 Through it all, despite the struggles, despite any blunders, despite any hiccups. The passing game has looked really good. First question came from my guy, Les Goody. He said, that low engraving in team keeping clean hope everyone is well and healthy. I like to hear your thoughts on our passing offense. I'm currently watching the Miami game live right now, almost at halftime. So we know how that went. But anyway, he said in our passing game looks fire right now. Is this a sign that G-Roll is finally getting his act together incorporating these plays more effectively? I don't know how much about Chris Hewitt, but is he the guy who needs recognition for our passing offense and success thus far? Take care of yourself in one another. And then later on, after the game was over, he said, like everyone else, I'm still in shock after how that ended. At least the Cowboys did us a favor again, since he, I guess, with all the AFC North teams losing today. So took the good with the bad and the bad with the good. Anyway, yes, the Ravens. That was my biggest question for the Ravens going into this season. It was the passing game. That was my biggest question. How was it going to be? Were they going to emphasize? Were they going to continuously use it? Was it going to be effective? Were the receivers? How the receivers were going to do? Were they going to be maximized? How was that passing game going to look? And it has looked really good. It's looked really good. And I absolutely love it. I adore it. I look forward to it more and more. It's just been a beautiful thing, a beautiful thing. Now, we just, and again, I always say how crazy it is that Greg Roman, the offensive coordinator, Lamar Jackson's our quarterback. And this is a Ravens team. But we got questions about the run game. We got questions about the running game. Baltimore Ravens, those Ravens? What? Who's that? The question is about the run game. But again, let's, it's very early. It's week two. So let's see, in two weeks after the Bills game, because they will have had four weeks of film, four weeks of game, four weeks of everything, then that's when I can really, in my opinion, that's when we can really start to tell who these Baltimore Ravens really are. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I mean. What I mean. You two team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, I done made it. I done made it. Well, that's my homie. Ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. To you two team, keep it clean. Welcome to another episode of Questions from Subs. First off, big shout out to the newest team, keep it clean channel members. Gareth, Yuvelle, and Jay. Appreciate the three of y'all. And just appreciate team, keep it clean. They're really as a whole. Now, next question came from a film. Said thoughts on the Ravens loss. Ain't engraving, hope all is well with you and the family. This was one of the more interesting ways to lose a game. That's an interesting way to put it. Usually I feel like the Ravens deserve their loss because of the slow offensive starts. Last year Vikings called Steelers Dolphins, LOL, and the other teams. This week, I think perfectly, I think perfectly illustrated how we should run our offense. The running game was pitiful outside of the mall, of course, but I'm not too worried because whenever JK and Gus are back, I think we can get back to top five to 10 pretty easily. Some play calls I just don't agree with like the fourth and one. And some of the random run plays we had, or even not getting justice hill to ball enough because he showed some promise. That part right there. Ah, the defense, however. You could tell it was only a matter of time. It was going crazy with some of the plays allowed, even when we were up 21, because besides two picks, they were getting down the field. Kind of surprised how last year, we were able to prevent a lot of Tyree's deep shots, but I believe they had a bit more faith to not double team. The turning point was, of course, Marcus Williams' possible third pick of the game that was dropped in proper Ravens fashion. My main concern with the defense is actually not the secondary at all besides health. It's the pass rush. The pass rush sets up how much the secondary would have to deal with and every time I looked at Tua, he was relaxed. How was Tua getting all those deep shots? Because we gave him too much time. I don't like to try to get pressure without the blitz, but our guys just aren't that talented. I'm hoping with Ajabo and Jones, we can create some pressure and sacks, and I truly believe this defense can be the best. That's why the Bengals are all in two. The pressure to Steelers and Cowboys was just too much. I know this is extremely long, but what are your thoughts? PSI would advise to keep a strong guy on Hamilton, because Marcus Williams is already showing we have nothing to worry about on his side of the field. I like that. Yeah, pass rush is extremely important. Extremely important. And Ravens just have such a lack of depth there right now. Now, I'm recording this on Wednesday. I was about to say July. Wednesday is September 21st. And it's early in the morning right now. It's 7.15 a.m. You know what's funny? I went to sleep and I woke up and I was just up. So I'm like, you know what? Might well do questions from sub, but anyway, besides the point, they brought in JPP for a visit yesterday, but he left without a deal. Maybe by the time you see this video, they'll have brought in somebody else for a visit and maybe signed them, we'll see. But yeah, they need help there. They need help there. And you got like with the guys that you have coming back, they're coming back from injury. They're coming back from injury. And so you don't know. It could take them a couple weeks to really get into that football shape once they do come back. So I don't know, man. It's a lot of pressure right now in Houston and Adafi away. So maybe it's got to find an answer solution to that pass right soon. Well, this long season is going to get even longer. Well, in regards to the last question, actually this long season, if they don't fix the pass rush, it could get even shorter because the playoff time, that pass rush ain't right. You're going to be at the crib watching all the playoff games with the rest of us. But anyway, our next question came from my guy, Chris. He said, how to make the simple complex question. If we knew Tyree here was a deep threat after all these years as fans and then in the Miami game, he scores a touchdown on MP Juiceman on a goalball. How do we let Tyree score again on another goalball? Why is it so hard to have a safety over the top? Is it simple or are we just making things complex? Where is the game awareness from the players and coaches to say, no, I'm not getting beat deep. Maybe the regular players and coaches didn't respect to his arm strength so they didn't prioritize the deep ball. Please engrave and make it make sense. I can't make that make sense because it is something so simple. Like, yeah, that's Tyree Kill. That's Tyree Kill. Why would you not have help? Why would you not continue to have somebody over the top? Why, him one on one with anybody? Mistake. Mistake, mistake. He's one of the best in the game for a reason. Next question came from Chantay. Chantay said, yesterday's heart breaking loss. I ain't engraving hope everything is good with you and the family. I haven't seen the question in a long time. It's been a while. But after yesterday's loss against Miami, I felt that I had to send one. Actually, I have two. My first one is, do you think Lamar is too nice for his own good to tell Greg Roman no on some plays sometimes? I don't know. It just depends on how much he audibles and changes stuff up. So that it all just depends. But anyway, he said, the reason I asked is because on the Raven second possession where they went for the touchdown on fourth down, Greg Roman called a QB run play. I thought that was the dumbest play I have ever seen on fourth down for any team. If it's fourth and inches, I understand. Not to mention, he kept calling the play for a couple more fourth downs before, a couple more downs before fourth down. Lamar had to know it wasn't the best play to be called. I fully believe if the Ravens tried to punch the ball in for a touchdown another way, they would have won the game. Even if they kicked the field goal. So yeah, it's just, you just don't want the obvious stuff. And then there could be times where maybe even with Lamar where he feels like, no, I could get this. I could make this happen. Because a lot of times he has made it happen. But it's just, it got to be more situational awareness from everybody. Lamar, I mean, he obviously knows he's on the field. Man, my offensive line, they ain't run blocking like that. So not that you want to even doubt yourself, but you got to recognize like, man, these boys, I love them, but they ain't run blocking like that. So do I really want to run behind this offensive line? And then G-Roy got to be like, hey man, these boys, they ain't blocking for the running backs. They ain't blocking for Lamar. Do I really want Lamar to run it up the gut like that behind this offensive line? So anyway, he said, number two, why do you think the running game is so bad? Do you think it has something to do with the certain running backs that are taken over for JK and Gus not being used on the field much? Because justice is not the number one or number two running back. And Mike Davis was not the number one in Atlanta. Or do you think the whole line just can't move people when it's a run play? Started this email so long, but I had to get some frustration out. Thank you for reading this email. You and your family have a bless. They appreciate it. And I appreciate y'all too. Real quick side note, before we get into the second part of the question, we can't always answer every single email they get sent. We really, really try to answer all of them, but it's just, it's impossible to answer every single one. So I appreciate y'all being patient. I appreciate y'all still sending them. So thank you for that. Just had to give y'all a quick little shout out. But as far as the running game, I think it is the offensive line. But then a part of it could be actually the quality of the running backs too. That could be a part of it. But I think the biggest one is offensive line. Because they just haven't been many lanes. Haven't been many lanes. I know Justice Hill, he sort of missed an opportunity in the Miami Dolphins game to get even more yards on a big run. But I mean, why not have him out there? I wouldn't mind if they started him. I really wouldn't. He been in the system the longest. He been around these dudes the longest. Why not? What's the worst that could happen? Obviously that would be before JK came back. And even if JK came back. Because I'm sure with JK, they ain't going to have him just be, alright JK, you all be one. Go take off. That'd be nice. But I'm sure early on they're going to have him on a pitch count. They're going to ease him back in. They're not just going to throw him out there like that. So, might as well start Justice Hill. What was the worst that could happen? Next question came from my guy, Makai. He said, what's up in Graven? I saw something come across my timeline after this game. And I think it's a really good point. Lamar and the team also kind of had the same sentiment after there being 15 games left in the regular season. I personally trust our defense will get back to being the top five defense our team expects us to be. What do you think? Keep up the great work. Appreciate it. And what he saw was on Instagram and there was somebody, a Ravens fan. They said, all I'm saying is the last two games, our defense was fully healthy. So, Derek Henry to 40 yards and Josh Allen to 10 points. That's without a top five deep safety, by the way. I'll give Mike a little more time, but comparing ourselves to our last two healthy games isn't helping his case. I'll give Mike a little more time, but comparing ourselves to our last two healthy games isn't helping his case. So, yeah, the defense, no, they weren't completely healthy. Marcus Peters was out the first game and this is his first game back and then Marlon Humphrey was dealing with a groin injury, this game. But really, the defense is never going to be completely healthy. Kyle Fuller's out, so boom, there you go. Defense will never be completely healthy. Tyus Bowser will be coming back to Jabbo one day, we'll see. But you got to adjust. You got to adjust. Your team is never going to be completely healthy. There's never going to be a season where it's like, oh, man, we didn't have anybody on the injured reserve at all. We didn't have anybody get hurt. So it's important that the coaching and the players that are playing, that everybody does their job to the fullest because there's no excuses. Next question came from my guy, Josh. He said, I'm just going to be honest here. This loss was one of the least heartbreaking for me. I get why it's a big deal, don't get me wrong. We got a new DC starters on the pitch counting, rookie learning lessons. I'm not upset because no one can in good faith say Lamar can't throw. It's a complete quarterback doing it with a supporting cast that no one believed in. The run game has... He said the run game has brighter days ahead with JK and Gus eventually. Get the old line worked out and the defense on the same page and watch out. Yeah, I mean, it was a tough game. It was a crazy game. It was a fun game, but Raven's lost. And it was just wild how everything unfolded just slowly. It was like the slow pain. But yeah, it happened. And it was what it was. And I've seen some people compare it to the heartbreak that they felt for the AFC Championship in 2011, the Billy Cundermis. And I was like, no, not for me. Nope, I don't think it was even close to that. Because it's a completely different atmosphere, a completely different game. That was a game to get to the Super Bowl. This was a game to get to week three. Offensive strategies. Thank you for my guy, Rick. He said, I ain't great in first time writing. I hope you're doing well. I'm from Germany, so part of my English here and there. Not talking about the Dolphins game and the defense for now. Okay, that's cool. I was wondering why the Ravens don't implement a Chief Style offense. I thought about it for a long time now. Lamar can play like my homes. He can even do more by being faster. Kelsey equals Manjus. Hardman equals Duvenay. Dobbins, Drake can both be used like Clyde Edwards. And don't forget Justice Hill too. But anyway, he said, in detail, the shovel pass, Lamar can throw all the angles and it's a good short yardage option we do struggle with lately. You know, I never thought about that. And that Ravens don't, they don't ever do that. I don't even really think they did that with Flacco either. That's a really good point. Man, something so simple, but something that could be so effective. But that's also, that's not a screen play. But it's not a screen play. But it kind of reminds me of it a little bit, because how you just quickly dump it off to the running back or receive it, whoever you're doing the shovel pass to. But I know that, yeah, the way the Chiefs do it is so beautiful and just the way that they set it up and design it, it's just a beautiful thing. And it can be so effective because it can catch teams off guard. But anyway, he said, bringing Duvenay in the backfield as a Ravens version of Hill or Hardman, even if we don't give him the ball, you should have the opposing defense guessing. See with that, I know that they did all the jet sweeps. We remember Duvenay was a jet sweep king, but now he's been used more as a receiver and he's been doing a good job of it. So I've been like, okay, Duvenay, like he's been impressing me the past couple weeks. I'm like, whoa, okay, I appreciate it. So yeah, so they could do that. But I like them using him as a receiver because they did all the gadget stuff with him over the past couple of years. But now this new Duvenay, yeah, I'm with that. He said, number three, using the Chiefs RPO. Yeah, Ravens got their own, but yeah, I guess they could do that. And he said, if we can combine the Chiefs style with the stuff that's already working, teams won't be ready for all the same looks we give them. We could also combine the plays used by the Chiefs with our personnel to make it more Raven-esque. Best wishes. See, it sounds like you want the Ravens to move on from somebody and hire Eric B. Enemy. The Evolution, next question came from a guy that solution for kicks. He said, yes, we are all licking our wounds with a devastating shocking loss to Miami, but there's a civil lining to be found in that loss and the Jets game. Is this the Evolution of the Ravens offense that was alluded to last year? I know you have been chanting for a proven young veteran free agent why receiver to come to the Ravens or if they would have traded for one. But like I've been saying, if they weren't going to trade for one, if you're going to roll with the guys who you got, even though they did add to Marcus Robinson and he's helped. But if they were going to roll with the guys that they got and not get one of them guys that's like that right here right now and a proven guy, all right? Maximize them. Show us what these guys that we got half. And they've been doing that so far. I mean, James crochet, he been hurt. I mean, in the first game, he was only out there for a couple of snaps. He didn't really get nothing. But then he was out the last game. So we'll see what happens with him. But we've been seeing Bateman. We've been seeing a lot more dude as a wide receiver. They've been using the markets right. So yeah, they've been doing Tyler Wilders ain't been out there too, too much. But they're top three guys. They've been doing it. I love it. Anyway, he said, well, it's clear that that's not happening as far as the Ravens getting another receiver he was talking about. As of now, Bateman and Duvenay are showing the media and even you that they can get it done. The addition of Williams, who has exceptional speed is a concern for defenses. Williams, Williams, Williams. You talking about Robinson? I think you talking about the markets, Robinson, I think. But anyway, because he said Williams, he said defenses, defense view Bateman as a chain mover with good speed, but he's showing, don't press me or your pay. I like that. We still haven't seen Pro Shades reliable hands or Wilders toughens yet. And that's because of like disability, which appeared in this game sans that drop. He'll get there though. He'll get there. He's progressing. It's only been two weeks. So yeah, he'll get there. I know a lot of people like they, they like, oh likely, blah, blah, but he'll be fine. Anyway, however, the Ravens are showing what used to be a massive strength is now glaring weakness and that it's once vaunted run game is so far toothless. I'm not sure if the return of JK August will help fix this. The goal is not to run Lamar as much as he's clearly showing he's capable of carving up environment defenses into submission if needed. In summation, the Ravens are currently a big play passing team out of necessity, but it is sustainable if properly invested in. Love it. Next question came from my guy Java. He said, should we sign JPP? I think they should, but he left without a deal. So I don't know what's happening. And talk to Seattle about trading for Sidney Jones. That's the cornerback, ain't it? I don't know. I don't know much about Sidney Jones game. So I can't really say about him, but JPP, whoever's going to be yes to somebody because they need help in the past rush department and they just need depth there. They need more bodies there. Bad. Next question came from my guy Dominic. He said, what's up in Ravens? Hope everything is well. Sorry in advance, this might be long. I just left the Ravens game. Oh, you were there. And I have mixed feelings about it. I've seen that the Ravens did have a plan for the Dolphins cover zero defense, but our defense didn't have an answer in the fourth quarter. I noticed that we did go on the center more. So I guess that's a positive. And we were able to get open on one-on-one matchups. But once again, we couldn't run the ball. We were able to pass though, and that could lead to the offense gaining momentum in the running game down the road. Teams will continue to stack the box for the first four games until our opponents realize that you need to respect our pass game. I think they will. But hey, we'll see. Defense was solid until the fourth quarter. I think they forgot Tyree Keele was on the Dolphins. Tyree Keele that's in the fourth quarter. I don't know where the safety's wet. I think this game falls on the defensive coordinator, Mike McDonald. The first two games in the air, teams were throwing all over us, which is starting to look like last year so far. My question is, what were you disappointed in during the Dolphins comeback and what were the key takeaways from the game that you had enjoyed? Sorry for the long message, but I had to get it off my chest and just like Tyree Keele on the second touchdown, catch, I'm out. As far as what was I disappointed in, just again, the lack of adjustments, the team just getting stagnant. The lack of urgency, especially on defense to really stop the Dolphins and credit to the Dolphins for doing that thing. But just, and the lack of situational awareness by the Ravens team, just a bad lack of situational awareness. But as far as what did I like? What did I enjoy? Obviously, the passing game. Passing game for sure. Lamar, his big touchdown run. Yeah, so I appreciated the offense putting up all the points that they did. Devin Duvenay with his kick return. I appreciated the Ravens for putting up all the points that they did because that was a beautiful thing to see. Next question came from my guy, Howard. He said, what's happening in Graven? I will give my assessments of the Miami game and your post game thoughts video. Right now, I want to touch on the topic that I also wrote about last season and pertaining to the Ravens offensive line and lack of push-up front in the running game with our backs. We literally don't have any maulers up front to knock people off the line of scrimmage at the point of attack. When our running game was done and we had big maulers like Orlando Brown Jr., Tyree Phillips, DJ Fluka, moving people at will. Ronnie Stanley's been out and we've just got a line full of lightweights except for Morgan Moses, who's listed around 330 pounds. I believe our first round center is not even listed at 300 pounds and we've seen how he's been pushed around these first two games. Sorry about the long rant, but it's been a while since I sent an email, some questions from subs. Just want to know your thoughts on my rant. Hashtag Ravens Nation. Yeah, I remember you did bring up that point about the maulers. I do remember that. That was a while back. So yeah, we got to hope Ronnie Stanley could do it. With Ben Powers, we'll see about him because you still got Ben Cleveland. He could be one of the maulers. But we just got to hope guys get back and guys get healthy. And yeah, Raven just really saw pushing people back. As far as Lenderbaum, yeah, he is a little bit smaller. But we just got to hope with him getting pushed around these first couple of games, we just got to hope that that's just him being a rookie. Be him being a rookie center, him having to take on all that responsibility and him just adjusting to the NFL. So hopefully he'll get there. Next question came from my guy Manuel L. He said, how's it going, man? Hope all is well with y'all. I know it's early in the season, but my honest opinion on Patrick Queen is that we have to move on from him now that he has some value. He's just not the answer in the linebacker. Yes, he's got speed, but he misses a lot of tackles. His covering skills are very questionable at times. The only reason we still have Bynes is because they don't trust him at all. Just my opinion, let me know what you think. Thanks and have a great day. That part about Bynes is spot on. It's spot on because they just kept and keep on bringing him back. They keep doing it and that shows like, yeah, you don't fully trust Patrick Queen. I think Bynes was just a dead move because they try to get Bobby Wagner. If you set, I understand trying to make your team even better, but if you're set at inside linebacker, and you feel you're set at inside linebacker with the guy you got, you ain't going to try to get no Bobby Wagner because you're going to have to pay significant money to go out and get a Bobby Wagner. The fact that you try to let us all know, like, oh, yeah, we don't trust Patrick Queen like that. This is a big year for him. 15 games. First game was great. First game was his best game ever as a Raven, I think. It again suggests. Next game was like, ooh, okay, yikes. But so, again, it's been just two games though. So hopefully he can have more games like the first game and no more games like the second one. Next question also came from Manuel. But this time, Manuel, why? He said, what's up in Raven? I have a message for the Raven. Stop being cute or trying to look cool when you're winning. It costs us the game. It costs the Marge revenge on the Dolphins and most importantly, a game that could have been a tiebreaker. It doesn't matter if you win by 42 or 50 points. You keep going until the game is over. I hope you take this L as a lesson and not a loss one. I know it's just week two, but if we're starting with these bad habits now, then down the line it'll cost us more and then in the playoffs. PS, Lamar just showcased in this game he is worth 300 mil at least. I would recommend EDC. Start saving money for that check. Well, but shoddy, really. Yeah, man. This is why I always respected the Patriots in that undefeated regular season that they had because they were racking up the points, running up the score. Some people got mad like, oh, why are they doing that? It's not sportsmanship. No, no, no, no, no. It's this four quarters in a game. You finish the whole game. You don't play and get up at three quarters and be like, all right, we're going to chill. No, you continue to put up points. The lesson learned. Next question came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, what's up in Graven? It's up to you to keep our spirits up after the loss to Miami. You're always a positive force and we need every ounce of that cheerful, positive energy that you bring more than ever now. Surely by now, EDC and Vashati have learned a lesson that having elite receivers can transform an average quarterback into a pro bow and super bow contender. We watched Tour Morph into, well, Patrick Mahomes. What's next? State Farm Insurance commercials? Yes, I know it's only game two, but we know that had the Miami quarterback been playing with the same offensive personnel as last season, the chances of our defense holding them to under three touchdowns in the fourth quarter greatly increases. If EDC refuses to trade up in the draft to swipe a top two receiver because he values a larger quality of memorable bust over fewer short thing players, who changes the outcome of the games? Then he needs to be much more creative in finding an end-season trade partner, meaning he's got to be willing to part with something that he values in order to get something worthwhile. And man, yeah, elite receivers do make a big difference as we got to see firsthand. On the wrong side of that, because Tyree killed the Ravens. Jalen Waddle killed the Ravens. And yeah, that's helped too a lot and just a big year for two. Now with the Ravens, Rashal Bateman, we talked about it last year. He had, it was so far so good. But now we just, I talked about going into this year, we just needed to see consistency. We've been seeing consistency. So hopefully that continues. And hopefully, because I don't expect him to do anything at receiver during this season. Off season, it just depends on how the rest of the season goes. But he said, unless there's a diabolical in-house plan in place, not to equip them all with the most dynamic wide receiver weapons possible for the intent purposes of ensuring that a few will touch down passes in yards per game, robbing the young QB of all his contract bargaining leverage. Nah, that couldn't be it, right? No way the brass would sabotage the season and Lamar's chances for success just to avoid paying him market value, right? No way JK is being held back for reasons other than health concerns, right? Well, I like how he left it off with a little bit of those real questions that they really make you think sometimes. But I hope that would not be the case because I think if that were the case, the Ravens were really sabotaging Lamar to try to not pay him as much money as he wanted. In turn, they would really only be sabotaging themselves because he wouldn't go for that. And the last two questions came from my boy, Flirt Nowinsky. He said, what's good, bro, back again. Hope all is good with you and yours. Don't you think it's funny everybody hated Wing for not passing out because he isn't running? Realistically, I'm going to need everybody to calm down. Our defense isn't going to have three straight breakdowns on defense every week. We weren't covered to 90% of the time. Those plays, the safety's bit. Williams and Hamilton, I'm sure they will never do it again. But yeah, overall, can you really be mad? No, it's any given Sunday. Wink and TJ looking cool up in NY, ain't they? And like Williams and Hamilton was when they were supposed to have deep halves. I'm out. He's crazy. He said, oh, and I pray to every guy we know that we don't rush anybody back. Because of that loss, we are good. We need them at full strength. It's a long season. I'm playing in my eyes. Jalen Armadavis did okay. He's a rookie. He's going to take his lumps. Same with Pepe, but they can only get better as they play. Also, them two are hitters. All right, I'm out again. And yeah, that's true. They will only get better with time and overtime for sure. And he also said, quick question, on that play where Lamar was scrambling and I seen him stop because he saw a lane and then the seen the flags fly and double-pumped and he was like, you know what, do you think that's why he didn't take off because he thought it was a free play? Yeah, for sure. I completely forgot about that that was a free play. But yeah, I think he was just like, you know what, free play. Let me take a shot, see what I can make happen. You