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I'm engraving vids This is my YouTube channel engraving vids and I'm a Ravens fan And even though I'm a Ravens fan on this YouTube channel we talk ratings of course, but we also talk football period So if you're Ravens fan, you can subscribe if you a fan of the Patriots you can subscribe Or if you just love talking about football period make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel turn your notifications on like I see most of you have already Like the thumbs up leave a like on the video You can also follow on Twitter Instagram and snapchat all three are engraving vids and I appreciate all y'all coming through so early Good morning. What's up? Joe? What's up? Alexander? What's going on Francisco? What's going on steel gunplay? Juan Lopez? What's up, man? So appreciate all y'all coming through but anyway in The dirty dirty game of football in a dirty dirty business That is the NFL What's up, Josh? It's a very dirty dirty game. It's a dirty game. It's a business. So That's expected These teams are out to make money the league. What's up Lewis? What's up savage? The league is out to make money Yeah, it really wasn't a barbecue. I'll just make you some sausage because Carter he loves those the Italian sausage So he tore that up with some rice and I tore some up to myself But anyway, the league is a dirty dirty league. It's a dirty dirty game. It's a dirty dirty business A lot of y'all know contracts Your contract can say one thing, but it can mean something else. What's up tape? That's why a lot of players when they sign contracts They try to get Most money up front and they tried what they pay attention to the most is guarantees They pay they pay the most to get they pay attention the most to guarantees because if something is guaranteed that means no matter what You're gonna get your guarantee to get that would have a much have a much that amount of money is That's a guarantee. So no matter what happens whether you still on the team and you get cut release traded whatever You're guaranteed to get that money So in something that a Victor Cruz he brought this up a couple years ago I forgot where he was going to interview from But when he brought it up, I'm like wow that actually makes a lot of sense even though it is very very grimy and dirty But it's a business. So it makes a lot of sense. You know when these players sign these deals they'll sign the deal and and The deal some of the deals will be for it'll have playing time incentives in it So meaning or yeah, it'll have some type of incentive in there If you score 10 touchdowns, you get another million dollar bonus if y'all make the playoffs you get a million dollar bonus If you are started by the end of the year you get a million dollar bonus if you play 90% of the start the snaps as a starter Then you get a million dollar bonus and these are just examples They're not always million dollar bonuses or whatnot, but that's I was just trying to give you an example of the type of incentives That can be included in a contract that somebody signs And in this instance Lawrence guy Who actually played for Baltimore last year? He was on the Ravens for the past couple of years. He was a DN He's a nice run stop in DN pass rush. He's okay him, but that's not his specialty But anyway regardless of the fact He he signed with the New England Patriots this offseason and he had an incentive bonus of $500,000 if he were to play 55% of the defensive snaps 55% So what happened? Oh? He was well on his way to that He was well on his way to playing at least 55% of the defensive snaps so he could earn his $500,000 Ross $500,000 bonus But then what happened still is cut James Harrison And Patriots say you know what still is We got you they picked up James Harrison and James Harrison took over and he took a lot of snaps away from from Lawrence guy Therefore at the end of the season like we said his roster bonus He had to play 55% of the defensive snaps in order to get the roster bonus But he didn't make that he missed it by point two percent because he ended up playing at the end of the year He ended up playing fifty four point eight Percent of the defensive snaps so he missed it by a point two percent and what they calculated that to was literally two snaps He missed the bonus by two plays two plays and that's it and Therefore the Patriots they weren't obligated to pay him that $500,000 anymore Since he missed those two snaps they weren't obligated to do it I'm in something that what I was saying about Victor Cruz something that he brought out a couple of years ago When he was doing an interview he said that that he said he's seen he's seen he's seen a he's seen it a lot of times where NFL teams they will be He said he'll see where in NFL teams will They'll set up player contracts and whatever and they'll be incentive incentivize contracts But when it comes to make that incentive, then they'll bench the player They'll take the player out the game. They'll do whatever they can so they don't have to play pay those players those incentives And I was thinking wow, that's really grimy, but the NFL is a grimy business. So that makes a lot of sense But in this case Laurence guy he missed it by the two snaps But the Patriots they still paid him the five hundred thousand dollars anyway And I had loved that story once I saw that I was like wow, that's That's pretty good, man Because you never ever ever hear of anything like that in NFL Because teams are about making money not just paying out money Even if you missed it by literally two plays they actually for them to actually pay him that money That was crazy, man. That blew my mind. I couldn't believe they did that But I just had to share that with y'all. That was a that was a great story. Oh, I said they did it for PR I don't know what they did it for but the fact that they did it is crazy because you never ever hear of anything like that ever ever nobody does that what's up war more But it was it was just a nice story man. It was a refreshing story for NFL man Very refreshing story because no matter what team it is. I don't care if it would have been even the Browns that did it We would have still been talking about it, but it was that was a great move Because stuff like that just doesn't happen So yeah, man shout out to Laurence guy. Yeah, that is good for him that that he got that bonus former Raven Wish he could have played in a Super Bowl with us, but it's all good man all good. Anyway Alexander said I think the bills did the same for tight rod a few years back intentionally sitting him and missed some requirement Oh, I think I remember what you're talking about. But yeah, it I'm sure it happens in enough teams I'm sure it happens in enough teams man Um, yeah, Francisco, you already know man. He said that was nice of them. Shout out to all the former Ravens They'll love y'all. We sure do But that was that was a nice move um And I guess the Ravens Eric Weddle he they they did it to him this year Um, I guess maybe Dean Pease was mad at Eric Weddle or something Because if the Ravens would have made the playoffs and Eric Weddle, he would have got a bonus one million dollars So what did Dean Pease do fourth and 12 in Baltimore defense on the field game on the line Eric Weddle bonus on the line a million dollars sitting right there All you got to do is make the playoffs to get your million dollars You ain't got to win in the playoffs. You ain't got to make the Super Bowl. All you got to do is make the playoffs And what happens fourth and 12, you know what? Let me let me just let me change up the defense that I've been calling idiot idiot anyway Anyway, um Lewis I give credit to the rest of craft for that. I'm assuming after what happened to the Malcolm Butler situation Which I believe craft didn't have anything to do goes to show you the type of owner he is Yeah, that could be it man could be it but Anyway, just felt like I should feel like sharing that with y'all. So I appreciate y'all I got a a throwback madden video coming out like soon Maybe like around 10 if y'all interested in that you can check it out. If not, no worries But from madden 13 when me and my wife actually did a dual commentary back when I used to do more post commentary videos And I used to edit the madden videos chop them up and put them on here So, you know, that was a long time ago because I haven't done one of those and I don't even remember the last time I did it one of those But here's what it is. Um, so anyway, I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Um Videos on the way All that stuff on the way old vlogs on the way Love y'all. I see y'all later on man. I'm out