 In the words of my guy Jeffrey W, the Ravens are on the mission not to overlook any team this year. We learned that lesson from the Titans game. They need to take every team out and never let up. And it starts with the Browns. And you know just what I mean. YouTube team keep it clean. It ain't great. So YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is engraving here, not just with another video, but with the first preview video for this NFL regular season. We made it, y'all. We really did. Before we get into this, I gotta thank y'all for rocking with us this off season. This off season has been crazy. This has been one of the longest off seasons ever because just so many things have been different. So many things have been restricted. Just, there's been a lot of, just a lot of negativity out there. But now we made it through all of that. We all made it through all of that. And we're here at week one of the regular season. Like we're in week one of the regular season. Of course got the game on Thursday with the Chiefs and the Texans. And then following that on Sunday, everybody else plays. Everybody else plays. And it's like, it's crazy that we made it to the regular season, man. There have been some, sometimes where there was some doubt. Talked to a lot of different people. And me, I was always thinking, no, the show will go on. The show will go on. And there were some times where it almost looked like, oh, wait a minute now, oh, what's gonna go down? But we're here. We made it. And it's time, man. It's time. The Ravens are taking on the Browns at M&T Bank Stadium. And it should be, it should be a good one. It should be a really good one. And real quick, before we get into this game, one last thing I really gotta appreciate. I gotta say I appreciate y'all for rocking with us this entire off season, man. Whether you're new here, whether you're old here, thank you. I'm looking forward to this regular season, but thank you all for just helping team keep it clean, grow, and just being part of the best team, man. Cause it's y'all, man. All this stuff, it's all y'all. Couldn't happen without y'all. Y'all are the best. Thank you for just always being positive. We have a lot of fun on here. Thank you for building up a somewhat of a community. That's all fans of all teams are welcome. No matter who you like, no matter what team you dislike, whatever, everybody's welcome here. Thank you for building up a community of respect. We respect each other on here. And we talk a little trash back and forth, but it's all in fun. It's all in fun. It's never anything personal, anything like that. We have a good time on here. And that's exactly what it's about. So I appreciate y'all forgetting us here. And thank you just for everything. So now the Browns. The Browns are coming to town. Browns with a new GM, a new head coach, and they trying to get off to a new start. But how did the Ravens stop them from doing that? Well, first off, let me tell y'all how I think this game is gonna go. We ain't even gonna waste no time. The way I think it's gonna go, I think it's gonna be close throughout the first half. I really do. Both teams, they're gonna start getting the little jitters out on what not. But then in the second half, that's when I think the experience is gonna, they're gonna take advantage of their experience. And I think the Ravens are more experienced team than the Browns, more so on defense. But I think the second half is where the Ravens really, they catch that stride and they end up taking off. So in order for that to happen, there gotta be some things that go down first. And that's one, with Baker Mayfield. You gotta force them in to make mistakes, man. And the pass rush is important. Now, one thing with the pass rush, Ravens have, they've made several moves in order to build up their defensive line and try to improve their pass rush. Of course, they brought in Calais Campbell, Derrick Wolfe. They drafted guys like Matt Abooke. They moved Brandon Williams back to Nose Tackle. They franchised Tag Matt Judon. They brought back Pranel McPhee. They brought back Ajija Ward. They brought back Jelly Justin Ellis. So they got some new faces and then they got some people in some old places. But it's a mix of everything. So that pass, that defensive line just should be a lot stronger than it was last year. Now, when it comes to setting the edge, that's why they bring back a guy like Pranel McPhee to help with that. So hopefully he can stay healthy and contribute in that. And Jaylen Ferguson in his second year, hopefully he can take some more steps forward as well. So we'll just see how everything works out. But that's gonna be essential because you have running backs that can go up the middle, but with Brandon Williams and Nose Tackle, I don't really see that happening. But those running backs, both Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, they can bounce it to the outside too. They are very dangerous. They can catch passes out of, they can do everything. Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt can do everything. And Baker Mayfield, if he's facing pressure, he's gonna look for those guys. He's gonna look for those underneath guys. And then that's where Austin Hooper comes into play too. Austin Hooper, their rookie out of FAU and also David Najoku. I know they got like five tight ends on their roster right now. It's crazy because Browns, they got five tight ends. We only got two for now until we end up calling somebody up, whoever that may be. But it's important that the Ravens, they control the middle of the field. It's very important. And when they tackle these guys, whether it be the tight end, whether it be the running backs, whether it be the receivers like Jarvis and Old Bill, one of the, and we saw this in the game that the Browns played the Ravens at M&T Bank last year. It was one of their biggest problems in that game was poor execution. It was poor, poor tackling. Some of the biggest plays in football come from just not wrapping up. Not wrapping up. Some guys try to make arm tackles. Some guys try to just go for the big hit. But sometimes it's just a simple wrap up. It can do oneness. Because a wrap up, you may not even be able to bring the guy down, but you can slow him down. You can stop him till you get help. And that's what needs to be done. They need to wrap these guys up because you don't wanna be trying to make the big play, the big hit. And then the guy ends up breaking off of you. He may end up stumbling a little bit but catching this balance and then breaks off for a long run. We saw that too many times in the game that we played them last year at M&T Bank. And I know we of course played them later on and took care of business and beat them by even more than they beat us by. But still, you gots to wrap up, man. It's extremely important. The secondary. This is DeSean Elliott's first chance at showing, hey, this is why the Ravens, this is why they chose you for this. This is why they chose you for this. I expect him to be flying around the field. I do expect him to make some mistakes too. Let's be real about it. Because he hasn't started yet. He hasn't started in the NFL yet. And this is the NFL, this ain't college no more. These are different concepts. These are just different schemes. Everything is on a higher level in the NFL as compared to a collegiate level game. So DeSean Elliott, it's gonna be some stuff that may throw him off a little bit. He may be out of place. Hopefully not. Hopefully he comes out and is perfect. And we're like, Earl Thomas, who's that guy? But I expect mistakes, I don't really expect mistakes from everybody. Not just the young guys, not just the rookies. I expect mistakes from everybody because they haven't gotten to go up against anybody else. They didn't have any pre-season. This'll be their first real test. Cause training camp, yeah, you go up against, the offense goes against the defense or whatever. But that's training camp. Those guys are not trying to take your job. Those guys are not trying to take you out. Now you got guys that's trying to take you out. They want to win the division just as bad as you do. They want to win the game just as bad as you do. That has to, well it doesn't have to be a winner and loser. It could be a tie, but there has to be a winner and there has to be a loser. And that's, it's not like that in training camp. You going against somebody else. They don't care about what you got going on. They don't care about your team. Yeah, y'all cool off the field or whatever. Y'all boys or whatever, but this, no, that's all out of the window now, baby. So this will be Ravens and Browns first test, first real test, going up against each other. So I expect mistakes from both teams, both of them. I don't expect things to get off to, like I said, I don't expect things to get off to such a hot start for the Ravens. I wouldn't be mad if they did, but, and with the Browns, I don't expect things to get off to such a hot start simply because of what I've been talking about with the Browns all off season with them incorporating a new offense. Now I mean, that doesn't mean that, just because they incorporate a new offense, it doesn't mean that things are gonna be so shaky because you look at the the Paggers last year, they doubt that was Matt LaFleur's his first year as a head coach. And they did pretty good. Got all the way to the NFC championship game. So just because you have a new head coach, it doesn't mean that you cannot be successful. I mean, you look at the Ravens when Hobart first came on board his first year, they went to the FC championship game. So that's possible. But with Baker Mayfield, they, oh boy, you got what the Ravens need to do. One of the biggest things they need to do, interior pressure, interior pressure. That's the name of the game. Because, and this is really with any quarterback that you face but with Baker Mayfield, one thing about him, he can make some throws really quickly. He can make some quick decisions. And but with any quarterback, if you got a good pass rush, which is nice to have, but if you got a good exterior pass rush, you got guys coming from the outside real fast, a quarterback, they can step up. They can sort of sidestep. If like, if it's coming from the left, they can scramble out to the right. If it's coming from the right, they can scramble out to the left, whatever. But if it's coming straight forward, then that's the toughest for quarterbacks to get away from. Because when it's coming straight at you, it's like, whoa, whoa. So Ravens need to make sure Baker Mayfield is doing his, whoa, whoa. But anyway, I'm just excited, man. I'm glad that football is back. I know y'all excited for football to be back. First game of the season, it's Sunday. We got some collabs coming up, so that should be a lot of fun as always. And this, y'all know how it goes, man. Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait, and I know y'all can't either. I know y'all can't. In this game, Lamar Jackson, speaking about the Ravens offense, they're gonna go up against a semi-banged up Cleveland defense. I don't expect greedy Williams to play. It's not official yet, but we'll see. And of course, Grand Delpit, he's out as well. But the rest of them, their failure, well, they did lose the linebacker from Alabama. I cannot think of his name right now, man. The one who injured Nick Chubb, but then he ended up getting injured the next day. I can't think of his name right now. I really can't, wow. But he's out, but they still got Taki Taki. I don't know if Sheldrick Redwine is gonna be starting their safety for them, but they of course have one of the better cornerbacks in the NFL too, and Denzel Ward. So that should be very interesting. So they do still have some playmakers. Of course, Miles Garrett is gonna be here this game. He wasn't there for the last Ravens Browns game in Cleveland. He's gonna make a big impact. Olivier Vernon is gonna be there. So Ronnie Stanley from Jump, man. From Jump, he is gonna get to show, hey, Ronnie Stanley, should the Ravens pay you? I mean, he's already given enough evidence why they should, but this game is going up against Miles Garrett. Oh, that's gonna be a battle. That's gonna be a battle. So the run game, the run game is important, man, because that run game can weigh out a defense, man. And a run game, if you can get that run game going and keep it going, that can dictate a game. Because if they can't stop you running, that can really deflate a defense. It's just that heart, man. Because they'll be like, we just really can't stop these guys running. That's why coaching is so important in every game, too. So I hope they give them a heavy dose of the run game. Ingram, Gus Edwards, J.K. Dobbins, Justice Hill, whoever's gonna be, or just all of them together. I just, and of course, Lamar Jackson, too, give them a heavy dose of the run game, man. Run, block, and run, block, and run, block, and run, block, and run, block, and then, of course, sprinkle that passing game in there, too. Now, I know it's been a lot of talk, a lot of people thinking that the Ravens may get past happy in this one. I know I talked to my guy, Josh, about it a lot, and I just, I hope that they don't. I hope that they don't. I hope they really stick to how things were last year. Do I expect them to be as good of a running team as they were last year? I don't know, but close. And I don't even think that's being like crazy optimistic or anything, but you get Miles Boykin, who's a phenomenal blocker. You get him another year in the same offense, even more comfortable. You get a healthy Hollywood, who then bulked up. And he said he wants to block people, but of course, he wanna catch passes, too. You got Willie Snead, who's a decent blocker, too, when whether it's gonna be Tyree Phillips, or whether it's gonna be DJ Flucca, who excelled in run blocking. So you got a good chance at doing what you did last year. Now, you did lose Marciana, so it may not be as good, but it can still be really good. But regardless, I expect the Ravens run that ball. Run that ball. J.K. Dobbins went to what, Ohio State? Show the Browns why they miss watching him on Saturdays. Cause they in Ohio, getting Ohio State. Anyway, in Hollywood, Boykin, Snead, Pro Shadovane, get him involved. I know everybody can't go off, but get him involved, create mismatches. Again, this is where, of course, execution is big, but so is culture. Create mismatches, look for opportunities to get different guys involved in the game. It should be fun, man. This should be a lot of fun. And I really can't wait, man. Team Keep It Clean, I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Again, I do expect it, like I said, to be close in the first half, but in the second half, I expect the Ravens to take off and come out with a win. Team Keep It Clean, I appreciate y'all. I love y'all. We out.