 It's always fun doing questions from subscribers because I love how y'all are always thinking outside the box, y'all come up with all these different topics and questions and issues and solutions too. And I appreciate it. One of the biggest, most recent questions and topics has been the fourth down call by the Ravens, of course. Now we're not even here to talk about whether it was the right or the wrong call but more so to dive into the way that that play was set up. What was set up good about it? What was set up bad about it? What could have been worse? But what could have also been better? But to help me answer that question and more, I brought on a very special guest. Yeah, this feels like a dream. You too, T.K. See my boy, he like, I done made it. I done made it. What a great dream. Team Keep It Clean. Welcome to another episode of Questions From Souls but for this episode I had to bring on my guy, K.O. Kevin Ostrich from Lockdown Ravens. Before we get into it, let everybody know who you are. Well, I kind of let them know that already but let them know where they can find you at and exactly what it is that you do. Yeah, I'm excited to be here. I appreciate you having me on. I am the host and producer of Lockdown Ravens would do a five day a week podcast there on the Ravens. So Monday through Friday, we got you covered with game news, analysis, anything you think about. We're on YouTube and video form. We also have it in audio form. I also am managing it over Ravens wire. So seven days a week, we have some Ravens content over there and also we have a lot of different stuff in terms of just Ravens, Twitter, on the K.O. Shurika34 and overall, yeah, it's a bunch of Ravens from me. Okay, I appreciate it. So if anybody who is too lazy to do a search, all of the stuff will be down below in the description. The podcast link, the YouTube link, link to his Twitter. All that good stuff will be right in the description of this video. So without further ado, we got some plenty of good questions as always. So let's get into this fourth down call. First question came from my guy, Kevin S. And he said, the fourth down call. And Raven, I'm not upset about the fourth down call. I'm upset with the play call. Roll them all to the right or to the left. Give him a run pass option, bootleg left or right. I just don't understand continuing to keep Lamar in the pocket on crucial plays, shaking my head. And see that, initially, I thought, again, live while the game was going on, I was 50-50 on it. I was okay that they went for it. I would have been okay with them to take the points. And I actually thought that the play design, it was actually set up nice because it was designed to get Doove open. I think maybe Lamar, he got flustered a bit because the pocket wasn't the greatest and he started backpedaling. And that's usually not a good thing. Even though we have seen times where Lamar has still made it happen and the throw, it wasn't a bad throw. Like if Doove, he just would have thrown it earlier. But anyway, as far as the play design, initially, I was thinking, all right, this was a nice play design. It was set up. We even talked about it in a couple of videos too. But there were some people who made some really, really good points. And my guy, Kevin, he just brought up one, two. And I know a lot of people were talking about how it wasn't an option to run because there was no running back, back there. It was just an empty set. So just simply having a running back, back there, that could have added a quick threat to really throw the defense off just a bit and just really give Lamar some added possible protection or another option. So what do you think about the actual, both the play call and the play design all in one? Yeah, the call to go for it on fourth down, I would have kicked the field goal personally. I understand the reasons why people would wanna go for it. But I think with the play design in general, I go back to the Pittsburgh game last year where they go for two and Lamar has Mark Andrews open, but he has to step up in the pocket because there's pressure in his face and TJ won immediately. And so yeah, maybe having an added running back would better that extra protection if he's in there to block or something. But we've also seen the rollout plays before in those situations. And sometimes they were ugly sometimes and they didn't really work. So he had Devin DuVernay in the back of the end. So that's something that you go back and you're looking at like they're so close to having it. They're so close to getting it done. But I think overall, in that situation, I personally take the point. So I get that, yeah, you know what? If there's a little bit more better execution or there's a little better execution, you get the six and you're able to score. But at the end of the day, I think you take the points, you trust your defense to protect a three point lead instead of protect a seven point lead. I think that still sends the same message to your defense of, hey, you know what? We're gonna go out there and we're gonna trust you with this lead. So I don't know. I think the play design, it was fine, I'd say. I mean, you do have a wide open player. That's what you scheme open. You scheme open a guy to get open and it happens in the end zone. It's just a split second of non-protection where Jackson has to back cuddle. He can't get the ball off. So at the end of the day, we're all looking at that and we're saying, well, it doesn't matter because the ball is intercepted and there's nothing you can really do about that. So I'm still team take the points, but I do understand why, you know, that there are some people who just want Lamar to be put in these best situations to be able to go out there and perform and look. I mean, Lamar didn't have a great game against the bills, you know? That doesn't mean he's not a great quarterback. It doesn't mean he's not the MVP race or anything, but at the same time, I do think that there were a couple of plays you'd like to have back and I know this might be one of them because I know he's probably watching the film and seeing Devon do a break open in that corner and saying, you know, dang, if I just let that ball go, it would have been an easy score. Next question came from my guy, Elix. He said, just want your opinion. Good morning, and Graven has a family. I just got a couple of questions on things that are major. First question, in your personal opinion, right now, do you think the Ravens should fire John Harbaugh? Why or why not? I don't want to start thinking that coaching is going to be a problem for each and every game. Second question, I see so many people are saying the Ravens should hire Sean Payton as a new head coach. What should take on that? I know wide receivers would be phenomenal and our play calling on offense would be amazing and that's just saying a lot about one side of the ball. So a two-part question. Should the Ravens fire Harbaugh and would Sean Payton be a good replacement if they were to do so? I'll let you start with this one and I'll finish it up. You know, in terms of the Harbaugh question, I think right now it's just too early. I mean, we're a month into the season and I know there's a lot of disappointment in terms of the Ravens being two and two right now. And I mean, two and two in hindsight is not a terrible place to be right now, especially with, you know, the North doesn't look amazing right now and there's openness in this AFC right now to be able to go and still in December be talking about a high seed. But for now, I think that the Ravens, they wouldn't benefit a ton from firing John Harbaugh. They have to go out and find her a replacement super early in the season. Harbaugh would get scooped up pretty quickly, I think too. So for now, look the decisions that Harbaugh has made in some of these circumstances, yeah, you know, there have been some controversial ones but I think that we're too early in the year to have a conversation of, oh, you know, the Ravens have to clean house, they have to clean the coaching staff. There have to be improvements, absolutely. Like there have to be areas where John Harbaugh improves and all the other, you know, Greg Roman, Mike McDonald, et cetera, but there are still a lot of moving pieces. The steam has gone through another injury situation with multiple this year and they're trying to work new pieces in there, trying to get the rookies up to speed. They're relying on rookie contributions, big ones from guys like Kyle Hamilton and Daniel Fahlele and others. So yeah, I think that two and two isn't a terrible place to be, but it's disappointing because of how they got there and I think that's where the frustration is because they had the option to be a four and O team right now, to be a three and one team right now and they're not, they're sitting at two and two, which is, you know, it's 500, it's okay, but it's not great, it's not the undefeated top of the AFC that I think, look, in the two losses, I think the stat is they've trailed for 14 seconds and they've lost both those games. So it's the execution there. So for Harbaugh in particular, you know, look, if this is a four win team in January, yeah, maybe that conversation happens, but I don't think we're gonna get there first of all, and I think that this team has too much talent to continue to go and do all this now they have to execute. But in terms of Sean Payton, I think, yeah, if the Ravens wanna go the experienced coach route, they could go with Sean Payton. He's someone who obviously had plenty of success over there in New Orleans and is a very smart football mind. I think that would definitely be an option for them now. It depends which way they wanna go. If they wanna go with that experienced option, I think Payton would definitely be towards the top of their list. But, you know, if they wanted to go, the last time the Ravens hired a head coach, they zagged. Well, everybody else was going one way, they went the other way and they hired a special teams coordinator and John Harbaugh. And everybody's thinking, well, the special teams coordinator, you know, I remember Jason Garrett was in that conversation. They had a lot of names. You know, the bright offensive mind, Jason Garrett and Harbaugh was the one who was the better hire by a landslide. So maybe they feel with that young, offensive, innovative coordinator, but if they did want to say, hey, you know what, we have a window, you want an experienced coach and we have confidence that a guy like that, then yeah, I think maybe Sean Payton could be an option. But who knows at this point? Cause again, I just don't see them firing Harbaugh right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know Harbaugh definitely isn't going anywhere during the season. And I do, I appreciate the conversation about it. Should the Ravens make that move? But at the same time, let's see what happens. And I know that the thing that's been frustrating, I know with Ravens fans is just when Harbaugh becomes a repeat offender, when we see a lot of the same issues that we've been seeing for a long time. And I know that, like you mentioned with the losses, Ravens, they score a couple more points. They take a couple more field goals. They do a couple more things a little better, especially that the second half offenses, because the second half offenses all year have just, they've dragged. But then there's been some decision making that's been questionable too. It's just been a good mix of a little bit of everything. Then of course, can't forget about the defense as well. But if a couple of things are better than they are, they are sitting there for a no right now. But we know that the Ravens, they don't make these in season, they would not make an in season coaching fire, as far as a head coach. We of course remember the whole offensive coordinator thing that they did, they did it with Cam Cameron. Then they did it with Mark Trestman. I think it was Mark Trestman during the season he got fired too. But so with Harbaugh, we know he's not going anywhere. But if something were to happen with Harbaugh, I think one of the reasons a lot of Ravens fans, and to conclude it myself, would be enamored with Sean Payton, is because we would just love to see, especially since they have a Lamar Jackson, we would love to see him maximize. We just feel like that he would do a much better job of really maximizing Lamar Jackson as a quarterback. We saw what he did with, obviously Drew Brees, he did this thing, and Drew Brees was doing this thing before he got to New Orleans, but he got to New Orleans and just continued, and then it had some great seasons. But we saw what he did with him, but we saw what he did with James Winston for a year, we saw what he did with Teddy Bridgewater. And even a little bit would take some heel too. So to see what he did with those guys, it's like, oh man, imagine him with a Lamar Jackson. Ooh, that would be something serious right there. And I just feel like he would really be able, not even just to get the most out of Ravens, out of Raven quarterback Lamar Jackson, but really get the most out of Ravens offense as a whole. But will it happen? I doubt it, but you never know. We won't know till we know. But back to Harbaugh, he has time. He got a long leash with the Ravens and even like, say this season doesn't go as a lot of people hope it goes. Harbaugh just, he is in such a safe place right now. I don't even think that like, obviously right now the Ravens are obviously not thinking about firing Harbaugh, but even if stuff went just terrible this year, like I feel like for them to even think about the conversation, things would have to just, it would have to collapse. Like you mentioned, if they were a four-win team in January, like there's no way that they'd get there, right? But if they were a four-win team in January, so that would be what, four and 13, then there's a conversation. There would definitely be, I think more than a conversation at that point, but I just don't see them getting there. And I just, I don't see many scenarios where Harbaugh is gone. Next question came from Terrius. It's a time to make even more adjustments. What's up, everyone? I hope you and the family are doing great. Nothing but blessings coming your way. I wanted to ask you two questions. One, did you know that the Chiefs have made four AFC Championship appearances for four straight years, 2018, 19, 20 and 21? Should the Ravens take a page out of their book of success knowing they had two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl win? So let's start with that first, because he has another question as well. Now, when you say take a page out of their book, they've just, they've done a phenomenal job. And the topic of your question is adjustments. The Chiefs have done a good job of making adjustments. They've had a lot of success over those four years. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes, one of the best quarterbacks in the game right now. And some can argue he is the best quarterback in the game right now. The way that they just really, they just have such a talented offense. And they will do their best to really run up that score if they can. Just in the defense, the defense is never usually locked down but they are just very opportunistic. Usually Chiefs, there are some games where Chiefs offense doesn't make it as easy, but usually Chiefs offense, they make it easier for their defense to where the Chiefs offense is scoring all these points and then they can make teams a lot more one-dimensional. So they just start passing and start trying to play catch up and it's just, it ends up being too little, too late for a lot of teams. So Chiefs, they really put a lot of pressure on you as a team when it comes to scoring points. But as far as the Ravens, for them to really take a page out of the Chiefs playbook, I mean, Ravens just got to finish. That's the biggest thing with them. They just, they got to finish. Raven, again, we talked about it in this video about this season. They could be sitting there for no. If they really just continue to play in that pressure, really just continue scoring points. The defense played a little better. Lamar had some better games. The receivers, they stepped up a little bit more that they were less drops by the offense. There were a couple more, a couple better calls and whatnot. Like there's just some little fixes that the Ravens can do to have a big improvements. But K.O., what would you say as far as the Ravens maybe taking something from the Chiefs when you look at all the success that they've had over the past four years, making all those AFC championships? Yeah, I think it's funny because you have the Chiefs actually taking it from the Ravens or the Linda Brown and having that whole situation happen. But I think when you're talking about the Chiefs, they have a very creative offense, very unique. And so does Baltimore, so don't get me wrong. But Andy Reid, Eric Vanity, that offense and obviously having a guy like Pastor McCombs and you say, well, the Ravens have Lamar Jackson. And I say you are correct, absolutely they do. And the ability for them to be able to maximize Lamar Jackson, especially while he's still on this contract, which I know the fifth year option forms around 23 million. But he's gonna get a deal, he's gonna get a big one and he's gonna deserve every penny with it. And so what the Chiefs has done a really good job at is being able to maximize their cap space in their cap room. They were able to sign Mahomes to that big massive deal. They brought Chris Jones back, they have Travis Kelsey on that deal. And we're starting to see a little bit of that crack with Tyree Kill having to get traded just because he wanted that big contract and Miami gave it to him. He has a huge deal in Miami right now. But part of it is being able to do that. And I think the Ravens do a good job at that. And they have to continue because this is something the Ravens haven't really dealt with before in terms of a contract of this magnitude. And I know the Ravens and Jackson have tabled those talks. I'm not gonna get too far in that rabbit hole. But I think that the Ravens in terms of what they can take from the Chiefs. I mean, the Chiefs, you're right, are a team that can suffocate you which is how good that offense is, how quickly they can put up points. And they do it a different way. The Ravens, when the Ravens are at full strength and they are doing what they wanna do, they are running the football effectively with the passing game in there. Now the Ravens are a passing team this year. The pass offense has carried this offense, the more Jackson looks really, really, really good as a passer, as he has in the past, it's not just the this year thing. But I think for the Ravens, they do wanna be that balanced offense that can just put up 150, 200 on the ground with that duo of JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards. I think that a lot of people wanna see that, but also the added element that we have seen the more Jackson grow so much as a player over the course of his four plus years in the NFL. I think in terms of taking someone from Kansas City, it'd be hard to kind of just rip a page out of their playbook and just kind of shove it in there and be like, all right, this is what we're gonna do. We're gonna only run this one page in that offense. But yeah, I know adjustments do have to be made. This is a team that has to improve. You mentioned the finishing. This goes back to last year when they lost all those one score games, they were blowing these in the fourth quarter. So they just have to be better. And this is a team that is, I think better than their two and two record, a team that should be four, no. And again, I think that is what the frustration and that's where the frustration comes in because you have a team that honestly probably should be at the top of the AFC North, at the top of the AFC. And instead they're kind of in that muddy two and two range with like 10 other teams where I think they're a little better than that. So if the finishing continues to be an issue, then that is an issue. But I think that they can get better at it and I hope they can because they're gonna have to. Yeah, for sure. And the second part of his question, he said, do you think the Ravens should sign or trade for another middle linebacker? Not to bash Queen, he's good and the potential is there but the lack of consistency is being a major issue and could use an old friend such as L.J. Fort, which nothing but the best and team can be clean, trust, so should the Ravens bring back L.J. Fort? You know, I was actually surprised that they didn't. I'm not sure what his status is right now. I know he suffered. What was it, a torn ACL or was it the killies in that second pre-season game last year? I forgot what it was, the ACL thing. Oh, the ACL, okay. But I'm not sure what the status of L.J. Fort is right now. They of course brought back Bynes. They tried to sign Bobby Wagner. So they tried to upgrade the linebacker group but yeah, it's been up and down. For Patrick Queen specifically, yeah, just closing. Like that has been a big issue with him, has just been finishing those big plays consistently. So as far as the trade, I don't have any names that come off the top of my head. I know a lot of people have talked about Roquan Smith but I don't see Bayers getting rid of him and I don't see the Ravens trading for him. At least not during the season. The off-season, maybe possibly but no, not during the season. I think as far as the inside linebacker, one of the things that the Ravens could do, just do some personnel switches. Maybe have Chuck just be in the box a lot more but Chuck, he's missed his fair share of tackles too. So I don't know, you know what? I'm honestly just lost on what they should do at the inside linebacker situation right now. Because again, Patrick Queen, he has not been all bad but it's just those plays, the missed opportunities that have stuck out the most. But what would you say about it? Yeah, I think trading for one, if I had a choice of if the Ravens made a trade, where would I trade, what position? I'd probably go more outside linebacker or wide receiver at this point. So in terms of Roquan Smith, yeah, look, I've loved Roquan Smith since his Georgia days. Like as someone I thought the Ravens could have really benefited from drafting and obviously the Bears take him far before the Ravens can even sniff him in the draft. But look, he's a great player I think but part of the deal here is he wants a huge contract and the Ravens are dealing with another huge contract in the Marjag. So again, it's where do you allocate those resources if you're the Ravens? I mean, I wouldn't be opposed to bringing back somebody like an LJ4 to bringing in a veteran linebacker on the French marker. I thought Juan Alexander would have been great for him. He's ballin' out with the just this year. So that's maybe something they could have done. Maybe there are other options out there for him. But I think if you have a word that you want to associate with this Ravens team and you want them to get better, I think consistency is put a plaque up there. Patrick Queen, consistency, pass rush, consistency, run game, it's all the consistency stuff, finishing. Consistency. And I think, yeah, for Queen it's a lot of just what you want to see from a first round pick now in his third season, you know, you don't want to be having these conversations about, you know, he was great in this aspect, but at the same time there was this and that. And I agree. Like I don't think Patrick Queen has been all bad this year. I think he has shown a ton of flashes. There has been potential, but that has been kind of the story for Patrick Queen where we have seen the very high highs and the very low lows. And that's kind of what it's been for him. I don't think there have been as many lows for him as some people think, but there have been some this year. But I also think that he has done some very good things. He's looked more confident this year, I think. And I think it's just a matter of getting things down overall in terms of what they can do with the position. Part of the shock for me, they kept like six outside linebackers, five outside, or inside linebackers this year. I only expected him to keep three or four because of the safety depth and what they can do with guys like Chuck Clark and Kyle Hamilton in the box. So I don't think you're necessarily pigeonholed if you're the Ravens into keeping two middle linebackers on the field on third down. Because you have a guy who can play in the box, play that dime linebacker look. And so if Patrick Queen is struggling one game in past coverage, you don't have to be afraid to take him out on third down and maybe have Josh Bynes as your one middle linebacker and then have Chuck Clark in the box or Kyle Hamilton in the box. Those three safety looks I think can be so deadly for them. And I know as the year goes, look, Kyle Hamilton's a rookie right now. And I get that. They're trying to work him in, they're trying to get him acclimated to the game. So maybe come November, December, we'll see that a lot more where, yeah, they only use one inside linebacker on the field on third down. They use three safety 60 Bs or whatnot. But part of the reason I love their safety depth so much in the off season was because I thought it allowed them to be much more versatile in what they did as a defense. And they've showed versatile looks. Don't get me wrong. But I think they aren't, again, pigeonholed into keeping 10 middle linebackers on the field at the same time. They can take them off and they don't have to use them because this defense is not a traditional one. And I think that's a good thing, but they have the talent there where they don't have to necessarily rely on Patrick Queen to be 100% of the snaps type player. Now, I know they've been doing that a little bit with him. And I think he's done fine, but a little more consistency. I think a lot of people would like to see. All right, next question came from my guy, Kempachi. He said, Duv is to Jacoby as Bateman is to Bolden. After hearing the Duv and a Jacoby comparison, which we did on an episode of question from subs a few days ago, because somebody, they asked the question, did this Devin Duvenay remind us of Jacoby Jones? And initially I was thinking like, no, they're playstyle. They're two completely different players. Their styles are not the same. But then I thought more, oh, wait a minute, is it because of the big playability? Whenever they had a ball in their hands, good stuff usually happens and big stuff. So in that sense, I could see why he could remind people of Jacoby Jones. But anyway, he said, I got curious and I did a bit of comparing myself. And it turns out Rashad Bateman is on pace to have a better season than Anquan Bolden did in the Raven Super Bowl season. I understand it's too early in the season to get my hopes up. It's not even the bye week yet. But the more I look at this Ravens roster, the more they look like a Super Bowl team. I like to know your thoughts. I hope y'all are safe and well, peace. Now, this claimer, he sent this question on October 1st. So it was before the Ravens and Bills game. Now, as far as the pace that Rashad Bateman is on, hopefully he can continue to add to his pace and hopefully he'll be healthy. Cause again, remember him, he was in the walking booth. But hopefully that was just extra, the Ravens being extra cautious. But as far as the Ravens looking like a Super Bowl team, right now I would say no, but it's not impossible for them to get there, to looking like a Super Bowl team. I think like my guy, KO mentioned a couple of questions ago, it's about consistency. It's about building up that consistency on every single level that you possibly can, because if they can build up consistency in finishing games, and you're like, okay, if they can build up consistency in making those big plays on both offense and defense, build up consistency with no drops, Lamar build up consistency, again, with the offense in the second half of games, just everything if the defense would play better or more consistent, cause they did a great job against Josh Allen. So hopefully that carries on to the next game against Joe Burrow and everybody else after that too. But if they can start to build up consistency, then they may be able to look like a Super Bowl team, but that's where everything starts. So after these first four games, I can't say they look like a Super Bowl team right now, cause they don't, they don't, but it's not impossible for them to get there. How would you say they look, how close or how far away would you say they look from being a Super Bowl team? I definitely think they're closer than more far away, but I think they're a good team, but Super Bowl teams don't blow those leads, they're able to finish, so they have to get there, that they have to get there because in the playoffs, if you blow a 21 point lead and you lose, you're out, that's it, you're done. And that I think would be much, much, much more disappointing than having it happen in week two in a September game. Conference record's important, right? The Ravens have lost two games where come December, come January, we're talking about maybe tie breakers, for division, for wild card, et cetera, those losses could loom large. So you have to take that into account. So I think, again, I agree with the consistency, part of things, and part of it also, I think, again, it's just being able to mesh all these pieces together. Mike McDonald's still finding his way as a defensive coordinator. And usually, when you're hiring a new defensive coordinator, sometimes it does happen on contending teams. This is not the first time that a defensive coordinator change has happened with a contending team, but usually it's happening on a team that is either going through a rebuild, is revamp their entire coaching staff. But this is a team that went from Don Mortendale to Mike McDonald after a disappointing eight and nine season last year. But they have been on the cusp of that AFC championship and playoff wins here and there, but they just haven't been consistent in the playoffs either. So they wanted to undergo a change. And so, yeah, I think that when you're looking at a guy like Mike McDonald, how he's able to adjust, he had a great year at Michigan last year. But the NFL is vastly different from college, and I think we're kind of seeing some of those growing pains a little bit like the end of first half defense over the past couple of weeks has not been amazed. I mean, the Ravens won't rush like no people on one play against the Patriots, and there was still a completion. So it's again, trying to figure out stuff like that, where in November or December, those things probably won't pop up as much, at least you would hope not, because he has experience under his belt that he didn't have in September or early in the season. And then it's the same thing with the players, getting a guy like a tie spouser back, a Ronnie Stanley back, Marcus Peters continuing to ramp up, same thing with J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards as well, all these other players, they can be seen as acquisitions, but again, they're not gonna be the players we once saw right out of the jump. Well, maybe some of them will be, and I hope that they will be. But realistically, you have to have that ramp up period of, hey, this is game action. This is what playing 100% of snaps looks like. This is what going through the course of an NFL game and NFL season is. I think tie spouser solves a lot of their pass rushing issues, et cetera, et cetera. But yeah, we're wondering, what's the status of Rashad Bateman? What's the absence gonna be there? I think Devin Dufournay can step up for sure. Dufournay Jacoby, I can see it based on big playability. Bateman Bolton is a little harder for me to see, just because I think the play styles are a little different, not saying that the stats or anything don't line up, because Bateman, I think, you're talking about big plays in that Super Bowl run, they had multiple receivers who could do that in terms of the deep threat like Tori Smith, and Jacoby Jones, and all those guys. And Bolton was kind of your sure-handed, oh yes, third to Bolton on third down, and automatic first, moving the chains, et cetera. So they have big play guys this year in Bateman, in Dufournay, and you're kind of looking for who's their Bolton that might be Mark Andrews, who is that sure-handed third down guy, and obviously their number one pass catcher. But yeah, I think consistency is the big thing I'll keep going back to, because I think it's the word they have to use, is they can be great for a half, right? They can be great in the first half. They don't do anything in the second half, and you lose the game, that first half doesn't matter anymore. Just like the week two game is the Dolphins, Lamar Jackson has a great game, and it's all washed away because they lose, and they build that 21 point lead. No one, not no one, because I do, but not a lot of people remember how good of a game Lamar Jackson had, because everybody talks about the 21 point blown lead, and how they didn't score, and et cetera, et cetera. So they have to be able to do that a lot better. I think they can do it. I think this is just a matter of getting everybody gelled and meshed up, but they have to be able to do that or else. It might be tough for them to go where they wanna go, and I think that they can do it. I think that they can win a lot of games this year. I think they can be a very high scene in the playoffs and make a run, but they need to get their guys back. They have to get them to 100%, and they have to be able to make sure that they're all on the same page heading into December and January, and hopefully for them in February. All right, and the last question on this episode came from my guy, Coach White. He said, personnel grouping. Top of the AM team, keep it clean. Me being a coach, I noticed that things that casual fans don't. I'm hoping the Ravens, especially Jiro, see this video when you talk about it. Buffalo is one of the few teams that have linebackers that are fast, physical enough to match up with our 22 personnel in the run and pass game, which is rare. Usually I complain about the personnel grouping because it's outdated and to maximize any QB, not just Lamar, you need a lot of 11 personnel on the field, not all the time, but more than what we're using. Although be more users of 22 personnel like the 11 personnel, spreading out the tight ends and full backs, keeping teams off balance. A lot of teams will keep their linebackers in the stop to run, but when we spread them apart, they're not quick enough to match up in most instances. Not Buffalo, their linebackers could do both, causing our offense to become stagnant. It could have been the rain, weather slowing us down too, I don't know. If we're blessed, God willing enough to play them again, we have to be more balanced with our personnel by putting our 11 package, putting in our 11 packages too. I know I said the same thing a few times about 22 personnel, but to understand my point, I had to. If possible, you don't have to, oh, if possible, you don't have to read my question, but paraphrase it to your listeners, I'll appreciate it. So it's, now when you talk about the personnel, 11 personnel, 22 personnel, me, myself, I ain't no big X and Nose guys, but what I think it comes down to is adjustments. And that, everything that you said, it reminded me of adjustments. You talked about how the bills, they had the linebackers that were able to adjust to everything that the Ravens did. And when the Ravens tried to sneak in something, the Ravens tried to spread out the offense, even in the 22 personnel that the Ravens, they just, they couldn't do it because the bills were ready for it. So that just, again, it takes me back. And again, this is with offensive play calling, this is with offensive execution. This is with all of that. It just takes me back to the offense just not really adjusting in the second half this year, because they have been just, in the word that you mentioned, stagnant. They've been stagnant. And that is such a big issue that they gots to get fixed. They got to get fixed. Like we remember last year, the Ravens offense, they would start off so many games slow. And we'd be like, man, why are they starting off so slow? But then they start waking up a bit in the second half. But this year, they've been starting off games and starting off halves pretty good. It's like, okay, let's go Ravens. But then in the second half, it's like they go to sleep. So they gotta do a much better job of adjusting because what they've been doing so far is just not gonna cut it. So that's better play calling from Greg Roman. That's on better execution from Lamar, better execution from Bate and the receivers, Mark. And just everybody, the offensive line, especially too. It's up to the whole unit to come together and just really put out better effort in the second half. Cause if they would be like this, like they've been all season, it's just not gonna be enough. Well, what's your thoughts on that? Yeah, I think when you're talking about 11 personnel, 22 personnel, I mean, yeah. The fullback position as it has been for the past couple of years has been, kind of phased out of a lot of NFL offenses. There aren't a lot of teams that use fullbacks, they use these heavy groupings anymore. There are still some that do it, don't get me wrong. But this is part of the reason that I think a lot of people, they do wanna see those in-game. And I agree, I think in-game adjustments are huge. I think sometimes the Ravens have been good at it, but I think more often than you'd like to see, they haven't done enough in the second half this year in order to warrant, you know, them saying, oh, this was great. I mean, the New England game, Kyle Hamilton saved that game. The Nelson Aguilar play was a play that would have gone for 30, 40, 50 yards if he had been able to get down with that football. The Ravens are up by five at that point. The Patriots would have been deep in Ravens territory and who knows? I'm glad Hamilton ended up doing what he did because it ended up saving the game for him. I think that was great. But the whole league, or most of it at least, is zigged one direction. The Ravens zagged in a different direction with the way their personnel groupings go. And, you know, using these full back sets, two tight ends, three tight end sets, you know, we're not in 2019 anymore, you know, the March action has grown plenty since then. I'm not saying never use them. I'm not saying never use them because this is like the identity of this team. But what has been true is the fact that Baltimore's pass offense has been carrying them. They do have talent at receiver. And I think you can use 11 personnel effectively if you want to use it more often if you're the Ravens. Now, what does Rashad Bateman and his situation do to this? You know, you're kind of having everybody move a rung up the ladder when, if Bateman has to miss some time here. So usually it becomes your one and the Marcus Robinson becomes your two, et cetera, et cetera. So do you rely more on your 22 personnel in a potential absence over Rashad Bateman? I think they would have done it even if Bateman was in there. But, you know, I think people, they want to see more of these receivers on the field because they have the talent. Not saying the tight ends don't because at the end of the day, you're putting the tight ends out there for multiple reasons. But I think a big reason in one of them is the fact that they can use the play action game with them effectively. And we're seeing some more under center places here from the Marjaxon. But in 2019, what made this offense so good was the fact that their run offense was just unbelievable. And teams had to respect that they had to put players in the box. And when you see a 22 grouping out there with two tight ends and a massive fullback and everything, you have to put guys in the box and the Ravens can run play action. And teams have to bite on it a little bit because if they're getting gashed for five yards to carry, six yards to carry, they can't just say, we're going to drop everybody and just hope that they're throwing at this down. They have to be able to get their run game back to what it was. Obviously, I know the personnel, you know, you're hoping Gus Edwards comes back, J.K. Dobbins still working his way up, Ronnie Stanley has to be able to come back as well. They don't have Marshall Yanda anymore. Elena Brown's not in Baltimore anymore. Those are two big losses, but they have to be able to do that. And I think if you're going to use 22 personnel effectively play action as a huge part of what you do, 11 personnel, you can use play action off of that. But I think we're seeing a lot more 11 personnel groupings throughout the league because these teams are going, three receivers sets, they're getting three, I mean, the Bengals who they have on Sunday night with Jamar Chase, D. Higgins, Tyler Boyd, you can use those three in so many different ways effectively. So yeah, I think you're pointing Raven about them just being better at adjustments, I think is a hundred percent true because I think that so much throughout a season, there are so many opportunities to go into that halftime locker room and say, hey, you know what, this is what is happening to us right now, let's go out and do it. But sometimes it can be a fourth quarter thing where you have to adjust on the fly really quickly because something is happening. You don't have the halftime locker room to go into and something goes going on. You can't just say, all right, time out guys, let's go to the locker room, let's figure it out. You have to do it right there on the field. And I think we've seen them do a fine job at it sometimes, but I think we, again, I'm gonna say it one last time, consistency is key when you're talking about this team. And I think that's another area where it has to be good. Yeah, this feels like a dream. Ain't no jazz what I made. You see my phone, jazz what I made. You two team keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, I done made it, I done made it. Boy, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. Shout out to engraving.