 Before we get into this video, I just want to have a quick listen to this clip Residual values associated every player that you bring in is different and they affect things differently leadership ability community Whatever that might be long-term and we see OBJ is a big part of that whole thing Lovely, and that was of course a clip from his interview that he did with Mike Florio of pro football talk Who I know a lot of Ravens fans Who I know a lot of Ravens fans are not big fans of but either way Eric DeCosta there He admitting admitted something very very big that that he could have done much better job in some ways of building around the bar Providing more for Lamar especially to help him as as Passer as the quarterback of the Ravens as their guy and Even if you go back to the the actual presser Eric DeCosta was asked how would you evaluate these past four or five years building around Lamar? He said I probably give ourselves a B. We've done a lot of good things But we haven't achieved what we want to Lamar stood up there in 2018 and said what we're gonna do The team isn't set yet, but we have a few months to build it up We're a B right now, but on the way to being in a and I thought both of those to the consistency with both of those two things that he said Because they have done a lot of good they have done a lot of good, but It's that one position where they struggled where they just they should have done a lot more and For me, this is obviously y'all know we've been talking about this for years We've been talking about the receiving position for years that they need just needed to do more there They have taken a very safe Very just almost a sort of lazy approach to where it's like I we're gonna do whatever We'll get by with some guy. Let's just get we'll get him over there. We'll get him. Okay, whatever We'll try it out. If it works cool for doesn't Not are they saying that but just the approach the approach has been very Just not an all-in approach now the draft early in the draft. They're a sharp Bateman Good try like that one. Hollywood Brown. It's a good try. I like that one And I know Besides that kind of everybody. Oh, they drafted the most receivers over the past Have a many years. I think four years five years whatever While that may be true again quality Over quantity it's not all about the number It's all about where those numbers are at if you get what I'm saying But I really appreciate the area to Costa being with it being willing to admit that because This is how you know, it's real in my opinion Because He gains nothing From admitting that well except a lot of respect from a lot of people who have been saying that for years But that's something that he did not have to do He did not have to do in that interview He did not have to admit like hey, we could have done a better job. Hey, I should have done a better job Hey, I didn't do as good of a job as I could have. He didn't have to admit that He didn't have to admit that Because he could have just been like hey, we tried our best but now we're here now we're moving forward Hey, we did some great things in the past But now we're trying to do even greater things in the future moving forward He could you know, I mean because he got all the answers in the book for support question Like the for I mean not even a question like that for before that to sort of he could have given those responses But he didn't he didn't he admitted something that was huge But I appreciated that so much. I really did I Really did because it's one thing when you move you move as if if you were perfect It's one thing when you move as if you don't make mistakes It's one thing when you move as if you you are doing everything to the best of your ability doing everything the right way You're doing everything perfectly, but It's completely different thing When you move with humility When you move with humbleness when you move Like that and you're willing to say so and again action speak louder than words But this offseason's actions have spoke very loudly. We can hear it. We can hear it and We see the ravens are taking a completely different approach than anything than any approach they've ever taken before Who are these guys? Who are these ravens? I've been so glad to meet them to get to know them I'm gonna have a lot of fun getting to know them. I like the direction that they headed in Because it this just gives me such a brighter outlook for the Baltimore Ravens future the way they've been doing things this offseason Again, a lot of us have wished this was happening years ago Years ago It should have happened years ago, but it didn't okay. We're here now Let's see what goes down now so with with with these ravens, um And again Eric the cost that he he gains nothing from saying that That that that's how it was real Like it ain't nothing like he capitalized on ain't nothing. That's like he gains nothing from saying that and it just it brings up a lot of a I don't want to say bad memories, but it just brings up all the wrong It just gives everybody a reminder of all the wrongs that that they've done that they've made at the receiving position They've done some right there too again. We've mentioned Hollywood or mention a Baton and whatnot and a lot of it too was the type of offense, but that's that's another part of it, too With being loyal to a fault being loyal to a fault now my God care did bring up something when it comes to ravens Them that their continuity and the fact that they like it so much and continuity is big because I know I've seen that the joke I seem to be joked about like if you want a job interview and If you want a job interview and wait, why should we hire you? That's the question that a lot of them will ask Why should we hire you? I've been a lot of job interviews. They do that. That's that's real But in turn I've seen people say you should ask them. Why should why should I work here? Why should I work here? Especially if it's a place with that got a high turnover rate and they have a lack of continuity It's like oh man look like what's gonna happen to me in a couple months Even less than a year y'all got people quitting getting fired left and right. What's that about? So when you look at the ravens They've been pretty stable For a while. They've had continuity John Hubbard been a coach in 2008 It's what it's 2023. That's a long time to be a cop. That's how long time And I think how many losing seasons they didn't had to 2015-2021 right? So what he went 89 and 21 I think In 2015 what was 5 and 11 whatever it was but either way And those were the years that like the whole like the teams were decimated injuries like there'd be a lot of injuries But those two years were like some of the worst So that's that's a lot of continuity. But again, we we're going Everywhere right now. What I was getting what I was getting that was with Greg Roman We're Eric DeCosta John Hubbard their continuity with Greg Roman my guy Kev made a good point about this He's like maybe they didn't fire him sooner because they wanted they wanted continuity Because with Joe Flacco, he had QB coach at the QB coach offensive coordinator after offensive coordinator He just had so much of everything it was all over the place But maybe they didn't want to go down that road with a Lamar Jackson Not told him. Hmm. That's a really really good point Now, they should have still made a move But that is that's it. No seriously That's a really really good point and I had never thought about it that way before But I'm glad they are They just start to make some changes because these are these changes These are changes that have been needed to needed to be made long time ago man long time ago But we're here now. So again, I just wanted to really give Eric DeCosta his credit man Because I really appreciate when people can be straightforward This would always talk about cuz when we bring up the like the Ravens for example bring up the Ravens bring up How cuz people would be like oh if they would you ever consider working for the Ravens and I think about it That's it man. I would love to work with the Ravens But as far as for the Ravens. Hey, who knows if they would allow me to be honest about stuff I would love that I would love that But um, that's one thing I'll be worried about If they would allow me to be honest and I say all that to say this because I know like if for companies for for franchises for teams They a lot of not just the Ravens. It's just companies in general if you work for them They only want you to put out the good about them and you can understand why they don't want you as an employee Putting out the bad about them. They want you to put out the good good. Hey, we do this good We do that great that are done and Ravens do so much stuff great They really do they do a lot of stuff good too, but they do I also have some areas that they need to work on stuff but um, if you're an employee You probably don't get to talk about that stuff like that You probably can't point stuff out like that. Oh Ravens need to do this better. Oh, they should have done that better Oh, they need to do this better. No And I just say that's the only thing that you focus on you know I hear we that's not the only thing we focus on focus on both the good the bad everything everything but This is see this is why I appreciate what Eric Dacosta said so much because he addressed the bad and In my opinion and I've said this before it's not the first time saying it's in my opinion If the Raven not even just the Ravens, but really anything if They would obviously continue to point out the good like they have been doing But also if they were willing to be able to put the put the bad stuff on Front Street, too Like man, we got to do this a lot better man We really did a terrible job of that today man. We did really bad at that today Whatever the case may be I Think that would just give people such a deeper respect for how the franchise carries themselves How they operate if somebody and that this is just me personally and this is just I feel about people in general, too Not just with the franchise or companies or whatever, but just people in general if they're people who They are willing to admit. Hey, I messed up. Hey, I Didn't do it the best way that I could. Hey, I did it wrong. Hey, I was wrong. I Respect that so much so much That's why I loved that part of the interview With Eric Dacosta Mike Florio Because he was willing to do that. So shout out to Eric Dacosta, man And it's not like oh man, well this off-season has been so great. We forgot about the past off-season. Oh We forget There's a lot of good in those too, but there's also some like But It'll be nice to compare and this will just be one season so one season at a time But it'll be nice to compare this season to those seasons Especially again health too and again They did make a significant change in their health department with the whole Steve Saunders thing So we'll see how big of an impact that makes how big of an impact that has So I'm just I'm excited to see these Ravens and um the direction that they're heading in so again Shout out to Eric Dacosta. Thank you for speaking on that because we all appreciate it because I mean we all knew it We all been talking about it, but it was nice to hear it directly from you. We out