1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: The Ravens have been so good for so long that 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: now that they're not making the playoffs very frequently people 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,319 Speaker 1: are upset. And you know, when you spoil us with 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: being good for so long, when you're not, it's we're 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: gonna be happy. Give the media free piece on Wednesdays, 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: and then you look for great stories afterwards. Ever worse 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: every time. So did it work? Super Bowl? Welcome into 8 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: the lounge, all of us, all of you fans out there. 9 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: This is a big one. It's the fan episode. Garrett. Well, 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, oftentimes we try to figure out who the 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: guests is going to be, and we have conversations about 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: should we get this player or this coach or whatever. 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: And this actually opportunity. I wish we could take credit 14 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: for it, but we had a little help. Yes, in 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: this regard, it's true. So we have the co host 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: of the Purple Rain Show at Purple Rain Show, Phil 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: Genteel with us here in the quote unquote studio in 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: the lounge, and he is going to be the fan representative. 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: He's the voice of the fans, all right. So more importantly, 20 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: I got to eat in the cafeterias. That's the only 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: reason I'm here. Well, That was our our tactic to 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: butter you up, because you know, we've seen we've seen 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: the anger and the frustration on social media fans they 24 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: are a little they're a little cheese right now, and 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: so we figured we bring you in and butter you up. 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: Nothing better. We know as fellow journalists, you know the 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: best way to get a good right up is to 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: feed somebody. Yeah exactly. I mean it's like, you know, 29 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: teams and organizations have used this trick for years. You 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: give the media free pizza on Wednesdays and then you 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: look for great stories afterwards. It works every time. So 32 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: did it worker? Bowl to um. Yeah that all the 33 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: Ravens fans voted. We had a big meeting and they 34 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: picked me. So I'm glad I'm here and I represent them. Well, 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: you know, nice nice. I also want to start talking 36 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: about your your twittle Twitter handle a little bit. I 37 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: hate JJ reading because we're definitely in the same boat 38 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: on that. I hate that guy. I actually don't hate 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: him anymore. I when I had my old website, which 40 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: was called I Hate JJ Redding dot com, I interviewed him. 41 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: It was the nicest guy ever foot foodie and I 42 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: actually emailed him last week because somebody came across Twitter 43 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: where he said he didn't believe in dinosaurs or something. 44 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: So I shout him an email like what's just like 45 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: two words, like what's up with this man? Because like 46 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: it was taking out of context. I don't really believe that. 47 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: I think it was just a joke. But he actually 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: emailed me. I think a couple of years ago his 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: wife or a sister was coming to town one of 50 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: some recommendations for crab cakes. So you sent him over 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: with Johnny, Jimmy, jim Johnny, Sorry Jimmy, but yeah, he's 52 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: a good, good guy man. So Twitter handle grabs people's attention, 53 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: which is good. You got my I'll have to let 54 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: it go. Yeah, you gotta let it out. You got 55 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: a good recommendation from exactly all right, So Phil hit 56 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: us with your biggest right that you have right now? 57 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: All right? You have the I that out here? How many? 58 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: How many grapes? I have a giant scroll of it. 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: Actually I don't have as many grapes as most fans do. 60 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: A lot of fans are are. And you guys did 61 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: a show a couple a couple of weeks ago about 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: it the continuity. Uh, you know the Ravens have missed 63 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs four out of five years. Everyone knows that. 64 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: Everyone listening knows that. Um, you know, promoting wink Martin 65 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: Dale and you know, keeping Marty morning Wagon after a 66 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: year that they had this season, fans are just upset. 67 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: Fans want something different and they see the teams in 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: our division. They see, uh, some of the offenses around 69 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: the league and what they can do, and then you know, 70 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: it's it's tough to watch the Ravens. If I wasn't 71 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: a Ravens fan, I would not watch the Ravens. You know, 72 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: it's it's tough. Sometimes they're not fun to watch. Um, 73 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: and they need some playmakers. But I think it goes 74 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: back to the coaching staff. People aren't happy with it. 75 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a hardball fan. I think he's one 76 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: of the top five top ten at at the worst 77 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: coaches in the league. Um. But you know we're spoiled. 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: Ravens fans are spoiled. Um, just like I'm spoiled. This 79 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: I fell in here has worked for me for ten years. 80 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: It's never not worked. So when it stops working, I'm 81 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: gonna be pissed. The Ravens have been so good for 82 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: so long that now that they're you know, not making 83 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Very frequently people are upset and you know, 84 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: it's spoil us with being good for so long. When 85 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: you're not, it's we're gonna be happy. I can sense 86 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: that and feel that, and I understand it. I mean, 87 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: the continuity thing is definitely like an interesting question. That's 88 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: why we kind of did a whole episode on that 89 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: that that topic, because there is that sense of why 90 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: you look at a team like the Steelers. The Steelers 91 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: have one of the best offenses in the league. They 92 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: go to the divisional round of the playoffs and then 93 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: they lose, and then they make a change of offensive coordinator. Well, 94 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: that's kind of unique circumstances. It was that wasn't because 95 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: of the offensives. But there are teams that are teams 96 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: that make those changes. I mean, the Titans went and 97 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: they want a playoff games, they changed, they fired their 98 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: head coach. Like there are teams that have had more 99 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: success in recent years recently than the Ravens that have 100 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 1: made changes, and so I mean, I understand the sense 101 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: they're I think the one thing I said in the 102 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: last episode is wink is a change like and I 103 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: think that I'm excited to see what he does, Like 104 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what he does with his defense 105 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: because I think that he will have an aggressive mentality 106 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: that people will like. Yeah, I'm gonna hold off judgment. 107 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about him, and I'm sure the 108 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: press conference later today, you guys are gonna ask him 109 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: about his time in Denver. We talked about during our 110 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: fantastic lunch, right, you didn't have the best players to 111 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: work with yet an aging Dawkins and Champ Bailey back 112 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: there in the secondary. So I think he's got much 113 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: more talent here to work with here. So I'm hoping, 114 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: you know, like I'm hoping it's something different because it's 115 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: been the defense the last two seasons on the last 116 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: play where we need him to stop and they haven't 117 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: done it done. And this defense was much improved this year. 118 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: But you know, when you can't come up with players 119 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: like you know in crunch time, it's then making making 120 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: a break in your season. That's what That's what it's 121 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: going to be. I one thing that you mentioned that 122 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: I agree with is, uh, this team needs to be 123 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: more fun to watch. I think it's time for that. 124 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: You know, pakers, it was all it was all in 125 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: on defense, right, and I get it, and I and 126 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, rightfully, So Baltimore is a 127 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: fan base in a city that's built on defensive football. 128 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: You know, we've all taken pleasure in that, right, and 129 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: I think that the bet this year was make the 130 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: defense really good. And it wasn't. Football decisions oftentimes are 131 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: made to win games, not necessarily with the fan of course, 132 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, winning is what really helps fans the best, 133 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: that's what attracts fans. But you know, so it was 134 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: really an emphasis on improving the defense. And my thinking was, 135 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: all right, if the defense can be dominant, then this 136 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: seems gonna be really fun. The offense can be good enough, right, 137 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: And but that then the offense had to be good enough. 138 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: The offense can't be the worst in the league like 139 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: it was the first half the season. It's just not palatable. 140 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: It just turns you off. So I think if the 141 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: offense is like okay, and if we can get some playmakers, 142 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: we even better. Like when we had Ray Rice. When 143 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: Ray Race was here, he was a dynamic playmaker that 144 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: you kind of you want to become sick. Yeah, you 145 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, he could bust a run for 146 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: a touchdown exactly at any point. And I think they 147 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: were hamps on the share with you know, Danny Woodhead 148 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: was a big pick up, and he got injured on 149 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: the first drive of the season, was out for seven 150 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: or eight weeks. Jeremy Macklin was a huge bus for us. 151 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean, a very talented player everywhere has been and 152 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: just really didn't produce. And I think pairman is a 153 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: big one. Pairman. Everything we heard from every player, on 154 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: every interview, on every article you guys wrote was at 155 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: The coaching staff loved him. He was looking great, and 156 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: he took a huge step hours that's a sixth team. 157 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: He was actually pretty good. I think he had forty 158 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: some catches five six hundred yards. You know, he was 159 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: trending upwards. But I just don't know if it's a 160 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: lack of confidence, but yeah, you got you gotta get 161 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: some players in here that can. You know, I hate 162 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: to say fantasy football mentality, but that's what fans want 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: to watch. I mean, you're you're asking people to spend 164 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: their entire day. They get up early, the tailgate, they're 165 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: not leaving the parking lots until at best five or six, 166 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: with so much traffic and stuff, You're devoting a whole 167 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: day to go see this team you wanted to be entertaining. 168 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not gonna go see a movie over 169 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: and over again if it's not fun to watch. You know, 170 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: that's the name of the game. Yeah, I completely agree 171 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: with you, and I think that that will be in 172 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: large part what the strategy is this season. Really, if 173 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: you just look at it logistically, the defense could probably 174 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: wind up and play right now. I mean, in terms 175 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: of guys that you have coming back, the offense is 176 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: clearly not the case. So I think a lot of 177 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: work is going to be put into that, and that 178 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: actually leads us to we have a bunch of fan 179 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: questions here, does not just film you're the representatives, Yeah, 180 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: you have some right, So this one comes from Cakes Mitchell. Cakes, 181 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: thank you very much. Also for your first name. Follow 182 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: him on Twitter feeds. Right, yeah, yeah, So we're gonna 183 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: roll into this audio question from Cakes. Hey, Ryanan Garrett, 184 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: this is Cakes Mitchell, and my question for you guys 185 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: is that if the Ravens do draft a receiver high 186 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: up in the draft, whether it be Calvin Ridley or 187 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: someone else. Do you think that puts a nail in 188 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: the coffin for Brashad Perriman becoming a number one receiver? Yes, 189 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: Cake wants, Cakes wants to know if you draft the 190 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: wide receivers, Brashode Perriman basically done. My feeling on this 191 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 1: is that Brashad status doesn't have that much to do 192 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: with what the Ravens do elsewhere. Like, I don't think 193 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: that his role is going to be predicated on whether 194 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: the Ravens drafted receiver in the first round and second 195 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: like the Ravens are gonna the Ravens are gonna draft 196 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: at least one receiver, maybe two, and they're going to 197 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: add at least one receiver maybe too in free agency. 198 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: You mean, the only guys that are on this team 199 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: going in the next season right now are Chris Moore 200 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: and Brenda Brendon and I am the show Quincy at 201 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 1: a boy chow, all right, So that's it, that's it. 202 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: My goal is free agent Macklin right now is on 203 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: the camp and as free agent. So my point is 204 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna add guys, and so Brashad I think he's 205 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: coming in. He's gonna have to earn his spot regardless 206 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: of what they do. Old man like, he's gonna have 207 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: to earn his spot, Like I don't. Now, I don't think. 208 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: I think he's still hopefully has him to show us, 209 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, and I think he's earned at least a 210 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 1: chance to make the roster next year. So but but 211 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: the expectation to me is my point is he's gonna 212 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: have to come into training camp next year and have 213 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: to earn his place on the team. And the question 214 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: is really right specific to being a number one wide receiver, right, 215 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: So to me, coming off of less season, his Perryman's 216 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 1: second season, the Ravens really kind of pushed all the 217 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: chips since the setting the table on Peraman news here 218 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: and they said, we're gonna we're gonna make this guys started. 219 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: We're gonna give him the shots to be a starter 220 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: opposite Mike Wallace. Now they signed Macklin. Yeah, they signed 221 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: Macklin late, so they kind of headed their bets because 222 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: that was because Perryn got hurt. They added Macklin. They 223 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: kind of added an insurance policy, right, But Perryman still 224 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: got his opportunities at the beginning of the season for sure. 225 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: Now he also got hurt, so that put him beyond 226 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: the eight ball. But I think I kind of disagree 227 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: with you, Garrett. I think that if the Ravens do 228 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: draft a first round wide receiver, right and let's say 229 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: they draft, they signed somebody in free agency shop, Perryn 230 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: might start training camp in minicamp on field to working 231 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: with the second team offense. But he could be on 232 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: field too. Even if they don't add they're gonna add somebody, 233 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: he could be on field two growth. It depends. So 234 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: when they add that person, I think if they were, 235 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: if they were to start right now, he's probably on 236 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: field too. Right now. That's probably where it is. I 237 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: don't think if if they if they bring back if 238 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: they bring back Mike wl, so they bring back Camp 239 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: in aarrow, in a position where he still has kind 240 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: of what Phil will say, he still has enough potential 241 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: where you have to give him some opportunities. If they 242 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: draft the first start round receiver and that guy needs 243 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: to be ready to go week one, that guy is 244 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: going to take some of those opportunities practice opportunities away 245 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: from Perramids. So if Pareman comes out here and he 246 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: is on the field too, and they start out there 247 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: in mini camp, and tomp and he's lightened up and 248 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: he's get the move to the field one babe, right 249 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: and so and so. To me, it's all about him. 250 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what the Ravens do elsewhere. It's to me, 251 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: it's all about him. It's always been all about him. 252 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: It's but it stinks that we have to rely on 253 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: that because since two thousand and twelve, we've drafted one 254 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 1: receiver in the first three rounds, and that's been Brashade Pareman. 255 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: You look at a team like the Steelers, I mean, 256 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: think of all the receivers they've produced. The Steelers have 257 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: made Mike Wallace, Haines Ward, Juju Smiths shoes streep and 258 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: go back to Plexico and Tonio Brown, I mean the 259 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: biggest one, just name after name. Every year they take 260 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: us somebody. So I mean, in today's NFL, I know 261 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 1: you want to build on defense, but you've gotta you 262 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: gotta focus on offense to compete with these teams. Did 263 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: we name Mark Tavis, Bryan Alto sa Marcus Sammy Sammy 264 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: Coats was another one didn't barely pan out. But yeah, 265 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the Steelers have done an excellent 266 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: job of a firing firing bullets at the position and 267 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: be you know, not every single one of those guys 268 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: panned out, but when you fired enough bullets, some are 269 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: definitely gonna pan out. And Antonio Brown is obviously that's 270 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: kind of the anomaly of the situation, considering a lot 271 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: of teams, including the Steelers, passed on him for five 272 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: rounds um but and they've done a good job of 273 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: developing these guys. So I think the Ravens have to 274 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 1: they have to take more shots. They have to take 275 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: more shots early Perrman. What what hurts about Perriman right 276 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: now is that was a shot that was a big shot. 277 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: You use the first round pick. And it wasn't only 278 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: that that first round pick was really a waste for 279 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: his first season because he was injured all year, but 280 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 1: then he did just enough in his second year to 281 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: make it tantalizing enough to give him a good shot 282 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: his third year, which didn't pan out. So it kind 283 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: of set the offense back this year as well. So 284 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: it's like I've been three years where you didn't really 285 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: get enough out of a first round pick, which is 286 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: a major investment. So now it's almost like you're in 287 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: a position where we have to you know, you know 288 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: the picks there were Perriman and Casey the next year 289 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: in the second round, and here we are two or 290 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: two slash three years later, and we have the same 291 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: needs right wide receiver and inside linehacker. And that's not 292 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: the position you want to be. Yeah, there's a lot 293 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: of questions about this. I mean, we just got on 294 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: this topic, but I'm looking at the questions that we 295 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: have from Twitter, and there's a ton of people that 296 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: are asking essentially the same question is why what do 297 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: you do to solve the wide receiver position? And and 298 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: what's the fix there? I mean I kind of look 299 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: at it. Ryan, we have talked about this, like I 300 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: look at wide receiver in a similar vein as I 301 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: do cornerback last year. I was just gonna say that 302 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: with Brandon car Thing, Yeah, bringing a veteran guy, there's 303 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: I mean, let's just look at the listeners, Jarvis Landry, 304 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: Alan Robinson, Sammy Watkins, Derek Deckham, Trell Prior coming off 305 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: a bad year, Marquis Lee. There's a ton of guys 306 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: out there that are could be had for pretty inexpensive chap. 307 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: That's true. I mean, he's gonna be you have to 308 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: break the bank for him. Now, Robins probably ain't gonna 309 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: be cheap either. I don't know if they're going to 310 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: get any of this top. I bet it's gonna be 311 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: another guy. I think they should. I think it's gonna 312 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: be a guy who gets cut. Yeah. Yeah, I wish 313 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: this would be a guy like Jarvis Landry. Pair him 314 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: with a first or second round receiver and give Joe. 315 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been the biggest Joe Hayter over the 316 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: last couple of years, but I couldn't this year. I mean, 317 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: he had nothing to throw to and when he was 318 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: the guys were dropping balls left and right, and he 319 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: was coming off an injury. I mean, there's so many 320 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: things to discount, you know, the offense with I think 321 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: you've got to give this guy if he's you know, 322 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: if you can ever get over this elite moniker and 323 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: the contract and all this stuff. That's another thing fans 324 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: are upset about. They keep bringing up this contract. You know, 325 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: it's but it's in it's part for the course. I 326 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: think you have to give him some some elite weapons. Yeah, 327 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the weapons that other teams have, 328 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: you know, compare it within the division. There's a J. Green, 329 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: there's Antonio Brown. None of these guys start for the Browns. Yeah, 330 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: I mean the Browns have a better tight end running 331 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: back and received two receivers and we do. Yeah, they 332 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: can win a game here. Yeah, there's definitely a void 333 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: at the playmaker area. I mean. So that actually goes 334 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: to this question about free agency, which I think is 335 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: an interesting topic. Marty Teller asked this question on Twitter, 336 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: and Mary's question was, there's a great article a week 337 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: or so ago in The Ring, and I'm not sure 338 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: if you guys read it the details how smarter teams 339 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: are using free agency more and more effectively into the 340 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: kind of a new era of the NFL. Should the 341 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: Ravens be more aggressive in free agency in terms of 342 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: the areas of needs? So that's where you go out 343 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: and get a guy like a Jarvis Slentry, So they 344 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: need to change the approach. Well, first of all, I 345 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: do think that the Ravens actually have quietly changed their 346 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: approach and free agency than they had, you know, say, 347 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: go back six or seven years. Like everyone always says, 348 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: you Ravens never make a splash and never make a splash, 349 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: and they kind of have made splashes. Like they went 350 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: out and they signed Tony Jefferson last year, who was 351 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: the highest price safety. They went out and got Danny 352 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: Woodhead on the first day. Now, like those moves didn't 353 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: pan out the way necessary that you would expect. You know, 354 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: would had missed most of the season and Tony had 355 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: to struggles earlier in the year. But like they had 356 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: fired those bullets. Eric Eric Little was a big one, 357 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: I think offensively. When offensively some veteran guys to just 358 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: reach for some older wide receivers were just a stop gap. 359 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: You know, Steve Smith was awesome for us, and I 360 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: wish he was a raven his entire career. You only 361 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: played two or three seasons here, then you have to 362 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: replace them. And to keep doing that, you're gonna strike 363 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: out every once in a while. And we go back 364 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: to the draft picks. And that's why free agency is 365 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: so valuable. When you look at Arthur Brown Korea and 366 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: Cafusi and Perriman and matt elm if half of those 367 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: guys work out, you know, half of those defensive players 368 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: work out, This defense is another level man. I mean, 369 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: then you don't have to spend money on the weddows 370 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: in Jefferson's of the world. As much as I love 371 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: those guys, you can invest that into a receiver and 372 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: then that's just just kind of snowballs. Well, it's the 373 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: thing like if you hit on Elam and say Terrence Brooks, 374 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: who they drafted I think the next year, then you 375 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: don't need well In Jefferson and then you can go 376 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: and get that receiver. So like, I'm kind of interested 377 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: to see if the Ravens do jump into the receiver 378 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: big spending market this year, Like they don't have a 379 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: time in cap space, so it's gonna be tough to 380 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: get Jarvis lanjury if he wants fourteen or fifteen million dollars, 381 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: like that's Probacs are probably out on that. Well was 382 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: Wallace last year? He was nine or ten? Mikelass Mike Wallace? 383 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: Well now because they picked up his second option, Yeah, 384 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: I think he was. He was on seven? Was it around? 385 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: He was around seven last year, which I mean you're 386 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: talking double for If it was seven, then that's double. 387 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: It's tough. I mean, this team is is it's paying 388 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: for Joe Flacco. Joe Flacco ain't cheap to kind of 389 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: your point before, and but there you know, I get 390 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: that all the time too, when I hear from fans is, well, 391 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: we paid Joe so much, blah blah blah, and I 392 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: Joe has you know, for what he's gotten paid, he 393 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: hasn't played up to that. I don't think there's any 394 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: arguing that. You know, he gets paid to be a 395 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: top five quarterback or like a top five quarterback, and 396 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: he hasn't played like a top five quarterback. But there's 397 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: no other alternative, right, Like, the Ravens weren't going to 398 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: let Joe Flacco walk after the Super Bowl season and 399 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: go with Tyrod Taylor. That would have been insane. And 400 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: that's just that that was the going rate for what 401 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: a starting quarterback, especially when coming off and winning a 402 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl where you're like, wow, it was a perfect Yeah, 403 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: it's a perfect storm. And and now the Ravens they 404 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: had no option but to extend him. You really had 405 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: to because they couldn't keep paying that contract in the 406 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: latter years of it. It was outrageous, totally hamdstriking for 407 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: three years, so they had to roll it over. And 408 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: you know, it takes up a good amount of the salary. 409 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: Cat Now, I think that if you put better weapons 410 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: around Joe. To our point, if you invest get some younger, 411 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: cheap options, then Joe can perform like what you're up 412 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: to par for what you're paying him. But it hasn't 413 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: happened yet. No, And I mean you look around some 414 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks in the league. I would much rather 415 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: have Joe than fifteen of the thirty two whatever quarterbacks. 416 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: And uh, after the first half of the season, I 417 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: think he looked pretty good over the last seven or 418 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,959 Speaker 1: eight games. So you know, hopefully we can hang our 419 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: hat on that and our worn already can bring it home. Yeah, big, big, Well, 420 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: while we're talking, while we're talking in quarterback, how about 421 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: this one. Here's an interesting thought and this question comes 422 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: from uh from Twitter H two one one nineteen. So 423 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: remember that one. Yeah, I think if we drafted Baker Mayfield, 424 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: that will re energize the fans. The city needs new energy, 425 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: just like ray Lewis had for almost two decades. So 426 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield at number sixteen, you have to spend a 427 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: first round pick. Obviously he's not gonna play this year, 428 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: maybe not even in two thousand nineteen, So how much 429 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: energy to bringing on the bat shop? Exactly? He's gonna 430 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: sell some Jerseys, I'm sure, but he's not gonna help 431 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: us win games in the immediate. I mean, I do 432 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: think we should draft a quarterback because I think they've 433 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: drafted two quarterbacks and Show got drafted and Tyrodic wedding. Yeah, yeah, 434 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: you have to have somebody. I mean what the Patriots 435 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: are doing, I mean, you get money, Kenny, Jimmy g 436 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: is getting paid out there in San France. And uh, 437 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: if you draft a guy and development for even if 438 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: he doesn't start for us, you can ship them off 439 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: for They flipped those picks for for quality. They've done 440 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: it throughout the Tom Brady's career. Now Bagels will probably 441 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: do it for mccaren Yeah, they try with McCarron. The 442 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 1: Patriots have done it. They did it with Matt Castle 443 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: going all the way back to him. They did it 444 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: with per Sette, they did it with Jimmy Garroccolo. They've 445 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: done it with Ryan Mallett. So like they changed hands 446 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: now couple of times. Yeah. Yeah, the Brown's got to 447 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: pick for him. But first round is too rich. And 448 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: as much as I like Baker Mayfield a lot, but 449 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: I don't think you can. This team is needs to 450 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: you know, before we rebuild or do something crazy. I 451 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: need to give as many weapons to Joe and as 452 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: many defensive pieces as you can to this team. Joe 453 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: camp flew passes the Baker Mayfield have to rule that 454 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: one out right. And there's still questions about whether he's 455 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: he's going to work at the pro level. Like he 456 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: was exciting and I watched a number of his college games. 457 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: He's fun to watch, but there are still legitimate questions 458 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: about whether he's going to pan out at the pro level. 459 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: The other thing, too, is like this team is not 460 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: if you go Baker Mayfield. I think that's a rebuilding process, 461 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: Like that's where you are, and and this team is 462 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: close like they are, And I think fans probably get 463 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: tired of hearing like the one play away, and I 464 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: get tired of saying there were one play away from 465 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: making the playoffs, but they were one play away from 466 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: making the playoffs. Like that's the thing that I kind 467 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: of But I'm want to go back to my start 468 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 1: to keep coming. You're good. We beat seven of our 469 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: nine wins. We're against backups or or rookie quarterback. So 470 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, the schedule gets a lot tougher next season. Yeah, 471 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. I agree with that, But there's 472 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: gonna be injuries next year, right, So, like everybody's like 473 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: looking at and you're like, well, you're gonna face this, this, 474 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: this and this quarterback next year. One of those guys 475 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: is probably gonna get hurt, right or like their stud 476 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: ride wide receiver running back is gonna get hurt. Like 477 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: every year that's gonna happen. Um. So, but I agree 478 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: with your point. I also think I think right now 479 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: that this team is kind of caught in a place. 480 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: I mean, heck, it's been almost like since the franchise's existence. 481 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 1: When is how many years have there been? Like thirteen 482 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: and three years around here? It's like even the Super 483 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: Bowl year, I mean Ravens. I think we got off 484 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: to a pretty strong start that year and then kind 485 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: of cruise down and they lost four out of five 486 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: and then they But there have not been many instances 487 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: like that. It's always been the Ravens have not been 488 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: one of the New England Patriots, like elite teams like 489 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: the Cults were with Peyton Manning, where every year you 490 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: just bank on it. You're in the playoffs and we're 491 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: probably in the visual round playing for the sh to 492 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: meet it, and right now, in particular, it's almost from 493 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: the beginning of the hardball era, there's been it's a 494 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: little bit below that. Right where you're in this eight 495 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: and eight, nine and seven, you're always scratching clawn for 496 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: every tidebreaker, and we're always looking at all that stuff. 497 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: And to get to a place where you're not putting 498 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: the season on one play, because that's not a position 499 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: where you want to be. You don't want to be 500 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: in that because you're gonna win someone, you're gonna lose something. 501 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: In the past two years they've lost both, right, So 502 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: this team needs to take a step forward to where 503 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: you're not going into a week seven team matchup against 504 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: the hungry Bengal team or whatever team looking to send 505 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: Marvin Louis out or whatever they were, and and praying 506 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: that you can beat this team. You know. So whatever 507 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: the step that is, I think this year's improving on offense. 508 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: That's that's the next step for this team. Yeah, you're right, 509 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: I don't think I mean, I remember eleven and five 510 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: year here and there, but I don't think anything better 511 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: than that. And what was the record? Everybody looks at 512 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: and you're like, well, that was a great year. The 513 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: Ravens went to the playoffs where they went ten, six, 514 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: ten and six. Right, So if if if his name 515 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: Kennedy breaks up that pass and isn't out of position, 516 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: you know what the Ravens record is this year and 517 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: they're on the road in the round exactly. You're so, like, 518 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: you look at this season, how much worse was it 519 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: than the season where people tend to look back and 520 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,479 Speaker 1: romanticize it, right, like, oh, we're so good in that 521 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: team wasn't really that much better than this team? Well, 522 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: but you went and you won a playoff game, and 523 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: that's great, Like, but are you telling me that Ravens 524 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: couldn't beat the Titans, couldn't beat the Chiefs? Agree? I agree? 525 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: I agree? And that's I think part of what makes 526 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: it sound painful this year's I think everyone watched the games, 527 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: but you didn't gonna be careful not to label this team, 528 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: I think as a bad team. Right, They're not a 529 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: good enough team to where you're in a position where 530 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: you're you can relax a little bit down the stretch 531 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: and not sweat out every single game and every single season, 532 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: but you're you're right in the mix and it's a 533 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: big lump of teams that's right in that playoff mix, 534 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: and so they got to get over that home. That's 535 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: why I think this off season is key. I mean, 536 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: making some big time splashes in free agency, because yeah, 537 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: I where it's a neck and neck with like a 538 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: group of six or seven teams here. So to get 539 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: past at home, I think you're gonna have to bring 540 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: in some fresh blood. I don't think the draft picks 541 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: that we have, I don't see anybody on offense really 542 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: stepping up. I don't see any of these tight ends. 543 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: I think Watson will probably retire. I'm a huge Max 544 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: Williams fan, but I don't think he's I think Nick 545 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: Boyle is probably the best one we have. And you 546 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: look at wide receiver. We talked about that kind of 547 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: things and coming back and our best officer, you know, 548 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: offensive players, a guy that we picked up off the 549 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: scrappeed Ales Collins. I mean, so it's gonna be, it's 550 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: gonna be. I don't know, but every Raven season I 551 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: can remember has been like you know, it's been a gritty, 552 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: gritty team. Here's what I think it comes down to. 553 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: I think that for this team to to completely kind 554 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: of rebound be back in the playoffs when a playoff 555 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: game war two. They need to hit the draft out 556 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: of the park and they need to have a Saints 557 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 1: like draft. I mean the Saints last year. They get 558 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: Marshall Latimore Defensive Rookie of the Year, they get Album 559 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: Camar Offensive Rookie of the Year, they get all these 560 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: guys like ram Check. So like they get five guys 561 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: you're playing significant roles for their team and it changed 562 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 1: their season around in a hurry. Then you can use 563 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: free agencies to fill certain needs. But you need to 564 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: have you need to get to have this draft and 565 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: get like three eyes on offense that are producing. You know, 566 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: like maybe you get an offensive alignment and you get 567 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: a receiver and also your film or a passage tight 568 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: end you say you get, say you go get that's 569 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: just you know, dream scenario here, let's play it out. 570 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: You know, you get Calvert really in the first round 571 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: and you get a study pass catching tight end in 572 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: the second. You're like, all right, this is pretty exciting 573 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 1: now you know things can change. Yeah, that's actually to 574 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: a question. We got an email from Robert Halbert. Halbert 575 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 1: tell people how they can email us the lounge at Ravens. 576 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: The NFL done that very much, so Roberts says, uh, 577 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: I guess it's time to get over fourth and twelve. Finally, 578 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 1: let's just say the Steelers less definitely helped. My question 579 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: is what do you think the Ravens can do to 580 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: ignite the fan base again? Slashly for you designing draft 581 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: a playmaker, et cetera. That's why I'm glad. I was 582 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: about to ask you guys a similar question, how much? 583 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: And I'll ask you guys a question on top of that, 584 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: how much is the attendance issues quote unquote been brought 585 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: up around here? I mean, obviously de Cass sent a 586 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: letter out to the season ticket holders. We still haven't 587 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: had the end of season you know, stay at the 588 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: Ravens press conference. But I mean, is it a big 589 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: issue for these guys? Well? Yeah, every one question we 590 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: probably got more than any other, is what's the deal 591 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: with the season ending? The stay of the Ravens press conference? 592 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: We don't know. So until we don't get the calls 593 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: from Steed to say, hey, when's it should stay of 594 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: the Ravens speed, So you know, that's that's above that's 595 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: above our pay. Great so we find out, we will 596 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: definitely let you know. So when we when we know 597 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 1: what the deal is with that will let you know. Um. 598 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: And then in terms of the attendance stuff, I mean, 599 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: like people see it obviously. You know Dick's letter. He 600 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: pointed out that the no shows were up and you 601 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: can look in the stands. I mean, if you have eyes, 602 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: you can look in there and you can see there's 603 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: people who aren't here, you know when you compare it 604 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: to the previous games. So it's definitely something that people 605 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: are aware of. And it's what I think though, you 606 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: just have to be careful. I think that part of 607 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: it is is being a team is more fun to 608 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 1: watch and all that. I agree, but I think that, 609 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: like you, you have to be careful of This is 610 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: my personal opinion. You have to be careful of saying like, 611 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: let's just get somebody to energize the team, and go 612 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: get Baker Mayfield because he's gonna put like that I 613 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: used to I grew up in Brown's family, used to 614 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: cover the Browns and like that's been something that they've changed. 615 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: Or go get Johnny Manzel, he's gonna fill the seats. Well, 616 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: it doesn't work out What fills the seats in a 617 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: lot of ways is winning, and so that's something you've 618 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 1: got to keep in mind. Yeah, for sure, and I 619 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: think it's It's also you can get into this trap 620 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: of well, change, change is going to fill the seats, 621 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: right well, I thought John Eisenberg brought this up last week. 622 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: Change doesn't necessarily mean it's going to result in good change. 623 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: You know, it can be bad change too. You're talking 624 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: about the Browns. How many times have they made sweeping changes? 625 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: And what's their no shows look like? But to your question, yes, 626 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: no shows are a thing that, uh, we are looking 627 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: at absolutely more than people realize. We are attentive to that. 628 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: You know, the NFL is a business. We're a business too. 629 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: We want to have a good business and and putting fans, 630 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: having fans come out not only is good for business, 631 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 1: it helps us win games, which is good for business. 632 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: You know, we want allowed stadium. So that is something 633 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: that where we talk about. We they have meetings, were 634 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: on these meetings, but there's meetings on how to make 635 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: the game they experience better every single week. Every week. 636 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: We talked about this, like the highest paid people, the 637 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: biggest people in our organization get together. It's like, how 638 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: do we make it better because we really do care, 639 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: like we want fans to come out and support the team. 640 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: Um and I think I think winning will primarily be 641 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: the driver in that. I don't remember a time in 642 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: the past where I've seen so many people on Facebook 643 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: trying to sell their tickets, you know, and then you know, 644 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: it's I don't know if we need to branch out 645 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: to non season ticket holders because everything coming out from 646 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: from De Cas and Bhatti is two season ticket holders, 647 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: and they're the ones that are spending their you know, 648 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: their money up front to go to every game. But 649 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: you gotta attract the me I've been a couple of 650 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: tailgates the Jimmy Seafood Take it's right across street from 651 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: stadium and throw a rock there and a lot of 652 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: people leave. I mean they're leaving to go watch the 653 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: game somewhere else, or you know, I don't know if 654 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:00,719 Speaker 1: it's the price of it gets I don't know if 655 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: the state of the city, and there's a lot of 656 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: things they're going with that, but I mean, we've got 657 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: to get these casual fans back into the stadium because 658 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a huge difference on game day when 659 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: you have a stadium full of Ravens fans versus when 660 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: it's half and half of Steelers fans Ravens fans. Yeah, 661 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: I mean I agree, And I think that like, this 662 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: is something that there's probably there's probably conversations happening in 663 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: twenty nine out of the thirty two NFL team headquarters, 664 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: you know, just about how to improve the game day 665 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: experience and fill up those seats. Like, you know, ticket 666 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: prices across across the sports landscape are just so expensive, 667 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: you know, Like and so I saw on the divisional round, 668 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: I think it was wild Card weekend. Um, I forget 669 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: what the exacts that was, but every game I believe 670 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: on wild Card Weekend had seats that you could buy 671 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: for underface value on the second ticket market. And so 672 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: you know that's happening. That's things that are happening for 673 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: every team around the link. So I mean, it's definitely 674 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: something that, like to Ryan's point, that people are talking 675 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: about and are working on. UM. But I just don't 676 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: think it's an issue centralized here. And I also think 677 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: it is there's a block up put. I think there's 678 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: a whole host I think do we have its change. 679 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: I think the game makes but you're the home experience 680 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: is so good. There's the issues with the city. I 681 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: think all of that, like you combine all that and 682 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 1: there's this kind of this this fire. Um sure we 683 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: saw this year. Well, I think it's more of a 684 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: question to you. I mean, since you're a fan representative, 685 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: what do you think? What what do fans want? You know, 686 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: what what can we do as an organization that's gonna 687 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: bring some of those you know, disenfranchised fans back. It's 688 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: a tough question, man. I mean we talked about the 689 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 1: play on the field. I think that's eight percent of it. 690 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean I enjoy going to games, 691 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: but I can't spend you know, this is nothing to change. 692 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: I have a two year old now, so my my 693 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: situation is a little different. I get two days off 694 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: a week, and I would have to spend one of it, 695 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: you know, drinking adult beverages and watching football, which is fun. 696 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: It's fun to do, but you're not going to get 697 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: the clearance to do that sixteen times a year. Exactly. Yeah. 698 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: Um so yeah, I mean it's tough. There's there's not 699 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: gonna be a quick fix. There's not a one answer. 700 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of the businesses around Baltimore 701 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: express the same thing that they're seeing a decline and 702 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: you know, people coming in, Uh, you know, it's it's 703 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: tough though the NFL and the Ravens were on top 704 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: for so long. I remember you couldn't even get a 705 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: ticket for so long, and it's you know, I'm sure, 706 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: like you said, I'm sure it's across the board. I'm 707 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: sure a lot of teams besides the Ravens are dealing 708 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: with them. But uh, you know, the state of the 709 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: Baltingmore City doesn't help either. People people don't want to 710 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: go down there sometimes, you know, especially for night games. 711 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: I really, I really do think that a lot of 712 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,479 Speaker 1: it will will be helped by making the team more 713 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: exciting to watch on offense. I really feel like that 714 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: that plays into you know, it is at times even 715 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: uh you know, sitting in the press box and you 716 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: see the offense come off the field and there was 717 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: being booed by their home fans. Now that happens everywhere 718 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: when offenses have three straight punts in row or whatever. 719 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: But like this team has been a struggle to watch 720 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: on offense for years, and uh, I agree with you. 721 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: If the defense isn't like the two thousand dominant defense, 722 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: then it can be tough. So I think that's gonna 723 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: be something that's addressed on the football side this year, 724 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: which will help on the business side. Cool. Well, Phil, 725 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: before we wrap up here, is there any other kind 726 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: of parting floss that you have for us before we 727 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: wrap things up and go here with wink Martin deal 728 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: has to say press today, And I really I appreciate 729 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: you guys having me, and uh, you know, I'm gonna 730 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: be a fan for life. I hosted. I spend a 731 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: night of every week hosting a podcast about the team. 732 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: So I'm not going anywhere. And I have faith in 733 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: this team. I think the front office and the coaching 734 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: staff have shown us enough. You know, the organization as 735 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: a whole has shown us that we need to have 736 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: faith because they've done in the past. And I think, 737 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of quick changes and I think 738 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: this team could be back where it was. Just has 739 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: to happen, you know. Yeah. Also, well, fans give Phil's 740 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: podcasts a listen as well as Purple Rain Show. You 741 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: can find that on iTunes because you can um and 742 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: so give that. You know, it's competing podcast. I said, 743 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: you listen, you listen to us on our way in, 744 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: and you can listen to the Purple Rain podcast all 745 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: the way the time. Yeah all right, cool, Well, thank you, Phil, appreciate, 746 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: actually thank you. It sits sensitiates the bass Pass, the 747 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: Bat City St st ST Bass Pass bas