1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Every week I do a segment in the defensive article 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: that's called star Treatment, and Clais Campbell completely dominates that. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: The hardest thing a inside line bractor Becker has to 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: do is learn to read the routes off the line 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. You can understand what's going on behind him. 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: Rays lack an outside threat right now, and the only 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: way they were really going to get an outside threat 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: pack would be to really make a radical running back change, 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: like to put Duverna in the backfield. Welcome into the 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: lounge presented by DraftKings. It's the bye week. Garrett already 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: has a cocktail in his hand, a cocktail on one 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: hand and a publican beer and the other. Wow, Garrett 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: aggressive start to the body. Actually, you know what? You 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: know what I should have in my hand and I don't, 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: But listeners could have this in their hand is a 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: nice class of wine, a nice glass of wine. And 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: the reason I say that, so you know about the 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: Winning Drive Wine Club? Okay, so this is do you 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: know about this? Yeah? 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I wasn't even planning to 27 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: go right into the read there, but you started talking 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: about what I was drinking in the lounge and a 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: nice class of red wine on on these cool this, 30 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: these cool evenings that we've been having. It is perfect, 31 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: So listeners, go ahead check out what's that? Don't tell 32 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: me you're straying from the pumpkin beer though. Well, I'm 33 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: not a strang, but I am a fan of a 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: nice class of wine. You are. You're a NAPPA guy. 35 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: Oh you're very much love Nappa, love Nappa. Oh yeah, 36 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: that's right up here. See now, I'm a Portland's Brewery guy. 37 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: You're a NAPA guy. Oh yeah, I m the old 38 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: country club over there. I will definitely take the uh. 39 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're trying to like bash me 40 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: by saying I'm an EPA guy, but if that's an 41 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: I'll take it. I will gladly take It's raking beautiful. 42 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: It's it's great weather. I'll take that insult any day 43 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: of the week anyway. Anyway, to move on from drinking 44 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: during the Bible, UH, we have a lot to talk about. 45 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: The Ravens are sitting at five and two because they're 46 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: they still garrett as bad as it feels right now 47 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: in all the doom and gloom around Baltimore, the Ravens 48 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: still are tied with the best record in the conference. 49 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: Nobody else is better than five and two in the 50 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: a f C. So there's a lot worse positions to 51 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: be in. I think we we clearly we have a 52 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: good understanding now of who the top teams are in 53 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: the conference, like who are the contenders for the playoffs. 54 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: I think we got a pretty good feel for that, 55 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: and the Ravens are absolutely one of them. But with 56 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: that said, coming off the worst loss in the Lamar 57 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: Jackson era, UH, it was it was a tough pill 58 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,839 Speaker 1: to swallow against the Bengals, UH team that I think 59 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: most of us predicted the Ravens were gonna beat at home. 60 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: UH and and the winning the five game winning street 61 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: came to a close. So there are issues to fix 62 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: and to look at. Both the good and the bad. 63 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: We're bringing in our guy Ken McKusick from Film Study Baltimore. 64 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: Uh And and you can nobody ever takes a deeper 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: dive than Ken. Nope, that's there's no bones about it. 66 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: So let's jump right into that interview. We have Ken here, 67 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: a friend of the lounge for our listeners. You know 68 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: Ken mccusic, well, he's been on many times with us, 69 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: and Ken, we wanted to have you back during the 70 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: bye week to kind of give us your in depth 71 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: film breakdown because nobody does it better than Ken. You 72 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: can find his work at film study Baltimore dot com. Ken, 73 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: let's let's start here. You know, I hate to start 74 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: with the negative, but that's kind of the feeling around 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: Baltimore right now. After you know, after after you suffer 76 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: the worst loss that you've had in Lamar Jackson area era, 77 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: that can happen. But let's let's talk about the fence 78 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: a little bit. Uh And I want to talk about 79 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: the past defense. You know, right now the Ravens are 80 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: ranked in the league in past defense, allowing twenty nine 81 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: two point one yards per game. Why is the past 82 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: defense struggling in your mind? You know, if the We're 83 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: only one thing that we could point to. We always 84 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: look for that transitory problem that this injury is going 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: to fix it or whatever. But there are a number 86 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: of problems. Uh. Portackling in the secondary led us some 87 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: very significant plays in Yak really in the last several games, 88 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: but definitely in the game against Cincinnati. The Ravens pass 89 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: rush is not getting home for sax or not finishing 90 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: when they're in the backfield. They're getting really a decent 91 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: amount of pressure, but they're but they're not finishing their 92 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: sack opportunities. Uh yeah, the one the long one to 93 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: use Zama where Klais Campbell was blocked one on one 94 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: on one by Drew Sample. They're tighten their backup tight 95 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: end and I don't know if Sample was holding or what, 96 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: but like Calais drove the dude back like ten yards 97 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: and then didn't get off the block. You like ran 98 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: right by them. Kill me. That that was It was 99 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: a bad on ol ways and once with good pressure 100 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: we had four quarterback hits to no sacks from Houston, 101 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: of course, who had a great pass rush game, but 102 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: you just didn't convert any of it into into things. 103 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: And then you got to give a lot of the 104 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: credit in that game to Burrow because he just stood 105 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: up to that pressure very well and through very accurately 106 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: under pressure. He threw for seven and a half yards 107 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: per play under pressure. That's really bad circumstances where you 108 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: might be, you know, about four yards or even lower 109 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: per throw, and and he's a seven and a half. 110 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: And then of course when they gave him ample time 111 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: and space a three second pocket to throw, and he 112 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: was at sixteen point four yards per throw, So he's 113 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: picking the Ravens apart with each opportunity there. So they 114 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: missed the turnover creation from Marcus Peters. I'm sure you 115 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: guys have talked about that a million times on this 116 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: show already in this half season, so we probably don't 117 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: need to go into that. I think the zone coverage 118 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: breakdowns and the man coverage breakdowns were more evident than 119 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: they've been in any game since uh two thousand nineteen, 120 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: Week two against Arizona when Larry Fitzgerald was open all 121 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: the time in the secondary. So lots of breakdowns and 122 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's not really one thing. There 123 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: are some correctable things that can become better tacklers. I'm 124 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: sure it's something that'll work on. They can have some 125 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: of these men in zone coverage breakdowns stop occurring. Um. 126 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: But you know, they've got a lot of things to 127 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: work on, a lot of things to fix right now. 128 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: So you brought up Marcus Peters, and obviously we all 129 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: know that his ability to create turnovers a second to 130 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: now and he's been the best in the league since 131 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: he's been in the league of doing that. So that's 132 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: kind of an obvious one. But from a bigger picture, 133 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: do you how much of the loss is his loss 134 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: hurting the past defense? Because I think it's easy to say, well, 135 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: you know, Marcus Peters isn't out there, but at the 136 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: same time, it's one guy. Is that really the reason? Like, 137 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: what is your take on that? Well, his replacement has 138 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: played fantastic, so I think Anthony Averts having a great year, 139 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: So I really don't know. Uh, he did have one 140 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: bad game in this entire thing, but hey, we've seen 141 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters have bad games and get burnt too. It's 142 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: not like that didn't happen in Kansas City last year. 143 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: For example. Uh, you know, it's he's he's uh played 144 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: very well, and I think what they miss is the 145 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: fact that they're not generating as many turnovers. So he 146 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: and Elliott Uh, meaning Averd is Caverord is generated who 147 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: turned over. So even that in replacement for Peters is 148 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: not bad. But Peters was a great turnover generator individually. 149 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: And uh, And Elliott is not ed read. And I 150 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: don't mean that in the sense that he's not a 151 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: valuable defensive player, because I think he is. But he's 152 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: a natural closer on the football. So he when he 153 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: sees an opportunity to Brackett, he's thinking about hitting that receiver. 154 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: When Ed Reid saw an opportunity Brackett, he's thinking about 155 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: how can I position myself for the overthrow that will 156 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: inevitably happen a good percentage of the time. Interesting, and 157 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: Stone has that and and and Elliott does not. Yeah. 158 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: I also think, and this is in a film study 159 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: kind of thing, but I think that the defense is 160 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: lacking a little bit, a little bit of its swagger 161 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: that Marcus Peters brings. Like on the sideline, there's nobody 162 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: yapping at the other team more than Marcus Peters. And 163 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: quite frankly, just from a coaching you know, like Marlon 164 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: Humphrey talked a lot about the things that Marcus Peters 165 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: would point out to him, Like he Marcus was really 166 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: good in the meeting rooms, studying tape, helping his his 167 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: fellow cornerbacks, and I think a lot of that's honestly 168 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: been missing. Like Marcus Peters just brought a definite machismo 169 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: to the to the field that I think Anthony Avran, 170 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: for as well as he's played, like, is a little 171 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: bit of a quieter guy, Like he doesn't have that 172 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: kind of persona. You know, yes, student of the game, 173 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: no doubt about. In Peter's case, Uh, one of the 174 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: best gamblers we've ever seen play this game at cornerback. 175 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: And you know that includes players like Dion Sanders and others. 176 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he's really up there and that in that 177 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: league of guys who understands what the pass rush is 178 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: doing and what his opportunity is to undercut for an 179 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: interception on that particular play And a lot of the 180 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: cornerbacks just can't put those things together and make a 181 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: play on the football and track the ball. But what 182 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: Peters does very at the next level, uh, in those terms, 183 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: and I'm sure whatever he's telling other cornerbacks in the 184 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: in the cornerback room about that unhappy it's it's occurring. Yeah, 185 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: let's keep with the defense. And the interesting thing is, 186 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: you know, the Ravens are near the top of the 187 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: league and run defense, and yet there's been some games, 188 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: you know, the Colts game where they couldn't stop the run. 189 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: You know, obviously this Bengals game, too long touchdown runs 190 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter really kind of ice the game 191 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: and made it look uglier than it than it really was. 192 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 1: Um And so you know, we're just used to such 193 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: a high standard of run defense, like that's where it 194 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: starts with Baltimore, and it just doesn't feel like in 195 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: terms of yards per carry, the Ravens are kind of 196 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: in the middle of the pack. So what are you 197 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: seeing on the defensive line and kind of that front 198 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: seven in terms of stopping the run. So I gonna 199 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 1: start with the high level point is that I think 200 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: the Martindale era has seen the Ravens shift from being 201 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: a purely dominant under four yards per carry run team, 202 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: which they've been every year for their first I think 203 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: it was twenty years or so, existence might be twenty one, 204 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: where they were they never allowed four yards per carry. 205 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: In fact, they allowed three point nine four one year 206 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: where the Neil in the last play of the year 207 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati in two thousand twelve run them under four. 208 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: But they but they but they never had allowed four. 209 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, the last last three 210 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: or four years they haven't haven't been as good. The 211 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: defense has been built back to front for starters, and 212 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 1: they do have a lot of money spend on the 213 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: defensive line now still, but they're basically built back to front, 214 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: and and they're more built to defend a modern NFL 215 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: passing attack and really try and and uh and deal 216 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: with that more than the more than the run game. UH. 217 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: This year, I mean, not having Derek Wolf obviously has 218 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: hurts some. But you know, the younger linemen are playing 219 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: reasonably well. I'm out of BAKA in Washington, I think 220 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: had been contributors class Campbell is having, you know, his 221 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: best year in a while now, and so he's he's 222 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 1: played very well. UH. Brandon Williams has fallen off a 223 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: little bit, and and I wouldn't blame the whole thing 224 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: on him. But the other thing is the inside linebackers, 225 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: UH play up until uh Bines in searching at middle 226 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: linebacker really was not up to stuff. Yeah, that one 227 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: of the tougher players I saw from Brandon was one 228 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: of their long touchdowns also where he got into the 229 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: backfield and kind of it was on their long Mixing 230 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: touchdown run and he he took the quarterback and the 231 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: handoff went to Mixing in the middle was wide open, 232 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: which was an unfortunate read. And I just want to 233 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: I want to mention non Kola because you mentioned Klais 234 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: and that you feel like he's playing really well. And 235 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: when you you know, defensive lineman, I think it's always 236 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: tough to gauge performance unless you're just looking at numbers. Unles, 237 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: you're a pass rusher and you put up double juge 238 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: sacks and it's easy to say, all right, this guy 239 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: is getting to the quarterback and has a ton of sacks. 240 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: He's a great player. But Calais from a stat standpoint, 241 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: they don't jump off the page. But when you're looking 242 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: at the film, you feel like he's playing really well. 243 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean every week I do a segment 244 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: in the Defensive article that's called star Treatment, and I 245 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: literally list out every one of my notes positive and 246 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: negative about what I who I think were the three 247 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: best players on defense that day and class Campbell completely 248 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: dominates that. I mean, I he would be in there 249 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: every week if I didn't decide, hey, I need to 250 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: rotate in some other players to be interesting. But but 251 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: he's he's got like ten eleven twelve notes per weeks teams. 252 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: He's in the backfield blowing up plays when he's not 253 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: making the tackle himself. He's made a number of tackles 254 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: for loss this year. He's got a ton of pressure, 255 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: even though he doesn't have a sack yet. Um so 256 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: he's every element of his game is going really well. 257 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: And and uh it's it's a better year than he 258 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: had last year. And he had good year last year 259 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: and the time he played for the Ravens and uh, 260 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: durability amazing. You know he's up there playing close to 261 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: the snaps right now, and you know, at his age, 262 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: that's just incredible. I mean, I'm really thinking he's probably 263 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: going to continue now to play another season or two 264 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL and his age, that's really something. I 265 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: like it. I like it the right Well, the Ravens 266 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: have him under contract for one more year, right, No, 267 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: this is it? This is it? Yeah, and then so 268 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: he'll be a u f A and the Ravens. I mean, 269 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: the nice thing is he'll probably get signed some more 270 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,719 Speaker 1: for a lot of money. The Ravens a good draft pick. 271 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: But if he wants to play right yeah, uh, justin Mattabeck. 272 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: You know, I think all of us kind of Peter 273 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: King raised some eyebrows when he put him on his 274 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: preseason Defensive Player of the Year watch list, and we're like, oh, 275 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: all right, we were thinking Mattabeck would have a good year, 276 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: but defensive player of the Year day. Um. You know, 277 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: certainly some flash plays like you see him and and 278 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: and similar to stuff to last year where sometimes you 279 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: see him track down a play five to ten yards 280 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: down the field and you're like, wow, that was a 281 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: huge play. Just just hustle play on that to to 282 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: make a stop. What do you what do you see 283 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: him from? Mattabike Quickness? Uh, you know he's he's undersized, 284 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: he makes up for it with quickness. He's Ravens in 285 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: the run game. Matta b case ability to to to 286 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: you know, hold his position has been an issue, but 287 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: he but he tries to make up for it. And 288 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: he made a couple of good plays in this last 289 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: game by getting into the backfield. Um, despite his his 290 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: real lack of size, and he's a three tech, he's 291 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: limited to really just playing that spot. He can't he 292 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: can't move inside a play knows at his size. But 293 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: he can beat, certifiably beat a guard with his quickness 294 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: fairly often, and that's a nice thing. He also has 295 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: some ability to stunt, so we can see that in 296 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: a passing game. So I like what he's done. And 297 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: if you're looking at why Peter King chose this guy, 298 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: it's it's somewhat formulaic. It's like Wayne Brady making a 299 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: song for what's the show called Who's Like? Yes, So 300 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: he would always do a song and you know where, 301 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: how does he how does he do that? Well, it's 302 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: a very formulaic. You know, he's always basically got the 303 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: same theme to the song. He brings some woman up 304 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: on stage and sits right. So well, Peter King is 305 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: basically looked through every young defender and said, let me 306 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: take every second year defender in the NFL. Okay, those 307 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: are my guys. Now, I'm gonna pair that down and 308 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: and and deliver a dark horse out of that. It's 309 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: gotta be a guy from a winning team. Okay, Baltimore 310 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: and some other teams are winning teams, and then it's 311 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: got to be a guy who's who's got upside potentially say, Okay, 312 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: I can identify these six or seven players who does this. 313 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: My guy is meta be King. That's basically how he's 314 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: how he's made that. I love how you gave that 315 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: the full breakdown. That is very can of you. All Right, 316 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: so let's move to inside linebacker Ken And you know, 317 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: I think we all we don't need to spend too 318 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: much time talking about Patrick Queen's struggles early in the 319 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: year at middle linebacker. But now the Ravens the past 320 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: few games have moved them the will and do you 321 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: see that as a better long term fit and I 322 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: guess short term and long term fit for Patrick Queen? Yeah, great, 323 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: great long term fit. I think he just it. It 324 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: could be that he'll be able to get back to 325 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: the MIC, but it's the best way to rebuild a 326 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: growth and understanding of his of his defensive responsibilities. First 327 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: of all, he's a much better chase player and being 328 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: the trail guy on most plays from the weeks side, 329 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: he's a much gonna be much better at that than 330 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: he is. You know, taking the point of the defense 331 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: at the mic and really being the io s to 332 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: lead and be there to the gap first. And that's 333 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: you know, Buinds shows incredible play speed relative to Queen 334 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: and Harrison at that spot, you guys have been noticing, 335 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: and it Binds is a guy a decade ago who 336 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: knows what he runs right now, and and yet he 337 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: has amazing you know, decisiveness to get right to that gap. 338 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: That makes up for a lot of that lack of speed. Um, 339 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: he looks like he's playing faster than certainly than Queen 340 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: and Harrison did. But we've also seen an increase in 341 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: Queen's play speed these last two weeks, and he's really 342 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: shown the ability to get to the gap. And I 343 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: think he's doing better with having an on field coach 344 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: um that that kind of takes him through by play 345 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: by play instead of someone who's upset with him after 346 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: the play. And you know, a lot of a lot 347 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: of players have been emoting at Queen over the last 348 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: two years after a bad play, but this is really 349 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: I think more helpful is to have an on field 350 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: guy to tell him, Okay, you need to take this 351 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: after me or even before the play to instruct him 352 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: on what is responsibility. So yeah, I don't know if 353 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: you watched his press conference yesterday, but I mean it's 354 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: very clear that Patrick Queen cares a lot, you know, 355 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: like he wants to be really good. He has a 356 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: good head on his shoulders in terms of, you know, 357 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: it's taking coaching and like not running away from the 358 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: criticism and like or trying to buck the criticism and 359 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: get taking this attitude where oh, you know, screw you all. 360 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: You know, I know what I'm doing. You can't tell 361 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: me what I'm you know, what I should be doing 362 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,959 Speaker 1: on the first round pick, you know, like he understands it. 363 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: And and so I think that's a good point Ken 364 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: that like kind of helping build this guy up, you know. 365 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: I mean I think there's a lot of there's high 366 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: expectations and a lot of weight on his shoulders. When 367 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: you get drafted and immediately Lamar Jackson goes, oh, we 368 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: got baby Ray, we got Lewis, you know, and you 369 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: come in and like and you're relatively young in your 370 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: football career. He wasn't a starter until his last year 371 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 1: at l s U. And now you're thrown into playing 372 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: almost a percent of the snaps and middle linebacker. That's 373 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: a pretty tough assignment, and I agree, I think he 374 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: needed a little bit of a reset to build his 375 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: confidence back up. I agree, I think I think the 376 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: Ravens are right to be concerned about Queen's confidence and 377 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: his ability to uh pick things up one at a 378 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: time is gonna be much greater, I think, than than 379 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: his ability to to to understand and excel at those 380 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: responsibilities if they're all thrown out him at once, and 381 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: in particular the coverage responsibilities, they're very complex. It's often 382 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm often reminded of the fact by a particular guest 383 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: have on the show that that the hardest thing a 384 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: inside lineback becker has to do is learn to read 385 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 1: the routes off the line of scrimmage. You can understand 386 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: what's going on behind him. That's something Queens has not 387 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: been able to master yet. And so they needed to 388 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: get him off the field on third down. That is 389 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: the most important change, and so playing that platoon will 390 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: roll it means that he's in there only for a 391 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: portion of the two down snaps. Basically, either board or 392 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: a safety replaces him on third down, and that's really 393 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: that's a good thing for uh, for queen right now, 394 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: just learn those run responsibilities. Is the guests you're talking 395 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: about Ray Lewis, is that who you have on the pod? Now? 396 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: It's it's it's Michael Crawford, Who's excellence. Yeah, you can. 397 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: Let's slip it over to the other side of the ball. Um, 398 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: we talked about the game for the defense, but let's 399 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: talk about it for the offense, because since Lamar Jackson 400 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: has been here, we've all just been used to the 401 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: Ravens getting it feels like six seven yards a carry 402 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: on first down and you're in second and three all 403 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: the time, and you you live in that realm, and 404 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: that has not been the case this year. Um. Obviously 405 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: sure doesn't help when you lose your top running backs 406 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: the season ending injuries right before the season. You know 407 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: that obviously has an impact. What is your take on 408 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: why the run game has struggled to look like it's 409 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: old self to the first with the running back? Yeah? Yeah, 410 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: So Lottavius Murray, Uh, he's done done some positive things 411 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: for Ravens. I don't want to beat on the guys 412 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: seasons sleep, but he's six tenths of a yard under 413 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: his rush yards over expectation. And for those of you 414 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: who don't know, a couple of Austrian guys came in 415 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: won the Big Data Bowl by by coming up with 416 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: a model that would look at all twenty two players 417 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: and five factors at the handoff in terms of how 418 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: much yardage they should have gained. Okay, and it's very 419 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: interesting model and it's incredible, But Europeans and outsiders completely 420 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: are completely driving growth in football analytics. When you when 421 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: you come to this, it's people who want to win 422 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,479 Speaker 1: data contests who are finding a new ways, just kind 423 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: of Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay changed Baseball with their odds 424 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: shifts and whatnot. But anyway, that Murray is about six 425 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: tenths of a yard under expectation, whereas Dobbins last year 426 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: was more than a yard over expectation. So I think 427 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: it's a lot of the cases. Is um some good 428 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: situations at the snap, we're still there. Um. I don't 429 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: think it's all Murray because I think the offensive line 430 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: has failed to um move from the good position at 431 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: the time of the snap to improve it yet more 432 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: as the play moved on into things. I don't think 433 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 1: it's all Murray, but the running backs and the and 434 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: the and the aging of the running backs has put 435 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: the put the Ravens in a bad position on in 436 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: terms of the run game. I think it's also hurt 437 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: them in terms of the past game because I think 438 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: particularly this last game, we saw those Bengals defenders not 439 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: respecting the run game, not taking that extra red step, uh, 440 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: not getting themselves out of position. That's that's interesting because 441 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: for so for basically the Mar's entire career, the going 442 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: into every game, the storyline has been, well, opposing defenses 443 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: are gonna crowd the line of scrimmage, crowd the middle 444 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: of the field, sell out to stop the run, and 445 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: then dare the Ravens to pass. Well, the Ravens and 446 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: Lamar have proven, especially this year, that they can beat 447 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: teams through the air, and we've seen that. But now 448 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: so you're saying it's almost flipping the other direction. And 449 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: we saw this against the Bengals where the Bengal said, Okay, 450 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: we're not gonna let We're not gonna sell out to 451 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: stop the run. We're gonna stop the pass. And that 452 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: is going to be kind of the point of emphasis, 453 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: almost to some extent, Daring the Ravens to run a 454 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: total shift, and that is kind of an evolution of 455 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: how teams are playing the Ravens. Yeah, that's that's a 456 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: great way to put it. That's exactly the way I 457 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: would put it, Garrett. But I would say that teams 458 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: are very inconsistent in how they want to approach the 459 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 1: Ravens defensively. So Denver, for were weeks ago, and the 460 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: Chargers two weeks ago blitzed an incredible amount packed the 461 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Denver made it really tough to run. Additionally, 462 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: the Chargers did a lot more of uh you know, 463 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: blitzing against the past two thirds of the time in fact. 464 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: Uh so, so those teams tried to do it a 465 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: certain way, and the Ravens found ways to beat each 466 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: of those and beach of each of those very decisively. Um, 467 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: you know, the Bengals used all but twenty eight percent 468 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: of the time they used a four man pass rush 469 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: in this game, so seventy at the time they went 470 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: to the four man rush. Normally, that's pretty good for 471 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: the Ravens, but the Ravens have been using a lot 472 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: of additional setting ship blockers to get even that stopped 473 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: up against Cincinnati, and that really limited what route options, uh, 474 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: Lamar head and frankly, Lamar just didn't have a very 475 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: good day on on Sunday would be another way to 476 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: put it. And against the Colts, they tried a four 477 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: man pass rush additionally, but the Ravens on that incredible 478 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: four touchdown drive streak never went the third down even once. 479 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: And what that effectively took the Colts pass rush completely 480 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: out of the game, so they were they were completely 481 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: utered for man rush and basically Lamar had his way 482 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: to pick a pick a part that team down though 483 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: those last four drives. Yeah, that was a fun game. Well, 484 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: one interesting thing about that ken is like I felt 485 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: like even in past years with Lamar Jackson, when teams said, 486 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna stop the run, right, that's what 487 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: we're going to address, they still couldn't stop it completely, 488 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: you know, And and that's what made the Ravens offense 489 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: so dangerous. It's like, now if a team says we 490 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: want to stop the run, that's gonna be our approach, 491 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: then they can do it, you know, and now it's 492 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: totally on Lamar's arm to beat them. I think we 493 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: saw that kind of against Denver, you know, like it 494 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: was on Lamar, and so that that to me is 495 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: a that's a tough hurdle to overcome when you're you know, 496 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: Lamar's obviously improved his passing, right, but any quarterback that's 497 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: facing second and ten, third and ten consistently, it's gonna 498 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: have a tough time. Yes, absolutely, And and the Ravens 499 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 1: haven't been good on those downs. Um, just speak to 500 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: your earlier point though about Yeah, the Ravens have always 501 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: been able to run against teams that stop the run effectively. 502 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: The Rays lack an outside threat right now, and the 503 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: only way they were really going to get an outside 504 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: threat pack would be to really make a radical running 505 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: back change, like to put Duverna in the backfield, which 506 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: is a possibility. I guess, you know, they can go 507 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: ahead and get someone. I suppose they could commit to 508 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: Tyson Williams is the only fast back they really have 509 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: right now. Or or they could um have Lamar go 510 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: back to pistol reads where he's the outside threat instead 511 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: of the inside threat. That would be the other way 512 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: to threaten the outside and then you'd have a These 513 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: guys could play the mark Ingram role again. These older 514 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: backs could play the mark Ingram role again. To be 515 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: the threat up the middle. Um, they they've got ways 516 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: they can do it, but they I don't think they 517 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: really want to go back to the to the uh 518 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: pistol read again and uh and try and threaten the 519 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: outside with Lamar. So it's it's, you know, it's it's 520 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: a problem without a lot of solutions when they don't 521 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: have us feedback for the outside. Other guys Nate McCrary, 522 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: he's fairly fast and he could be a help in 523 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 1: terms of having that speed threat for the outside. Well, 524 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people are clamoring for a potential trade 525 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 1: here for Marlon Mack for example. I mean, do you 526 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: think that that's a decent solution? And I don't think 527 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: that addresses the problem at all. Honestly, it'd be it'd 528 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: be another older back, and I mean, I just I 529 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: really would dislike that trade. But he's coming off in Achilles, 530 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: coming off an Achilles, and and he has has a 531 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: significant tread wear already, right, So I'm I'm I wouldn't 532 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: be infused by that. And it's not a long term 533 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: solution either. So you know, do they have more one 534 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: year band AIGs they can throw on it? They probably do, 535 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: But but they do they have a really you know 536 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: when I when I see all your backs go down, 537 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: I think this is an opportunity in a typical year 538 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: to identify the next great Ravens back that they're going 539 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: to pick off somebody else's scrap eep that they can't 540 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: find value in, you know, like they did with Collins Uh, 541 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: you know, any number of other backs throughout the years. 542 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: But they didn't have that good opportunity this year because 543 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: the COVID Draft really limited the number of R and 544 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: one players from the rookies, and you're one players who 545 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: hadn't made a roster the previous year um in terms 546 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: of available backs, and there were just nothing. There's nothing 547 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: on the scrap heap, so you know, they had to 548 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: go to these veteran backs instead, and and that has 549 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: that really hasn't worked out. All right. I want to 550 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: go back to something that you said because I found 551 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: it interesting. Two parts. One is Devin Duverney. So you 552 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,479 Speaker 1: mentioned the possibility of him going to the backfield. Are 553 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: you you mean you're talking to basically using him as 554 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: as a running back, similar to what teams have done 555 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: with Coral Patterson um as and and actually used putting 556 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: him in the backfield, lamar and sweeps like they've used 557 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: him on the jet sweeps to try to stretch the edges, right, right, Yeah, 558 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: that's right, because he has carried plenty of times on 559 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: the jet sweets. But you're actually talking about maybe give 560 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: him a shot in the backfield. Right. So the Ravens 561 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: always set up with one running back per play, okay, 562 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: And and if they used Duvernet at the outside for 563 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: a jet sweep, they take one of their wide receivers 564 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: effectively out of the play. Okay, So they if they 565 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: put him in the backfield and they and they use 566 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: him in a sidecar uh system, and they did that 567 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: I don't know ten times a game, even that would 568 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: provide a lot of threat to the outside. The only 569 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: thing would do it would take away when other teams 570 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: saw that, you know, saw Duvernad coming in the game, 571 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: they wouldn't know whether he's gonna line up with a 572 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,880 Speaker 1: wide receiver running back, and they could they could adjust 573 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: their defense to that, and they might say, Hey, that 574 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: means they're not going to have a good pass protection. 575 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: Let's change our call to to be a you know, 576 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: ears pin back treat. This is an empty backfield because 577 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: we don't think Duvena is a very good blocker, and 578 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: and they could they could take advantage of it in 579 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: theory that way. But I think the Ravens and Lamar 580 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: is evasive enough, and the Ravens have enough tricks up 581 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 1: their sleeve that they could build around a DuVernay at 582 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: tailback situation that I think you could you could get 583 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: value from that. And when we see what's happening on 584 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: some of these games where they can't stop the past rush, 585 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: Lamar's doing something at the line of scrimmage. Often he's saying, uh, 586 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: you know, mur in the Oakland game in particular, you 587 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: get up there and block Crosby because he's not getting 588 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 1: blocked on a play by play basis, and he just 589 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: readjusts him basically creating an empty black field after the 590 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: play has already been called m interesting. Well, we've been 591 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, we've been discussing. Once Sammy Watkins is healthy 592 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: and you've got your full compliment of receivers, you know, 593 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: the excitement of getting those guys on the field, and 594 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: then it's like, well, but if you do that, if 595 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: you have Bateman, Hollywood and Sammy on the field, and 596 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: Dubernet comes off and we all talk about being excited 597 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,719 Speaker 1: about Dubernet, but maybe this is the way to get 598 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: him all on the field. Can you put Duberne in 599 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: the backfield? You have all four of those guys, um 600 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: that kind of transitions to the receivers. What what do 601 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: you think once? What do you think of the receiving 602 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: corps overall? Right now? And then? Are you as excited 603 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: as Ryan is. Ryan's all fired up about getting all 604 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: these guys healthy and on the field together? What what 605 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: what is your take on once Sammy's healthy and you 606 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: can get your full compliment of receivers out there. Yeah, 607 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: I mean I like the group right now even without Sammy, 608 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: but it would be better even Sammy. Bateman looks like 609 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: the real deal. And and uh, it's great that we're 610 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: seeing this. I love him at the top of the route, um, 611 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: in terms of his ability to threaten multiple places. The 612 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: most best analogy and give you from another team is 613 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: watched like Pittman go at Avorite at the top of 614 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: the rout Ever, it's the only bad game, you know, 615 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: He's he was very effective at selling something just about 616 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: every route run to Avorite. And that's what Bateman does 617 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: very effectively. Since you can threaten a lot of different 618 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: areas of the field. Any step he makes is potentially 619 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: one that that that the defensive back can misrespond to. 620 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: So it's a good opportunity for him to have like 621 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: a pass rush plan, have a have a secondary move. 622 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: Has been very good at sticking his foot in the ground, 623 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: coming back for digs, crossing, no fear in the middle 624 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: of the field. I love that about Bateman and what 625 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: that leads to is a lot of extended play opportunities 626 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: with Lamar, So that trust is going to grow very quickly. 627 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 1: We've already seen it in terms of a lot of targets. 628 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: But but you know he's gonna be a great bailout 629 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: guy for Lamar, just as you know Watkins has been 630 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: so far in his time here very interesting. And then 631 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: Hollywood obviously off to a great start seventh in the 632 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: NFL and receiving yards, where have you seen him make 633 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: the biggest strides? Um, I mean, he's he is doing 634 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: some double stepping to to get deep on players, but 635 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: his ability to get consistently deep is a lot about 636 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: speed and and it's also very importantly about Lamar's ability 637 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: to hold the ball for the longest time of any 638 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL. So when he gets three point 639 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: one seconds per play, and you know a lot of 640 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: other quarterbacks are two and a half or two point seven, 641 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: you know, four tens and four tenths of a second, 642 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: Hollywood can do a lot to a defensive back in 643 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: terms of clarifying just by how much he's being truth 644 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: Hollywood can only run about four yards in four tens 645 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: of a second, right because a ten second hundred yard 646 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: dashes would be very very good, and in football uniform, 647 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure he can't do that. But in four tens 648 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: of a second, he can make it very clear to 649 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: Lamar you know how how much of an edge he has. 650 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: And he can create a lot of opportunities at the 651 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: end of a play, in particularly when when he's extending it. 652 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: So all that's been good, and uh, and I think 653 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,719 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of shots deep shots for for 654 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: on until this last week. He was doing great on 655 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: the yards per target basis. This last week was not 656 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: so great because he had fourteen targets for eight yards. 657 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: But but some of that obviously is Lamar and and uh, 658 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: he's he was off. He was off in position to 659 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: have the best year ever by a Ravens receiver at 660 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: any position in terms of yards per target. Um. Now 661 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: he's dropped off that pace a little bit, but but 662 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: still he Andrews and proche all all having terrific years 663 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: in terms of yards per target. You know, it's interesting 664 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: you talk about Lamar leading the NFL in terms of 665 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: time in which he's given to throw right and and 666 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: yet I think we are hearing a lot of you know, 667 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: Ravens fans are feeling a lot have a lot of 668 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: consternation right now about the past protection, especially after Lamar 669 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: was kind of you know, we saw a lot of 670 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: it against the Bengals. We saw certainly a lot of 671 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: it in Vegas in Week one. You know, there's a 672 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: lot of talk right now about do the Ravens need 673 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: to upgrade at tackle with McCarry out. You know, what 674 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: do we do to address this offensive line to protect 675 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: Lamar better? What you're saying, Lamar has a lot of 676 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: time to throw, more than any other quarterback in the league. 677 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: It's a complex statistic and you always have to kind 678 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: of analyze it from multiple perspective. So he um he 679 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: generates that time himself with his evasiveness in large part 680 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: and his willingness to throw late. So statuesque quarterbacks in 681 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: the pocket, Brady Manning, you know a lot of the 682 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: guys were familiar with. They get rid of the ball 683 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: quickly because one, they can generate uh quick separation, identify 684 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: it and throw it. But but number two, more importantly 685 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: is that they want to get rid of it instead 686 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: of getting sacked and being forced to run. Lamar's choice 687 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: is usually, oh well, if I'm under pressure, I'm gonna run. 688 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: And then sometimes he throws anyway, and that will pad 689 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: his statistic. You know, he's he's very comfortable with backside pressure, 690 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: more than any quarterback I've ever seen, probably in terms 691 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: of understanding that the left tackle. As long as he's 692 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: just giving ground, it's okay. If he bumps him the 693 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: way that's bumped him a number of times this year, 694 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: giving ground in that pocket um and then he can 695 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: he can use that as a signal to move. And 696 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: I've never seen that from from a real statute quarterback, 697 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: you know, a Flacco, Brady Manning. Any of these guys 698 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: who who want to be in the pocket to throw 699 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: the ball, they they start to go into the fetal position. 700 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: Well yeah, before before then even they sense it and 701 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: they go down, they have the internal clock, you know, 702 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: setting off in their head. Right. Yeah, well that's so 703 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: so with the offensive line, there's been so many injuries, 704 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: it's been kind of a change every week. What do 705 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: you think is the what do you think is kind 706 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: of the solution? There's the trade deadline, so the Ravens 707 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: trying to make a move to add a tackle. Tyree 708 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: Phillips now could maybe moving at right tackle with it 709 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: with the ankle injury to Makari. What is your take 710 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: on the offensive line and how this is going to 711 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: look moving forward? So what I think they will do 712 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: probably because the easiest solution is leave Phillips there for McCarey. 713 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: Given what they where they are. Um, you know, the 714 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: have lost a lot of their options during the season. 715 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: I think Ben Cleveland could have been an option at 716 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 1: right tackle. He's long, He's long enough. You know, he 717 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,800 Speaker 1: looked at his feet. They're not the greatest, but hey, 718 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 1: if you look at at Orlando Brown's uh ability to 719 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: really get to a speed rusher, he beat them mostly 720 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: with length and not with foot speed. So you know, 721 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: with Cleveland's unbelievable push that he can generate with that 722 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: massive frame, of his I think he could block twelve 723 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: to six on a lot of edge rushers, meaning get 724 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,280 Speaker 1: them to six o'clock south in the pocket as opposed 725 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: as opposed to letting them take that that preferred path 726 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: to the quarterback by beating him around the edge. I 727 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: think he would have had that ability, and he would 728 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: also given the Ravens an edge in the run game. 729 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: But it's obviously that's not a practical solution now because 730 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: because he's hurt, Uh Phil, he could come back, you know. 731 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: You know, Cleveland is a short term I R situation, 732 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 1: So is that declared in some way? It's not deed, 733 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: but I think Hardball said that. Hardball said it. Hardball 734 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: said that it's short term I R situation, but it's 735 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: not out for the rest of the year, right. But 736 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,399 Speaker 1: I don't know when exactly he's going to be back, 737 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: So you know, maybe he could be an option there. 738 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,800 Speaker 1: But you see a glimmer. I see a glimmer in 739 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: Ken's I when we when we say that it would 740 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: be great, I mean, I you know, I thought my 741 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: understanding was he wasn't going to talk about injuries anymore, 742 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: and I really hadn't heard whether he whether he said 743 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: anything about that. Yeah, I know you are. You are 744 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: a big Cleveland guy, though you're high Cleveland. Can you 745 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: talk about that a little bit? Yeah, I mean I 746 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,320 Speaker 1: love him at guard, Uh, he gets a ton of push. 747 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: Ravens are are pretty good and into your offensive line 748 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,800 Speaker 1: actually is all pretty solid right now. But but Cleveland 749 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: also has better movement characteristics measurables. Movement measurables, you put 750 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 1: it that way, then powers or than Bozeman. So if 751 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: Bozeman can become a great pulling guard as he did, 752 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: then I think there's no reasonably Cleveland can't become a 753 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 1: good pulling guard, devastating polling guard, you know, with his 754 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: additional man us and and uh, you know, ability to 755 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: deliver a blow. In terms of his past blocking, I 756 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: really loved him from Georgia in terms of his ability 757 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: to while he was playing right guard then a lot, 758 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: but but at left guard. Uh in the NFL, his 759 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: ability to process from center to tackle, meaning he starts 760 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 1: by helping the center on a double team, and as 761 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: soon as he's able he's a quick help blocker after 762 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: he realized, goes through his other responsibilities very quickly in 763 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: processes and then helps that tackle boy, Villeneueva could really 764 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 1: use that. So so while they could use them a tackle, 765 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: they could really really use him a guard again. Powers 766 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: by the way, a couple of nice help blocks in 767 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: this last game that bailed out Villeneueva. Uh too, But 768 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 1: that the tackles need help, and they needed even when 769 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: McCarry was there. They they've been using a ton of 770 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,800 Speaker 1: their eligible receivers as set and ship blockers. It reached 771 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,800 Speaker 1: a high this last week with thirty eight set and 772 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: ship blockers total thirteen ship on thirty six past plays 773 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,919 Speaker 1: while Jackson was in the game. So basically, what that's 774 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: saying is that they're they're expending a lot of their 775 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: eligible receiver effort to to set and s block on 776 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: the edge, and almost everyone is on the edge there. 777 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: We look at the left, middle, or right, and there 778 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 1: were like one or two middles, but but almost everything 779 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: was a left or right. In terms of whether it's 780 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: chip Blox were gone. How much do you think Nick 781 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: Boyle's pending return can help the offensive tackles and and 782 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,399 Speaker 1: the run game. Um, it can help. I mean he's 783 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: a good pass blocker, He's he's an even better run blocker, 784 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,439 Speaker 1: I would say, And uh, you know, it'll help get 785 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: some motion double teams. Uh and he and Ricard on 786 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,880 Speaker 1: the field is a devastating combo. That's really the secret sauce. 787 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: Maybe to get the running game going again. Uh, I 788 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: think it will help. I think, you know, having on 789 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 1: the field probably helps the passing game some too. He's 790 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 1: a really good late release guy to be a target 791 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,680 Speaker 1: for Lamar. So I think there's there's a lot of 792 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 1: positives certainly better than having uh, you know, having a 793 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: running back in that role who chips and releases. All right, So, Ken, 794 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 1: this is the bye week, and last week on the 795 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: bye week, the Ravens made a move for Yaniken, Goackway 796 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: and Ryan I no longer had a bye week. Okay, 797 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 1: so my question here is our bye week gonna be 798 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: ruined once again by a trade at the deadline. So 799 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure about this. I'll just say it's 800 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 1: the easiest thing. But the lack of available cap is 801 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 1: a huge impediment to the Ravens because they really can't 802 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: pick up any player without having the other team fund 803 00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 1: the salary for the remainder of in so doing, that 804 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: limits the number of trade partners because a lot of 805 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 1: teams have don't have very much cap to deal with, 806 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,279 Speaker 1: and it also creates a situation where the Ravens will 807 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: have to probably overpay in terms of draft capital for 808 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: using that privilege on the seller that they find. So 809 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 1: there are teams that have some cap, and there are 810 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: teams that have some players and they might sell out. 811 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,359 Speaker 1: You know, Morgan Moses is in nim that's being thrown 812 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: around right now, as as a guy who might be available. 813 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: That would be you know, interesting, probably a fairly good improvement. 814 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: But um, I'm I think it's possible the Ravens will 815 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,680 Speaker 1: just stand pat. They love their two thousand draft capital. 816 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a much deeper, better draft. And I 817 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,080 Speaker 1: think you gotta look right now at this season and 818 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: I don't want to predict the tailspin or anything here, 819 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: but I think you got to look at Cincinnati and 820 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: say they're healthy, They very well could be the class 821 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,880 Speaker 1: of this division right now. And do you want to 822 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 1: really put all your chips you want to go all 823 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: in on a playoff run when you're gonna have to 824 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,280 Speaker 1: start on the road and play probably all on the road, uh, 825 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: in a year like this, or do you want to 826 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 1: read you know, start already looking too with the injuries 827 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: that have happened, but do the best you can. On 828 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: the other side of that, you got a chance, you 829 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,880 Speaker 1: go for a baby. You guys are you guys are 830 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,280 Speaker 1: the yin to my yang obviously, so it's uh, it's positive. 831 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,359 Speaker 1: He's ready to start playing for draft picks, you know, 832 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: Ken Ken's doing his mock draft ready for the upcoming season. Well, 833 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,399 Speaker 1: we got some good tackles out there. Let's go ahead 834 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: and just pack it in for the high draft pick. Yeah, well, 835 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, you know how it goes. I mean, sometimes 836 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,959 Speaker 1: you gotta look at what the what the roster looks 837 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: like right now and really ask yourself that question. If you, 838 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: by the way, if you'd ask me last week, I'd 839 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 1: be in a much more positive let's go for it 840 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: and then this happen. You know, you never know that. 841 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I understand what you're saying. But like the Bengals, 842 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,839 Speaker 1: like you said, like are crazy healthy, Like you never 843 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: know when that changes for them, Like you know, it 844 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: just the world balances out when the Bengal is gonna 845 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 1: selfer some injuries and have to deal with some of 846 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,360 Speaker 1: the adversity of the Ravens have. Well that's a fair question. 847 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:21,799 Speaker 1: But I do know that that's not going to all 848 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:27,359 Speaker 1: happen at once. So it's gonna take down. It's gonna 849 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: it's gonna take them wild. You have for them to 850 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:30,400 Speaker 1: get a road to the way the Ravens have. The 851 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: Ravens are just unbelievably uh beat up right now, and 852 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 1: you know, the Browns got there. The Browns, I think, 853 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: have got into a spot that's pretty similar to the 854 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: Ravens in terms of getting hurt. But it's gonna be 855 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 1: very hard for another team to do that. Yeah, well, Ken, 856 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,680 Speaker 1: we appreciate you coming on for listeners out there. You 857 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: can find Ken's work at film study Baltimore dot com. 858 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: Best in the business of breaking it down. Ken, we 859 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 1: really appreciate it, buddy. Thanks for having me and always 860 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 1: a pleasure to talk with you guys. Awesome can thanks 861 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 1: so much. Sunday right around the corner, draft your lineups 862 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,360 Speaker 1: now to feel the sweat with Draft Kings, the official 863 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 1: daily fantasy sports partner of the Baltimore Ravens. Life is 864 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,880 Speaker 1: more fun when you have skin in the game. Download 865 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: the Draft Kings app to check out all the action 866 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,799 Speaker 1: and daily contests with new users. 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I mentioned Coral Patterson, Curtis Samuel 875 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: was you has been used in that way um down 876 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 1: in Carolina, and they the Panthers had some success with them. Like, yeah, 877 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: it's not like I mean, Camp wasn't suggesting this. I 878 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,800 Speaker 1: mean he suggested if you do it ten times a game, 879 00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 1: but like if you do it for which is a lot? 880 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 1: Which is a lot? I mean, I mean, you're not 881 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 1: handed it all. June is not getting thirty carries between 882 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,880 Speaker 1: the tackles. That's not what anybody's suggesting here. But I 883 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,880 Speaker 1: think that would be an interesting change of pace to 884 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 1: put him back there. And I like the other thing 885 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 1: that I do like about it is that it keeps 886 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,520 Speaker 1: him on the field. And we all we've all spent 887 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: time talking about how we like what we've seen from 888 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: Dubne and you know, every time that guy touches the ball, 889 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,399 Speaker 1: good things happen. That's what I always Yeah, so that's 890 00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:27,439 Speaker 1: I'm not against it. Yeah, I think that's an interesting idea. Um, 891 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: what's your take? Do you expect a trade over the 892 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,880 Speaker 1: course of the next few days? You know, I was 893 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 1: steadfastly in the you don't need another running back. The 894 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,279 Speaker 1: Ravens already have this collection of running backs, Like what 895 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 1: how much better is anybody going to be? But that 896 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,960 Speaker 1: Bengals game was a tough showing, I thought for some 897 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,200 Speaker 1: of the running backs, and I'm starting to sway a 898 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,560 Speaker 1: little bit in the other direction. But Ken's also got 899 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: me being like, maybe Marleon Mack isn't the game right, 900 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:03,760 Speaker 1: you know? Um, that one, that one is, like I think, 901 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 1: on the surface, like the cheapest and most like feasible, 902 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: like attempts to maybe provide a solution like going out 903 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 1: and getting a starting right tackle that like you're gonna say, Okay, 904 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,200 Speaker 1: this guy is so like, we're gonna spend the resources 905 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,800 Speaker 1: to get this guy because he's you know, not only 906 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: good right now, but when McCarry comes back, like I'm 907 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,480 Speaker 1: not giving up a fourth round pick for a guy 908 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,120 Speaker 1: who's gonna play three games or whatever, and then McCarry 909 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,880 Speaker 1: is going to replace him. Like, No, if I'm trading 910 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:35,200 Speaker 1: any decent draft capital to get a right tackle, then 911 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,040 Speaker 1: they better play the rest of the season like a 912 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,439 Speaker 1: Moriam Moses like is being talked about. That's not gonna 913 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 1: come cheap. And and the other wrinkle in that whole 914 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,880 Speaker 1: thing is Jun James, who's on the non football injury 915 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: list right now after tearing his achilles in very early 916 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:54,799 Speaker 1: May March? Can her was it March? Maybe it was May? 917 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,880 Speaker 1: Maybe it was May. Sorry, I think it was May. 918 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:02,799 Speaker 1: Um and so yeah, early May. So, Um, you know, 919 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,279 Speaker 1: is he a potential solution down the stretch? You know, 920 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,720 Speaker 1: can you come back in in mid to late November 921 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:13,000 Speaker 1: or whatever? He sims a minimum of eight games, Um, 922 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,560 Speaker 1: I think he'll get that. You know, he's already missed seven. 923 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 1: So he's somebody also that makes me say, you know, 924 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: if you can just get through this stretch right now 925 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,759 Speaker 1: with McCarry down entiree Phillips, I think can do that. 926 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,280 Speaker 1: You know. The Ravens have reportedly also worked out Cedric 927 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,680 Speaker 1: or have already signed actually to the practice squad Cedric 928 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: booi Um who has starting experience, So like, can you 929 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,399 Speaker 1: get through this stretch and then get me carried back 930 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,200 Speaker 1: on the field. And then if if you feel like 931 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,800 Speaker 1: John James is an upgrade over McCarry at that point, 932 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,160 Speaker 1: you know, like everybody's kind of talking about with Morgan Moses, 933 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,120 Speaker 1: then maybe he can do that. So I don't know. 934 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:54,719 Speaker 1: I think trading for a tackle, Yeah, the money situation 935 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,080 Speaker 1: is a real challenge to pull off a deal, I think, 936 00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:01,399 Speaker 1: particularly for an offensive lineman, major and pediment. Yeah, it's 937 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: it's that's that makes it tough to see that happening. 938 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,840 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't be surprised if nothing happens. To be honest, now, 939 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,040 Speaker 1: Eric is shown he is not afraid to pull the 940 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,960 Speaker 1: trigger on a trade mid season. That's been proven. So 941 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,840 Speaker 1: but he has to be able to do it. He 942 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,120 Speaker 1: has to have the salary cap space. Ye, yep, you 943 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 1: gotta have you gotta have the partner, you gotta have 944 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: a cap space. So there's kind of a lot of 945 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: things that are standing in the way of that happening. 946 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,440 Speaker 1: I'll put it at I'm gonna go fIF percent is 947 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: what I'm setting it at right now. I'm I'm not 948 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,440 Speaker 1: saying zero, but I'm saying I like that you're putting 949 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,520 Speaker 1: a number on. This gets into a question from our guy, 950 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:43,040 Speaker 1: Daniel Mills. He says, Hey, fellas, should I answer this question? 951 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,480 Speaker 1: Daniel Mills beat me in the Fantasy Championship in our 952 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,160 Speaker 1: International Fantasy League last year. You should be asking the 953 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,200 Speaker 1: questions and Daniel should be answering him. It sounds like 954 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:56,800 Speaker 1: the whole Wow, I like Daniel all right. He says, 955 00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,520 Speaker 1: what position do you guys feel is the weakest on 956 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,680 Speaker 1: the team right now? And what position could you see 957 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:05,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens seeking help at before the deadline? Running back? Secondary? Tackle? 958 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,960 Speaker 1: Uh so we can already kind of answered this a 959 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,520 Speaker 1: little bit. I mean the position group that is probably 960 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,319 Speaker 1: the weakest, I'd have to say is running back, right. 961 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,600 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what happens when you lose your top 962 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:19,920 Speaker 1: two guys right before the season, right, you're two like starters. 963 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,640 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's a tough blow. Um. So the 964 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:27,080 Speaker 1: Ravens of you know, I think gotten, you know, we're 965 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,120 Speaker 1: in a they got kind of fortunate that, like, you know, 966 00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:33,600 Speaker 1: Let'tavius Murray gets let go, Levian Bell is available. Vonta 967 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,319 Speaker 1: Freeman gets let go, and like I think, I don't 968 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:38,760 Speaker 1: want to like sit here and dog in the running 969 00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:40,680 Speaker 1: backs because there's been good moments, like I thought Freeman 970 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,920 Speaker 1: has showed some juice at times, you know, and and 971 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,040 Speaker 1: let Tavia's like, you know, he was showed some power 972 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:49,480 Speaker 1: on the goal line, like he was getting into the 973 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,279 Speaker 1: end zone like you know, I thought he was. He 974 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,239 Speaker 1: was for the most part, I think he was picked 975 00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,520 Speaker 1: getting the yards that were there. Yeah, I I do 976 00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,200 Speaker 1: think it's I do think it's funny. And we always say, 977 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:01,400 Speaker 1: you know, there's ask of swings from one win to 978 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: a loss, and that's a little bit what's happening right now. 979 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,840 Speaker 1: But the week before, all three running backs got in 980 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,480 Speaker 1: the end zone and there was a little bit of 981 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,520 Speaker 1: a few Well that was right. That was against the 982 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: worst run defense in the league. I know, but I 983 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,000 Speaker 1: don't think anybody was saying so was anyone talking on 984 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,239 Speaker 1: the Monday and Tuesday after the Chargers game, well the 985 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,319 Speaker 1: Ravens better make a trade for running back. I know 986 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,040 Speaker 1: you weren't saying that. No one was saying it. So 987 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:21,719 Speaker 1: I'm just I just think that that is something that 988 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,520 Speaker 1: could they make a trade for running back? Yes, again, 989 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,399 Speaker 1: I just talked about that, but I think that there's 990 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:32,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of the recency bias of it was 991 00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:34,640 Speaker 1: a bad game for the running backs. Now you have 992 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,960 Speaker 1: to make a trade. It's a it's an undeniable situation 993 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:40,759 Speaker 1: that you have to you have to take care of it. 994 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:44,240 Speaker 1: And I don't necessarily think that's true either. I agree 995 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,840 Speaker 1: with that. I agree that. All right, next question, uh, 996 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,680 Speaker 1: comes from Eric Clark. It's got a lot in here, Garret, 997 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,880 Speaker 1: get ready, buck up, buddy. All right. He says, Hey, guys, 998 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:55,840 Speaker 1: five and two, what a roller coaster to get here? Uh. 999 00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,319 Speaker 1: He has several questions. He says, you gotta pick one, 1000 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:02,680 Speaker 1: Make gotta pick one, make gotta pick one. Alright, alright, 1001 00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,160 Speaker 1: let me go through here. All right, hold on, give 1002 00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,840 Speaker 1: us the best one, Give us the best one. And 1003 00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,480 Speaker 1: as you're reading, I'll remind listeners that they can always 1004 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,919 Speaker 1: email us at the Lounge dot Ravens dot NFL dot net. 1005 00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,480 Speaker 1: Make sure you do that. 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Okay, 1013 00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,800 Speaker 1: One is he says, it seems like good defensive coordinators 1014 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,799 Speaker 1: want the game to put the game on Lamar's quick decisions. 1015 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:47,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's almost like a Lamar contain rush hard 1016 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,960 Speaker 1: from the outside, make him step up, but contain with 1017 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,000 Speaker 1: your your interior guys and your linebackers, and then he 1018 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,279 Speaker 1: has to quickly decide run or throw. If he hesitates, 1019 00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:01,800 Speaker 1: sex usually happen. Would you agree with that analysis, Garrett, Well, 1020 00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:07,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like I think that's probably 1021 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,120 Speaker 1: a little bit too simplistic of a way of looking 1022 00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:11,319 Speaker 1: at it, Like I think any team would love to 1023 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:13,839 Speaker 1: but it basically the assumption there is you get good 1024 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:17,399 Speaker 1: pressure around the edge and good interior pressure. Like yes, 1025 00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,239 Speaker 1: I think, well, the interior is the contain. It's not 1026 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:23,120 Speaker 1: really their assignment is not to really pressure. It's just 1027 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,800 Speaker 1: to keep him basically, but to keep him from getting 1028 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:30,120 Speaker 1: outside the pocket, you know, correct, And of course like yeah, 1029 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,320 Speaker 1: if you if you have that as an option, sure, 1030 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,680 Speaker 1: Like I think most defensive coordinations say I would I 1031 00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:39,920 Speaker 1: would love that. So I don't know, I don't I 1032 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: don't know that I necessarily see it that way. Like 1033 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,000 Speaker 1: you're again, you're there's kind of a lot of assumptions there, 1034 00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:47,440 Speaker 1: if you can. I don't really see that. Yeah, I 1035 00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:50,520 Speaker 1: think I honestly don't think that there's been like a 1036 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,439 Speaker 1: go to solution, you know, this is this is kind 1037 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,480 Speaker 1: of reminds you of the figured that out, figured him 1038 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:57,799 Speaker 1: out camp. You know, I don't know that there has 1039 00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,759 Speaker 1: been like a go to you know, like Ken was 1040 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,920 Speaker 1: talking about, I mean the charges blitz the snot out 1041 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,120 Speaker 1: of Lamar, uh, you know. And then other teams have 1042 00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,920 Speaker 1: like laid back like teams have not necessarily taken a 1043 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,319 Speaker 1: they certainly have not taken a consistent approach um and 1044 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:15,240 Speaker 1: and actually Great Roman talked about that recently and said, 1045 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,720 Speaker 1: kind of end game adjustments and game planning has totally 1046 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,239 Speaker 1: changed because they're seeing something different every single week, and 1047 00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,440 Speaker 1: a lot of teams basically they roll out the Lamar 1048 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,080 Speaker 1: package where it doesn't they don't use it any other 1049 00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,040 Speaker 1: time during the season, but then they play the Ravens 1050 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,640 Speaker 1: and they spend that week game playing very specifically for 1051 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,319 Speaker 1: what the Ravens do it it's different every week. Well 1052 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,359 Speaker 1: it hasn't. They don't spend just that week they've been. 1053 00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:37,839 Speaker 1: Teams see the Ravens on their schedule and they start 1054 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,799 Speaker 1: planning in in you know, April. For how sure the 1055 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,040 Speaker 1: division teams. That's definitely true for the division teams. I 1056 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:46,879 Speaker 1: bet the other teams too. I mean, they don't spend 1057 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,759 Speaker 1: the whole off season, but I bet they're they're they 1058 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,080 Speaker 1: work that into the mix. I bet. Anyway, Um, here's 1059 00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: another point that and this is kind of an interesting 1060 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,040 Speaker 1: one to the Duverne kind of stuff. Says, with our 1061 00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:00,400 Speaker 1: run games stalling, could we just please do what the 1062 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,200 Speaker 1: Steelers did last year and get the ball in our 1063 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,399 Speaker 1: wide receiver's hands quickly to act as our run game. 1064 00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,080 Speaker 1: That's basically thrist through a ton of screens and quick 1065 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:13,879 Speaker 1: little slants. Um. Ben last year, Now, let's that's not 1066 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:18,840 Speaker 1: Let's remember the Steelers offense basically imploded exactly exactly, and 1067 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:21,200 Speaker 1: they were getting rid of the ball. And the Steelers, 1068 00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:22,799 Speaker 1: I mean Ben last year when the Ravens played him, 1069 00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:24,040 Speaker 1: he just getting rid of the ball faster than he 1070 00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,120 Speaker 1: ever had in his career. And the fastest in the league. 1071 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:29,879 Speaker 1: So I look, I think now now the Ravens would 1072 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:32,400 Speaker 1: have the CounterPunch to that, where like you don't have 1073 00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:34,760 Speaker 1: to do that all the time. I mean, ben Ben 1074 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,520 Speaker 1: is like you standing in the pocket these days, just 1075 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,640 Speaker 1: stiff as a board as a statue back there, so 1076 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,720 Speaker 1: like he has to get rid of the ball quickly. 1077 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:47,000 Speaker 1: This option, you know, Lamar can still you know, take 1078 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:48,959 Speaker 1: some deep shots like we were talking about with ken 1079 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:50,960 Speaker 1: By some time, take some deep shots, like you don't 1080 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,520 Speaker 1: have to do this. This isn't your only option. This 1081 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,439 Speaker 1: is just a option instead of to take some heat 1082 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,640 Speaker 1: off the run. Sure, Like do I think that they 1083 00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:01,920 Speaker 1: could use some get the ball quickly to Duverney. We 1084 00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:03,480 Speaker 1: already talked about the end a round because they get 1085 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:06,800 Speaker 1: the ball quickly to Hollywood out there on some screens. 1086 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,759 Speaker 1: I think that there could be maybe a little bit 1087 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:15,360 Speaker 1: more of that. Um. But like, I'm also not gonna 1088 00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:18,080 Speaker 1: go completely to the direction. Like the Ravens run game 1089 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,440 Speaker 1: has been the bread and butter of this team for 1090 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,200 Speaker 1: the last two and a half years, and so I'm 1091 00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 1: just not in the camp of abandon the run and 1092 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,360 Speaker 1: and the Ravens stop trying to run the ball. Like, 1093 00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,719 Speaker 1: I'm just I think that there's different things. I'm very 1094 00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,879 Speaker 1: interesting to see how Nick Boyle helps that run game too. Yes, yes, 1095 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:36,880 Speaker 1: I'm just not. I am not giving up on the 1096 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,000 Speaker 1: run game like the Steelers did that because they couldn't 1097 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:41,439 Speaker 1: run the ball and so they had to pass the ball. 1098 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm not. I don't think it's the same situation for 1099 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens. I would agree with that. I would agree 1100 00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,800 Speaker 1: with that anyway. Thank you for the email, Eric Uh 1101 00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,319 Speaker 1: And you know, we are going to enjoy these few 1102 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:57,680 Speaker 1: days off unless breaking news happens, which it always goes um, 1103 00:52:57,719 --> 00:52:59,680 Speaker 1: but we'll be back with you next week. The Ravens 1104 00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,120 Speaker 1: are going to play the Minnesota Vikings coming off the 1105 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:06,400 Speaker 1: by then they have games against the Dolphins and Bears. 1106 00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,040 Speaker 1: We got a chance to go on a little bit 1107 00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:11,799 Speaker 1: of a run here. I like John Harball's record after 1108 00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:16,720 Speaker 1: a bye consistently been strong after extra rest. The Ravens 1109 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,160 Speaker 1: could get some players back we already talked about Nick Boyle. 1110 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,160 Speaker 1: Derek Wolf returned to practice this week. Can they get 1111 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:25,000 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins back on the field. Those I think it 1112 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:29,720 Speaker 1: would all three be big, big additions for this team. 1113 00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,600 Speaker 1: You know what, I'm going to anti Ken, things are 1114 00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:37,000 Speaker 1: looking alright. We're not packing it in, are you, Kidney? 1115 00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:39,800 Speaker 1: You just here's what you gotta get to the dance. 1116 00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:41,960 Speaker 1: When you get to the dance, who the hell knows 1117 00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:44,239 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. That's what I always say. Just get 1118 00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:46,760 Speaker 1: to the you and can see you and Cander spending 1119 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:48,920 Speaker 1: way too much time talking about the dance and the 1120 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,600 Speaker 1: playoffs and all the stuff. Just be the Vikings, one 1121 00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,600 Speaker 1: game at a time. Well I'm taking, oh god, I'm taking. 1122 00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:56,279 Speaker 1: You know, you spent all the time last week talking 1123 00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,880 Speaker 1: about it's a week to week league and all that, 1124 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,080 Speaker 1: and and you can't make any any sort of sweeping judgments. 1125 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:04,080 Speaker 1: That was your whole point, right, So now it's my 1126 00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,399 Speaker 1: turn to take the coach speak and say, one game 1127 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,719 Speaker 1: at a time, just focus on the Minnesota Vikings, beat them, 1128 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,560 Speaker 1: and then worry about what's after that. Once you take 1129 00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:15,279 Speaker 1: care of business against Minnesota, that's the focus. That's all 1130 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,400 Speaker 1: you gotta worry about. Sounds good to me, everybody out there. 1131 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,520 Speaker 1: Enjoy your bye, watch some football, have some pumpkin beers, 1132 00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:24,560 Speaker 1: sign up for the Wine Club, and we'll be back 1133 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:25,640 Speaker 1: with you next week.