide receiver coach David Coley really been the most important addition for the Ravens this offseason? These questions and many more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. This is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer it in a video just like this. If you want to be part of NFL Questions from Subscribers you can send me a DM on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or Facebook with your question or if you don't have either one of those four you can send me an email at teamkeepitcleanageemail.com or if you want to take it up a notch you can send your question to our PO Box. The address is listed down below in the description and just make sure you address it to engraving vids. Also don't forget to check out the merch and don't forget to subscribe to our Madden channel Gaming with Engraven. Everything you need, all the information is down below in the description and without further ado let's get into these questions. First question came from my boy Malone410. He said, what's up Engraven? I got a question for a subscriber vid but it's kind of stepping into the past. He said, do you think that the revolving door of offensive coordinators during Joe Flacco's era was due to them being bad coaches? Or was it actually Joe's play that caused all of those firings? And also how do you feel about Greg Roaming? How do you feel Greg Roaming will do coaching LeMaw? I appreciate you and keep doing great things, teamkeepitcleanageemail. Appreciate that Malone, thank you. So wow this is a fun question, very fun question. So was the revolving door an offensive at offensive coordinator during Joe Flacco's era due to them being bad coaches? Or was it actually Joe's play that caused those firings? Well, it all depends on how you look at it. But for Cam Cameron, he got fired right toward the end of that season. And then what was the coach who went to the Lions and coached them? Oh, I forget. Jim Caldwell. He took over for him and Ravens ended up winning the Super Bowl. It ain't like the offense was on fire all of a sudden or anything like that. But they ended up winning the Super Bowl. And then he was the head coach. I mean, he was the offensive coordinator for the Ravens for, I believe, the following year. And the offense was not all that. But then he left and went to go be head coach for the Lions. Marty Morninweg, well, we know before him we got Rex, not Rex. Oh, what's his name? Mark Tressman. I was getting his name mixed up with Rex Grossman. Mark Tressman, that was terrible. Marty Morninweg, it wasn't so bad. The thing with Marty Morninweg, though, was that he just, they wouldn't go with what worked. They would consistently always go against what was working. But something that's so, I mean, it's a lot of different factors that played into that. But it's funny because somebody brought this up a long time ago. Before the whole Joe Flacco LeMond thing started, somebody brought it up. And they said, we've been through a lot of different offensive coordinators. And all of those offensive coordinators, they've had one thing in common and one thing only. And that was Joe Flacco. They've all had the same thing, the same person. And I forget who the offensive coordinator was before when Flacco was a lot younger. But regardless, they've all had the same guy under center. So what that person was saying was that it's not all these coordinators that's really been the problem. They felt like it was really Joe Flacco that was the problem. Because it's with people going through different offensive coordinators, and of course, you want consistency at any position or at the front, in the front office on the coaching staff or whatnot, you want consistency there. Because consistency can go a long way. But with an offensive coordinator, a quarterback, they've got to be able to understand new concepts, understand new terms, and translate that to the field. That's why they are the quarterback of the team. They are responsible for executing those plays that the offensive coordinator rolls out on offense. They're responsible for that. So with what that person was saying was that it doesn't seem like Joe Flacco really had that consistency as a quarterback. And like I said before, Flacco had always been the same type of guy. He was never best of the best quarterbacks. But he was decent. He did his thing. There was a lack of consistency. But there wasn't a lack of consistency like certain years or anything. It was all the time. The play was always hot and cold. He could go out there have a great game. This was with each and every offensive coordinator. This was with each one. He can go out there one week, have a great, phenomenal game. Just kill it. But then the next week, it's like, man, what happened? Where do we go wrong? So if I had to choose, I would go with Flacco. I think it was more so Flacco than the revolving toward offensive coordinator. But at the same time, too, with Joe Flacco, with it being Flacco, it was also the people around him. Because Ravens, they never really invested in the offense for Flacco. But with the Ravens and with Joe Flacco, it's like their biggest investments on offense since Flacco had been there. Their biggest investments on offense are the guys that he did the best with and had the best chemistry with. That being two second round picks. One of them was Ray Rice. One of them was Tori Smith. Those two guys, Flacco had some of the best chemistry, the best chemistry with those two guys better than he had with anybody else. Why? They've been through different offensive coordinators with him. But he got to actually grow with them. He got to build a rapport with those guys. They had chemistry. They knew each other. And they made so many plays over the years together. And like I said, I think it's just a mix of a bunch of different things all in one. And that created a perfect storm of going from one offensive coordinator to the next. So again, it's a mix of, yeah, Flacco, it's a mix of the Ravens too, not giving them anything. And that's why going forward with Lamar Jackson, I think that's why they really started a youth movement on offense. So we can give them a chance to grow with some guys. Give them a chance to click with some guys and give them a chance to really establish a relationship with these guys, a business relationship, on a field relationship, so they can take off for the future. And to your second question, how do I feel about Greg Roman? How do I feel he will do coaching Lamar? I think he'll do just fine, because he's worked with the unconventional quarterback, so to speak, Colin Kaepernick, Tyrone Taylor. Guys whose arms are not really appreciated. They're not really appreciated. But guys who can make some plays with their arms, guys who can make some plays with their legs, guys with a defense is really have to respect. They got to respect them. And not saying that the typical quarterbacks are not respected because they are, but when you got a quarterback that can take off on you too, you got to respect them even more because that's just another threat. That's something else that you've got to be worried about as a defense. Because it's like, man, who's he going to throw to? Who's he going to throw to? But then you think, oh man, he could take off on us too. So that makes your defense have to work that much harder just to stop that quarterback, because you don't know what's coming next. You don't know what's coming next. And when whatever is coming, when it comes next, then boom. It can be too late for you. So real good questions. Appreciate you. Next question came from my boy Mr. Maura. He said, do you think Hollywood Brown would top 1,000 yards this year if everything goes right? And would you rather have a dominant pass rush with a trash secondary or dominant secondary with a trash pass rush? So first question, do you think Hollywood Brown would top 1,000 yards if this year, if everything goes right? Well, if everything goes right, he definitely would. I think first things first, the injury, it got to be 100%. They can't rush him. They got to take their time with that. And also with him and Lamar, they got to have that connection, that chemistry. And then he got to make some plays. Both of them got to make some plays together. And I think they can do a really good job at that, because what both of those two are so good at, we saw it with Lamar Jackson last year as a professional. We saw it with Hollywood Brown when he played with Kyla Murray, the improvised plays, the plays that aren't scripted, the stuff you got to do on the fly. If they can get that connection together, if they can be on point together with those, then they're going to be super dangerous for a long time, really long time. So I'm excited to see Hollywood, but I do, again, I'm patient. I don't mind being patient. Don't rush them back, Ravens. I know you learned your mistakes before, but hopefully you did. But don't rush them, please. And the second question, would you rather have a dominant pass rush with a trash secondary? Or a dominant secondary with a trash pass rush? Oh, that is very tricky. But I would say, I think a dominant pass rush with a trash secondary would be better. Reason being, because a dominant pass rush, that can make your secondary look a lot better than what they are. Because if you have a dominant pass rush, then you're getting after quarterbacks. And quarterbacks are not going to have any time to expose your secondary. Now, if you flip it, you have a dominant secondary with a trash pass rush. Your secondary, I don't even know if that's possible. I mean, you could have some really good corners. They could hang with these receivers for a long time. But if the quarterback got all day to sit back there and throw, they're going to find somebody, eventually. They're going to find somebody. And if they have all day and you not getting any pass rush, the more time that quarterback has, just sit there, sit there, sit there. And your pass rush ain't coming in, they chilling. They ain't got no pressure on them. So with all the pressure on the quarterback alleviated, they don't have to worry about making a bad throw. Well, they still gotta worry about making a bad throw, but they have as much less of a chance that they make a bad throw. So I would say, of course he won both, but I would say dominant pass rush with a trash secondary. Next question came from my guy, Matt Stones. He said, apart from Lamar Jackson, which player on the roster is set to make serious progression this year and carve out an increased role in the team? In my opinion, Kenny Young will be a star this year and put in some good performances. Anyway, he's looking forward to hearing your opinion from you and hearing your opinion. Oh, excuse me, he said anyway, looking forward to hearing from you and hearing your opinion. Respect, Matt, and big fan of the Vids, by the way. So appreciate you watching the videos, Matt. So which player, apart from Lamar Jackson, is set to make some serious progression this year and carve out an increased role on the team? An increased role. And obviously besides Lamar Jackson, I would say Peanut. Peanut. With Peanut, he has always been a secondary inside linebacker. He has never been the guy at inside linebacker. He has never been the primary guy at inside linebacker and I know he has started some games, but I mean, him actually being penciled in to be the guy before the season starts. Him actually being penciled in to be the starter before the season starts. He hasn't had that before. He hasn't had that. He's always been behind the CJ movie and he's always been a guy that's made some plays and preseason throughout the season too, but it hasn't been him, it hasn't been his team. Now with it being his team, his defense, his position to hold down as the starting inside linebacker, well, most likely. It hasn't been confirmed yet, but you know where this is going. I'm super excited to see him and I think he set to make some serious progression this year with an increased role because as an inside linebacker, man, you are responsible for a lot. You're responsible for a lot. You got to hold down. You are the nucleus of the defense. You're right there in the middle of everything. In the middle of everything. Like literally you're the middle linebacker because you're in the middle of everything. You got outside linebackers on your left and right. You got cornerbacks way on your left and right. Then you got the defensive line that's in front of you. You got the safety's desk behind you. You're right in the middle of everything. So you have so much responsibility as that guy to be pointing out what guys need to get lined up at, to be calling out the plays, to be just have people ready. So my guy would be Peter. Next question came from my guy, Thomas. He said, what's the most that Chicago would trade us for care, Vedvik, the kicker, who had those unfortunate issues last year in the wrong side of Baltimore? Anyway, what's the most that Chicago would trade us for Vedvik? I would say probably like a fifth, sixth round pick. Reason I say that is because they know that the Ravens aren't gonna keep them. It's obvious the Ravens aren't gonna keep them. What are they gonna make them battle with Justin Tucker? No. The only possibility of them keeping him was if they decided to go cheaper at Punta. I don't see them doing that, but it's a possibility, but I don't see them doing that. So with them knowing that he's gonna be released, just if you don't want him to be released to everybody, so everybody has a chance at him, then you offer the fifth, sixth round pick, maybe even a seventh, maybe even a sixth or seventh. You might not even have to go as high as a fifth, but if you just really wanna make sure you secure this guy and like, hey, Ravens, we want them, don't even drop them, don't release them, we'll give you a draft pick for them. But they probably could get away with a sixth or seventh, so yeah, anywhere from a fifth to a seventh pick, I think that would, oh, but he did say what's the most that Chicago would trade us for, Vendvik, I would say the highest would be like a fifth or sixth round pick. Next question also came from a guy at Thomas. He said, is David Cully the most important addition that the Ravens have made this offseason? And oh, David Cully was the, he is the wide receivers coach and he's also a passing game coordinator. So is he the most important addition for the Ravens this offseason? I feel like he may actually be an underrated, a very underrated addition for the Ravens this offseason, because of course we all tend to get caught up in what players the Ravens added, who the offense and defensive coordinators are. Of course the head coach, but they remain the same, but usually with a lot of people, we get caught up in the players themselves. But David Cully, he was kind of a, sort of a low-key signing for the Ravens, but when you look at his past and the type of receivers that he's worked with and the offenses that he's worked with and John Harbaugh's familiarity with him, then you think like, hold up, wait a minute. And then when they drafted a Hollywood Brown, it's like, wait a minute. Y'all trying to bring that Chiefs vibe over here? Cause he worked with Andy Reed, with the Chiefs, Tyrick Heal and him. He worked with DeSean Jackson, so Hollywood could be that guy. He could be that guy, and then of course James Urban too. So they got some guys that know each other on the staff. So they really, a lot of us, I mean, we of course know the Ravens for defense, but I think with the addition of him, the Ravens are really, they're really trying to put their all into this offense. They're really trying to put their everything into this, not necessarily everything, but they're really, really trying to make this offense work and they're trying to light it up. And I love it, I'm a fan. I'm a big fan of that. So he could be, he could be exactly that. He could be the most important addition this off season, because his addition doesn't just go to the culture staff. It can reflect on the players too. And with wide receiver having been an issue, having been one of the biggest issues for the Ravens forever, pretty much, he can change the culture. Next question came from my boy, Andrew Robinson. He said, what's up in Raven? I just saw the video about Lamar, but you're 100% right. I think Lamar might just be the most heavily screwed nice quarterback in the NFL history. I'm sure their names I could be overlooking, but where was this scrutiny when Tebow was transitioning? It always seemed like Tebow caught some flag here and there, but fans of the NFL were truly rooting for him. But Lamar, on the other hand, seems to have everyone against him, wanting to see him fall just to prove their point. It's a real shame because I think Lamar is a special player and I still have my faith in number eight. Just thought I shared my thoughts, team, keep it clean. They appreciate that, Drew. And yeah, that's a, wow. Wow. That is a good point. Because, yeah, and like he said, Tebow caught some flag here and there. And Tebow, like he looking at Tebow in just the way that he did things, the way that he threw the ball, just, it just, it looked bad. It looked very bad. With Lamar's, in the beginning of Lamar's, he had his head look bad, but he showed a lot more flashes than Tebow did. Like Tebow is funny because Lamar's playoff game, how he started off the first three quarters, like, and he completed like, I think two yards, something like that. It was really bad, the first three quarters and then the fourth quarter got a lot better once they opened it up. That's how Tebow's entire games were for like that first three quarters. And then he would make plays, like most of the plays were like, with his legs on the ground. He would complete some passes here and there too. But all of his games were like that. All of his games were like, it was just ugly throughout the entire games. But again, yeah, but he was winning. He was winning. But yeah, Tebow had way, way more support than Lamar Jackson did by far. And you just, you make some great points. Hopefully some things would change. Not with the winning part though, with Lamar. We want him to keep winning. We don't want him to fizz a lot like Tebow did. And I think just by his work ethic alone, he's not gonna let that happen. Tebow was somebody that had a lot of success in college. And then, was it his first year? Well, he started when they made the playoffs. I think it was, it was his first year. I think it was. And he was a low first round pick. Well, he was hiding, Lamar Lamar was 32. I think Tebow was like, was he like 19 or something like that? I forgot when he got drafted in the first round. But still, I just, I don't think it'll be the same for both of those guys. I feel like the Ravens have a lot more invested. I know not financially than the Broncos were in Tebow, but it's like the Ravens have invested a lot more into Lamar. They really building this thing around Lamar than the Broncos did Tebow back then. But we're just gonna see how it pans out. But you made some really, really great points. I appreciate the drill. Excuse me, I had to burp real quick. You know how when you burp, it's ready to come out. But if you're talking in my pause or whatever, that's what just happened. So yeah, this is not awkward at all. Next question came from a boy, Mr. King Charles. He said, if Lamar has a 65 completion percentage, 65% completion percentage, next year, what's our record? There's really no telling from that if he has a 65% completion percentage. No telling what the record would be because the quarterback could have the 75% completion percentage. But say for instance, if the defense not holding, I mean, even if you can complete, you can have a 75 completion percentage. So that means you complete in three out of every four passes. But what if those three out of every four passes go for two yards? So they don't go for anything. And then on the other side of the ball, what if the defense ain't holding it down? And you completing all these little baby passes or whatnot, but the defense ain't holding it down. So they keep giving up scores and whatnot. So it's really no way to tell what the record would be. Of course, cause it's like a million different factors too, but it's no way to tell what the record would be based off of Lamar's completion percentage. But now if he did have his completion percentage at 65, that would mean he was completing a good amount of passes. And that would be a pretty good completion percentage. Cause I mean, Drew Breed, what did he do last year? Like 75, he did something crazy. But Drew Breed is just crazy. He's on a whole another level. Shout out to Drew Breed, shout out to who that, but will Lamar, that would just show that he was consistently passing. He was a consistent passer and he was getting it done. Of course, you're gonna have to factor in this for every quarterback. You got to factor in drops in there too. Of course, along with interceptions, along with incompletions and all that stuff. But you got, there's a lot of different factors that go in there. But I mean, if he's completed 65% of his passes, then that means he is on the right track as far as improving his consistency as a quarterback. So if he is improving his consistency as a quarterback, then the overall offense, they can continue to be on the up and up. So I think that would be a good thing. Next question came from a boy striking with lightning ride. He said, if you had to, would you rather us get rid of Brandon Williams or Bernard Pierce? So, would you rather us get rid of Brandon Williams than Bernard Pierce? It's a tough one for me. It's a very tough one because, again, like I always say, Brandon Williams, he is definitely underappreciated as a player. What he does, it helps make Michael Pierce's job easier. It helps make everybody around him job easier. Not taking away anything from Michael Pierce because he's nice, he gets that interior pressure now. And he can clog up some people now too. But if we had to get rid of one of them, that is a tough one. That is really tough. Brandon Williams or Michael Pierce? If we had to get rid of one of the two, well, actually his question, I think I actually messed up his question because he said, would you rather us get rid of Brandon Williams than Michael Pierce? That even still is a tough question. So would you rather Brandon Williams or Michael Pierce? Which one of the two? Who would it be? If I had to choose, I think I would flip a coin. But I mean, if it's based off of finances, just so it ain't no dead money, Michael Pierce may be that guy. Michael Pierce would be the guy because, but at the same time, Pierce, he's a good player because, again, with Ravens, they produce a lot of delimiting and that's been their thing for a long time. But at the same time, you still don't want to let go a special place. But would those players be so special if they go somewhere else? It usually doesn't work out like that. It's so weird how that happens, but I don't know why, but it's just the Ravens and their defensive schemes. They know how to get the most out of defensive plays. If only it would translate to offense too, that'd be great. But, excuse me. Excuse me. Wow. I, cause I feel like you could go get another defensive lineman, defensive tackle that could clog up space, eat up space, you could draft one or whatnot. But at the same time, there's more to it cause there's that awareness too. Cause Brandon Wales, even though he got the little baby T-Rex arms, he'll still be reaching out for some running backs and grabbing them down. I will go with them getting rid of Michael Pierce. And the thing that would allow me to make that decision would just be based off of finances. Based off of finances. Yeah. And just based off of finances and the Ravens history. Now, like I did say, you don't want to just get rid of special players like that. But at the same time, this is what you breed. And with Brandon Williams, if you get rid of him, that's going to be a good amount of dead money. So I'm going to go with that. That's a good amount of dead money. So I'm going to go with Michael Pierce. It would be a super tough decision, but that's what GM's got to do. Next question came from a boy, Tim Mateo. He said, if Lamar gets hurt at some point in the season, how confident should we be in RG3? And if that happens, do you think he's going to get more, is going to be more like a pocket pastor? Do you think he can run like he did in 2012? Thanks, man. So no problem. So we obviously do not want this to happen at all. But it's his question. So he said, if Lamar got hurt at some point in the season, how confident should we be in RG3? I would have the utmost confidence in RG3. I would not. It would suck if Lamar went down and we would lose a little bit of explosiveness at that quarterback position. But we would have somebody that can come in and pass. We could have somebody that could come in and run. We could have somebody that can come in and make some plays. And I do not feel like the offense would fall off just like last year when he came in. Every time he came in last year, he just, he looked comfortable. He did not look like he was rusty. He looked like he had been playing a whole games. So with him going into this year, knowing that he's the backup, then boom, he should be even more ready. So, and then it's somebody that has experience. There's somebody that's been there, done that. So I think he would be, I think it would be a good mix of, he would, I think he would be in a pocket, but at the same time, things that 2012 would come out of him too. Where he wouldn't, he wouldn't just, because him as a pocket passer, that was taken away from his gifts. That was taken when they tried to change him. When they tried to change him to be something that he wasn't, when they tried to force him like, hey, stay in the pocket RG3. When they tried to hold him down there and chain him down to the pocket. No, you let this guy play his game. You can't do that with people. If you drafted somebody based off of what you saw them do in college and how explosive they were, and just how much of an amazing talent this dude was in college, you don't bring them to the pros and then be like, you know what, we're gonna have you do the exact opposite of that. No, you drafted this guy for a reason because of what you saw. So why would you try to change him? I don't get why teams do that. Why would you try to change him? Now granted, he was taking some bumps and some bruises and some hits. Now at that point, you could try to change, like to A, you gotta slide. But we've seen RG3, we saw it last year in the preseason, we saw it last year doing a regular season. RG3, he's wisened up so much from that and he slides. That dude does not take any hits at all, at all. He'll still take off, he'll take off now, but he won't take any hits. He's way smarter than that now. So, and he's matured as a quarterback. So I think we will get a 2012 version of RG3 plus the 2018 version of him. So he can still, he'll make some plays with his army, he'll make some plays with his legs, but in 2018, he'll be smart about the plays that he makes with his leg and he won't be taking all those bumps like that. See ya!