 With one of their two first round draft picks, could the Ravens actually take one of the top cornerbacks available? Could you envision any scenario where the Ravens actually trade up to draft the Jalen Waddle or Davante Smith? Why do Ravens need to get offensive linemen that are true to their position? These and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. This is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answered in a video just like this. If you want to be part of NFL Questions from subscribers then you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com and for the patrons you can send your question to me in a DM directly on Patreon. I appreciate y'all, I love y'all, shout out to all the team keeping clean patrons by the way. Appreciate y'all big time, we got some really really good questions before the draft to get into without any further ado let's not waste anybody's time and get right into it. So the first question came from my boy Josh P and before we get into this team keeping clean make sure you don't let anybody kill your vibe man, don't let anybody kill your vibe. If there's a certain way that you like doing things and that certain way works for you do it keep doing it keep rocking with it that certain way works for you it may not work for other people but it works for you so keep on doing your thing and don't let anybody try to kill what it is that you're doing. I love y'all. Now back to my guy Josh question I didn't mean to interrupt like that but I had to get that out. Anyway he said pick number 31 hey man I hope all is well I'm not a huge fan of sending Orlando Brown to the Kansas City Chiefs I kept thinking why did we do this I knew we didn't have much leverage with everyone knowing Orlando Brown wasn't going to play for us next season then it hit me pick number 31 if the bucks they put and don't trade up and someone falls in love with a QB and once that fifth year option let's say Davis Mills from Stanford and is worried that the Bucks could take him to sit behind Brady for a year or two we could have just gotten a lottery ticket gaining some quality picks giving us flexibility to move freely up or down the board targeting some impact scheme fit players that's my favorite part about everything he just said some impact scheme players and being aggressive the Costa loves the draft and this would be a game he'd love to play what are your thoughts I could be wrong and we could just trade up and get the Vante Smith from them I love I love it over I love everything you just said and that's something that I never ever ever thought about at all because that is such a smart thought such a just a great point that you made about yeah the Bucks they could be thinking about getting QB the future and if a team really thinks like whoa Bucks may try to get this guy in the fifth year option that's what the Ravens deal with Lamar they jumped up and got him with that fifth year option so they could be in the situation that they're literally in right now so this it that makes sense it makes so much sense thank you for that next question came from a guy Rico he said with two first round picks do you think that the Ravens should draft one of the top cornerbacks if available with one of them Marlowe is locked up but MP has one or two years left and Jimmy is almost out the door a top corner back would give us insurance just in case of an injury or two happen us as Ravens fans know what a depleted secondary can look like lol thoughts keep up the good work and blessings to the family and shout out the team keep it clean appreciate it wow y'all are like this episode y'all are like bringing it from jump and and really having bringing out some points that are really making me think and and reconsider some options and yeah if they got a cornerback it would not be the pick that a lot of people would want and I even still I don't think they will take one super early maybe um well I would say second round they don't have a second round pick as of right now but cornerback is a somewhat sneaky need because you got Jimmy Smith and you got Tavon Young both of them are coming back but both of them have been pretty much banged up their entire careers they've been facing a lot of health injuries or health issues over the years Marlon Humphrey yet he's gonna be here but MP he is one that after this year he could possibly be on the outs so that's something to think about even Marshall you still don't know what you have in him yet so cornerback is sort of like a sneaky sneaky need so we with one of the first two draft picks though now past Russia is bigger and the interior of the offensive line that's big as well so I don't see it I mean sometimes they do BPA though best play available but I just I don't see it happening next question came from my boy Chris D he said a engraving hope all is well with you in the fam I was sitting here wondering so do you think it's possible for the Ravens and the Vikings to swap picks the Ravens 27 and 31 for the Vikings 14 and maybe a second or third round pick and if that's the trade that's accepted could you see the Ravens drafting the Vonte Smith or Jalen Waddle on NFL Live they say that they think the Ravens will consider taking fields from Ohio State if they move up to replace Lamar I just want to know your thoughts as for me I think that would be crazy also you wouldn't have to pay the man thanks for your time yeah we covered that in his own specific video just for Bucky Brooks because that was just but anyway this part about a Devonte Smith or Jalen Waddle wow that would uh that would really be some aggression right there by the Baltimore Ravens if they were to move up high enough now you said pick number 14 would they drop that low I don't really see either one of the two drop that low but it's anything's possible right now since nothing's official yet but if either one of the two were to drop that low and the Ravens moved up to go get them I wouldn't be mad at all I really wouldn't because again my thing with draft picks having a lot of draft picks is cool but you're not gonna be grabbing a lot of impact players so I would much rather grab the impact players and guys it's gonna make a difference like right here right now so I would love that next question came from my boy Bryson T he said what's going on in Graven huge fan of what you're doing in the YouTube sports world and love how much recognition you're getting I don't think we're getting any recognition anything but I appreciate it though he said hope you're in a family well now until my question with reports coming out that teams are offering trades for Julio do you think it's possible that the Ravens are a part of this I think it's possible but again we won't know till we know a lot of times when it comes to the bigger name wide receivers and the Ravens then we usually find out after the fact after the Ravens didn't get that that guy and like the Julio I mean not Julio like a D'Andre like a juju like a Thielen like did they get in on Stefan Digo I don't think they did but anyway we usually find out how they tried but they didn't succeed anyway he said it makes so much sense for the Ravens grabbing over the heel in age veteran receiver that can go up and grab that ball Steve Smith seen it and Juan Bolton Shannon show up just seems a little ironic that after the Ravens build their draft pick capital with the Orlando Brown Junior trade now that we're hearing about Julio rumors also think Julio will be a great look a great location for Baltimore I though I think you mean Baltimore would be a great location for Julio because it would take the load off of him with less targets but make those targets count and that would help with avoiding injuries also a lot of his smaller injuries are turf tow injuries and we're Ravens spending a lot of money on the turf in 2019 it should persuade Julio even more lol let me know what you think and like Julio in Atlanta and their cheap turf I'm out hey you mean you make some good points you must be a salesperson but yeah I mean it would be nice it would be nice I would love it know a lot of us will love it and again overkill for Lamar go over kill at the wide receiver position for Lamar whether it's Julio or whether somebody else they got up their sleeve alright next question came from swaggy squirrel then I think this was sent before the Orlando Brown Junior trade anyway you said engraving hope this email finds you're doing well I just thought about this after reading that the Panthers are looking to possibly trade out of the number eight's pick and assuming pits is there at eight he says slimble possible depending on what Atlanta and Detroit do Detroit is looking at multiple players but is also considering trading down Carolina could be a potential landing spot for Orlando Brown since they have a mediocre at best offensive line well I guess that offensive line is going to continue to stay mediocre at best cuz they ain't got Orlando Brown Junior anyway he said I think he and some other additions to the trade of course could land us that pick well now they have two first round picks that could land them that pick and and some more but we'll see and he said possibly Detroit's too depending on if the rumors of Brad Holmes being looking being looking for a trade are true and assuming that pits is there I think he could be a menace here not only being an amazing tight end to like her Swords but also a lethal weapon anywhere we put him adding another receiving threat alongside Hollywood Sammy and Andrews all of this comes with assumptions leading me to believe that this if it were to happen will take place on draft day it makes sense to me but I always like hand your pen on things like these pits with the Ravens amazing will it happen no it's not gonna happen um do you probably end up gonna end up going to Atlanta and be not necessarily their replacement for Julio Jones but their replacement for Julio Jones I would I wonder if they would end up if if they get rid of Julio Jones or really when they get rid of Julio Jones I wonder if they will consider making him a four-time wide receiver I wonder if they will consider that something to think about next question came from my boy Brandon L he said what's good team keeping clean I send in a few questions maybe not the best but here goes another I was wondering with a report coming out that the Rams aren't even looking at the 40 times for a combine participants due to the time not matching up to game speed if this is the case I was wondering why the players don't run the 40 in past so you can get a better idea of the time they will run with their equipment on maybe someone who runs a 4-3 really runs a 4-3-7 in past just curious I'll be watching and supporting the show stay up oh well I love that question that's a really good hmm that could be for several different reasons it could be one of the biggest things I think because when they're having a combine when they're doing the 40 times the bench presses and all that they're not playing football they're not in a football state of mind they're in a let me try to do as many reps as I can let me try to run as fast as I can let me try to knock this out best as I can so I can get drafted higher so I can improve my draft stock but when they're out there on the field it's a whole different environment it's a whole different mindset it's just a whole different vibe it's a whole nother energy so when you're it's like because it's tough to explain I want to say it's like taking a test versus I don't know actually being in the classroom because I mean some people they don't test well but you know that those people even though they don't test well you know that they know their stuff you know that they can still perform so I think it's it can sometimes be the same thing when they're running the 40 maybe they they run the 40 and they look a lot faster a lot slower in the 40 but when you see them actually on the field it's like oh no that 40 time it's not really that important so that was a really really good question I loved it next question came from Jay said a engraving hope all is well with you and the fan oh everything is good so I love the channel and I listen to the podcast every week on Spotify hey I appreciate that my question is with the Ravens making it blatant that they will sign Alejandro Villanueva after the draft to manipulate the comp the comp pick formula what other free agents might they have already had handshake post draft agreements with also with names out there like AB Josh Gordon and Golden Tate is it possible that the Ravens still can go with one of those options particularly if both Bateman and Marshall off the board with the Ravens pick alright so a double question here with Alejandro Villanueva it's not a guarantee yet we'll see but it's not a guarantee but there's the possible guy like that Justin Houston he's one so again I'm not a big fan of that comp pick formula thing like waiting to sign an impact player but if it works still gotta give Ravens their props because it will have worked and I'm sure again they got backup plans to like right now it's Monday got Monday Tuesday Wednesday then it's draft day nobody's right now Ravens they looking really good for waiting because nobody's been pressed on signing any of the top pass rushes out there over the past couple days so things are still looking good on that front now he said with names out there like AB will scratch Josh Gordon off because he not an NFL right now and Golden Tate look it's a possible the Ravens go one of those options particularly if Bateman and Marshall are gone when the Ravens are picking yes I think it is but I think it's unlikely AB I think as a chance I would like it again he got his case dropped to but will the Ravens still do that I don't know if they don't do anything else that why receive I definitely wouldn't mind that at all even if they did do something why receive I still wouldn't mind it at all Josh Gordon no Golden Tate no next question came from a guy click one he said they're engraving hope you're doing well and hope you're vaccinated to be protected from C-19 is my question doesn't bother you when we switch linemen around or make them play a position that they weren't originally supposed to play I'm not talking about Orlando Brown Junior having to move from left tackle because we needed to do that but I'm talking about making a guard play tackle or something like that the perfect example is Bradley Bozeman who was a center in college but now he plays guard in the NFL do you believe that if Bozeman strictly played center we wouldn't be talking about the Ravens having snapping issues it just angers me that we are trying to develop and taking guys out of places that they have already strived in I love this question because it is such a great question and it is something that the Ravens have done I don't even think it's just on the offensive line but just in general with the Ravens they take a guy that did this certain thing in college and then even sometimes in the NFL and then they take him and change him to do something else that he didn't do is not comfortable doing and then they wonder why hey why didn't this work why are we struggling with this hey what's the problem what's going on and some guys off the top of my he did mention Bradley Bozeman yeah he was a center in college and Ravens said no you're gonna be a guard it's like oh okay um what was this Kenan Reynolds quarterback in college oh you know what you're gonna play receiver Camille Correa past Russia in college oh you know what you're gonna be an inside linebacker okay Matt Elam was more of a strong safety in the box safety in college no you're gonna be a free safety you're gonna roam the field Tony Jefferson he was always in the box oh no Tony Jefferson we're gonna sign you to all this money we're gonna have you drop back a lot and not to say that you can't expand somebody's role or have them grow but you you want to use people to their strengths you want to use them to their strengths and let them do what they do because you want to certainly if you're gonna drive somebody if you're gonna sign somebody you want to do what you can to get the most out of them to maximize their potential maximize their value for your team so yes it is a bit frustrating when that happens because it it happens a lot I'm sure it happens with every team maybe but um I just you got to play guys to their strengths next question came from Duke say what's up in Graven I've been doing some thinking and came to the conclusion that Steven Shaddy can live or die as long as the Ravens sell tickets as you know the campus cap and I don't want to immediately go there but what if Steve is content with building the cheapest roster possible through the draft so that he can make back that much more revenue letting Lamar Jackson carry us in closed games instead of going all in like the Kansas City Chiefs have done with my homes I um I hope that's not the case and I certainly think these ravens would like to build a winner um but I think because obviously I mean we can all go back to oh they they won two Super Bowls in what 26 years so that or 25 26 years so that's that's pretty good um but now is I think since the Ravens have had a significant amount of success uh in their short period of time being in the NFL um I think sometimes that can almost make them feel like okay well we've had success so we don't really need to change too much of what we're doing because it's worked it's worked Eric Dacosta talked about that in the um the pre-draft presser with uh when they asked him about the wide receiver position they asked him about the struggles of what the wide receiver position and he said well I look at us and how we win in games and what not and it was like oh okay well good answer Eric because the Ravens have been winning games but it seems to it's it's been limited when it comes to obviously the postseason regular season oh yeah ain't nobody worried about that but postseason because that's when you really gotta come together and get that thing done um so I just I don't want to say I can't say that they're content with just winning in a regular season and playoffs they're like whatever um because even last year showed that like they went for two years ago they went 14 and 2 got went to the playoffs and got whooped and they were like oh man okay well Derek Henry we we got something for him so they built their team just for the Titans but that's that's the only team that's only that's the only team that they built their team for and that's the only team that they beat in the playoffs because they went and got beat up beat up on by Buffalo so hopefully now they can really just build their team to be even more competitive so yeah I can't say that they're content but I just I just think that it's taking the Ravens a little bit more time and it's still taking them some time to actually get with the times so next question the final question on this episode or question from subscribers came from my boy Antonio he said I ain't graven been watching for a while now since about 2017 I appreciate that keep up the good work man big and better things are ahead yeah we'll see he said to question I did a mock draft for the Ravens using the pff mock draft simulator my results and explanations on the picture below I was wondering what your thoughts are about it would this be a good draft to set up the Ravens for success this year and in the long term can this draft be a turning point for Eric Dacosta as GM as always man keep it clean and go Raven so his first round draft pick was Tevin Jenkins attacker from Oklahoma State he said he's 6'6 320 pounds good size of Marla in the run game perfect replacement for Orlando Brown Jr and then he said we traded number 31 pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars we received number 33 pick 106 and a fourth rounder oh and a fourth round in 2022 he said he should have asked for a third instead of a fourth in 2022 hey you should have you got a axe hack but in this way he said um number 33 we draft Jason Owen edge guy from Penn State explosive high motor at 6'5 252 pounds ran a fourth three that is insane uh production wasn't there in terms of sex oh welcome to the Ravens uh but the ability with the right supporting cast to be successful longer term project ooh that's a little scary when you use that word and when you couple that with each other uh production wasn't there in term of sex and long term longer term project that would worry me right there now especially if you're picking somebody that high I'm not I really wouldn't be for the project type of players especially right here right now where the Ravens are looking to compete right here right and yeah I don't know about that anyway number 94 uh pick 94 Nico Collins where I receive from Michigan I've been hearing a lot of people talk about Nico Collins I said a 6'4 a bigger receiver has a ridiculous size to speed ratio needs help with breaks and routes stiff at times ooh overalls a solid player could develop into what Miles Boykin could be so if oh if he could develop into what Miles Boykin could be then might as well just hope that these new coaches develop Miles Boykin into what he can be uh next up he said uh number 104 pick 104 Trey Hill inside offensive lineman from Georgia versatile solid lineman 64 330 plays in a majority of the time but has the ability to play guard Bradley Bowesman type of potential if he's gonna be the center let him be the center let him be the center we need a true center somebody who played in all different types of weather game shout out to my god Marcus Holmes which is a great suggestion but um we don't need to flip flopping around we need a true center somebody who's ready to man that position um number 106 uh Jonathan Cooper edge guy from Ohio State good hands and pass rush set switches from power to quickness well okay loses edge uh yeah loses edge in the run game at times 64 257 runs a 46 okay see that ain't bad i like that one and if he loses the edge in the run game at times okay coach him up coach him up on that one but that one sounds good excuse me uh pick 131 uh Tyree Gillespie safety from Missouri underrated prospect good cover safety has great run oh great pursuit angles and tackles well diamond in the rough i love it ain't even got nothing to say about it uh 136 and banks a guard from Notre Dame 66 330 great pass protection uh lower level athletic ability good depth player okay that's a good one too uh pick number 171 Trey Brown a corner back from Oklahoma nickel corner smaller guy okay i like i like uses leverage well but doesn't display good strength at the time could be a long-term replacement for Tate in the slot all right yeah because we need to have insurance for Tate he didn't put Tate he put tape on young i'm just saying Tate but anyway y'all know who i was talking about pick 184 uh stone foresight the tackle from Florida good depth player played both tackle positions boom okay some more depth there uh in the last pick Kyle Granson tight end from SMU um undersized he's 63 okay so he's smaller tighten but good catching ability above average athlete for a tight end willing blocker especially good when using pre snap motions okay and that will give us another tight end to compete with Josh Oliver with uh Jacob Breeland with uh Noah Wolfe was an Eli Wolfe I think it's Eli Wolfe um and Eric Tomlinson too and then of course we still got Manjules and Nick Boyle and hopefully Nick Boyle would be coming back healthy but yeah this was a pretty good draft the only one I just really I couldn't get with uh was that well yeah pick pick 30 no excuse me yeah pick number 33 uh Jason Owen with how you described and when you say the production wasn't there uh and he'd be a long-term project I don't think Raven's got no time for projects especially picking somebody in the second round