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The first thing that I have for the Baltimore Ravens to do to really take it to that next level. Connect on a deep ball. And the reason I say connect on a deep ball is because they like they've been I mean minus this charges game yikes, but they've been putting up points. They've been putting up points this year, despite the offense not clicking as much as they can possibly click. The running game has been steadily improving, especially with Keith Mitchell being thrown in there and the Ravens they have been scoring. But the deep ball, the element of the deep ball has been missing. And when you have that deep ball going and they get closer and closer, but when you have that deep ball consistently going, that just makes life easier for your offense. And those chunk plays, they allow a long 11, 12, 13 play drive to be short and to maybe like six or seven because you move the ball down field in a big chunk. So that will be my first thing. What will be yours? Well, I think that's a really, really good point. I think the Ravens have been so close on connecting some of these deep shots. And this kind of my first point is kind of goes hand in hand with the deep ball and that's past protection. So we've seen this year when the more Jackson has kept clean and I did a little bit of research in here and I looked at two games. Okay. So there's two games I look at where the Ravens allowed zero sacks. Okay, that's Cincinnati in week two, the Mar Jackson without getting sacked a single time that game goes 72% completion percentage 237 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, 112 pass for rating. And then he was nine for 14 on third down conversion. That's the big, especially whenever it comes to, you know, postseason man, you can stay on the field on third down. You don't take sacks like you're probably going to win in the playoffs. And then the other game that really stood out to me was the Detroit Lions game. If you're a Ravens fan, man, this game was fun to watch. Really fun to watch. So Lamar Jackson in this game also took zero sacks. Check out the stats here. 77% completion percentage 21 of 27 for 357 yards, three touchdowns, zero perceptions, 155 pass rating. We're talking about elite elite, you know, almost perfect passing numbers here. And so those are the two games where Lamar Jackson wasn't sacked at all. And that's what it looks like. You're talking about in those two games combined, you know, five touchdowns, zero interceptions are really high pass rating high completion percentage. And that's what happens when Lamar Jackson has time. Ronnie Stanley, Morgan Moses and Simpson on the offensive line have all missed games throughout the season. I believe Linderbaum missed one as well. Yeah, he did. But the offensive line hasn't had, you know, there are five guys there consistently throughout the year. So it feels like there's one or two guys missing the tackles. You know, this pains me to say, but we talked about it recently, like Ronnie Stanley, he's just not playing good football right now. And I hate to say that because like Ronnie's my guy, man, I love Ronnie. I love his work ethic, his personality, how much he's battled through like all that adversity on these injuries where he just gets rolled up on. So, but he's got to play better. And I think he will. I think this bi-week will help a lot. But if the Ravens can get back to some of those games where they're giving up zero sacks, maybe one or two, they're going to happen here and there. It just happens sometimes. But if they give Lamar Jackson time, I mean, that that downfield passing attack is going to click like you're talking about. And the Ravens offense is going to be really hard to stop in the playoffs. Yeah, that is such a good point about press protection because, yeah, I mean, you brought up the exact numbers from when Lamar has had really, really great press pass protection. And it just it makes such a big difference, such a big difference. Now, for my second thing, I'm going to flip it to the opposite side of the ball. And that is going to be with the defense. And with this defense, I mean, especially in this last game, like kudos to them because they held it down for pretty much the entire game. And we've been able to say that about this defense for a lot of times throughout the season. So what the Baltimore Ravens would need to do in my opinion in order to be a Super Bowl team, be a true Super Bowl contender. Obviously through the rest of these five games, but also in the playoffs as well, defense just has to maintain. I think it will be unfair of me or even like spoiled of me to ask to make defense get even better because they've been playing great. I mean, I wouldn't mind if they did. But this defense, I think that if they can maintain what they've been doing and see, you know what? One of the most dangerous parts about this defense is and it really got highlighted for me. I mean throughout the year, but throughout this past game against the Chargers and a game that you just mentioned against the Bengals. Because in both of those games and there were some other ones as well, they did not have Marlon Humphrey. And with them not having Marlon Humphrey and the two games that we just mentioned, that worried me. Because I know Justin Herbert likes to throw that ball all over the field. And Joe Burrow, I mean he had Jamar and Joe, while Joe Burrow was hurt, he still had Jamar Chase. He had T Higgins. He still had his weapons. So I was thinking, oh, no Marlon Humphrey yikes. But the Ravens, they a little bit concerned too, brother. Yeah, they shut all that down. And the defense still excelled and still made it happen. This defense throughout this year, they've had these different time periods where they've been missing this guy. I mean, they still haven't got Bowser back. The Jawbo's done for the year. They had Adolfo away. He missed like four games. Marlon Humphrey, he had been out for a while. Marcus Williams missed time. And even when Marcus Williams got back, he has still been hurting. So they've been different guys that have been hurting that have missed time. But the defense has still been consistent. They still been holding it down. So if this defense can just maintain what they've been doing, just continue doing what they've been doing, they super bow chance to me. I love it, man. I love it too, because it seems like we're thinking about the same things here because my second point, like you said, we didn't talk about this before we started. But my second key is to continue to limit the downfield big place, the passing attacks. That's a big part of the defense that you're talking about. So this season, man, we've done such an excellent job in an explosive place. Like when's the last game you can remember where the Ravens were just getting shredded downfield? I think of a player here or there. Like I remember when we went against Pittsburgh early on in the year, Marlon got beat. Oh, yeah. In his first game back. Yeah. And then there was a DK Metcalfe play too. Yeah. That was it. So like maybe a handful of big plays, like the Ravens are not giving this up like in the years past. You can remember the Miami game. You can remember some years past. Oh boy. You couldn't say that. A lot of times the Ravens would stuff all the small stuff, man. They would close the running lanes. Then all of a sudden, boom, you're getting hit with a 60-yard touchdown downfield. But this year, man, they're complete. And I'd rather see them give up some runs here and there. A five, 10-yard run. Then to see them give up a 50-yard touchdown over their heads. So the Ravens are doing a really good job of that. And yeah, I think if they can continue to limit the explosive gains in the passing attack, they have a real shot at making a run at this thing. Because look at the teams in the AFC that you're going to have to get through. So the Dolphins, they have a downfield passing attack. The Chiefs, we know what Patrick Mahomes can do. Slinging them all downfield, no matter who's catching passes from them. You think about the Bills, if they make the postseason, the Jags with Trevor Lawrence and Calvin Gridley, these guys are going to want to throw the ball downfield. If you can make them stay patient like the Ravens have been doing, and you can make them slowly march downfield, limit them to field goals, the Ravens are going to be a really tough out in the postseason. Yeah, that's a really good point. And that is something that the Baltimore Ravens have been doing. A phenomenal job of just not giving up those big plays. I do like how you mentioned, yeah, it's hard to remember how often or how little the Ravens have given up big plays. It's hard to remember what those big plays are. Because yeah, previous years, we could, it's hard to remember how much they gave up because they had given up so much over time. But it's nice that the defense is doing what they've been doing. Now, my last thing, I got to put a little asterisk next to it because it's almost like it's a gimmie. So I'm going to throw a bonus in there. My last thing was going to be health, just maintaining their health. The health of Lamar Jackson, the health of just really the overall team. Because while the Baltimore Ravens, they have still gone through and faced and dealt with the injury bug this year. They've been a lot more on the better side of it than they have been in years past. They still have some guys that have been lost for the, JK Dobbins, gone for the season, Audarius Washington, Mark Andrews, most likely done for the season, we'll see. And there's some more, but the Ravens for the most part, they've been on the right side when it's come to injuries. But I feel like health is just, that's such an easy answer and such an obvious answer. But it still is a true answer. So I'm going to throw in one more. And I'm going to say finishing, closing out the games. I'm finishing what they started because so many times throughout this season and obviously enough times this season to be nine and three. So that's great. But they started off good. They started off hot, but they just, they let up, especially in those fourth quarters. It's going to be very important, especially most of the offense too, to just close stuff out because the defense, normally they've been holding it down. And usually the offense has had a little bit of trouble closing it out. Now I'm going to ask you, because against the charges, offense was lackluster throughout most of the game. And the defense was amazing through most of the game. But then at the very end, Ravens had the three-point lead. And all they needed to do was get a first down. And Zay flowers said, oh, I'm going to get the first down, but you know what? I'm going to get a little extra too. And he took it all the way for a touchdown. Now me, I loved it. I loved it. I'm like, hey, score like Bill Belichick said, it's four quarters. And you don't stop scoring till the clock is zero. How did you feel about that particular play? Was Zay flowers going? Do you think he should have went down? No, like I was fired up to see him get the touchdown. You know, I think I wanted to see him get in the end zone more this, you know, this season. So whenever I saw it happen and he had a two touchdown game, I wasn't thinking about, oh, he should have got down like, to me at that point, the game was iced. Like they would have had to score in twice. They would have had to have had of a successful onside kick, like what was our minute, a minute and a half left. Yeah, I thought it just really deflated their stadium and just drove a dagger to their right into their team. And I think they just felt defeated after that. I think at that point, the Ravens had won the game. I understand analytically, like, yeah, there's still a chance that they could come back. But to me, it just took the air out of the stadium. And I was fired up to see the rookie get a second touchdown. Yeah, I agree. And I guess it was like a makeup for the previous week, because if you remember, they had the screenplay for Zay flowers, where in the Thursday night football game against the Bengals, where he scored a touchdown and O'Dell threw a clean block, but the rest decided to call holding a, just like really, man, they took away his touchdown. So his fingers happened to like barely grasp the jersey. And they, I don't know, man, that that call was bogus. But yeah, yeah, but he made up for this week. So he ended up getting his touchdown. So those will be my three things. The third being just Ravens really closing out games. And like you said, putting the dagger in teams and just officially ending it. What would be your third? My third. So this goes right on point with finishing games. Lamar Jackson's legs, his dynamic, insane rushing ability. How many times have we seen where the Ravens are trying to, they're in a two minute, you know, trying to, or four minute office, trying to run out the game. And, you know, don't, don't give the ball back to the other team. You know, don't put it on your defense. Finish the game, you know, finish the game with the ball in your hands. That's what Lamar Jackson says he likes to do, right? Right. So one thing that I saw this year is that Lamar Jackson is running a lot less. And that's fine. That's great. And I don't want him necessarily running more. But when it comes to the postseason, I think there's going to be some times where Lamar Jackson, his legs could just, we're talking about getting to a Super Bowl, right? You know, I think that his legs could just completely take the air out of a stadium whenever it's, you know, how many times have we seen where the Ravens are on third down, they're trying to finish out a game. And in previous years, Lamar Jackson drops back and he sees an open rushing lane and he picks up 15, 20, 30 yards, you know, just easily with his legs, with his athleticism. So I was looking at some stats and, you know, this season Lamar Jackson only has one game of over 100 rushing yards. And that was against Indianapolis. He had 14 carries for 101 yards and two rushing touchdowns. And then on the season, he only has three games over 60 yards rushing. So in previous years, man, you remember with Greg Roman, like 60 yards rushing was the minimum. That was like the four. Like you could bet that he was going to have 60 rushing yards three times out of the, what, 13 games we've had this year. So I think if Lamar Jackson, I don't know if they're saving some stuff for the postseason. I think they are. Yeah, I think they might be. But you know, we're talking about people say they're scared of injury and stuff. Like both times Lamar Jackson has had serious injuries. It's been not in space, not as a rusher. It's been with him dropping back as a passer. We know that. So when Lamar Jackson is in the field and I've said this for years, you know, to all the haters who say, oh, he can't, this won't last. This won't last. Lamar Jackson is so, so talented, so good at just making that little wiggle that he's so slippery to where he doesn't take a lot of big shots. It kind of shifts out of a big hit and he gets down. Right. So I think the Ravens, if they want to get to Super Bowl championship, they can do it with Lamar Jackson's arm. I think it'll make it that much more potent. You know, if we could just unleash him as a rusher, just maybe a couple of times a game, maybe to ice a game late in the fourth quarter, just, you know, rips off a big run and we see Lamar Jackson do, you know, only what he can do. Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah. It's definitely the ability is there. And yeah, we have been noticing this year that he has been holding it back. And that's why I appreciated him even acknowledging it in the interview that he had last week with Devin McCordy. When Devin McCordy asked him like, hey, who, who went in a race between you, Zay flowers, Keith Mitchell, and Lamar talked about how that, yeah, both of them are fast, but he's, he said, hold on. He's still got it now, but he just said he's been holding back. Yeah. So it's, it's there. But I think, um, I think Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, they just been playing the long game when it comes to him running him, taking off. And they just really working on self preservation or him working on self preservation and something even that, that stood out to me this year. That's been different from other years that I think has really helped Lamar Jackson is off and south to just take alleviate a lot of pressure off of Lamar Jackson has been some very small, but significant has been a checkdowns. Because before previous years, yeah, Lamar, it will be deep ball or nothing. But now this year, they've been getting the backs involved a whole lot more than in previous years past. So, and there's been other little things here in there too, but it just really seems like the Ravens and Lamar Jackson, they, they, they holding them back. They like, all right, let's just chill. Let's get through the regular season first and the eight postseason, let it all out. So I'm looking forward to seeing exactly how they perform come playoff time. Got to still get there first and got to get through the rest of the regular season first. And they got some tough, tough game, tough stretch. But they know he Baltimore Raven man, as long as Lamar's suiting up, man, they, they really got a shot against anybody in the world. I was looking at some of the teams they have remaining on their schedule, right? Jai Wires, 49ers. They got some tough matchups, right? I was looking at around the league, like the Ravens, the only team this year that I can think of that hasn't been blown out. Like, even the games that they've lost, they've been right there to the end. Like, the Chiefs, I'm pretty sure got whooped. The Jags got blown out. Yeah, the Jags definitely got blown out. They got beat bad by the Browns. Like, the Ravens are one of the only teams that are, you know, besides maybe the Eagles, but you know, every single one of their games. And I think they're a really good team. I wouldn't be surprised if they run the remaining schedule coming off the line. You know, I see past the victory against the Niners. I don't think the Niners have really played a defense like the Ravens yet. And I think they can beat the Jaguars. I think the Jaguars are pretty vulnerable in some places, especially their offensive line, could have some issues against the Ravens. But, you know, if the Ravens only dropped another game, I wouldn't be surprised. Or if they run the remaining schedule, I think they're a really good football team. So it would be hard to get to one seed though, because the Chiefs, they have a pretty easy schedule. And even if both teams went out right now, the Ravens went out. Yeah, the Chiefs went out. They got it. So, they need to win out, and the Chiefs to at least drop one. Alright, so hopefully they do. So I know I'm going to be, whoever the Chiefs going up against every week, I'm rooting heavy for that team, hoping that the Chiefs keep dropping. Because I want to see the Ravens get that number one seed. I want to see them be at the top. Now, I know, and I pulled this question to Team Keep It Clean a lot recently, because 2019, obviously 14 and two wonderful season with wonderful regular season. Ravens got the number one seed, and they got it by far. Like Lamar was sitting so many in fourth quarters and whatnot, but Ravens got the number one seed, got to play there, got to have a bye week, and play their playoff game at the Cree of the M.T. Bank Stadium. Then they got punched in the mouth, they got whooped by the Titans and all that. Yeah. For you, does, if the Ravens were to get a number one seed, do you feel like, alright, I don't want them to get a number one seed. I would rather them just make it as a wild card or something. Would you rather that, or would you rather a top seed? Do you have sort of a fear, a flashback for the Baltimore Ravens? Like, maybe if they get the number one seed, then they may overlook the team that they're going up against, or are you like, not even on 2019, you would, whatever. Man, I've been thinking about this a lot. Truly, I've been thinking about if I'd rather have the number one seed or the number two seed, and I keep going back and forth, but I look at, you know, I'm a big Orioles fan, okay, big baseball guy, and I love the Orioles. They had the first round by this year, and they got whooped by the Rangers. Like, the Rangers went in, they just played, they got hot, and so you gotta think about it. If you're the number one seed, whatever team you played in the divisional round, it's coming off a win, feeling confident. You know what I mean? Like, they just built some more momentum, and they just said, hey, we won in the playoffs, and we know we can do it again. So that's one aspect to think about, is teams do get momentum, and you had a week off. I never thought about it like that. That's a good point. So yes, it's a shorter path, you know, but I also love the Ravens. Something about John Harbaugh and the Mar-Jackson's demeanor, they thrive as underdogs. Like, I've seen so many times where the Ravens were not favored, and then they just smoke a team. So I would not mind to see the Ravens at the number two seed, you know, punch a team in the mouth in the wild card round, and then go and then, you know, pick up some momentum, some confidence. Like, hey, we just, yeah, you know, because if, think about it, if they're the number two seed, they're playing in the seventh seed. So they're going to be playing maybe the Steelers, the Texans, maybe the, I don't know, one of the lower tier AFC teams, they're still good teams. The Ravens can, should nine that 10, nine times out of 10 beat. So I look at, I think the Ravens could go into Kansas City, even as a number two seed, if they play in the AFC championship, there'll be some dogs on the road, and I think the Ravens could win. So I, I go back and forth, I want the Ravens to have the one seed, but then I'm like, ah, they, you know, I kind of want them to have the two seeds so they can build momentum. So it's a, either way, it'll be fun to watch. Yeah, I appreciate that viewpoint on it, because I never thought about it like that, because for me, I'm like, hey, get that number one seed, get the buy, and you just got to be extra prepared for when you're coming off of the buy. And I mean, usually, but I mean, regular season is obviously different from the post season, but John Hardball coming off the buy, he does really good. And we'll get to see that against the Rams coming up next week. But I'm like, the way that I feel like, I feel like Ravens, they just need to do a better job of embracing being a top team. Like you mentioned, they are, they do thrive as underdogs, but they, if they're going to be one of the best teams in the league, people will have no choice, but not to sleep on them. So they'll have to know who the Baltimore Ravens are. So I feel like they really need to embrace that role of, I know we all like that, but still remain humble and still take care of business, but know that you can get that job done. Absolutely. And one more thing I'll say. Oh yeah. Sorry. No, you're good. We talked about 2019, right? Mm-hmm. The key difference between, you know, looking at that season, I remember the Ravens basically had like two buys, because you remember they were 14 and two, and they rested their starter, a lot of their starters against Pittsburgh. And I still lose game, right? And it was like a lot of those guys rested, and then they had another Rico res, and then they got a bunch of other tights. So it was like almost two buys. Yeah. A lot of time off. And also I think this team is a better team than 2019 Ravens. They are. They're more complete. I think their defense is much better suited to stop the pass. Like their secondary is playing so well right now. They're deep in the secondary. You get after the quarterback. And then they're more complete as an offense. Like they can beat you in the air. They can beat you on the ground. They still have the number one rushing offense in the National Football League, but they're 20th in passing. They were sitting around 16th early in the season. They had a couple of down games, but a lot of times the Ravens have been up big and they're running the ball to try to, you know, milk the clock. And they haven't had to throw the ball a lot. So I think this is a much more complete team than 2019. It would be very fun to see how this season ends. Yeah, that's a good point, especially when it comes to the defense about it being a more complete team. And even a possible better team, I think with 2019, since their offense was just going absolutely crazy pretty much every week, they would get out to these big leads and that would make it, that would make other teams one dimensional. So that would make it easier for the defense. Like pass rushes, go get after them, cornerbacks, drop back, catch some picks, interceptions, whatever, and do your thing. But now this year, the offense, it hasn't always been clicking. So the defense has had to do more work, but they've been doing that work. So I think this is definitely a much better defense than the one in 2019. For the offense, as far as players, as far as personnel, they are in better position for sure. And like you mentioned, they got more than one way to get it. But now it's just about them clicking. It's about them really getting things rolling and whatnot. And hopefully they do that. And hopefully they roll it all the way to, not even to the Super Bowl, but through the Super Bowl, because we don't want to get there. And then for sure, we want to get there. Oh, that would be a beautiful thing. So hopefully it ends up happening. We'll see how the rest of the season goes. But know of my guy from for the flock. I appreciate you coming on. Appreciate you chopping it up with us. One more time before we get out of here, let everybody know what they can find you. Yep. Well, YouTube for the flock. You can also find me on Twitter. Really appreciate you and Graven for having me on. Love what you've been doing for years. Love the positivity from your channel. Love the fact that you welcomed me in, you know, as a YouTuber coming on here a year or two ago, like you, you know, gave me a lot of love, you know, gave me shout outs. So I appreciate you for that. And not for sure. Keep doing what you're doing, man. Appreciate it, man. So team keeping clean. 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