 So team keeping clean like where do we even start after everything from yesterday? And you know, I wanted to talk about it yesterday, but then I was like, you know what I need a break I need a break from everything from yesterday even though we freelance and we still got to take breaks We still got to pace our sales, but then I figured everybody else needed a break to collectively gather their thoughts on all the All the events that took place yesterday Because it was just crazy it was crazy and the craziest part wasn't even that the Baltimore Ravens used a non-exclusive tag on Lamar As crazy as that is as risky as that is that wasn't even the craziest thing that happened yesterday But let's briefly go over that. Of course, they did use a non-exclusive tag So that allows Lamar Jackson to negotiate with other teams come up with a price I come up with a salary come up with a contract with other teams and the Ravens have the opportunity to either Match it or to not match it if they match it they keep Lamar Jackson if they don't match it They get two first-round picks from whatever team it is now Whichever team it is they have to have a first-round pick this year and next year If they don't have a first-round pick this year, they cannot sign him to an offer sheet until after the draft Robert Griffin RG3 He brought up something that he was apparently leaked from the Ravens Good timing, huh? But anyway, he said from a team source the Ravens hope negotiating with other teams We'll give them and Lamar an unbiased look at the market for him Ravens aren't reluctant to give Lamar a top QB market deal But hope the non-exclusive franchise tag will speed up their own stall negotiations with him And yeah, that makes sense because Ravens been trying to sign him to whatever they have been and Lamar Obviously ain't been going for it because there's no deal yet So now you can get other teams involved to see what other teams interest in Lamar And what other teams would be willing to sign him for but but Now hold up there, buddy Because yesterday a lot of teams coincidentally started dropping out of the Lamar Jackson race and You know what was funny went whenever you um if you watch a certain genre of Television or entertainment or really anything if you find yourself Learning about a certain subject or topic Something that interests you over time if you are learning about whatever that subject is you're gonna learn certain words That you may not learn if you are interested in something different like yesterday a lot of people Will learn in the word and I mean we've heard it plenty of times before but yesterday was a big day for the word collusion Collusion and looking up the definition of collusion it says secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy especially in order to cheat or deceive others and Another version of it is illegal cooperation or conspiracy conspiracy especially between a sensible opponents in a lawsuit so a Lot of people were throwing out the word collusion yesterday when coincidentally After it was announced that the Baltimore Ravens were franchise tagging Lamar Jackson, which was and you know I was weird to thought of Hey, maybe I'm not sure if they did this before or not But I felt like it was weird that the Ravens just announced. Hey, we're franchise tagging Lamar Jackson They didn't announce which type of tag it was and I know that's like that's something that they strategically do or strategically did But anyway, um It was weird because right after the Ravens announced they were franchise tagging Lamar Jackson then all these teams coincidentally out of out of nowhere They start saying all these reports are coming out that these teams are not interested or they won't be pursuing Lamar Jackson It was the Falcons. It was the Dolphins. It was the Panthers It was the commanders and it was the Raiders even though there's been a report From Diana Rossini that came out a little bit later after that that said the Raiders actually May like look into Lamar Jackson. Maybe they're gonna explore all that QB option something like that. But anyway, it was just weird and you know like obviously we know owners talk we know owners talk and We already know like Steven Shaddy been came out and said it like that he ain't want to do no fully guaranteed deal That that's not what he trying to do But you know so many of the owners were so heated at Jimmy Haslam and them over in Cleveland for giving that to the Sean Watson um But he still got it He got it Amidst all the allegations amiss not even playing football for like a year and a half two years He still got it And now when Lamar Jackson Who has been playing football for the past five years? He gets franchise tag the non exclusive franchise tag All these teams are just coincidentally just dropping out It's like come on now. We see what it is. It's it's the game and it's a nasty. It's a dirty game We always talk about that how the NFL it's a nasty game Nasty one. So right now it's like it's Lamar Jackson versus the world This Lamar Jackson versus the world and you know like Ravens are so happy right now they're so happy and it's almost like a bittersweet thing because We want the Ravens to keep Lamar for sure but I didn't really want it to happen this way in in a sort of nasty way To where is it because you know, you know Steven Shaddy all them owners talk they talk their owners Their owners they are owners of NFL teams. So of course they talk it's like they didn't know their own little club or whatnot but this whole this whole thing allegedly It's just It's it's it's crazy. It seems like it's definitely some funny business going on um because for teams for teams actually like right right after he gets tagged Right after to come out and and start and start saying that and then all them reports just start dropping Hmm, okay And these are teams that don't have quarterbacks Like one of them like the dolphins they got to a and then shout out to to a tool is cool but The Falcons they ain't got no quarterback. Well, that's marita. They ain't got that quarterback Uh, the Panthers ain't got that quarterback Uh, the commanders they ain't got that quarterback The Raiders they just cut their quarterback So it's like really Now Of course over time Stuff could change situations change. Um, and like my guy, uh, sam the joku continuously said that all it takes is one team All it takes is one team Uh, one team that's willing to sort of buck the system. Uh, one team that's willing to go against the grain Uh, and one team that's just willing to be like, you know what? We'll take them We're gonna go for it So but it was just crazy, man and I wonder what was going on in lemar's hair right now Because again, it is him versus the world and we know, um, the nfl pa they've been involved heavy with lemar They've been involved really really heavy with lemar, but obviously the owners they've been involved with each other and the owners they're powerful And they want to make sure like this whole guarantee contract thing No that it does not go down They they they do not want it to be the norm. They don't want it to be regular They do not want it to be consistent They want it to be anomalies when fully guaranteed contracts happen Why? Because that's more money literally more money out of their pockets Even though they got a lot of money these players make them a lot of money But it's more money out of their pockets And they don't want to do that Another thing too with lemar jackson that they don't want to become the norm either On top of the fully guaranteed contract is a fully guaranteed contract something of this magnitude with no agent Because lemar jackson, um, he can and he still has an opportunity to But he's been a pioneer right now a pioneer that a lot of agents A lot of NFL owners just they don't want him to be a pioneer for that They don't want him to inspire the like players to not have agents because that's taking money out of their pockets Like that's that that's that bread. They like hold up now. Wait a minute. Don't don't do that So it's just it's crazy man, but again, it's the game It's the game. So We're gonna see how everything ends up playing itself out We gotta see and I don't know when it's just It's like now again. Now it looks like the ravens will keep lemar Um, looks like they'll hold on to and which again, like I said, it would be a great thing But just how is being gone about It's just it's just fishy. It's real fishy and one of the craziest parts about it is that Nobody can really do anything about it Though owners are so powerful Nobody can do anything about it Yeah, well, at least I I can't think anything that anybody can do to really like because again player versus owners Like it's pretty much lemar jackson versus 31 other owners Because excluding the browns because they the ones that that started Well, actually the vikings because they gave Kirk Cousins a fully guarantee But that's not the one that everybody's looking at. Everybody's obviously looking at the sean wiser So It's tough It's really tough and it's it's just a situation. That's just It's crazy, but um anyway Back to the non-exclusive tag Um, I know this has been seen as sort of a ravens initially when they put the non-exclusive tag on them A lot of people felt like it was the ravens just showing that confidence like hey anything that anybody offers him We can match it. We can do it. We can make it happen. We can give him the best offer But go ahead talk to other teams but it's like The ravens have already talked to other teams and been like no, no, no, don't Don't do it Don't do it because again all of the backing out coincidentally right after he's franchise Yeah But anyway, um, we'll see how the whole thing ends up playing out Brian McFarland You know Raven salary cap who always keeps us up to date with everything going on with the uh, the ravens salary cap Which we appreciate shout out to Brian McFarland um He said that with the non-exclusive tag This puts the ravens nine mil over the cap um Now a couple of things with that by march 15th the starter free agency the ravens have to be under the cap So what that means is that you will be seeing A lot of this freelancer over the next week Because the ravens need to make moves to get under the salary cap If you're over you you cannot be over the salary cap Heading into free agency where free agency starts when the new league league year begins You have to be under the salary cap. You have to it's a requirement Now after the league year begins you can do whatever and you can you can be over the salary cap, but when it starts You got to be under you have to so that means the ravens. They have some moves to make And what I appreciate about Brian McFarland, um, he lets it be known like uh, some different suggestions Well, not suggestions some different options that the ravens have as far as getting under the salary cap um, some of the potential moves that he listed Were signing the more Jackson to an extension. That ain't gonna happen yet. Um, but restructuring Ronnie Stanley again How many times we don't restructure Ronnie Stanley? It had to be like I feel like it's been like six It probably ain't been that much, but maybe like four Maybe four, but it's been a lot. I feel like that that would always be like with the first contract They go to restructure Ronnie Stanley It used to be Brandon Williams. Y'all know it would always be Brandon Williams They'll always be restructuring Brandon Williams. Um, but anyway, uh, they can restructure Ronnie Stanley restructure Marlon Humphrey Trader release Kalaeus Campbell, even though, you know, if whatever they do, they're gonna bring them back Well, not if they trade them, but they ain't trading them if they release they they gonna bring them back. Well, anyway, um restructuring Mark Andrews Trader release Gus Edwards Trader release Devin Duvenay Trader release Chuck Clark restructure Roquon, uh, signed Kevin Zeilert to an extension uh restructure Tyus Bowser, McCurry, Morgan Moses, Michael Pierce, uh, or release Michael Pierce, uh, or release Patrick Ricard. Whoa Now that's a sneaky one right there especially because What Todd Monke, when he spoke he was talking about how fullbacks are dying For like the the league don't got nearly as many fullbacks as they used to have and he talked about like he sort of Gave a little jab to Greg Roman Talking about a fullback being uh being like mashed up with a lineback or something like that And having to be a weapon and anyway, so we'll see we'll see but The bottom line is the Ravens. They have to make some corresponding moves to get under the salary cap by What is it next Tuesday? I think it's next Tuesday But yeah, so Oh, no the 15th is next Wednesday because today's the 8th So, yeah They they they got to make some moves to get under the salary cap Within a week So, yeah, it's time to get shaking now back to Lamar Jackson real quick. Um Well Lamar Jackson he can begin negotiating with other teams in a week Once the the new league year opens that's when he can start talking To other teams that are potentially interested in him And we'll see again. Well, what which team is going to be that ends up going against the grain Because again all this the public like hey, we know we're not interested. We're not going to pursue Lamar Jackson Even though Atlanta Falcons retweeting the report I said, whoa, okay Atlanta Falcons social media team. Let us know how you feel apparently they did but um next week That's when Lamar can start talking to people So, yeah, again now, uh, it is nice to be in the next step of whatever's going to happen Um, but we still we still got a little bit of a ways to go So but anyway team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all. I love y'all. I always appreciate you all listening I thank you all for supporting this freelancer. Hopefully we just a temporary freelancer, but Hey, everything will hopefully eventually work itself out very soon Now like we said the end of march is big for us because that's when hopefully Um, we when we do reapply uh to be monetized again. Hopefully it can be approved Um, and we could just get back to normal, but I I appreciate y'all still supporting like crazy and just Showing a lot of love. I really do. So thank you. I love y'all and we out