 First question came from Java. He said with the deadline approaching. I saw that cooks Claypool and Judy might be on a block So which receiver you think they should go after? Oh out of those three Cooks is good cooks is an established guy, but cooks is also He's a little guy. He's he's what 510 and I'd say he can't play bigger, but I mean I just I Really don't think the Ravens need another smaller receiver. I don't chase Claypool I know still is ain't trading Claypool to the Ravens Because he got the size but Sometimes the yeah, no not Claypool a Jerry Judy. He's like he's like six one So he ain't the tallest in the world good speed good separation Sometimes his hands can be inconsistent though. That's the one thing about y'all love Jerry Judy so much I wouldn't be mad if they traded for him now because the big plays of it But sometimes he can have those those simple drops the concentration drops the drops where it's like wow He dropped that but then he had a catch as well. It's like whoa. He caught that So with Judy, I think um If they traded for a Jerry Judy, I think the way that he could benefit most On whatever team he was on but well if it was with the Ravens if they traded for a Jerry Judy, which I would not be mad at The volume would have to be upped in the passing game. It would have to and This because this has an impact on Players like Rashad Bateman It did it had an impact on guys like Hollywood Jerry Judy if guys got their drops Like okay cuz guys are gonna have that drop. Well, not Devin Duvenay. He don't be dropping nothing But besides doing they guys are gonna have that drops and that's cool. Mark Andrews. He got his drops, but With Mark Andrews, why we do remember the drops a lot of times we forget about most of them because he makes so many Catches and get so many yards and touchdowns etc with Rashad Bateman We remember the drops because he ain't getting that many Targets yards and da-da-da-da-da the volume ain't going crazy like that So with Hollywood he did have his drops, but then he also got a good amount of yards, too But it was kind of a lot of both I think the drops were Hollywood since they came at some crucial times That's why a lot of fans remember those but you see I'm saying if there's less volume for receiver Then in the receiver who may have some drops every now and then if there's less volume for them Those drops are gonna hurt that much more they're gonna hurt so much more But if it's a receiver and they drop every now and then but they getting volume like that And they obviously making a lot more plays than they're missing Okay, you can live with the drops, but if the Ravens are gonna trade for somebody then Yeah, you you got to be invested into into the passing game a lot more than they are And I know every game is different, but I Don't know where I I wouldn't mind it But I just they will have to change a lot of what they do in the way That they do it and I mean they can change that now They don't they wouldn't have to wait to trade for Disreceiver that receiving a third they wouldn't have to wait to do that to change what the way that they do things They don't gotta wait they can do it now So why not I yeah might as well right he said also what moves do you want to see us make by the deadline? Just being a better football team overall starting from within I got plenty moves I would love to see them make but everything it the best move that the Ravens could make It would start from within And that's fixing their own mistakes getting out of their own heads getting getting rid of all just the silly stuff man The silly stuff the simple mistakes Fixing that because that can go such a long way and being a more complete football team playing more complete football Some of that is getting healthy, but a lot of that is just getting right man straight up It's just getting right and Ravens are not right right now He said I'd be shocked if we do anything but us Ravens fans No, we'll be getting a lot of Ravens came close news I don't know if I told you this but I know other subscribers has but thank you for great content and clean content You're great inspiration to our youth and adults keep up the amazing work and I hope God continues to bless you on your journey No, I appreciate that man. I appreciate that a whole lot man a whole lot And I know you you you my guy you always send in a million questions and I always appreciate it So thank you for that and he had sent in another question He said you're the GM and Lamar is in your office about his contract What is your pitch to him about the changes you're going to make to help him grow and get a championship and also? How much you're going to pay him? I couldn't if I'm the Ravens GM. I could not pitch him on Changes that I would make because if I'm I gotta think of it from Lamar's point of view What changes have I made as a GM while Lamar's been here? None? None I could tell him. Hey Lamar. I'm gonna go get you a number one wide receiver. How about that? Would you like that? I'm gonna if you sign this contract, then I'll get you one Well Lamar could be like hold up. I was on a much cheaper deal for these past five years And what have you all provided for me? Well, what's gonna change if he signs a deal? So I couldn't even sell him on change. I couldn't sell him on that. I Would have to actually put the change in motion. I would have to actually show him action and not just words So, yeah, I couldn't even start with that about changes He said you're going to make what changes are you gonna make to help him grow and get a championship? Well, the offense is change the whole philosophy is changing For me if I'm the GM the whole philosophy I'm I'm throwing it out the window straight up. I know it's had success in the past past But recently no I'm getting rid of that and I would actually show him. I always say, you know what look look Give me this off-season because I would be the new GM obviously. I think I would say give me this off-season Watch what I do We're not even gonna talk about a long-term deal. We do the franchise tag But it I say I wouldn't even be out of disrespect for you It would be more so out of let me show you what we how much change we can make in a year For me to show you how much I'm invested in you To keep it clean Frustrated and I know she is because she ain't sending the question in a minute next question came from time Just is it angry when I just watched the Browns and Ravens game defense coming along. That's great However, the offense is horrible Lamar stats are going down every week How can you be lighting the league up in an MVP conversation now for games in and you can't get anything done on offense We know this is a copycat league and Andrews is being taken away in every game now. Yeah, that's smart That's smart for teams to do take Mark Andrews away and make the Ravens beat you another way Somebody got to step up He said we also know that Roman is creative in the run game using Andrews and then Lamar all that was cute But in the passing game Andrews had two completions And I think do have two Bateman one and he missed one he missed one brochure one How is hardball allowing Roman to have one receiver on the field and three tight ends Who is getting open on the perimeter? That is so easy for teams to defend Another play Roman decides to roll Lamar out to the left and had all the receivers on that side of the field Now Lamar throws across his body taking one half of the field. Why is he throwing left Lamar is not even left-handed? What are we doing Lamar so drained in his presser? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah He mentioned he only threw the ball 16 times today. How can he get hot or in a rhythm with that output? Yeah, man, it's all about volume Volume volume is the name of the game in the especially the passing game She said receivers can't get into a rhythm if they're on the sideline and popping in and out of the game People say we are complaining about the offense. Yes, we are because it's horrible The offensive line got manhandled this game So Roman draws up these long extended plays instead of putting more receiver sets on the field and creating ways to get them The ball hardball is choosing to allow this madness to happen We can get de hop or any other elite receiver It won't matter if we don't get a creative offense mind in here to help our guys Lamar is disgusted And the receivers are disgusted. How about better make some changes quick This buddy buddy system will be the Ravens demise had the vent. Have a great evening. Hey, Tanya, you too I find this offense offensive next question came from my guy rodeo. He said we won my guy I should be happy, but I'm disappointed and unimpressed. Yes, the NFL is a tough league And you absolutely have to take the wins when they come no matter how you get them However, number one, I don't have to say Lamar Jackson is not playing like a 300 million dollar quarterback We all can clearly see that he would get his money when the time comes and this has nothing to do with that What I will say is LJ is an elite talent and what most would consider a top 5 QB and generational talent with great power Comes great responsibility and some of the mistakes LJ continues to make you would expect them Not to still be mistakes this far into his career. I'm not asking them to be perfect No one is perfect having what happened to the three-step drops read and react what happened to seven-step drops read and react These 20-step drops LJ is doing are hurting the offense more than helping LJ Dropping back 20 yards and not throwing the ball away if nothing is there is hurting the offense in several ways We already struggling in most cases to gain 10 yards on first down So second and 15 third and 20 aren't helping please read and react but more importantly throw the ball away And yeah volume volume. I think when when the volume is so low you try your best to just make anything happen because Especially the way that the floor the game is going depending on what game especially this past game, but you try your best like man When am I gonna get another chance to make a play? I got to do it. And yeah, you're right. They got to be two more times way throws the ball away It all depends on the situation You can't play hero ball all the time Sometimes playing hero ball is really just saving yourself Saving yourself and living to play another damn number two He said just like LJ this old line isn't perfect, but it also isn't the worst Sometimes the old line breaks down and LJ has to be Superman other times the offense holds us on and LJ Still does this 20 yard step back where instead he can step up in the pocket check read one check read two If nothing is there then he should throw it away I understand maybe more than not the line breaks down But my thing is if you're not gonna take off as soon as you get uncomfortable back there Throw the ball away and again with that same thing same thing a lot of the same stuff from part one of this But and I think another thing too is that he's he knows himself. He's seen himself makes so many of those plays He's seen it where stuff breaks down and he scrambles around and whatnot and then somebody comes open finally then boom It's a big game So I think that's always in the back of his mind But in this past game, it just really seemed like the coaches told him No, don't don't don't do that. Just just manage the game. Don't try to be a hero That's what it seemed like number three This offense looks horrendous And I don't know if Lamar Jackson is looking for the big play every time he drops back or are receiving corpses trash and can't Separate I believe it's the latter. It's no way EDC stands on that sideline every game is perfectly content with not adding something I'm not understanding how Steve EDC Roman and Hobbs are not agreeing that the offense is not good and are barely making it right Now it's no way we stand a chance in the shootout We have to make a move it only makes everyone on this offense's job easier It opens up the field and playbook and what makes all of this worse is that there are several wide receivers being made available For the sake of LJ Andrews and every Baltimore Ravens fan Judy has been made available Claypool has been made available Brandon cooks And I'm sure DJ more has a price that will make Carolina change their mind. Please go get one Yeah, and like we said earlier from the jump of this episode it really starts from within too time to be honest in Graven, I mean, I thought we always had to be honest over here next question came from my guy go Marano He said it doesn't it feel good to get a win after coming so closely at another fourth quarter double-digit lead meltdown Lamar had another less mediocre day And so as we are now very close to the season's halfway mark I feel it that it's time to start asking the big question before I do I like to say that I'm holding out Hope that EDC understands that he will never get Jerry Judy with one of those lightweight offers Especially with Aaron Rodgers beating down his GM's door for receiving help question number one Do you expect that justice here will be suited up and play zero downs after that fumble so close to the goal line in the fourth quarter? No, I actually think that I don't think he'll go in the doghouse. I actually don't reason being because You don't have a JK Dobbins who you got King and Drake Mike Davis who you're not a fan of and Gus Edwards You got baby on a practice squad, but yeah, man. You you're down running backs Um, so I I don't I don't see him going to the doghouse. I really don't I think that hardball may actually give Gus I mean, excuse me give justice a pass as crazy as that sounds and for What happened it sounds even crazier? So we'll see though man question to do you still stand by your 12 and 5 prediction after I predicted a 9 and 8 season With the remote possibility of a 10 and 7 final record Whoo, 12 and 5 and the Ravens are what 4 and 3 right now So they would have to be almost perfect to get it 12 and 5 it ain't looking like it right now It's really not the question 3 most of us love Lamar and want him sign long term But can we agree that based off the outcome of the games played thus far that he is not living up to the profile of a QB Who can command a 240 million dollar contract? But then again neither are Kyla Murray the Sean Watson that press got a Russell Wilson Although there's a lot of season left I believe that it is safe to say the Ravens are winning this negotiation standoff with Lamar as of now Do you see a trade coming this offseason or could Lamar actually reduce his asking price? Oh, I don't think he'll reduce his asking price at all But the as far as a part about the trade I've continued to say this man. I just I don't see Cuz from from beginning my thing I just didn't see if the Ravens didn't want to pay him back then this offseason whatever he wanted whatever that was I Don't see them being like all right. Well, the price is higher now. So we'll pay him whatever now I just I don't see it and the way that they've constructed this team the way that they've Hired the coaching staff The the players that they've gotten the players that they have not gotten the positions that they really Went hard for and the other positions that they haven't went so hard for it Just doesn't make it seem like they invested in Lamar Jackson for the long term So right now I just I still don't see it man. I hope I would love to be wrong I would love it, but I just I do not see I Don't see Lamar Jackson the Ravens agreeing to anything long term man This question came from my guy flirting the whiskey said what's good bro back again Hope all is well with yours and I'm sending this mid game. Hmm. Let's see if this was a mistake or not He said just let Lamar go trade bait and oh, yeah, he Yeah, he was done. He said just let Lamar go trade Bateman and Andrews hump Peters away. They don't deserve this This is disgusting. I don't care if we win our line is so bad You know I'm positive, but we cannot hold three rushes for one second with six blocking that's inexcusable in so many ways We will not be able to beat anybody good. You can't even blame Jiro. He's dialing it up But one second against three rushes when you have six blockers is disgusting and like all my hopes are right now I'm out. Hmm. He's in that Halftime mid game Hmm So I wonder if your thoughts changed afterwards, but probably not next question came from my guy Dominic and appreciate you being a patron He said what's up in great when I just watched the 2012 Super Bowl team speeches with the current players and a couple things stood out to me One being that everyone talked everyone talking said that they need to believe in one another something I think this team struggles that people try to do other people's job and it causes mistakes The main thing I took from their speeches with that they all said they believed in the coaches and trust what the coach is saying Now I know this may be pushing it But is that a coincidence that they all said that knowing the current state of the Ravens or M? Is it that hardballs trying to gain the team trust back? Let me know what you think you said it you said it That's exactly what I think it is I think that hardball just really trying to get this team back because it seems like you may be losing them a bit Well, actually a lot. They're not all lost yet But it seems like this team is just it seems like they are so close To unraveling even with the wind today, it seems like they're close to unraveling So I just think that was hardball pulling out all the stops being like a man like I gotta do something I gotta do something because I don't know if they really hear me like that right now Help is not on the way next question came from my guy Plex. He said we're not making any trades And there isn't a free agent available on offense that'll help this team Hey, what about the Shawn Jackson, baby? But anyway, he said it is what it is into the offseason I want Greg gone more than plankton wants to Krabby Patty secret formula I don't think letting him go midseason does us any good. There isn't a coach on staff that can help the offense It's built horribly. Why do we have five tight ends? Why do we only have one receiver on the field on 65 percent of our plays? We need a new scheme. I like how Philly runs their offense Their receivers are leaps and bounds better than ours But they run the ball as much as we do and they primarily run out of the spread They keep receiving threats on the field at all times. We have all of them record on the field at all times Again starts from within It starts from within the biggest change that the ravens need to make It starts from within and the last question on this episode came from my guy Nazarene He said was good big bro. Hope all is well fam. Oh, yeah, everything is good, man He said I enjoyed your pregame live too. Keep it up my guy. Appreciate you So look, I'm not impressed with the win, but I'll take it for sure Yeah, I think everybody's pretty much on the same boat with that I think we all share the same sentiments But anyway, he said defense did his thing Can't nobody cap on that offense is trying to find this identity. It was a beautiful struggle to me though I'll also be seeing them receivers creating space for themselves. Man, them boys elite, man Duvenay and Bateman will be a dynamic duo next year Or maybe in the playoffs if we get them Very high possibility if the receivers in Lamar can get on the same page This game showed me that rachael bateman five targets four receptions 42 yards devon duvenay three targets two receptions 42 yards with andrew shut down I watched duvenay in college. He's a deep threat and bateman is a route running beast I'm telling you man The stars if we get a top 15 receiver, we have to trade someone because everyone is not going to eat Matter of fact, hold up. I realized something when you take away mark andrew's greg roman and lamar targets the receiver So that lets me know that they are working hard and trying to hit the receivers But as I was saying if we are going to trade for a top 10 to 15 receiver We would have to swap a receiver for whoever he is that y'all want. Yeah Uh and draft picks too, but the person that you would trade will be a tylen wireless Uh james pro shea You get a top receiver. No, you still keep baby. You still keep duvenay. Obviously still keep mark andrew's You just add that top 10 15 receiver to the mix and keep those guys too So yeah, yeah, you gotta give up some anybody who you're using. Anyway, he said, um Edwards is a dog. Yes Lamar having a dominant running back there with him helps our run game explode Shout out to gusts. We have some ballers on his team Seems like we don't have a game plan and we don't take advantage of what the defense gives us Also, all run defense is top five now more likely. Really? It was six last week. It was it was that high I didn't think it was I thought it was like super low, but okay A clock is not as good as people think I've been seeing a lot of people say that they don't really think chuck clock is all that. Um, but Anyway, geno stone plays like he is scared to tackle or he can't tackle. Justin Houston definitely makes our life better Yes, he certainly does um Teams like throwing towards geno and clock. Uh, back to the receivers though Like how you do that little switch up like that? Uh, we have to use our receivers. Andrew should be used as a safety blanket reminds me of jason witton How clutch he can be for us Uh feed the receivers and let andrews actually play like a tight end. We will kill if we spread the ball Yes, I I agree. I agree because if you spread the ball then You make that money that you make that much more weapons out of everybody So it becomes less predictable Uh, he said, uh, there's other stuff I want to say about the defense, but I would check the facts before I get my opinion Oh, by the way, the local news was showing some fans tweets. It was embarrassing to be honest Why would any real raven fan promote that lamar should leave us and go elsewhere? Excuse me or go somewhere where he can get help that man is a raven period till he leaves this team He's a raven. Well, yeah, that's technically true Uh, what he said, uh, if your favorite team is the ravens You just want him to go to the actual team you like Rep your team don't camouflage yourself as ravens fan because we have lamar got this fan base looking real bad Man, if you're the falcons fan, rep your team Say you just give an example or lamar fan by watching ravens and you want lamar on your team Just saying keep it real and keep it clean. Enjoy your week fan with that part With ravens fans, um, who have been encouraging lamar to go to another team It's just them being straight up, man Because they feel like this team like the ravens are the ravens have not and it doesn't seem like they will Maximize lamar jackson. It doesn't that doesn't And so many fans they see so much potential in lamar jackson. It's like man We've seen that potential scratch that times But it's like we haven't seen it fully brought out and under this raven staff this philosophy I don't think it ever will I I meet that's me personally. I don't think it ever will so that's why so many people say oh Now lamar go somewhere else man Go somewhere else. We don't want to go somewhere. We wanted to be a raven forever. We love lamar But when you see the way that this team is constructed in the way that they go about things it's like man Will they ever really bring out the best in lamar? And it looks like no But he also said bateman did not have a bad game whoever said that got a chill He dropped one pass he averaged 10 and a half yards Yes, basically doing what he does which is move the chains two first downs and the longest catch was 26 yards Rather people like it or not bateman helps this team. Oh, yeah, bateman certainly helps the team and and I um I did see a lot of people say oh, yeah, bateman had a bad game But then I rewatched the game for myself. I'm like, oh That's I think because because so many people remember to drop obviously, but um Since the volume again, we talked about it earlier with the volume being so low It just makes the drop stick out that much more doesn't excuse them, but it makes them stick out that much more