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Oh, um, wow Oh, that would be something. Um Oh, I uh I don't think they would do that yet. And you know what? Thank you for reminding me about him actually because Whenever we talk about the Raven secondary I automatically think Marcus Peters Marlon Humphrey Tavon young and automatically also think that Anthony avid He's about to be going Tavon young could actually possibly be going to the Sean Elliott I think he'll be going they still got Chuck Clark Brandon Stevens Geno stone will see what happens with him But my point is when saying that I always forget about Chris Westry Always forget about him. I don't believe he's an unrestricted free agent But I got a double check on that but as far as moving him to free safety I don't see them doing that um Ray like he I feel like he hasn't even blossomed to his fullest possibility as a corner yet So for them to switch him to free safety there They already caught a project at free safety right now with Brandon Stevens And he certainly came along he got better and better as the season progressed But I don't see them having Brandon Stevens who is still in in the early stages of being a project at free safety And them adding another project at free safety on top of that behind him in Chris Westry Next question came from my guy Crono. He said I've been watching pro shade since he was at SMU And always wanted to have him picked up by the Ravens which he did and I was excited Cooper cup came from emu and or ew and was not in a highly competitive conference But I also admired his skill set. Do you think we have a hidden cooper cup in james pro shade? Even if he is 75 of what cup is I don't think so um Nothing about besides him having really good hands But nothing about his game reminds me of cooper cups game at all and that's not necessarily a bad thing But they just they have different play styles James pro shade he is he's not quick cooper cup is quick cooper cup is not fast They both not fast, but cooper cup is more quick than james pro shade in my opinion But again, the hands are there. There is definitely a height difference a size difference um And yeah cooper cup he is gonna Route himself open. He's gonna he's gonna run a route that's gonna make him get open James pro shade separation not really his best attribute, but he can do the jump boss that that is his thing He would go up and get it. He would try to out muscle you for the ball So I don't think we have a cooper cup I think james pro shade his game is more like a uh, probably like a shorter and qualm bolder That's who I will compare his game to in my opinion next question came from my guy tray five He said what's up in graven? Hope all is well with you and the famine team keep it clean My question may be a bit premature as it relates more so to the draft But it is about constructing a roster teams like the seahawks unsuccessfully and the rams successfully Have traded away early draft picks in exchange for experience veterans. So I think I know where this is going The seahawks try with jamal adams, but they still do not seem close to an in a super bowl Which brings me to the rams who have pretty much been Forgoing early round picks in first round specifically since 2016 With jerry golf ahead of that draft They have also done so with jaylen ramsey mad staffer von miller sonny michel Etc. It's paid off with two super bowl appearances and one super bowl win in six years That's pretty good. I know It's not patriots good, but patriots were they were their own story But fuss regular nfl fans of these regular teams. That's pretty good. Anyway I know for sure that eric decosta would never do this because he loves his precious draft picks But personally I am quite intrigued by this idea and would not be opposed to it If anything, I will see the costa on the receiving end of the draft picks instead the players You know, he will be all over that man somebody all for Of course the first round pick but the second round pick third round pick a couple of picks Oh, you know, he's gonna be listening. He will be listening. He'll probably call them before they call him But anyway, uh, he said I know this is a long email, but what are your thoughts on this idea? Yeah, I agree with you that eric decosta would certainly find himself on the flip side Not giving up the picks but uh bringing in the picks Um, I wouldn't mind if ravens they they adopted a similar style Maybe not all the way like the rams did but hey if because I just they're not gonna do that They're not gonna do that. They're not gonna go like all in like that and really say forget them draft picks No, they they ain't gonna do that That would be something though like and what me personally I want these ravens to do Is to to really go get Those guys like that guy at this position that guy and I know you can't do that for every single position but Sometimes you got to go out of your comfort zone if you really want to reach a whole another level Uh, and whatever it is that you do ravens right now. They in a comfort zone They in a little nice little sweet spot to where they're not a bad team at all They're not a bad team. They haven't been a bad team in a while. They haven't been just this terrible team in a long time But they also haven't been great Well, they were great in the regular season in 2019, but besides that they haven't been this great team They've been good, but they haven't been great If you want to be great You got to change some stuff up and be willing to do something Just a bit different, but as far as going to rams approach I don't see them doing that because they love those draft picks. They love keeping those draft pick picks so tight but They could be a little more aggressive and just The the the quality of the aggression could go up a bit because we've seen Like who have they gotten they got unique and god quake what they get him for I think it was what a third in the fifth round or something like that And I'm like, okay, that's cool. It's they they didn't work out. Obviously. We're like, okay It's good. We ain't give up that much anyway. Okay, cool. Um, they got Marcus Peters Now that that one was crazy how that one worked out and it's been great They traded Kenny young in the fifth round pick for Marcus Peters. Oh, that was amazing. Amazing. Um But then with Claire's Campbell, they gave him a fifth round for him. It's like, oh very low risk Good player, but he's on the back end of his career, of course But when are we gonna make that like they they could have gotten Xavier and Howard? But hey, that ain't happen that Jamal Adams was another one who they they were in talks with a couple years ago When he was still with the Jets that didn't happen the Andre Hopkins the worst the most painful one That didn't happen for whatever reason. I know a lot of people say, oh, well, they The the Texans they wouldn't want to trade him in the afc You give up the right price And I'm sure you can start a conversation You could definitely start a conversation Because it's not like oh just because he's in the afc the Texans gonna be playing against him every year Every season. No, you're gonna play him at least once every four years And it's a possibility if both the Ravens and the Texans finish Either in first place or second place or third place or fourth place in their division Then they'll play again But yeah, anyway, um, we just well, I can't say we I I just hope Ravens like Really show this year That they really trying to make this thing happen like now they trying to not only be a good team But be a Super Bowl winning team right here right now And that last question leads us to this how big were the 2022 Ravens offseason B This next question came from my guy Landon said what's up in graven and all the team keep it clean This is my first time participating in question from subs. So let's jump right into it Okay, he ain't beating around the bush at all. He said I'm going straight into anyway As I watched the playoffs in the Super Bowl I thought about what the Ravens have compared to the elite NFL teams like the chiefs the bills the Rams etc I truly think you see he left the Bengals off of there. That was a little Ravens petty in there But anyway, he said I truly think that the Ravens offense has everything it needs except for maybe one or two offensive linemen Who can protect Lamar and give him time in the pocket Even though he'll probably still run for 25 yards and juke out half of the defense in the process I'm confident in Hollywood Bateman duvenay crochet Even though I don't think he gets the ball enough I believe we could have one of if not the best running back Tandem in football in jk and gust of bus We also have an elite tight end and man juice who I think will have an even better 2022 season. Oh, okay The one place on this whole team. My doubt though is the defense This side of the ball has some weapons and hidden gems But there are also some major holes that need to be fixed and improved I think our most two promising weapons on this side of the ball are marlin humphrey and patrick queen I also think that away and bowser will continue to benefit our defense over the next couple of years What I doubt most is our interior past russian really Past russian general along with our personnel at the safety position Stopping the run can only get you so far in the nfl. Especially in the nfc. I mean in the afc. Excuse me A conference where you face quarterbacks like my homes josh allen and burrow weekend and week out Qb's who if you give them enough time will pick the defense apart with weapons like kelsey digs hill chase etc I like to shine Elliott in the intensity he plays with but our secondary had one of the lowest turnover rates in the league All in all I feel that the only way the ravens can go far in the next couple of years is to build a defense strong enough to fight off The elite offensive attacks in the afc's best teams I think we can get there by going defense heavy in this year's draft and making one or two splash Defensive free agency signings. What do you think the ravens should do to keep up with the best afc teams in the 2022 All season And do you think ravens can keep up with the elite afc teams this off season Keep up the great content. Thank you for all that you do to bring people together on this platform And thanks for reading my question. Shout out to you land and this was really really good and well put together, man um First thing my priority For the ravens will be that they need to be able to score more points They have to be able to put up at least like 30 35 a game That that will be my my biggest mission this off season Create an offense to in and again a lot has to do with health That that's got to be something but a lot has to do with the plays the play calling the play execution It is so much, but um being healthy. That's first and foremost But you have to have an offense that can put up a lot of points You have to that's this nfl's uh, that's the nfl these days And you have to take advantage of what the nfl is giving you the nfl favors offense heavy And it's not even close Defenses they they don't stand a chance in today's nfl man They they got to do everything right and even on top of that when they do do everything right nfl will still penalize them for something So it is so hard to play defense So what you need to do is realize that and take advantage of that create an offense that can score a lot of points Because you need I mean that's the name of the game right score more points than the other team So you can win so that's first and foremost and yeah that is done by having an offensive line And again, I said this before I won't be surprised if ravens they take a receiver Early in the draft the first three rounds Will not be surprised if they take a big body go get a type of receiver in the first three rounds of the draft Maybe one even one or two first or second round Would not be a shocker to me at all um, but anyway But just to to really build Build build build that strong offense now as far as defense you mentioned interior pass rush I agree with you a thousand percent Thousand percent and I think with wink that would have helped him be a lot more successful over the years If he would have had a really good interior pass rusher. He didn't have that He didn't have that Did not have that um, so with wink, uh, I mean not with wink, but with uh mcdonald down um Hopefully the ravens can go get him A really good interior pass rusher and hopefully matabique. He keeps taking steps forward in his game um We'll see if they bring kalaeus camber back. They probably will um, but It's important that they do get an interior pass rusher because that pressure up the middle is unlike anything Any type of pressure, uh, because you bring pressure from the outside quarterback could just step up But you bring pressure up the middle. Oh Go to back here fluster. They get shook shooketh But um, and then uh, you're your secondary got to be right Secondary got because teams are loaded with wide receivers. You look at the the look at the chiefs I was about to say the bingles, but I can start with the chiefs Chiefs got tyreek hill. They got travis kelsie. They got they got pringle. They got demarcus robinson They had josh gordon too, but it didn't really work out with him and them this uh past season But so they they got quite a few guys the bingles. They got jamar chase. They got t higgins. They got tyler boy They got cj uzama The bills they got dawson knock stefan diggs gave davis, um ah the guy Not cooper cup cold be easy. There we go. I could not remember his name So you you guys to go up against some nice receivers. So you need to have a stack secondary You need to have a stack secondary. You need to have a really good safety play too Because they're gonna try you deep all of those teams. They're gonna try you deep So this is why we really need a free safety like the safety that that can that got that range That can notice all that balls in the air. Okay, let me go get it Or let me go stop them from getting it So I I agree with you. It starts up front obviously on both ends or on both offense and defense Um, but yeah, then you just really got to build a strong roster that again can put up a lot of points And you got to have some really good corners that can stop that pass abcy obj next question came from my boy rhodel He said good morning. My guy glad to see you doing well and delivering quality content 365 24 7 You're truly a ravens legend and dedicated hard worker appreciate you. I know I appreciate you legend though No, not at all not even close. I said now Let's play a game wide receiver one in 16 games. This wide receiver had 58 receptions for 769 yards and eight touchdowns Wide receiver two in eight games. This wide receiver had 45 receptions for 483 yards and four touchdowns Wide receiver three in eight games. This wide receiver had 27 receptions for 305 yards and five touchdowns What do two of these wide receivers have in common? Come on guess Okay, um, well, let's see why receiver two and three they both played in eight games. Um Yeah, that's it. Oh, I mean Wide receiver two and three They both were under wide receiver one As far as yards, but they put up a good amount of touchdowns though But yeah, let me let me stop guessing because if I keep guessing we'll be here forever Uh, he said well two of them were oh two of them were available for the ravens to sign for very very cheap Oh, and one of them won a superbowl and the other one is playing in this year's superbowl The way I'm getting at is I'm not content with our wide receiver court And I've been sending you this same email for four years now. Hollywood brown is not I repeat is not a wide receiver one He's way too small for the wide receiver one and lacks a ton of aggressiveness Wide receiver one should be able to run any route and have a catch radius that only the elite have Hollywood does not jump for contested balls. Hollywood slides down to prevent contact. This is not Hollywood slander. Trust me I like them. However, I feel like he will flourish as a slot wide receiver Bateman is way too early to tell what he is. What we do know is that he hasn't came in and did what jefferson Chase CD lamb did in their rookie season. Yes, I know he was hurt in the qb situation Blah blah blah our tight end should not be our leading receiver LL if he is fine But our next leading wide receiver shouldn't be 300 yards behind them These guys are young and could use a veteran presence. Sammy was not the answer at all See, I don't know if y'all remember. I remember when we signed sammy walkings I said, all right cool, but that can't be it They they could not put all their eggs into the sammy walkings basket They couldn't and they did because they they they they didn't because they drafted rachelle bateman, but Anyway, I ain't even gonna get into that. He said we need a wide receiver who can make contested catches Separate from any corner and turn a 10 yard slander to a home run a k a touchdown. I know you're thinking we have that right? Well, while we do we don't Hollywood doesn't consistently beat single coverage to me and still hasn't had a game like his first NFL game in the NFL If that hollywood showed up every game. I wouldn't be sending this email We also need a wide receiver to catch all the drops that come from hollywood and mark andrews Someone who will make those plays in the playoffs all well, you know, hollywood, you make the plays in the playoffs All the little the little the drops that hollywood be having and the playoffs all that It goes away But anyway, someone who will make those plays and playoffs all in all we could have went and got Antonio brown or odell beckham jr. And who knows what would have happened Both of those guys were free agents and are now champions Please go get me michael thomas odell beckham jr. Antonio brown mike williams or alan robinson. We need help now. Um This was sent on uh, february 11 So it was before the super bowl and before uh, something came out that said the saints are not going to trade michael thomas But hey, we've seen it be said before with teams say, oh, we're not going to trade this team And I mean we're not going to trade this player and then they end up doing it anyway Odell beckham jr. This email was before he tore his acl which that sucks for him But he'll still get picked up by somebody. Hopefully he need to go to the same doctor that cam acres went to And see if they they can get that worked out. It was cam acres achilles always get achilles and acl mixed up Um, and tonio brown. Oh man, you know the ravens. They they're not doing that I wouldn't mind if they did but you know, they ain't going to uh and Mike williams Mike williams he's gonna make a good amount of money. He's gonna make a nice nice chunk of change So that means ravens ain't they not paying that chunk of change to no mike williams alan robinson Same thing he's gonna make a lot of money on the open market and ravens are not gonna pay For no alan robinson on the open market Uh, dj shark think about him. I'm not sure what's gonna happen with him um, but I just uh Anybody who's gonna command a decent amount of money. I don't at a wide receiver ravens. I'm not gonna sign them Like I already have that engraved in my mind that they just not gonna because that's not what they do They don't do that type of stuff And then one time when you thought they were gonna do it even though it was to the wrong person When they were gonna pay ryan grant that that that what was it 29 mil something like that They said, oh, no, wait a minute. He failed the physical. He got a foot injury wink wink They they they regretted it But um that so at wide receiver, they're not gonna make no crazy move like that Uh, and of course, there's the vante adams. I didn't even think about him. He's yeah, okay So once the broncos get aron rogers and they gonna go ahead and bring over the and think about that Oh, man Because that that broncos are like right there think of aron rogers went there If they got aron rogers and they got the vante adams and they got jerry judy and they got sudden and they got um What's the other one? Tim patrick too It's like, oh, are y'all gonna keep all of them? You got you got to think that they're gonna get rid of at least like Well, just one of them But if I was a bronco, I would try to keep all of them But you know, it's gonna be one that's not getting the targets like that and he ain't gonna be happy So they're gonna be like, uh, we'll we ship you out So you can you got the thing if they get aron rogers and they got the vante adams Then they're gonna get rid of one of that guys, but we'll see what happens um But this this is why I I do think ravens will draft a receiver early I really do. I really do. Um, but yeah, I agree that They I feel like they shouldn't be done at wire receiver. I think they they need like a big body guy aggressive guy Um, and I know miles boikin is there, but I think they're gonna unfortunately get rid of miles boikin um But it's like Even though I think they're gonna get rid of miles boikin Like somebody with that that frame a big frame big big catch radius Somebody somebody that's gonna go and get it somebody that's gonna be very aggressive all the stuff that you mentioned Somebody that'll get open like and just really be that guy. They'll have it mentally and physically too um, so Yeah, and with rashaul babing the jury still out on him. We'll see Uh, with hollywood, we know what he can do. There's some stuff that he can't do but we know what he can do um, so, you know You I feel like we haven't gotten everything out of hollywood brown But you've gotten a lot out of him and you feel like you you you know what to expect from him Because you had him for a couple years and whatnot. Um, but yeah in another offense I already know he he would eat me He would feast because he's in the run first offense now And for it being a run first offense he's doing pretty well He could have done a lot better too That's not had he not dropped some stuff and had there not been some over and under throws at different points from different quarterbacks, too But and doing pretty good for himself in the run first offense, especially this run first offense, especially with you Anyway, um, but if ravens, they got another receiver who who was like like that Who was like that? That's why I think they go to the draft for it. Um, so we'll see We'll see but as far as all the guys that you named. Yeah. Yeah, I don't see that happening for any of Last question on this episode came from my guy Howard. He said what's good, bro How you feeling that the season is over is your heart still there or did it explode like everybody else's Hope all as well with you and yours. It's your boy flirting the whiskey per usual sit back and relax y'all psych Making history today with a short email. So my question for today is I'm scrolling through this email. It is not short. It's shorter than your emails usually be But it's still not short. But anyway, he said, um Do you think the bench and practice team is the key to filling out our defense and just worry about the Offense that I will not rant about in this email. Hear me out. I know this might sound pretty crazy But you know, my crazy takes have panned out so far whether it was about gusts or stanley lll So could the unsung heroes of last season save us money picks and time If we keep anthony avid and chris westerie our defense is a lock They both prove my theory of the more you play, uh, the better you will be and get And I mean that yeah, that's true You get more burn you get more plan you get more playing time then yeah, you you got no choice, but to get better Like you it usually don't work out the other way sometimes it can but it usually works a lot better Um, he's a sign anthony avid. He's a good corner. You got Humphrey on the other side. I know what y'all are thinking What about juice man? Well, we know he's not afraid to hit anybody Which is kind of funny because that was everybody's complaint of him before coming to be more Is the fact that he literally wouldn't tackle but once I seen him put king Henry on his back Pockets, I knew we unlocked something in him, but he is also a ball hulking corner We we move him Back to free safety where he can do his ball hulking thing and make sure make the short tackle if needed But he won't need to and I'll get back to that at the end Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna read this thing. I'm gonna let it play out first before I say anything Then keep chucking strong safety We know he can hit and has displayed his ball skills a lot this year and lack there of some plays But it was more highlights than lowlights. Yeah, well, you sure for chuck lock I don't know about that one. He said so boom whether Williams or Campbell stays or leave We got uh Justin Madabique another person that proves he belongs in a starting role Hayes is another young talent with upside. Oh my goodness. I forget about dylan hayes Uh, so boom, we keep binds and fought for moral support No, but for real though, they have the knowledge and can still play and where we need them. But look, uh The right right outside lineback is chris board middle linebackers queen and harrison Left outside linebackers bowling away and I put them both because they can each flip flop on the line Uh, and this is where I say peters will make the short tackle if need be but he won't be He won't need to bowling away and board they wrap up now queen That's a different story, but three to one is good How you feel about that? No Marcus Peters to safety. No He's not a short tackler. He did make that tackle on on Derek Henry and oh boy That had us all like shocked and like whoa, that's crazy. But he tackling is not his strong suit It's not he can make tackle sometimes he'll take some tackles off But ballhawking is his thing him as a that that's his thing Um, and that's why his game is just so respected around the league around the nfl Because he's a ballhawk now. We don't need to put him to free safety It's way too early for that because he's still a really good corner If he was getting slower at corner if he was falling off at corner, okay, mate But he's not so to the free safety thing now and he said, oh, yeah westry my guy He's six four and fastest hollywood Um, and he is our joker because look in sub packages. He can cover big tight ends He's literally six four and fastest hollywood. We don't have to worry about getting beat by a drag post a slam by a tight And you know, we have tay-tay too. So when we have to play packages with four corners They will be in the slot with oa and bowser russian So how you feel about that now that part? I don't mind that part that that that's cool Um, he again he got to to play more to get a little better But I don't see them resigning anthony avid that part. I don't I don't see that happening Um, but you still got the draft. You still got Ardarius washington. Um, you still got uh, like you mentioned just now chris westry um I feel like i'm missing people too, but you'll still have free agency in the draft and stuff to get more corners. They did resign Ah, I always forget his name. I I can't think keep on see more. There we go. They resigned him too Um, so they got a couple of corners that they're gonna be bringing back Um, but yeah, we'll see we'll see. This is an interesting thing right here But as far as a lot of these guys bored, uh queen harrison bows away They'll all be back. Um, and they could they could move them around a little bit But I would expect you said right outside linebacker board and middle linebacker queen and harrison I actually expect uh, harrison to um To go to outside linebacker. It seems like they're gonna be shifting him there Um, but then I think they could also uh draft A lineback or sign a lineback and free agency either way But you did also mention about josh binds and um lj fort being there as well So that's um That would do but but at the same time those got both of them are older too So you still got to prepare for the future. So I still think they will draft a sign a linebacker Um, either draft somebody uh who come in and be ready or sign somebody who could come in and be ready Um, I just think that they are going to be very cautious cautiously optimistic, but still cautious Uh with patrick queen, I don't think that they're gonna put all their chips in the patrick queen Um, but I think they're gonna start thinking about some backup plans because this will be his third year Uh, so this is a huge year for him because After this year after this season Then they would have to decide if they're gonna pick up his fifth year option since he was a first round pick Um And not to say that oh even if they declined it and they would be over No, they could decline it and they could sign him to an extension But this year is everything for patrick queen is so big and it's so big for a lot of other guys too But speaking of patrick queen specifically this year is huge for him Uh, so we'll see exactly how the ravens delegated delegate any responsibilities to him What they give to him what they take away from him what they put on his plate what they take off his plate But that that'll be very important to to see and to watch for Especially in this off season, man