 a subscriber's concerns about Lamar Jackson's decision-making. Who's the number one person that can really save these Ravens? How good can this Ravens defense really be after the Justin Houston signing? These and many, many more on this episode of NFL Questions from Subbs. YouTube, Team Keep It Clean, what's going on is engraving here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subbs, a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to and we answered in a video like this. If you want to be part of it, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com or for the patrons, and a special shout out to the patrons by the way, but for the patrons, you can send it directly on Patreon. We got some really good questions because y'all stay bringing it like y'all always do. Let's do it. First question came from my guy Mike. He said that engraving. I feel like a lot of people have talked about the Ravens speed. As far as I can remember, we were known to be more of a physical team. However, with our newest additions on both sides of the ball, the flock feels different. Could it be that the Ravens are changing their identity or are we trying to keep up with the NFL? As you know, the game has shifted to favor more of the offense as of late. I hope you're in the fam of doing well. I certainly think it's a mix of both because when they added Lamar Jackson, that was a huge change with the NFL and Joe Flacco, he was no statue at all. He was no in mobile quarterback that couldn't move at all. But when you compare him to Lamar Jackson, it's like a drastic difference in just the way that they played against. It's much different. So that when Ravens took him, I was like, okay, man, all right, I ain't mad at this change either. But then you see the additions of guys like Hollywood, Devin Duvenay, even Sammy Watkins, he got some nice little speed too. But Ravens, they are also a team that has sort of, even though they still had success now, they have still had success, they've been sort of behind the trend when it's come to the offense and the NFL. They still, well, they had still been, like over the past couple of years, it's certainly changed. But they had still been going defense, defense, defense, and like their primary focus was defense. And often they'd be like, yeah, okay, whatever. But now it seems as if, yeah, they are trying to continue to add more speed and also trying to keep up with the NFL. Because yeah, offense benefits, they get the rules benefit them, the referees benefit them, all that stuff, it benefits offense. So why not get with it? Next question came from my guy Rainmaker. He said, they ain't great, but hope all is well with you in the fam. Appreciate you. He said, I know it's been a while since I sent in a question, but I have a concern about Lamar. I think he's a good guy and always steps up to help the kids. But my question is, do you think he needs to make more sound decisions? I mean, come on, another COVID-19 positive. Now taking the vaccine is a personal decision, but that means you have to be more vigilant about you and your family's health. Number one, and the chemistry of the team, they aren't playing this year in our forfeiting games due to negligence. Why put yourself in the team in that situation? Just wanted to hear what you think. And like Lamar is for the first 10 days of practice, I'm out. He did a little petty part at the end. With that whole thing, it was an unfortunate situation again. But it's again, it's still, that's his personal decision. That's anybody's personal decision. Me personally, I don't have anything against anybody that takes it. I don't have anything against anybody that doesn't take it because that's up to them. And I know people on both sides of defense, it's up to them. I ain't gonna be like, oh man, since you took it, I hate you. Oh man, since you didn't take it, I hate you. No, no. That's no, man. And I know people too that have literally done everything right, have done everything right. And they still end up catching it. They still end up catching it. So it's just, it's really an unfortunate situation straight up. But he said he's gonna follow protocols and whatnot. He said he's gonna go by the rules and whatnot. And he said he'll make that decision when he makes that decision. So that's up to him. I don't ever want to feel like, or be like one of those fans that, because I know a lot of fans are looking, not saying that you are a personally rainmaker, but a lot of fans are looking at it just from the fan perspective. Because yeah, they want to see their favorite quarterback out there, obviously. But a lot of them, sometimes fans, they tend to treat players, not even just Lamar, but sometimes fans tend to treat players like they're their property. Like, oh, no, you, you need to do this because I want to see you play. You need to do this because this is my favorite team and you need to be out there on that field. So this is what you're gonna do. And if you don't do it, oh man, I lost all respect for you. I don't like you anymore. I'm not feeling you anymore. I'm not a fan of you anymore. But I'm not with that. So again, it's up to him. And that's his business, not mine. Next question came from my guy, Manuel. You said, what's up? And Graven, shout out from Mexico. I know we just started practices with pads and things that we need to work on are starting to show up. And I think everyone is just waiting on Lamar to come in and save the Ravens from their doom. When in reality, our savior is already there, but has done nothing yet because he is waiting for Lamar to come back and practice and see how things flow with him. If they keep flowing bad, then he must act and hold everyone accountable for their responsibilities. But if things are fixed when Lamar is back, then he will tweak here and they will make it go 100%. Because the savior of this team is John Harbaugh. If he holds everyone accountable of their responsibilities that includes G-Roll, if his passing game fails or wink, if he can't generate pressure to get interceptions or sex or the offensive line coach or the offensive line players for not protecting our MVP from the opposite, the opposing defense. If Harbaugh does his job and subsequently everyone else, then we can be Super Bowl champs. Stay safe until team keeping clean, checking on each other. So with you saying that Harbaugh is the savior of this team and that he needs to hold everyone accountable, that is true including himself. Now the question also came from a guy named Manuel. He said after listening to Hollywood's interview about how he feels about the passing game and his workout, this all season it hit me what he said on his last stream. In this stream he said that it was his last until further notice, but the way that he said it, it told me that he wants that Super Bowl as bad as Lamar and the rest of the team wants it. It told me that he's not playing any games anymore. And until that title is in B-more, I think the rest of the team has the same psyche as Hollywood. Go 1000 or go home. And yeah, I mean that's what it is right now. That's like that's what they need. Like this is a team, they're ready, they're ready. So it's just about obviously executing first in the regular season, then come playoff time executing even better on a whole another level, really making that jump and coming out prepared. Because again, that's what I feel like this team has been lacking, has just been the lack of preparation in the playoffs. And he said stay safe until Carter to go 1000 on his goals and thank you for your views. They make football season much more richer. Appreciate it man. Next question came from my guy Stephen. He said, Hey, what's up engraving hope you in a family good. Hope you all have fun and be more not just open practice because I know how important family is. But anyway, oh yeah, we of course, we had a good time. You already know what time it is. But anyway, he said, I need to know where your faith and confidence is in Sammy Watkins at this moment in time because he's really making me get hype about what could be and I told myself not to put all my chips in the semi but forget all that. I'm about 80% all in with Sammy Watkins. I think he misses time two games at the most but nothing significant. Then G roll mentioned that when Sammy is 100, he is one of the best in the league. And also I think it was Keith Williams that said a receiver doesn't have to be the same as they were last season. And I felt he was mainly talking about Sammy that got me thinking what is Sammy Watkins potential when healthy help me out. I'm not trying to set myself up for disappointment. Be safe team keeping clean and stay away from C 19. I appreciate it Steven. So with Sammy Watkins, I yes, when Keith Williams was talking about that, well, he was actually referring to Miles Boykin because he was talking about Miles Boykin with the mental part of his game. But with Sammy Watkins, we hope I hope me myself. I just give you how I feel personally rooting for Sammy. Of course, because he's a raven. But rooting for him to do well rooting for him to stay healthy. We know he can play. We know he can ball. We know he can make some stuff happen. And he's from Florida. So I mean, hey, like, yeah. But anyway, he we also know his history. And it's the same way with Jimmy Smith is the same way with Tavon Young. We know their history. So with us knowing their history, we hope that they do well. We hope that they finish the season. We hope that they get through the entire season because we know what these guys can play. But at the same time, in the back of our mind, we know that it's not necessarily what to expect, but we know what it's been. We know that these guys have missed games, a lot of games due to injury. So there's just something to keep in the back of your mind as the season goes along. Hopefully it's we get proven wrong. Hopefully they don't miss any time. Hopefully they don't miss any time in this season. They play a full season and playoffs and all that good stuff. But it's just one of those things that not that you expect, but you just you just hope for the best. And you don't want the worst. A question came from Big Drizzy. He said, and I'm glad to see you on point with the whole Justin Houston signing. And I'm glad we got it done. My question to you is, where do you think the signing of Justin Houston ranks our defense overall? We have always had one of the best, if not the best secondary in the league with a top 10 defense overall. But where exactly do you think that ranks us? Thanks for taking the time to answer my question and wish you and the fam the best. Appreciate it, man. That is a really good question because that signing was it was a signing in an area that was very unknown with the Ravens. But now you have you got a production guy, you got a productive player and a consistent player and a player that doesn't even need to be a three down outside linebacker three down defensive event. No, he doesn't need to be that. So that will make him even fresher. That'll make him just ready that much more. And with Justin Houston, I am Ravens already had a good defensive line. Of course, when healthy, this is for everybody when they're healthy, they already had a good defensive line, they have an excellent secondary. Their linebackers are pretty good. And with that first official depth chart, I know it's the first one. So it's not official. But with that first depth chart, they got Malik Harrison as a starter right now. Now I'm not going to read too much into it at all, because it doesn't mean anything. But it is still interesting and something to look at. Because with Malik Harrison, I figured like, okay, they resigned LJ for it. I know they want to make the transition to Malik Harrison eventually. But still even with them listening him there right now, that that says a lot to me. Because but anyway, we talk about that later. But the defense overall, if they can actually have a pass rush, oh, like they could seriously, they could be really good. They could be like, they could be great. They really could be great because last year, that was one of the things that was missing from them was that pass rush and actually being closers, because they would get like always talk about they will get that QB hits, they will get that QB hits, they will get some pressure and whatnot. But it just and it's tough. And I know somebody made a really good point. They say when teams play the Ravens, they probably they change up what they do, they get the ball out a lot quicker. And yeah, that could be true. But at the same time, if you have a good pass rush, then even if guys are getting the ball out quicker, just the way that you pass rush, because you know, with certain like Patrick Mahomes, when they play the Chiefs, they send four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 guys at Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, it's just one guy out on the island with all them receivers, all the tight ends, everybody. They send 10 guys for Patrick Mahomes, and they still don't get to him. So if they could actually and not just for Patrick Mahomes, but for QBs period. Now, of course, they're still going to do their blitzes and all that. And that's cool. But if you could generate pressure with just sending three or four, oh my goodness, it's so beautiful that we're not used to that. Terrell Suggs, man, that was that guy, man. He he he was that guy, man. He is. It's like I always talk about what Howard, we were super spoiled with Ray Lewis and air super spoiled with Ed Reed and Ray Lewis, because they gave us two of the best ever at their positions, two of the best ever. Now, I feel like it was easier to replace Ray Lewis than it was a reading that they still haven't even replaced a read. They still looking for that guy at free safety. They have not found him yet. And again, Ed Reed is a read. I don't expect anybody else to be a read, but still they because they certainly been trying. They've tried to drive. They tried with free agencies. They've been trying. But with Ray Lewis, they had got Daryl Smith. He came in. It made it a smooth transition. Then they got CJ Mosey. He did this thing, made it a smooth transition. Then they got Patrick Queen. And last year was a COVID year, but he still did this thing. So middle linebacker, they've been taking care of business instead. But my point, see, we get so off topic so easily, but it's all good. I love y'all. But my point is that Ray Lewis and Ed Reed, they spoiled us so much, but so did Terrell Suggs. So did Terrell Suggs. And I'm very grateful that I got to witness them play live. Not just watch highlights, but actually got to watch all three of them play together. Especially, man. It was so special. But he spoiled us as a pass rusher. We haven't had that guy since Terrell Suggs. And with Justin Houston, he's been very, very productive. Very, very productive. So he could not be Terrell Suggs. Just be Justin Houston. And that'll give us an approving guy and somebody that can really just take this defense to a whole nother level. Make them that much better. That much stronger because that was our weakest link on defense last year. In my opinion, that was our weakest link. It was a pass rush. It was a pass rush. They just had not, were not getting it done. And it was all of our biggest problems throughout the entire season. And they got masked a little bit when Ravens will win, but we will still see them. We will still talk about them too. And our biggest problems, our biggest issues in the playoffs, they blew up. They blew up all the way, especially in the Bills game. Biggest issues were offensive line and pass rush. Biggest issues from jump from week one, even when everybody was healthy. Offensive line and pass rush. And then that Bills defensive line, they were crushing the run game, man. They killed it. And our offensive line just was not blocking the bad snaps, just the pressure. And then the pass rush, the Bills ain't do nothing but throw the ball. They were no good running team. They just did nothing but throw the ball, but we couldn't get to Josh Allen. So Justin Houston, he changes a lot of that. And then Tyus Bowser in an increased role. And then you think like with Adolfi away with seeing him, I know he's a rookie, but just seeing that speed, watching him live at that open practice, he wasn't even going full speed, but he just looked blazing fast. He wasn't going full speed. It's just, if he can get it going and he can like get this thing down, this pass rush thing. Oh boy. Oh boy. This thing could be, oh, what's the answer to your question? This definitely puts Raven's defense like up there for sure. As obviously everybody got to execute, but they got the people, they got the players for it, they got the personnel for it to get this thing done.