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Speaker 1: and you're like, oh man, I can't like for all

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Speaker 1: these receivers, and then by the time you get around

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Speaker 1: to it, it's like two guys right you're crushing. You're

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Speaker 1: crushing a lot of dreams in Baltimore right now. I

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Speaker 1: want you to know that that's true. That is is

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Speaker 1: there any veteran I mean, it's hard to project who's

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Speaker 1: gonna get released because that's going to change the market dramatically,

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Speaker 1: But is there any veteran wide receiver that you say,

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Speaker 1: all right, this guy might come in at the right

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Speaker 1: price for Baltimore. Who's not gonna come in with the

436
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Speaker 1: Duffel bags? Of money like you're talking about earlier. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, Sammy Watkins would be an interesting one. I mean,

438
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Speaker 1: he's battle injury concerns, but when he's been healthy, he's

439
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Speaker 1: been really productive, especially in big games, big moments. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, that would kind of be one just off

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Speaker 1: the top of my head. Um, you know, I'd have

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Speaker 1: to kind of go back and look at my list,

443
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Speaker 1: but I think what you're gonna get is more of

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Speaker 1: kind of the not second tier, but kind of the

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Speaker 1: one B of receivers. And you know, you can get

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Speaker 1: some really good value there. Um, Like for instance, the

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Speaker 1: you know Panthers got Robby Anderson last year right in

448
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Speaker 1: that wheelhouse of kind of like one B, and he

449
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Speaker 1: was really productive for them. So you can hit on

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Speaker 1: those guys. You just gotta make sure you're spending the

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Speaker 1: right place. How do you expect the Ravens to address

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Speaker 1: their offensive line that that's become a big talking point

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Speaker 1: in Baltimore obviously with Orlandon Brown and all that. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I think they'd like to upgrade its center.

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Speaker 1: They'd like to upgrade it right guard. You know, they've

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Speaker 1: never really found that guy to replace Marshal Yanda, not

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Speaker 1: that I'm saying anybody could, Uh that's a high bar um,

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Speaker 1: But like, do you expect them to be active in

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Speaker 1: free agency regarding the offensive line and if so, like

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Speaker 1: are there any kind of good fits in that market

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Speaker 1: that you could see stepping in? Um? You know, I

462
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Speaker 1: would say potentially in free agency, again, there'll be some

463
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Speaker 1: guy's cut and you know, really a guard more so

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Speaker 1: than anything, like you can find you can find some

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Speaker 1: guys to kind of slot in. You know, usually the

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Speaker 1: draft is probably the best spot there just because it's

467
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Speaker 1: the cheapest um. And you know, if you're a team

468
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Speaker 1: that's going to rebuild one spot a lot, the draft

469
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Speaker 1: is a great place to do it because again it's

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Speaker 1: a lot cheaper um. But you know, there'll be some

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Speaker 1: there'll be some good players available. Because Mitch Moore's gonna

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Speaker 1: get released in Buffalo, you know that would be one

473
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Speaker 1: of wes had some concussion issues, but like good player, veteran,

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Speaker 1: probably not going to be that expensive, Like would they

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Speaker 1: look at him if they're gonna, you know, make a

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Speaker 1: move at the center pis. I mean there's you know

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Speaker 1: Nick Easton, the one was released by the Stage just

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Speaker 1: because of Captains, which he's out there now, um, there's

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Speaker 1: gonna be some players you can get some good value on.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know how quickly some of these guys

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Speaker 1: are gonna want to sign if they just got released. Well,

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Speaker 1: the next few weeks are gonna be interesting. I think

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Speaker 1: the biggest lesson that we're taking away from here is

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Speaker 1: we you got to look for the blue check. That's

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Speaker 1: what we're gonna be doing. We're gonna be looking for

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Speaker 1: the blue check next year. Retweet. Just look for the check.

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Speaker 1: Just because you see rap sheet doesn't necessarily mean it's

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Speaker 1: the right one. You gotta look for the blue check.

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Speaker 1: And hopefully Ryan doesn't get duded again this year. Awesome, Stuffy,

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Speaker 1: P S h E E. T uh So really good.

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Speaker 1: Did you spell it out for yourself there, Ryan, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm just sure people got it, making sure people got uh,

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Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be. It's so crazy when you

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Speaker 1: go through the full list like that, when we're asking

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Speaker 1: them and you're like, man, there's a lot of really

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Speaker 1: good players who are up this season, and not all

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Speaker 1: of them are unrestricted free agents. It's not like all

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Speaker 1: of them have to get a contract, but all of

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Speaker 1: them want to contract, and uh, the Ravens, it's it's

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Speaker 1: a puzzle, man, And I don't know how the Ravens

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Speaker 1: are gonna fit it all together. Like you get done

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Speaker 1: talking about the extensions for players and whether you can

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Speaker 1: bring back players on your own team, and then you're like, wait,

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Speaker 1: why am I talking about the possibility of even bringing

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Speaker 1: in somebody from another team? Like can we even afford

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Speaker 1: to sign anybody? You know? I know? Well, then we

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Speaker 1: even had we had a bunch of guys on the list,

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Speaker 1: we didn't get to like the restricted free agents like

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Speaker 1: a gust Edwards or Derek Wolfe. We probably talked about

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Speaker 1: Taias Bowser. I mean we could have, we could have.

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Speaker 1: Did you really taken a deep dive into every guy

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Speaker 1: and every possible contract scenario for the Ravens, because there's

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Speaker 1: a bunch of them and it is going to be

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Speaker 1: interesting over the next three weeks to see how all

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Speaker 1: this plays out. Absolutely. Uh So, let's jump into a question.

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Speaker 1: As always, you can reach us at the lounge at

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Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. This one comes from oh

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Speaker 1: and likely very loyal listener. It is say, hey, Garen Riot.

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Speaker 1: Ryan just wanted to start off by thanking you and

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Speaker 1: the media team for the continuous content. It's been a

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Speaker 1: big help in getting through my least favorite time of

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Speaker 1: the year, the months between the end of football and

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Speaker 1: the start of baseball. Yeah. That's that's that. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: a dark time, I said. Anyway, back to everyone's favorite

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Speaker 1: offseason topic, wider seevers. I heard a lot of talk

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Speaker 1: about potential free agents that the Ravens might target this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Allen Robinson Kenny Golladay, A J. Green, Corey Davis. But

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Speaker 1: I have I have heard very little about the possibility

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Speaker 1: of Antonio Brown joining his cousin here in Baltimore. I'm

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Speaker 1: interested to see what the market for him will be

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Speaker 1: based on his past issues on and off the field.

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Speaker 1: Do you think this could be a good fit. Do

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Speaker 1: you think it's realistic? Let me know your thoughts and

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Speaker 1: keep up the amazing work. It's a good question, Nolan.

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Speaker 1: I think that's that's interesting. I don't see Antonio Brown

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Speaker 1: fitting into the Ravens plans, despite you know that he

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Speaker 1: made a comeback, was granted a comeback to the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and you know he played okay for the Bucks. You know,

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Speaker 1: he didn't put up eye popping stats. He had a

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Speaker 1: good Super Bowl, scored a touchdown the Super Bowl. That's good, um,

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Speaker 1: But it wasn't like Antonio Brown like came back and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden he was the Antonio Brown of

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Speaker 1: of past years that was tormenting the Ravens, you know,

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Speaker 1: as a Pittsburgh Steeler. Um. So, I just don't know

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Speaker 1: whether the juice is worth the squeeze. To borrow phrase

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Speaker 1: that we'd like to say in our department UM, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just, I just I don't think so. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you still have like the character concerns, right, It's not

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Speaker 1: like all those have just melted away all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: like I'd still have question marks and be concerned about that. Um.

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Speaker 1: And and now he's shown he he had a big

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Speaker 1: enough sample size I think, to show what kind of

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Speaker 1: player he is right now at this point of his career.

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Speaker 1: And is it enough to make you say, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: want that, you know that's gonna be my target? I

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Speaker 1: don't think so. Yeah. Here's the thing. I mean, the

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Speaker 1: Ravens were clearly I don't know if they had discussed

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Speaker 1: it or what to what extent, but Lamar Jackson was

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Speaker 1: advocating last year that the Ravens signed him, worked out

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Speaker 1: with him in the off season. Antonio Brown or um

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Speaker 1: Marquise Brown obviously would have loved to have him here,

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Speaker 1: and the Ravens opted not to do it, And so

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Speaker 1: there was all this buzz, all this chatter about it

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Speaker 1: last year. The Ravens ultimately passed when they had a

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Speaker 1: chance to get him. So I don't given all what

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Speaker 1: you just said, I don't see them going and making

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Speaker 1: the decision now to go sign him. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: I guess it could happen. They passed on Dez Brian initially,

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Speaker 1: they went back and got him last year. Um, but

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Speaker 1: I don't really see it happening. But with this Bryant,

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Speaker 1: like you knew that there was like, what was it

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Speaker 1: two years prior, they had reportedly offered him a contract

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Speaker 1: that he turned down, a multi year contract, and so

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Speaker 1: like you knew that there was definite interest there. We've

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Speaker 1: never heard from the Ravens that, yeah, Antonio Brown is

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Speaker 1: a player we want to bring in ultimately, like or

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Speaker 1: like even see kids of that. Yeah, it's only it's

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Speaker 1: a much much different situation. I only sit and use

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Speaker 1: that as an example just to say, ultimately, the Ravens

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Speaker 1: passed on des at their beginning last year, then they

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Speaker 1: ultimately went back to him. You know, even though they

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Speaker 1: passed on Antonio last year, could they go back you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't see it happening. I agree. So as always,

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Speaker 1: you can eamilus in the lounge at Ravens dot NFL

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Speaker 1: dot net. Keep those questions coming every single week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: here's what I think is gonna happen at wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna bring it. They're gonna add I don't even

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Speaker 1: know that it's gonna be a UM one B tier player.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a second tier player. Like

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a free agent who we don't even

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Speaker 1: know as a free agent right now. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be an unrestricted guy. It's gonna be somebody

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Speaker 1: who gets released, and it's it's late in the free

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Speaker 1: agency process, like we're talking about, and guys are looking

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Speaker 1: for money, and like they're like, all right, this guy

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Speaker 1: at at that price, I'm interested, you know. And we've

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Speaker 1: talked about this before. They're a run heavy team, run

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Speaker 1: heavy team. They're not gonna sink big resources into a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver. Like they've consciously made the decision of building

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Speaker 1: the wide receiver corps through the draft and letting these

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Speaker 1: guys grow with Lamar and and and you know, they

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Speaker 1: prioritize things differently than other teams do. That's just how

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Speaker 1: it works in Baltimore right now, in the Lamar Jackson era. Well,

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Speaker 1: the other thing, too, is what you're talking about is

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Speaker 1: something that they've done. They've they've taken that approach time

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Speaker 1: time again. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Michael Crabtree is an example. They did that

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Speaker 1: also did it was Steve Smith where he got released.

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Speaker 1: So they've gone that route and it's they've had some

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Speaker 1: success and there's been sometimes where it doesn't work out.

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Speaker 1: So I don't really think that's necessarily straying from a

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Speaker 1: formula that they've tried before. And now it's probably even

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Speaker 1: more in that direction. Considering what you're talking about, which

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Speaker 1: is the resources that you would advocate, you know, you

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Speaker 1: would put towards the running game, put towards the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: towards exit Jackson allocate. Yeah, what did I say? What

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Speaker 1: did I say? Okate? But yeah, like I I just

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Speaker 1: I as much as I would love to have an

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Speaker 1: Alan Robinson or a player like that, that sure, that

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Speaker 1: would be awesome, And maybe if it's salary cap for

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Speaker 1: two million, it would be more likely. But the Ravens

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Speaker 1: have all these different players we just talked about, trying

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Speaker 1: to resign, trying to upgrade offensive behind. There's only so

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Speaker 1: much money to go around right now. They have about

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Speaker 1: eighteen million dollars in salary cap space projected, so that's

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Speaker 1: not enough. Does resign all those guys and get the

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Speaker 1: number one receiver on the open market. So um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I thought Ian, you know, laid it out pretty clearly there.

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Speaker 1: So before I go, we do want to make sure

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Speaker 1: that fans remember to take your Crown roar Ol water breaks,

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Speaker 1: stay hydrated, stay royal, Crown, Royal Canadian whiskey. So really

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Speaker 1: good stuff from Ian. Yeah, I was gonna suggest a

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Speaker 1: water break for these fans who think we're bringing in

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Speaker 1: a huge, big time wide receiver. Take your water break,

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Speaker 1: because you take a water break, you take the water,

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Speaker 1: you take the water break, then you take the current

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Speaker 1: Royal break. No, but really good stuff. We're gonna try

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Speaker 1: to get some more guests over the course of the

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Speaker 1: next couple of weeks leading into free agency, and we

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Speaker 1: always say, send us those emails, but we'll let you

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Speaker 1: know what we think and we'll get to as many

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Speaker 1: sure questions as we and so thanks so much for listening,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be back with you next week. Mmmmmmmmm