 I Understand first question came from my guy Kevin as he said what's up engraving blessings to you and your family? Hey to you the same my brother appreciate you man. He said I understand why you're saying the Raven should get a big-time receiver I guess I should have put it in my last email not that the Raven shouldn't get a big-time receiver I was saying they didn't need one, but I was saying that based on me thinking What do they have to give up to get a big-time receiver money a great player draft picks? Well? Certainly them draft picks Think draft picks would do it all right They got somebody that they wanted to unload to help if they wanted to keep some more draft picks instead of giving more Then they could throw a player in there, but if not a player draft picks draft picks And and me I know I'm not the GM, but I would be more than willing to to part ways with some But anyway, he said put it together for us to understand that if they get this big-time receiver Who and what do they have to give up that might hurt their current team? Thanks, brother and Kentucky Cobblers coming soon already man. Um So yeah draft picks draft picks now if it was a player I would rather them not give up a player Yeah, I I feel like the only player that they could give up it would have to be somebody that's really not Not necessarily not valuable to the team Yeah, draft picks would do it because you look who's the best receiver in the league last year best receiving the league last year was Devonte Adams and Devonte Adams has been one of the best receivers in the league for quite some time. What did The Raiders give up to acquire him a First and a second pick. I think there's maybe some more change in there But they gave up a first round pick and a second round pick First and second Tyreek Hill One of the best receivers in the league obviously probably when you think about by the biggest playmaking receiver in the NFL The dolphins I remember when the rumors first started swirling and this was like all within like three hours The rumors first off swirling that Tyreek Hill could be traded And it was rumored that it was the dolphins and the jest that were interested and then there were a lot of rumors that oh man the dolphins they um If they trade for Tyreek Hill, they probably gonna have to give up Jalen waddle and some first round pick. Nope Did often they just gave up? What was it two first and some change? They just gave up draft picks So for the Ravens to acquire somebody of significance, I think draft picks will be all that it would take Running backs going extinct next question came from a guy Romeo He said a bro do Ravens and especially offensive coordinated G road get criticized about being run first offense simply because the entire league is intentionally transitioning to 7-on-7 passing own For safety in bigger plays or has the college talent pool gotten weaker? Please reply with your thoughts and thanks, and then he included a Melvin Gordon video Titled Melvin Gordon thinks the running back position may be dead in five to six years. Mm-hmm Um, it's that's the business of the NFL. That's the business of the NFL is a passing league They say it all the time And it's one of those things where That that is what it is. It's a passing league They change the rules to accommodate passing teams more passing offenses Pass catchers more pass throwers more, you know how you can't even look at the quarterback without getting a penalty You can't you can't even look at them the wrong way You know how you can't make any contact with a wide receiver without getting a penalty Well, unless the right wire see a place for the Ravens You can make all the contact and we're gonna give you no flag But you know what I'm saying so that's just the way that I didn't even got anything to do I don't think G-Roll and them get criticized criticized about being run first often simply because the entire league is intentionally Transitioning I think part of the criticism at least from from my point of view Is because it's partly because the league is transitioning But because the Ravens are behind when it comes to that and and they have this this quarterback Who I feel like they just haven't gotten the most out of This is going into his fifth year. So that's where it comes on in from my end, but That's what a league is going just as a whole. So our running backs going to extinct Running back the value of running backs keeps going down simply because teams just They feel like they can get a guy that they can plug in and he can be their star running back And you don't have to spend a first-round pick on now some teams It was like Najee Harris from the stealer. He's a first-round pick But JK Dobbins, he was a second-round pick Gus Edwards. He was undrafted They and just speaking from the Ravens they plugged in guys like Justin Forsett They had Tyson Williams they did Alex Collins he went off for him too So even with the Ravens alone like they they've shown like you could plug guys back there and it can work And other teams they've done the same thing But running backs or the the value of running backs is just seems like it's continuing To decrease wide receiver solution next question came from my guy Nova B He said was good and great and first off hope you and the fam and the rest of team keep it clean or doing well Oh, yeah, we're doing really good. I appreciate that I have a different take on our wide receiver situation I wanted to know your opinion But first I want to double down on something that I mentioned before in my last question from subscriber I asked about us acquiring Michael Thomas. Oh now my heart still says this won't happen But recent actions have my gut saying this is the move I'll share the actions that have me believing this is possible Michael Thomas wasn't the happiest camper in New Orleans last we saw him healthy outside of James Harden Have we ever seen an injury take this long to rehab? You may also know Harden's results of the said injury He was traded to the next You know has restructured his contract almost every year they honestly can't afford him especially with him lacking in the best ability Availability, oh they can afford them that they can certainly afford them, but anyway, let's keep going We've seen Winston limping and based off of QB is available now and on his team He can be looking there thinking he has a chance to reestablish himself as a top receiver all of a sudden I Think it would depend on how he feels about James Winston. James Winston is gonna be their starter this year He's gonna play this year and James Winston. I feel like he is uh, he's slightly underrated He's slightly underrated and I know everybody they turn to the whole 30 for 30 thing But I think James Winston with the Saints. He sort of started to reinvent himself But then the injury so that they're derailed everything We'll see of course everything goes and when you think about it like you got Javis Landry You got Michael Thomas. So you got your little you're short and intermediate row receivers, but then you got Chris a lobby For the deep passing so it's like oh my goodness like That you you said and you still I think they still got Marquez Calloway. They guys still got Trey Quonsmith anyway, um, oh, I Should have just get reading because he said New Orleans paid Trey Quonsmith draft drafted alive a and brought in Landry this offseason He said shout out to Baltimore driving He said shout out to Baltimore driving his market up seems overkill when you're paying a guy 22 mil plus on the roster Like I said, I don't know if the Ravens make this move knowing how a front office is. I don't think so I don't think they will but my gut says this is the move. Let me know what you think now for my actual question Okay, okay. Oh, yeah, I wouldn't be mad at Michael Thomas. Um, but I don't think that uh, I don't think regular do it Um He says so we've heard the same few names float around the Raven leave the guys who are top tier Metcalf Samuel guys with questions Like oh, they'll back up more vets that were great last decade Like oh, the old Jones T. Y. Hilton as mentioned before I don't see us going after anyone except the guys in the last category And I understand why people keep linking them to Baltimore as there's no proven help for baby on the outside But my idea is different look for a wide receiver to instead of a wide receiver one So allow me to throw out some names that I feel should be considered as trade targets and let me know how you feel about them Robbie Anderson with the restructure. He's due 10.9 million 2022 21.7 million 2023 Robbie Anderson that will be a nice one He'll be a nice and give us another deep threat along with Bateman Bateman who got some underrated speed man And I think one of the reasons that um, I know I myself have sort of overlooked Bateman as a deep threat It's because we just simply didn't see him deep that often We didn't see any many deep plays go to him. I remember one in the Minnesota game the flea flicker I forgot who the running back was but the running back got it then pitched it back to the modern Lamar through the Bateman But the safety over top. I think they like hit Bateman low and it was incompletion though, but um So yeah, that would be a nice addition and then of course it was Robbie Anderson to be Rashad Bateman Robbie Anderson and all the other receivers too. So that'd be that'd be a nice little upgrade Tim Patrick. That's a sleeper one right there 4.6 million 2022 11.5 million 2023 12.7 million 2024 very affordable contract somebody who used to actually be on the Ravens um and He he's made his way in the league. He made it out alive. So shout out to him. That's really really good Kendrick Bourne I'm not familiar with his game Brandon Ayuk 3.4 mil 2022 3.9 mil in 2023 Stylian Chevrolet Not for me, but anyway 6.3 million 2022 4.2 million 2023 so affordable that these guys are all affordable that that that's a big um That's that's a big Direction that this list seems to be heading in Elijah Moore. So okay from the jazz 2.0 million 2022 2.4 million 2023 KJ Hamler Hmm 1.9 million 2022 2.2 million 2023 Denzel memes big body 1.4 million 2022 1.7 2023 that'd be a sleeper one now move McCall Hartman That will be a very interesting one Super super deep threat crazy speed a return game would he Push Ravens over the top. I think he will certainly help them out a lot Just because of the threat of his speed alone and Again, we shall be missed to get still got some underrated speed. I Like the McCall Harman one a lot. He's in the last year of his deal. I like that one a lot KJ Oz one Don't know much about his game Rob Robbie none of these guys are why receive a 2 on their current teams Oh, except for Robbie, but with the Ravens, they would be that anyway I know this was a novel so apologies, but let me know your thoughts Could we trade for any of these targets and would the acquisition move the needle for Baltimore in your opinion? Oh, I like that you that you put that um So yeah, I I feel like Robbie Anderson could I feel like McCall Harman could really push it Would he move the needle though? What do you really move it? Oh, I don't know. I don't know I feel like he would push it though Memes As far as straight up moving a 10 Patrick that'd be another good one Oh Yeah, 10 Patrick would be that would be a sleeper one right? Yeah, 10 Patrick. He would he move the needle he would certainly help push it to and I feel like that that would be a significant upgrade though over the Ravens current group right now So if I had to choose some from this list, I would say Robbie Anderson 10 Patrick McCall Harman Maybe Denzel men, but certainly for them first three that I named next question came from my guys to breathe He said what's good engraving? What's good? I hope you and your family are doing well It's funny how the Ravens aren't putting an emphasis on trying to improve the receiver position and in the past game when in reality That's how they won their last Super Bowl people for getting 2012 They didn't win the Super Bowl because of their defense that even certainly help their defense was middle of the pack Their defense was like ranked like 16 17 in the regular season now in the playoffs their defense did make some place They they made some plays they weren't like locked down, but they certainly made Significant players they will play making the then opportunistic defense They weren't locked down shut down under that, but they were certainly opportunistic, but let's keep going He said they wanted because of their passing game I saw a stat that the Ravens receivers accounted for almost 800 of flackels 1100 11 1140 passing yards that Super Bowl run that 70% of the passing yards going to receivers not tight ends or running backs It confuses me how people keep talking about how defense and running the ball It's gonna win us a Super Bowl and that wasn't the case in 2012 I'm not saying we go full out pass, but we need to balance the offense to a 6040 pass run offense That will give us the best chance to win I wonder what your thoughts are on the offense and what percentage you would want it to be when it comes to the Pass and the run appreciate you subrede. That's a good question. I couldn't put a number on it I couldn't put a number on it simply because Now y'all know I do want the Ravens to put more emphasis on the pass game But I wouldn't want them to be like all right week one we coming out throwing the ball. All right week two We're coming out same thing. We're just gonna throw the ball week three. All right We're coming out. We're gonna throw the ball like crazy for me It would just depend game by game by game. You cannot do the same thing for every single team You can't have the same strategy for every single team some teams though They run defense is gonna be weak take advantage some teams their past defense gonna be weak take advantage I really want the Ravens to take advantage of opponents weaknesses And I want the Ravens to be able to have a lot of different ammo in their arsenal like a week We could run a ball on you. We could also pass the ball on you. Hey, we can get it to different receivers We can get it to different playmakers. We can get it to tight ends to the running backs We could do different things we could still run a ball We can be creative with our play calling and we can use our guys We can put our guys in positions to where they can have success We can put them in the best position for success whether that's a wide receiver a tight end a running bag Lamar Jackson We can put our guys in in great position So that's what I would hope for the Ravens this year that this season comes with better adjustments Better game planning and hey if your game plan ain't work cuz all of our plans ain't gonna work all the time That's life, but if your game plan ain't working. Okay, let's go to plan B Let's have an adequate plan B ready just in case. Let's have some backup options not a backup option Let's have a plan B and hey plan B ain't working. Let's try to plan C and then plan C ain't working You know what? Let's try to run it back to plan a so I know you can't over plan anything like that But I just want them to just have options Have options and use them officially