 First question came from my guy Serge. He said, I think I speak for all of us when I say we're more than happy with the defensive signings we've made so far this offseason. However, it's obvious we've been lacking at a very important position, that being middle linebacker. Although Patrick Wayne is still young and learning, he's not quite yet what we all thought he would be at Mike linebacker. I myself was excited when we drafted Malik Harrison. However, he hasn't shown that he can be a solid starter. I think with Malik Harrison, we don't know what goes on in practice, but I just feel like Malik Harrison hasn't even really been out there like that for us to really see, like to really really see if he's liked that or not. I just feel like he has not been out on the field like that. We remember of course the incident that happened last year that kind of like that messed things up big time. I was at two years ago. No, that was last year. But he just even before that he just hadn't been out there like that. Last I remember was him being out there for the Chiefs game. I think it was like towards the end of it where he started covering Travis Kelsey. Or was it him covering Travis Kelsey through the whole game and then they switched him off at the end? I forget, but I just don't remember him consistently being out there on the field like that. But anyway, he said all the love in the world for Josh Bynes. He's a smart, reliable, veteran linebacker we can depend on. However, he's aging and lacks the athleticism the position requires in this new age of football. And yeah, with Josh Bynes, he is all the things that you mentioned. And yes, he does not have the athleticism that a Patrick Queen that Malik Harrison might have. Like for him to make a play, he's he got to rely on his smarts big time. And his smarts do make up for a lot. But there's so many times when you see Josh, but you could tell he knows what's going on. He knows what's coming. But the athleticism just isn't there to match his smarts. So yeah, he is older. He's still been solid for the Ravens, of course, but he is older. And athleticism usually doesn't catch up with your smarts at this point in a career. Like it reminds me sort of of how Eric Weddo was. Eric Weddo was some super, super smart, super, super smart. This dude knew what was going down on the plate. He knew what the offense was doing. He had the smarts, but his body just could not keep up with his brain. So yeah, anyway, he said, he said, though the Bobby Wagner signing didn't work out, we've signed a number of free agents at the position, including one of my personal favorites, Diego Fago. My maddened brain is imagining what it would be like to have Chuck Clark take a few snaps in the linebacker, but that will likely never happen. What do you mean? He's already done that. They got Chuck Clark playing in a box so much, right? Yeah, Chuck Clark has been doing that already. So and I envision him doing that even more, being around a box, being that inside linebacker, dime backer. And then because you know, they're going to want to have Kyle Hamilton on the field. So they Chuck Clark, yeah, he's been doing that. And I expect him to do it even more now. So yeah, it's not just your maddened brain. It's real. It's a real thing. But he said, as Draven's fans, we've been spoiled with top tier middle linebackers and I'm quite possibly overreacting. No, no, no, we have been. Of course, obviously Ray Lewis. And we talk about this all the time, how Ray Lewis just, he didn't make it fair for other people. He didn't make it fair for all the linebackers that came after him, but they will always be compared to Ray Lewis. Some will nobody will live up to that. And it's tough. It's tough. So I've been really good though. Others not so good. So I'm in between. Anyway, who on our current roster do you see becoming our number two or number three at middle linebacker? Or do you think we look towards free agency assigned a guy like AJ Johnson? You know, I'm gonna be straight. I don't know who that is at all. I have no clue who AJ Johnson is. And he said much love. Now, as far as our number two, number three middle linebackers always set at inside linebacker, we could be possibly. But like a lot of people have pointed out, especially in today's day and age of the NFL, linebackers are used a lot less. So they could have like one lineback on the field, but they also like to have a safety next to that linebacker sort of as the other linebacker. Why you have like three other corners on the field. So and like Patrick Queen, I just when we talked about this in another video or other videos with Patrick Queen, he can do some things, man. If he just cleans up the tackling, if he cleans up that tackling, man, sky is the limit for him because he has the athleticism. And as this, as his career goes on, he'll continue to gain the smarts. The game will slow down for him. So I just hope that this, this is because this is such a big year for him. It's a huge year for him because this is the year Ravens gotta either pick up that fifth year option or they don't. And if they do great, it doesn't guarantee that he gets a long-term contract. But if they don't great, it doesn't guarantee that he doesn't get a long-term contract because they could decline his fifth year option and then just have him for the fourth year and then they could sign him to an extension then. They could pick up his fifth year option and then he could play out the fifth year and they could be or he could get traded. Anything could happen. So it's just, this is such a big year because big decisions on his future, they don't necessarily have to be made, but they will be made because it's crunch time. And we know in today's NFL, like especially as a first round pick, teams are like, hey, you either got it or you don't. You either with it or you're not. And with Patrick Queen, hopefully things just keep going in the right direction. I know last year was a little bit shaky, but hopefully things continue to go in an upward trend. But as far as behind Patrick Queen or alongside Patrick Queen, yeah, there's Josh Bynes. But again, I feel like Josh Bynes for the Ravens, he's just a safe guy. He's a safe guy to where they're like, ah, yeah, we don't trust our guys yet. We don't really believe in our guys yet. They went and tried to sign Bobby Wagner. That should let you know everything that you need to know about how the Ravens felt and feel about their current inside linebackers. They tried to sign Bobby Wagner. And Bobby Wagner would have definitely been an upgrade over Patrick Queen based off his experience, everything that he's done, everything that he's capable of, how he's been playing and whatnot. But that lets you know how they feel about it. So I just, we're just hoping that there's a big jump. And like you mentioned earlier, I was excited too when they drafted Malik Harris. I love how my guy Sutton from Purple Rain podcast, he always called them Thunder and Lightning. Malik Harrison's Thunder and Patrick Queen was the Lightning because Malik Harrison brought that thump, brought the power and Patrick Queen brought that lightning quickness. And I was envisioning them just being a dynamic duo. But we just, we haven't gotten to see that yet. Shout out to the helicopter, by the way. So yeah, hopefully soon, like they can work out and they can both take off together. So I'm hoping that Malik Harrison can be that guy. Because Malik Harrison, he showed, when he's played, he showed some flashes. Like I forget what game it was, what he was, he was just, he looked good in past coverage man. And he made like this reaching back tip where he took the ball up. Didn't more than Humphrey pick it off? Maybe somebody picked it off. But anyway, he showed some flashes and he, he ain't scared of nobody too. He's like, he reminds me of DeSean Elliott at Linebacker though. Maybe they could use DeSean Elliott at Linebacker. But like Malik Harrison, they bring out him for the big gun. They're like, hey, oh there, can we come to town? Malik Harrison, hey you up. Because they know like, he ain't afraid to thump with nobody man. So I hope that he can emerge. I know Josh Bynes is probably going to give more of an opportunity than him, but I hope that like starting from training camp and increasing. And I know they said they trying to him out at outside Linebacker too. But I hope that it ends up being Malik Harrison. And he really emerges as a nice contributing Linebacker for the Ravens. Whether it's at inside, whether it's at outside, whether it's at, well no, I don't really, I wouldn't really want him to do the both thing. Because I just, I feel like sometimes, and it all just depends. But sometimes Ravens can try to have these guys do so many different things to where they're not special at one thing. And then they just, guys end up just fading away. So I would love for him to specialize at one Linebacker position. And it's like, oh, we know what to expect. And there's nothing wrong with guys being able to do multiple things, especially if you do multiple things well. But I would just rather him specialize, all right, this dude is at inside Linebacker. Oh yeah, we know he about to bring it. Or okay, this dude, he emerges as an outside Linebacker. Oh yeah, we can rely on him. So I'm hoping that it's Malik Harrison. I don't really envision them signing anybody else at inside Linebacker right now. Simply because, like I mentioned earlier, Chuck Clark's going to be there, Kyle Hamilton's going to be there. So I just don't expect them to sign another Linebacker. But again, hopefully, it ends up being Malik Harrison. Next question came from my guy Marcel. He said, here's why I think we don't need a number one wide receiver. If we get Stanley back come week one, our old line will be in the top five, which would give them one more time in the pocket, which it will look like we have two number one wide receivers. I think having a great old line play will override the need for us trading for wide receiver or picking up a free agent wide receiver. No team but us are three quarterbacks deep. No, I off the top of my head, I can't think of any right now, but I'm sure there are other teams that are three cornerbacks deep. But anyway, he said no team other than us are three cornerbacks deep. Add that in with great old line play. I see Lamar hitting over 4k passing this season. Yeah, again, with the offensive line, it's great that and we certainly hope that Stanley comes back because that will make everything so much better for everybody. But with the with that, I just I feel like that mindset, it just it sounds like settling. It's like, all right, well, if I'm all got the good offensive line, well, that's good enough. Why not give him the great offensive line and an even greater even greater passing weapons. Next question came from my guy, rave kingdom. He said, first off, I appreciate you engraving and hopefully you and the family doing well. We're doing really good. And I appreciate you. He said, I understand your reasoning for wanting a wide receiver. And I actually agree 100% on your reasoning. But don't you find it suspicious Ravens players from the past and future are coming out and saying the wide receiver group issue and continue to expose the play calling and Greg Roman system, which are baby and Hollywood Brown have come out and said the wide receiver group is good enough. Well, that could be true. But at the same time, what would you expect wide receivers to say? Would a wide receiver come out and say, Oh, no, no, no, we need more. No, no, we ain't good enough. Oh, no, no, no, we could use one of them guys. So they ain't really gonna say that. But anyway, he said, Bateman went as far as to say, we can win the Super Bowl with the group that we have. That's great. That he came out and said that. But again, I wouldn't expect him to say anything different. So but anyway, he said, it's too many people calling out Greg Roman system and too much evidence saying the wide receivers we have are good enough. That part I disagree with. I don't, I don't think there's evidence that says the receivers at the Ravens have are good enough. I don't think there's any evidence on that because all of them are unproven. So had they had they came over from another system or some or another team or something, they had proven themselves, then they came to the Ravens and it's like, Oh, what's going on? And if they were like that on another team, then I okay, there's evidence. But it's unfortunate for them because there's not evidence because they are unproven. And yeah, the Raven system, it is a big yikes sometimes when it comes to wide receivers. So I don't think there's evidence that's proven that they're good enough. He said, no disrespect, but I feel you should pause on the pushing for another wide receiver and actually give them a fair opportunity to show what they got. No, I'm not. I'm not. I don't control anything that happens, but I'm never going to stop wanting more for Lamar. I'm never going to want, I'm never going to want to stop wanting Lamar to have the best of the best. See, you try to be outside doing a video and a fresh air and the camera just keeps overheating. But anyway, like I was saying, no, I'm never going to stop wanting the Ravens to do the most and the best for their quarterback. Never, ever. It was the same way with Joe Flacco. I was saying the same thing back then saying the same thing now for Lamar Jackson. So no, I'm not. Why would I? Well, again, back to the previous question too. And I understand, hey, we want to give the young guys a shot, but the young guys could still get that shot, even if they get somebody, even if the Ravens got somebody else who's already like that. Why would you not want Lamar Jackson, your quarterback? Why would you not want his job to be the easiest as possible? Why would you not want to really try to make sure there were no excuses to where you could reach his full potential and pull it all the way out? Why wouldn't you want that? So no. But anyway, he said, because trust me, they're looking at Hollywood departure. Greg Roman being on the hot seat and Ravens saying they want to involve more passing to their game plan as a golden opportunity. We'll see. They've talked to talk, but we'll see. We'll see if with a healthy roster, if they continue up in the passing game, by the high, again, by the hires that they've made, it looks like it. But seeing is believing. They still got to prove that. So we'll see how this thing shakes out. And the last question on this episode came from Elix. He said, Hey, and Graven, how are you? Has the family life treating you? Everything is very good. I have a question for you. Can we start the calling Greg Roman by his full name, Gregory P. Roman, until passing game, get some love and creativity, please. Yo, let that let that man be, man. Greg Roman certainly is not blameless. He isn't. And I know everybody likes to go at Greg Roman like, Oh yeah, the issue is Greg Roman, Greg Roman, and there are issues with his offense for sure. We know what specializes in run doesn't specialize in pass. We get that. We know that. But the Ravens, it's their philosophy and it's been their philosophy that has a lack of emphasis on the passing game. That is not new news. It's not new news. Greg Roman just so happens to be the offensive coordinator. And I think the reason that Greg Roman gets so much heat. And again, he does deserve some of them. But it's not all him. It's Ravens philosophy is much deeper than a Greg Roman. It's way deeper than Greg Roman. But the reason that he does get a lot of heat, which I can understand, is because the timing he and the Ravens offense, they have a quarterback who is not just your average quarterback. And we are just waiting for them to pull that potential all the way out. They've scratched the surface, but they ain't there yet. They have not gotten the best out of Lamar yet. And that's why so many people are frustrated. That's why. Because you have somebody like him, but it seems like they got these training wheels on. They don't want to let them loose. And it's just been not necessarily minimal growth, but he could have had a lot more growth than he's had.