 Team keeping clean, before we get into this video, I really gotta commend y'all for just making it this far. Reason I say that is because we are literally five days away. One, two, three, four, five days away from watching the Ravens play football. And even though it is a pre-season game, it's football. And that lets you know that it's officially, officially back. Like we already been back, but now it's like officially official. And we get to see a lot of the backups and action. And while it is backups, it's still an exciting time because it gives you a nice reminder that football season is literally right around the corner. And I do wanna commend y'all and thank y'all for being so active on this channel. Whether it be through the comment section, leaving a like on video, sending in questions from subscribers, agreeing with all the crazy things we have to say, disagreeing with all the crazy things we have to say. However you have contributed to this channel, I appreciate you a whole lot. I really do. Thank you for always handling yourselves with respect. Showing respect, showing love, because that's what it's all about. Like we always say, I may have my outlandish football takes, you may have your super realistic, extra calypheragic expialidocious takes, but all it's about is showing respect. We don't have to agree. We don't have to see things the same way, but it's about showing respect. So I really appreciate y'all and I love y'all. And I hope that everything is going really, really good for everybody watching. Now with Lamar Jackson, this was really no shocker. It wasn't a surprise when Hardball said that Lamar Jackson was not going to be playing in this first pre-season game. Really based off of last year, and I know it's tricky because based off of last year, I wouldn't want to play no starters in a pre-season game based off of last year, but then I know at the same time it's like, hey, well, this is a little chance for them to build chemistry and whatnot. And it's not a guarantee that just because they're playing a pre-season that they'll have chemistry. I mean, they can get all that chemistry in training camp. Like there's been times before, there's been teams that have not played one single snap of pre-season to get starters. And they've been finding the regular season. So that would be what I would do for the Ravens because I just wouldn't want to take no risks. But at the same time, I know some people, hey, you can't live in fear and da, da, da, da, Ravens shouldn't be y'all scared and whatnot. If something's going to happen, it's going to happen, which is true. But I would rather just hold out all the guys, but I'm sure they're going to end up playing at some point in time. Like Nick Boyle, Nick Boyle said, hey, now I got to play me some pre-season games this year. Cause he really want to get back in the groove of things and the thicker things. He's has missed a lot of time. But anyway, hardball mention Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, Marlon Humphrey, Justin Houston, Mark and Williams. And he said there's going to be more to, there's going to be more starters. He said the experienced starters, they're not going to really, they're not going to be out there this first pre-season game. And I got zero problem with that. No problem with that at all. Now, when it comes to Lamar Jackson, one of the biggest reasons why I think this is a small move is because his, his starting offensive line is not even going to be out there. At least two out of the five starters will not be playing. They won't be out there. And that's Ronnie Stanley and Tyler Lindenbar. Ronnie Stanley, who knows when he'll be back? Tyler Lindenbaum, who knows when he'll be back? I know John hardball, he did give an update. Oh, he'll be out one or two weeks first, because first, now, this is why I'm a little concerned with this little bit scary. First, he went down and they were like, Oh, well, he may return tomorrow. It's nothing. Ain't no big deal. He'll get an MRI. He'll probably be back tomorrow. Let's see, let's see. Then they said he got the MRI. Then they say, okay, he'll be out one or two weeks. And it's like, okay, okay, cool. One or two weeks. All right, all right, all right. But then a hardball mentioned that, and shout out to Jeff Zeribic for the report. And he said, hardball mentioned that they may need to bring in a center with Lindenbaum being down. So that part right there, that part right there, it worried me a little bit. It gave me a little bit more worry because, and I know teams, Ravens do it, teams do it. They'll sign guys just for the right here right now. And it'll be super quick. They can sign guys and then cut them a couple of days later. They can cut them a week later, two weeks later. It happens all the time. But the fact that they would consider signing somebody that just worries me just a bit. Cause they do got Patrick McCary. And again, when you have to have somebody fill in for your starting center, then that does take away from another roster spot. So I get that. But they got Patrick McCary, they got Tristan Cologne, Castillo, and I guess it is kind of thin at the center position when I think about it. Who else do they have a center? I don't know. Okay, well, I guess it makes more sense then. I guess I just had to talk it out. See, this turned into a Ravens fans therapy session, especially again, remember last year, last year scarred and scared all of us like crazy. It really did. But with Linda Bomb, man. Well, Lamar not being out there, again, no shocker. Cause again, his starting offensive line and they're going to be there. They're not going to be there. So with Linda Bomb, with him being injured, ooh man, this like, this sets him back up a bit. Not to say that he can't come in and just pick up way wherever he left off during training camp. But it does certainly set him back up a bit because depending on how Ravens play this thing out, obviously first and foremost, depending on when he comes back. If he comes back in a week, then he could play in the second pre-season game. He could, we'll see though. But if he came back in a week, then he would be set to play in a third one. But if he came back in two weeks, then that would be pushing it. It'd be pushing it. I mean, if he came back in one week, he'd be pushing it for him to play in the second game. But if he came back in two weeks, he'd be pushing it for him to play in the third game. But we'll see, especially with the pre-season. I just feel like they would hold him out. Cause again, you know, Ravens like this year, they seem to be taking like the extra step when it comes to being cautious. And that's smart. That's smart. You gotta be cautious. Especially cause again, you suffered big time last year. You suffered really, really bad last year. Now, injury news. It wasn't all bad because Devin Duvenay, he came back. So that eased my mind a lot because with Devin Du, I think they said he had what a thigh bruise. And I was there for that collision with him and Chuck Clark. Cause it happened at the open practice. Ball was obviously intended for Devin Duvenay. He went up to try to catch it. Chuck Clark went up to try to intercept it. And I saw that knees like collide. And I was like, ooh, but I was still watching. You know how people like, they don't want to see no car crash, but they see it and they, they close their eyes, but they still watch. Then they start driving off. So, but anyway, Chuck Clark popped right back up. Devin Duvenay, he was on the ground for a couple of seconds, then he finally got up and he was kind of limping a little bit. Then he went off to the sideline. So, but it's, it's good to see that he's back. Mark Andrews today. Ooh, don't be scaring nobody like that. See it, hard ball scared. You can tell, hard ball scared. He got, he got that fear last year. It's scared and it's scarred hard ball too. See, it ain't just fans that are affected. The coaches staff, I mean, John hard ball the leader of the team. He's scared too, head coach. Because Mark Andrews, he had a little scared today. Well, they said he kind of, his foot like went into the ground like awkwardly or something. And then he was down for a little bit. Got up, wanted to go back in, but hard ball said, no, no, no, you're done. You're done. Rest of the day, you're done. You're finished. No more. So hope, hope always like, man. He said, no, I mean, we ain't draft no receiver. We ain't signed no receiver. We ain't trade for one. And I know a lot of these, some of these Rangers fans, they tired of hearing about receiving this and receiving that. I can't have Mark Andrews go round. He wasn't taking no risks, man. He like, I ain't having that happen. So I don't blame you, man. I don't blame you not one bit, baby. But yeah, man. So it's a, he also did talk about the fact that they could use another cornerback because the young guys are getting all the reps. Now, another injury that also happened today. Woo, so much been so busy today. Stephen Means, who they just signed like a month ago, Edge guy, they said he went down and he never returned. So that his status is already up in the air. Raven's looking super thin on that edge. Bowser still ain't back yet. Just lost Vince Beagle for the year. And I know, I saw a lot of people in the comments like, oh, it's Vince Beagle. He wasn't going to be a starter anyway. He wasn't probably going to play much anyway in. And I did not realize that the last two seasons, and then including this in the last three seasons, he ended up ending up on injured reserve. So all of his last three seasons have ended prematurely. Either the last three or the last three out of the last four, one of them two. But anyway, it's been a pattern, but it still sucks. Because again, they said that he was looking good. They said he was getting some starter reps in there. And that didn't come from the Ravens. They came from Reporters. You know, Ravens, Ravens, they boost anybody up. But the Reporters, who don't work for the Ravens, but they cover the Ravens, they were like, hey, he was getting some starter reps. So yeah, they just thin, man. They super thin there. I just wonder how Malik Harrison, how he's going to fit into all of this. Because I am a bit concerned for Malik Harrison because they, the hot ball did say, all right, we're going to try him at inside linebacker, but we're also going to try him at outside linebacker. And when they start experimenting with you like that, they don't really have a role for you like that. They don't have a clear cut role for you. So that can be a very scary territory. But I just hope he ends up carving out a role for himself and things end up working out. I'm still hoping for a little thunder and lightning with Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison. I'm hoping that with Patrick Queen, it turns on Malik Harrison too. And I think with Malik, it'd be more of an opportunity type of thing because he really hasn't been out there that much. Patrick Queen has been out there, but it's tackling has been his biggest issue, in my opinion. He's got the explosiveness. He got the burst. He got the quickness. He got some good speed. So he can fly all over the field. And again, the game is gonna continue to slow down for him being in year three. He's gonna start understanding things more and more, but just the arm tackling, going for the big hits. If he would just get significantly better at tackling. And I think that will come with the system too. With him being able to sort of calm down in the system, him sort of being able to breathe and really understand what his assignment is and not try to do this, that and the third, but understand what he has to do and then get to do a good job of doing what he has to do. Cause when you understand what you gotta do, that makes life so much easier. And whatever it is that you're doing, when you understand your assignment, oh man, cause if you don't understand your assignment, you're gonna be out here looking lost, man. You don't understand what you gotta do. Ooh, and we done all been there before. I don't been there a lot of times. Not understand what I was supposed to do. Oh, that would be me all day. But when you know exactly what your role is, when you know your responsibility, then you can master it. And that allows you just growth as a person. And then speaking just in football terms, that allows you growth as a player too. You can get better in your particular role. So I'm still holding out hope that Patrick Queen and Malik Harrison, they could be all a little lightning and thunder. So we'll see how it goes. But anyway, team keep it clean. Thank you very, very much. I love y'all very, very much. I appreciate y'all very, very much. We are out.