 YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on? It's Engraven here with another video. And in this video, good morning. And congrats. Well, congrats at least to all the Ravens fans right now because the Ravens currently are the number one seed in the AFC, the number one seed. And that is a beautiful thing. That's a beautiful thing. It's a great feeling. I think this is the first time that the Ravens have ever even had that title. But, sorry, I know a lot of us are still on a high from that game yesterday, but I need, I gotta bring everybody back down to reality. It's not over. It is not a lock. Ravens, they need to continue to do what they've been doing and they need to maintain. They need to continue to be consistent. I know they have been. I mean, for the past eight weeks they sure have been, but they gotta keep it up because it only gets harder. It only gets harder because you're going up against teams, except for one, but you're going up against teams that still have something to fight for and one of them is trying to take your spot. So Ravens, they have to stay the course. They have to. And real quick, we gotta give a big shout out to the Texans. Huge shout out to the Texans. I was gonna ask everybody in the comment section to put hashtag thank you Texans. And you can still do that if you choose, but something that's a little different this season, something that's gonna be a little different this video while we are very appreciative of the Texans for them beating the Patriots last night, allowing the Patriots and the Ravens to have the same exact schedule. But again, like we talked about, since they have the same schedule that head to head tiebreaker that a lot of Patriots fans told me didn't count. A lot of Patriots fans told me that, oh, you guys beat us, but that game doesn't even count. Beat us when it counts. A lot of Patriots still, still, a lot of Patriots fans are still. They don't wanna let that one go. They don't wanna accept that loss. They really don't. And it's sad. It's very sad. Like us Ravens fans, we know what it's like to get whooped. We lost to the Browns at home, by 15. By 15. So it happens. We accepted that. It happens. But I think with enough, not all of them now, but a good portion of them. A lot of Patriots fans just do not like to accept losing. But I think that comes with the territory of winning all the time. Always been in the Super Bowl, always been in the Super Bowl and just having so much success that you don't know what it's like to lose. You don't know what it's like to get beat down. You don't know what it's like to accept the loss. And you don't wanna accept the loss. So even though I don't agree, I understand why some, not all, some are like that. But now it's like, something's changed. And not even just with Patriots fans, but just with a lot of fans, whether they have other teams or people just waiting and wanting the Ravens to fail. The people not wanting to give the Ravens any credit. Things change on a weekly basis. Because first it's gonna be like, first it was like, oh, watch what them Patriots do. Watch what, well, no, first it was actually watch what the Seahawks do. Watch, oh, when y'all play the Seahawks? Oh yeah, no. Watch. Then it changed to, oh, Patriots? Oh yeah, they, no, number one defense in league. No, watch what happens when you play the Patriots. No, not that. Bengals, that was a little trap. It was a potential trap game, but they didn't fall for the bait. Then it was like, oh, DeSean Watson. Oh yeah, DeSean Watson about to come into Baltimore, light it up. Then it was, ooh, the Rams, why, ooh. Okay, yeah, all that's over now. Y'all going against the Rams. That's a wrap now. Then it was, oh, y'all playing a real defense now. I mean, which we did, but like, oh, 49ers? Oh yeah, they gonna take care of y'all. But now it's like, you can tell that people, they really get in that Ravens are a really good team. They're a really great team this year. They are a great team, not a good, a great team this year. And so now things have changed because what I see from a lot of people, I see it on Twitter, I see it in the comments section, I see it from a lot of people. They say, oh, I can't wait to you guys losing the playoffs. I can't wait to you guys losing the playoffs. You see how things change? First it was people just say, oh, these Ravens ain't that good. Overrated, they ain't nothing. And every week it was okay, this is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. This is gonna be the week. I think I said it eight times. Maybe I said it seven. Either way, this is gonna be the week. And Ravens just, they just keep winning. They keep winning. So what a lot of people have been saying about these Ravens, they're running out of excuses. So now they changed what they're saying now. And what they keep doing with the Ravens, one thing they keep continuing to do, they keep saying wait till this happens. Wait till this happens. They keep playing out all these possible scenarios, but not stuff that actually does happen. What a lot of people love to do with Lamar Jackson, wait until he gets hurt. What a lot of people like to do with Lamar Jackson and Ravens offense, wait until they have to play from behind. And now what they're doing with the playoffs, wait until the Ravens lose in the playoffs. A lot of people just don't wanna give credit, but that's fine. But anyway, while a lot of people have been waiting for the Ravens to fall off, the Ravens have continued to be consistent and they are 10 and two, along with those Patriots, who apparently lost them on purpose, who apparently just played that game to get film. But anyway, Ravens have the number one seed right now. So what I was saying before is that we can say thank you Texans and we appreciate what the Texans did, we really do. And we wanna say thank you Chiefs next week as well. But one thing to keep in mind that we have to do is say thank you Ravens. We have to say thank you Ravens. Why? Because for the first time in a long time, for the first time in a long time, at this point in the seed, when is the last time at this point in the season? This point in the season that the Ravens controlled their own fate. That the Ravens had firm control over what happens next. They, if they went out, nobody can change anything with the Ravens. Nobody. If they went out, that's it. Nobody can change a thing. It doesn't matter if that team loses, it doesn't matter if that team wins, it doesn't matter if that team ties. If they went out, that's it. Number one seed. That's it. Nobody can have an impact on that whatsoever. And that's a beautiful thing and that's something that we are not used to as Ravens fans. We've had times where, at this point, no, not this point in the season, maybe a couple weeks later, where a win or a loss wouldn't have changed our playoff seeding. But that wasn't for a number one seed. That wasn't for the possibility of a number one seed. We've had some times where the Ravens could have had the number one seed, but a lot of stuff would have had to happen in order for them to jump up some team. And there would have been a lot of crazy stuff. It was not impossible, but it was definitely not likely. But that stuff didn't end up happening, but the Ravens would still make the playoffs. But now, again, these Ravens, they control everything. They control it. And again, that's not something that we're used to. But now it just gets that much harder. So having a number one seed is cool. I'm excited for it. I love it, but it's not a lock. Ravens need to still take care of business. Their next four opponents, excuse me, yeah, the Beals, the Jets, the Browns and the Steelers. So three out of those four teams are playing for something. So that makes them dangerous. Now with the Jets, you never know what you're gonna get. You saw how they ended up whooping the Raiders last week, but then you see how they ended up getting whooped by the Bengals or getting beat by the Bengals this week. Jets seem to give all these winless teams their first win. I mean, not the Jets. Yeah, the Jets. Sorry, I got my Bengals mixed up with the Jets. Anyway, to the Beals though, the Beals are currently nine and three. They're nine and three. So it's crazy to think, but the Patriots actually haven't won their division yet. They have not won their division yet. Usually at about in October, usually in October, Patriots got their division and it's done. Not this year though, not these Beals. Beals are gonna present their own tough challenges. They're gonna present their own challenges when the Ravens take them on next week. And look at the Beals getting some respect now too now, especially with their game being flexed, their Steelers game being flexed. Oh, and that's also because that team that we mentioned before Steelers, they have something to play for. I was talking to my guy, my God, I think it's Lewis. Always forget my fault, man. Let me pull it up right now. Let me pull it up right now. My guy, I think, yeah, it is my guy Lewis. So, and he said, he asked a question. He's a Steelers fan. And he said, we were talking about how, I told him how I mentioned that the Steelers, I thought they were done. Now, I did say earlier, you can never count them out, but I thought their season was a wrap. When Ben Routhersberger went down, I thought, oh, yeah, I mean, you could technically never count them out, but still, no, it's a wrap. But look where we are now. And the Steelers, technically, they're technically not out of the division race. Ravens would have to absolutely fall off a cliff, but the Steelers are not out of the division race, and they are not out of the wild car race. They are still fighting for a spot. And we play them too. So, first off with the Beals, and we're not gonna get too much into the game because we're gonna do our game preview video, like y'all know, but we play the Beals and they've been rolling, and they could be fighting for a number one spot. They could be fighting for that. They're one game behind. One game behind the Ravens, one game behind the page. They're right there. They're literally right there. So, they're fighting for that same thing. Then we play the Jets. Now, while Jets aren't fighting for anything, they could present some chat because you never know what you're gonna get with the Jets. You just don't know. And then we play the Browns and the Steelers. Browns are fighting for a wild car spot right now. Browns have been up and down, up and down, but you know Ravens coming into town? Oh, that's gonna be special. We just beat these dudes in that house by 15. We don't wanna do it again. And then we play the Steelers in Baltimore for the season finale. And that game could mean something, especially for Steelers. And even for Ravens too. And again, actually every game, see we talked about this and this was gonna be in an episode of NFL Questions from subscribers that we recorded before the 49ers game where somebody asked a question. If Ravens have a playoff spot locked up, should they rest their starters? And I said no. I said no, but now you can't rest your starters. You can't because hot on your tail, you are going to have the Patriots, the Beals, yeah, the Patriots and the Beals. So, and you're gonna be fighting for that number one spot. So Ravens can't afford to rest their starters. They can't do it because they're not in that position too. So that question has now become null and void. We still, of course, it's still gonna be in the video, but that question is null and void. There is no rest in the starters, especially since you're fighting for that number one seed. And again, I say fighting for that number one seed because it is not a lock. It's not a lock. So Ravens are gonna have to be on point as they have been, but you can't stop. Like Ravens really, in order for them to get where they need to go, no, it ain't the only way, but in order for them to keep the number one seed and obviously make it to the promised land, back down in Miami, you can't lose another game this year. You cannot lose another game this year. This entire season, that's only for the number one seed. There's obviously other ways to get there, to get to where they need to go, that being a Super Bowl. And again, it's crazy that we can actually have this conversation and we can have, we can have this realistic conversation about the Ravens possibly making a Super Bowl. And it's getting, we going into week 14. We can have a realistic conversation about this being a Super Bowl team going into week 14. A realistic one, not a fanboy conversation, not a purple shades conversation, but a realistic conversation. This is not just a conversation that would be had amongst Ravens fans, but this is a conversation that could be had amongst NFL fans, period. That the Ravens are actually a Super Bowl team. This is not normal territory for us. It's not, but we are proud to be stepping in it. Very proud to be stepping in it. So with this number one seed, again, it ain't over till it's over. Let's look at the, we talked about the Ravens previous, I mean, not their previous, but their next four opponents. Let's look at the Patriots, cause they got some tasks now. They got a little bit of toughness and a little bit of weakness. So, Chiefs, next week is a Chiefs. Oh, that's in New England. Well, anyway, Chiefs, if they can beat the Coles, if they can beat the Coles, Chiefs got a shot. They could beat the Patriots. And see, this is why things are so tricky. This is why Ravens have to take care of business because, say for instance, the Chiefs beat the Patriots. Patriots go to 10 and three. But Ravens, they still gotta take care of business. They gotta beat the Beals because if the Ravens lost to the Beals, they will go 10 and three. And Beals will go 10 and three. And then guess what? Same schedule, I mean, same record. All three will be 10 and three. But Beals would have beat the Ravens, but the Patriots would have beat the Beals. So I believe, but then, I think then it would go since the Beals would have beat the Ravens and the Ravens would have beat the Patriots, I think it would go strength of schedule between Beals and Ravens, I believe. I'm not 100% sure on that. Somebody in the comment section, please break it down. Please break it down because I'm not 100% sure on that. But regardless, Ravens don't need it to get to that point to where it's tricky. They don't need it to get to that. That's why they have to remain on point. They have to, they have to. They play the Chiefs, back to the Patriots schedule. They play the Chiefs, they play the Bengals. And I wanna say that's a gimmie. It's any given Sunday, but it's any given Sunday still. That's what we're holding our hope for that game. Then they play the Beals, so they play the Chiefs, then they play the Bengals, then they play the Beals, then they play the Dolphins. So with Patriots, it's a halfway tough schedule. And maybe the Dolphins will wanna end the Patriots season on a bad note. You know, of course they will. Now will they, I don't know about that, but I don't think they will, but they're gonna want to at least. So when there's a will, there's a way. So hopefully they will their way to a win. But anyway, Patriots, that's their schedule. Now, let's look at the Beals schedule. Cause Beals are, they are in this race too. They obviously play the Ravens this week. Then they play the, oh yeah, they play the Steelers and that's the game they got flexed. Ooh, and they play the Patriots and they play the Jets. They got them a little tough schedule. Ravens this week, Steelers, then Patriots, then Jets. Oh, so Beals, yeah, they gotta fight too. They gotta fight. So these top AFC teams, and then let's not even forget about the Chiefs. Let's not forget about the Chiefs. They obviously play the Patriots this week, but then they play the Patriots, they play the Broncos, then they play the Bears, then they play the Chargers. Now, when you look on paper, on paper at this schedule for the Chiefs, of course Patriots will be the toughest game, but they play the Broncos, the Bears and the Chargers. I think those could be three sneaky good games because those are teams that can change every week. You never know what you're gonna get out of those guys. Out of the Broncos, Bears and out of the Chargers. You do not know what you're gonna get. So Chiefs are still fighting too. And of course you got Texans, you got Colts, you got Steelers of course too, but my point is going over all these different teams' schedules, my point remains the same. Ravens cannot take their foot off the gas. Ravens have to remain consistent. Ravens have to keep winning. Ravens cannot rest starters. Ravens have to win out. Win out, they have to win out. That number one seed is by no means a lock. We hope they lock it up, but by no means is it a lock. So Ravens, again, something that we spoke about yesterday, something that I've been extremely impressed with the Ravens on, especially with this being a very young team. A very young team. These dudes are super young. There's so many different positions. Quarterback, obviously. Running back, besides Mark Ingram. Wide receiver group, tight ends. The, some portions of the offensive line, like these dudes are young, young. But what I talked about earlier this season, or really before the season even started, was the schedule. How it's away, home, away, home, away, home, away, home. There are no two consecutive home games. There are no two consecutive away games. It changes every week. So I said, wow, that's crazy. And they said that's only the fourth time that happened in NFL history. And I said, if the Ravens wanna do anything this season, they have to stay focused, literally through the whole season. They cannot take any lapses. They cannot fall a lot. They can't afford it. Because they have to maintain that focus every single week. Because it changes back, forth, back, forth, back, forth, back, forth. There's no consistency, except inconsistency. And they have focused. And that shows a great deal of leadership. So again, now that same leadership has to continue through or into the playoffs and through the playoffs, if they wanna get where they need to go. So team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. I love y'all. We know what these Ravens gotta do. And again, be happy. They got the number one seed right now. They got it. But they need to maintain it. And it's no easy road. We know the Ravens can do it. We know they can. But now it's just a matter of execution. Appreciate y'all. I love y'all. And just like the Patriots are with the number one seed, we out.