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Speaker 1: that's a perfect call. Starting to embrace their name though,

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Speaker 1: I just remember my first came and if I caught

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Speaker 1: hardest yank I've ever felt like. Shout out to Jim Marches.

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Speaker 1: Phenomenal receiver. Phenomenal receiver. But you know, obviously, if I

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Speaker 1: lounge presented by Draft Kings. The Ravens are in rebound mode.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking box out. Oh that that's me. I'll give

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter how far of all. I just scrapped

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Speaker 1: the rim. And here's the kid. Here's the other thing too.

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Speaker 1: a lot of opportunities. Anyway, it's rebound over the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: After that Thursday night football loss in Miami, Ravens are

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Speaker 1: receiver Rashad Bateman. Alright, Rashan, So you know, we we

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Speaker 1: That's that's a new way to do it now. Although

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Speaker 1: It only have the night. Like what do Batman do?

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Speaker 1: in col did you go? You said you didn't really

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Speaker 1: educating on that and doing our best on top of school.

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Speaker 1: So so Jamaar Chase gives fifth role in the draft

425
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Speaker 1: Jayalen Wattle six, Devanta Smith t Kadarius. You've played against

426
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Speaker 1: two of those guys now chasing Waddle in the same field,

427
00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,840
Speaker 1: not against them technically. Do you how much you measure

428
00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,600
Speaker 1: yourself up against those guys? Um? Obviously, UM, I just

429
00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,440
Speaker 1: feel like I'm in a very different situation than them. Um.

430
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Speaker 1: You know, I feel like we're I'm from this very

431
00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,800
Speaker 1: different situation than them. Uh, you know where they play

432
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,280
Speaker 1: as a very different situations every day, you know, but

433
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Speaker 1: you know, shout out to them. Jamar Chase phenomenal receiver,

434
00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:36,080
Speaker 1: Jaylal Waddle phenomenal receiver. But you know, obviously, I feel

435
00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,199
Speaker 1: like I would come to myself. I think I'm, you know,

436
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,639
Speaker 1: the best receiver. Um. You know, that's a lot that

437
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 1: goes into you know, who's better, who's on this right?

438
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,439
Speaker 1: You know, that's just some stuff that I try not

439
00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,640
Speaker 1: to get caught up in, Um, because if I did,

440
00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:49,879
Speaker 1: I don't think I would be the players that I

441
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Speaker 1: am today. Um, So you know, UM, kudos to them.

442
00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,959
Speaker 1: You know, they give me something to chase, you know,

443
00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,840
Speaker 1: and you know they put up the jam chase exactly.

444
00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,720
Speaker 1: I had to hit that. So you know, one day

445
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Speaker 1: maybe I give them something to chase. You know. At

446
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,840
Speaker 1: the end of the day, that's what it's all about.

447
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,560
Speaker 1: This competition. You know, his game is about competition. Uh.

448
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,040
Speaker 1: You know they challenged me from a distance. You know,

449
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,560
Speaker 1: are challenging from a distance. Um, we're just on the field,

450
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,280
Speaker 1: off the field, you know, and day that's it matter.

451
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,800
Speaker 1: There's a lot of talk, uh in the off season

452
00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,400
Speaker 1: about well, the wide receivers not wanna come to Baltimore

453
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Speaker 1: and play with Lamar because it run heavy, you know,

454
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Speaker 1: the guys prefer not to be drafted there or whatever.

455
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Speaker 1: When you were drafted by the Ravens, for you like

456
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,159
Speaker 1: hell yeah, Lamar Jackson, Like did you think that was

457
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Speaker 1: a bunch of hogwash? Or I don't know where your thoughts.

458
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Speaker 1: I mean I was excited, um first and from most

459
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Speaker 1: to be drafted and then it was the Ravens who

460
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Speaker 1: drafted me. So you know, I know I'm going to

461
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Speaker 1: a place that's gonna win. I know I'm going to

462
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Speaker 1: a place with good foundation. Um, I know I'm going

463
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Speaker 1: to a place with good people. Um. You know, I'm

464
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,560
Speaker 1: going to a place with good with elite players. So

465
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Speaker 1: and you know, seeing the them go play with Lamar Jackson,

466
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Speaker 1: you know, him and Hollywood got alive after the game. Um,

467
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,639
Speaker 1: and you know, I was like, hell, yeah, let's go.

468
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Speaker 1: I'm rady to practice right now. So, um, you know,

469
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Speaker 1: seeing them ixcited for me because apparently they knew who

470
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Speaker 1: I was. You know, they've done their res search things

471
00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,800
Speaker 1: like that. So I'm definitely happy to well, Hollywood picked you.

472
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Speaker 1: Right when we had Hollywood in here for the podcast,

473
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Speaker 1: he said that he did research on all the draft

474
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Speaker 1: receivers and he was like, I want that guy. He did,

475
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Speaker 1: He told me he did. Did you know him at

476
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Speaker 1: all before getting drafted? Here? Like I didn't know? Like

477
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Speaker 1: I didn't know of I didn't know him. I knew

478
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Speaker 1: of him of course, right, Um, well you're my guy too.

479
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Speaker 1: You know. I gotta say, Garrett, you did pick him

480
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Speaker 1: right in your market. I didn't pick Bateman in but

481
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,040
Speaker 1: I said, of the receivers, Bateman's my God, he's just

482
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Speaker 1: trying to take credit. He didn't. Actually what I did

483
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Speaker 1: I taking offensive line actually, but but I said, if

484
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Speaker 1: we're taking receiver between him and Terroris Marshall, because there's

485
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Speaker 1: the two guys that every boys talking about. I was like,

486
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Speaker 1: Bateman's my guy, sticking my flag and it it's right.

487
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Speaker 1: So just on on Hollywood, last one on this is uh,

488
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Speaker 1: you guys like this foundation here with you and him

489
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Speaker 1: two first round picks. It's exciting. I mean, I think

490
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Speaker 1: people here in Baltimore you heard it from the day

491
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Speaker 1: you were drafted, you know, struggle to draft wide receivers

492
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Speaker 1: and Hollywood have a great season. Looks like he could

493
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Speaker 1: become the first Pro Bowl receiver here in Baltimore. And

494
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: you're off to a great start of your career. Are

495
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Speaker 1: you excited about the two of you guys kind of

496
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Speaker 1: being together and growing together for the next several years. Um,

497
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Speaker 1: that's something that we talked about, Hollywood talk about all

498
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Speaker 1: the time before I even got up here and got drafted. Um,

499
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Speaker 1: you know we talked about it as soon as I

500
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Speaker 1: got drafted. Me he was like, bro, let's go to work. Um,

501
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: and I remember my first game that I'll suited up.

502
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,119
Speaker 1: He texted me, and he was like, you just started

503
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Speaker 1: something specially you know, let's let's go do this. UM.

504
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Speaker 1: And then you know that game. You know, I went

505
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Speaker 1: out my first game out, I played confident because I

506
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Speaker 1: knew that he had confidence in me. Um. You know,

507
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Speaker 1: we also trained together in this off season for a

508
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Speaker 1: little bit when we was away on to do that

509
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Speaker 1: chemistry and to be honest, you know, I just I

510
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Speaker 1: feel like that helped. And the same thing with Mark.

511
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,119
Speaker 1: You know, I'm done that with Mark and things like that.

512
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Speaker 1: So they was able to see me, you know, get

513
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 1: to know me, um, and things like that. UM, so

514
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: and and and all the players have been open with me.

515
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Speaker 1: But you know, far as Hollywood, he's definitely been a

516
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Speaker 1: big bro. The last one for you just expectations for

517
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Speaker 1: the second half of the season. You kind of mentioned

518
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Speaker 1: I'm excited to you know, maybe you have a bigger

519
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Speaker 1: role in whatever that looks like for me, for fantasy

520
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,080
Speaker 1: owners out there, you know, what should we expect for

521
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: Marsha Batman in the second half. Um, just a better

522
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Speaker 1: version of of what I used to being yesterday. UM.

523
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Speaker 1: Hopefully tomorrow I come into building, I'm better than I

524
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Speaker 1: was today. UM. That's what was instilled to me, and

525
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,880
Speaker 1: you know that's something I left by. It's being better

526
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: than that just today. So hopefully I can take the season.

527
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Speaker 1: You know, just continue to elevate my game. You can

528
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,360
Speaker 1: continue to elevate as a person. To know who'se organization.

529
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Speaker 1: The best way possible Sunday is right around the corner.

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Speaker 1: See DraftKings dot com for details. Well good stuff from Rashaan.

538
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Speaker 1: Couldn't agree more. Thursday, I football doesn't count as prime time.

539
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Speaker 1: So I was like, I was like, I swear he's

540
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Speaker 1: played at night game. Oh yeah that last four days ago. No, No,

541
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Speaker 1: I had a size I sized it up. I had

542
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Speaker 1: a sized up. You know That's how I was question,

543
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Speaker 1: you don't count Thursday? And I was fing the question

544
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Speaker 1: that wasn't a mistake of speaking as a side note,

545
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Speaker 1: you said size him up, size it up. We got

546
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Speaker 1: a great email at the lounge at Ravens on NFL

547
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Speaker 1: dot Net from Adam Vanderline on Monday and he said

548
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Speaker 1: it's to size him up Monday. Okay. And I was like,

549
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Speaker 1: size hi about Monday, and he said, it's to size

550
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Speaker 1: him up Monday. He's in Australia because Pittsburgh and Cleveland

551
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,919
Speaker 1: both failed to win. I loved every part of it.

552
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 1: Go Ravens, so size him up. Monday Ravens were still

553
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Speaker 1: in first place and we all woke up came in

554
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Speaker 1: here on Monday, so that was a pretty good sign.

555
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,280
Speaker 1: I was feeling pretty good. I mean, here's the thing.

556
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Speaker 1: There's like, there's no dominant team in the a f

557
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Speaker 1: C this year. There just isn't. There's in previous years.

558
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Speaker 1: There were the Chiefs that I was like, man, the

559
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Speaker 1: Ravens are really good. But the way the Chiefs are

560
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Speaker 1: playing right now, it's gonna be hard to beat him.

561
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Speaker 1: And could the Ravens have done it? Of course they can,

562
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,719
Speaker 1: you know any given Sunday, um, but they were far

563
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 1: and away the best team this year. It's anybody's game.

564
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Speaker 1: And I just keep saying, man, you don't have to

565
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Speaker 1: be the best team entering the playoffs, you don't have

566
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Speaker 1: to necessarily be the healthiest team whatever. You just get

567
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Speaker 1: to the dance and then you never know what can happen.

568
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 1: As the Ravens, they would tell you that Ravens are better. Yeah,

569
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Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. And especially this year in

570
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Speaker 1: the top seat turvy wild nature of the game with

571
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Speaker 1: all these upsets, and you know, all these good teams

572
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Speaker 1: on paper and and who have played well for most

573
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Speaker 1: of the season have gone down. So like Ravens fans

574
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Speaker 1: are in the dumps after this Miami game. There's a

575
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Speaker 1: lot of a lot of hot takes out there right now.

576
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Speaker 1: But that's how every NFL fan base has felt at

577
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Speaker 1: some point this season, you know, like the Chiefs have

578
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: looked like trash, the Bills have gotten beaten by the Jags,

579
00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 1: like it just happens. Yeah, we uh will say the

580
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Speaker 1: inbox was full at the lounge at rast NFL d

581
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: I think they started rolling in at halftime of that

582
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Speaker 1: game on Thursday night and they didn't stop through the weekend.

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Speaker 1: We're not gonna read all the emails but there was

584
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 1: clear frustration, and you know a lot of the frustration

585
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: was obviously directed at the offense. The offense struggled um

586
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Speaker 1: and then specifically offensive coordinator Greg Roman Um and there

587
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: was criticism of him at the adjustments. And we talked

588
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 1: on the podcast on Friday last week when we did

589
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 1: our full breakdown from that game about that game and

590
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 1: what didn't go well and what you know needs to change.

591
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: But I am not getting on board with people who

592
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Speaker 1: are bashing Greg Roman. I'm just not. Are you seeing

593
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Speaker 1: me up for my rent? I know you have a

594
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 1: rent for it? Oh yeah, this it makes no Look

595
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: I understand you want. Do you want to go through

596
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: and critique the play calling and the game plan against

597
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 1: the Dolphins? That's fair game, right, totally fair game. But

598
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: the people that are out there saying the Ravens should

599
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: replace Greg Roman, you're off your rocker, my friend, you

600
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: have lost your marbles. I mean, this offense is ranked

601
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Speaker 1: number two in the NFL despite not having its top

602
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: two running backs. It's all pro left tackle. Despite other

603
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Speaker 1: injuries on the offensive line, no Nick Boyle, Sam Rasha

604
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: Bateman's out for the first whatever games. Then Sammy Watkins

605
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: is on the bench like this offense has been incredibly

606
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: banged up, And yes, Lamar Jackson deserves a lot of credit, right,

607
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 1: Lamar has been playing awesome. But to sit there and

608
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Speaker 1: not give any of the credit for the successes that

609
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Speaker 1: the Ravens offensive has had, which has been a lot.

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Speaker 1: Their number two in the NFL, that's not a smoke screen,

611
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: that's not a mirage. Number two is legit. Right. They

612
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 1: spanked the Chargers, they came back and score how many

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Speaker 1: points against the Colts the Chiefs? Like, sure has every dry?

614
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: Like have there been dips in slow starts? And there

615
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: have been problems? Yeah, but you know what, the Ravens

616
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: have rebounded for most of them and come back and

617
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 1: put up a lot of yards and a lot of points.

618
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: So like anybody out there who thinks that every single

619
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Speaker 1: game is gonna be you're gonna have an unstoppable offense,

620
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Speaker 1: how long have you been an NFL fan? Like what

621
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Speaker 1: games are you watching? I mean? And then and then

622
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: what really, you're getting a roll in here? What gets

623
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Speaker 1: my goat is like I've been a Ravens fan for

624
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,719
Speaker 1: long enough to know how bad this offense has sucked

625
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 1: over the years. I mean, goodness, gracious people, you we

626
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Speaker 1: finally have a really good offense, not only because of

627
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Speaker 1: Lamar but also because of Greg Roman schemes and the

628
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: offense that he's constructed around here, and you're all of

629
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Speaker 1: a sudden like taking it for granted and called for

630
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Speaker 1: the guy to get fired. Who are you hiring? Like

631
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 1: what offensive coordinator with the rain? Like the Ravens didn't

632
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: have a top ten offense for twenty straight years and

633
00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: you're complaining? Now are you? How do your all? Right?

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Speaker 1: You're done? You got that off your chest. I think

635
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Speaker 1: I'm done. You got that off your chest. I'm glad.

636
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Speaker 1: I'm happy, pretty color. It's not gonna always be great.

637
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Speaker 1: Offensive coordinators are always uh, the most hated guy in

638
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: town often, um, and that's that's often the case. And

639
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: look are there things that like, like you said, you

640
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: look at the Miami game and you can nitpick and

641
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: you can say this should have been different. Of course,

642
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: it's part to be an offensive corner. It comes to

643
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: the job exactly, but you do have to take a

644
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: big picture look at where the Ravens are offensively and

645
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: their second and Lamar Jackson is still in the MVP

646
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: conversation and he deserves that, no doubt, no doubt. But

647
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: but so does Greg and this offensive coaches. So I'm

648
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: with you on that. So I know we got a

649
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,719
Speaker 1: lot of emails about that over the weekend, which we

650
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: love the enthusiasts, We love the emails. UM. But I'm

651
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Speaker 1: just gonna bring it right back to that enthusiasm. UM. Alright,

652
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: So before we look ahead to this game against the Bears,

653
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: I just want to say I thought, I thought, you

654
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: know Bateman, um, in the conversation with him. I do

655
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: love his confidence, Like he's you know, he's a quiet guy. Um,

656
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: and he but he carries himself with confidence and he

657
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 1: plays that way. UM. And I think that I think

658
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: that he has been better than I expected. UM and

659
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: coming back from the injury, because when a guy gets

660
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Speaker 1: hurt in the middle of training camp and he misses

661
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 1: basically all of training camp for the most part, misses

662
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: the entire preseason, I kind of worried that he may

663
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: have just missed the bus. You know, Like I go

664
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Speaker 1: back to hayden Hurst. Hayden Hurst his rookie season. You know,

665
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Speaker 1: he came back and Mark Andrews had established himself and

666
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: so that was the main thing there. But it's tough

667
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Speaker 1: to then come in the middle of the season and

668
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: then get integrated into the game plan as heavily as

669
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: he wanted. Yeah, you can. You can to some degree

670
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Speaker 1: almost be a lost season, and Bateman has played well

671
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 1: so well that it's not. And I think there's a

672
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: lot of credit that he deserves for that. I absolutely

673
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: agree with that. Moving forward, the question is how much

674
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: more involved should he be in the offense. Steamy Watkins

675
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 1: is coming off a tough game in Miami. Uh lost

676
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: the one in lights or whatever happened on that that

677
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: earl touchdown opportunity on the Ravens first drive, which, by

678
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: the way, I hear you out there on the slow starts,

679
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: but it's a little bit of a misnomer. I mean,

680
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: now you're coming around on my side. I mean, well, no,

681
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like the past two three games, like

682
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: the Ravens have had some of their best drives in

683
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,479
Speaker 1: the game on their first couple, and then it's been

684
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: kind of stagnant for a while, Like, so I haven't

685
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: I haven't score touchdowns. Mark had that then the delay game.

686
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: I mean, they keep shooting themselves in the foot. But

687
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like the the stats of course say

688
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: like yes, slow starts, but like if you're actually watching

689
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: the games the past couple of games, actually the first drive,

690
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: they've moved the ball pretty well, Like because the Dolphins,

691
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: I was like, here we go, We're gonna roll them.

692
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: Just see the touchdowns and stop shooting themselves in the

693
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Speaker 1: foot when they get in the field goal range at least.

694
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Speaker 1: I mean, they got the field goal from Tucker on

695
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: this one, but they need to touchdown on the first drive.

696
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: That would, like, I think, just take a lot of

697
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Speaker 1: pressure off everybody's shoulders. Um. But as I was saying,

698
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Speaker 1: I mean, Sammy had a tough game. Then the fumble

699
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: returned for a touchdown that was really the backbreaker in

700
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins loss. We're shot that's playing well. I mean

701
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Speaker 1: I think that I'm ready. I'll say it. I think

702
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: I'm ready for him to take the number two share

703
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: of the workload and targets. And I think that that

704
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: might be the way it is going forward, to be honest. Yeah,

705
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: And and you know the Ravens also have Devin do Rene.

706
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: He's played well, and so you know, I know we

707
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 1: haven't talked. Look at my team stead, Yeah, I don't

708
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Speaker 1: want that. I don't want him to like lose opportunities either. Yeah,

709
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: So like and we've we've had conversations, and you know,

710
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: I know you have been really excited about getting the

711
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 1: full compliment receivers on the field. Obviously, you want all

712
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: your guys healthy, and that's preferred, but at the end

713
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: of the day, like you're you're not, You're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a lot of situations where there's just two receivers on

715
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Speaker 1: the field and then three, and so who are those three?

716
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Speaker 1: And I feel like right now, if I'm lining it

717
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Speaker 1: up and it's a key play, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: I'm probably going with uh Bateman, Hollywood and different name

719
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: now interesting. Now it depends on I think if it's

720
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Speaker 1: the third down, I want Sammy out there. Yeah that's

721
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: I like you and a running like the kind of

722
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 1: gadget stuff and and not just that stuff, but I

723
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: like the jet suitets. I like getting the ball to him,

724
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: like some of these I'll tell you some of these

725
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: wide receiver screens that him and see the past couple

726
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: of weeks, a lot of them. I'd like to see.

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Speaker 1: There's good at du Rene as much as I think

728
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Speaker 1: Hollywood is great, and you know, he's picking up more

729
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: yards after catch, Like du rene is gonna be a

730
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Speaker 1: guy who I think gets through more tackles and stuff

731
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: like that. Um, But like, I still want to see

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Speaker 1: du Reney involved. But I third and six, third and seven,

733
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: give me Sammy. I'm not. I'm not Like Samy had

734
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Speaker 1: a rough game, but he was playing well before his injury,

735
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Speaker 1: and I think he's still going to be a major

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Speaker 1: contributor this year. Yeah. I mean, look, I'm I still

737
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 1: think Samy's gonna make some key catches for this team

738
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Um, and he can bounce back from

739
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: that game on Thursday night. It's just, you know, there's

740
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: only one ball to go around, and it's, uh, that's

741
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: a good problem to have. This if you're sitting here

742
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: looking at the White Ravens wide receivers saying how you

743
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: gonna get all these guys involved? Uh, it's a far

744
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: cry from you know, where people thought this team would be,

745
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: you know a year ago. Um that they've got too

746
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: many good receivers. So uh, that's that's a good thing

747
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: for this team. All Right, I got a question here,

748
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: this one. As always, you can email us at Last

749
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Speaker 1: Ravens on NFL dot Net. What's up, guys, I go

750
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: to school in Madison, Wisconsin. The flock is pretty thin

751
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: up here, so I listened to a lot of Ravens content.

752
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: It's safe to say you guys are my favorites. Thank

753
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: you very much, Jack. What do you guys think is

754
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,280
Speaker 1: going on with Jimmy Smith? With the injuries? I expected

755
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,359
Speaker 1: him to be getting a lot more snaps, but he's not.

756
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Speaker 1: Do you guys think you're saving him as a backup

757
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: corner Do his play sty will not fit with the

758
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: team needs right now? What do you think? Well, I

759
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: think that Jimmy Smith's skill set is still best suited

760
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: for cornerback as opposed to safety. I think he can

761
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 1: play some there, and and and whatnot. But um, I

762
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,439
Speaker 1: think that they just think right now you know that

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Speaker 1: that I think they think Brandon Stevens, the rookie third

764
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: round pick out of s S MU, is as good

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00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: as safety or close to it as Jimmy Smith is

766
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,720
Speaker 1: right now. And you would like to get the rookie

767
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: the snaps as opposed to Jimmy, And you would rather

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00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,479
Speaker 1: save Jimmy healthwise for those matchup where you really want

769
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: and need him late in the year. And we all

770
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: know Jimmy's injury history, so like I'd rather not risk

771
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 1: him getting hurt when you don't need to. UM. Yeah,

772
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: So I think that's kind of the situation. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Stevens. The thing is, like the Ravens, I think,

774
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: I think is there's some legit concerns with communication, like

775
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: I expressed after the Miami game, and they need to

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00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 1: be better at that. I don't know that like Jimmy

777
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: maybe would solve that issue. But he's not a natural safety.

778
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: He's just not. He's a corner and like they can

779
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: kind of use them, like back him off the line

780
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: of scribvenge and use him in that way. But he's

781
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 1: not going to be your guy that steps in and

782
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: just replaces des Sean Elliott. That's not the player that

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Smith like at this point in the career. His career,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you, Brandon Stevens probably has a lot more agility,

785
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: is faster, UM can break on the ball. M Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I do I do think with with Jimmy this

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Speaker 1: The other part of this is you might end up

788
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: in a situation this was part of the Jack's question

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00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: where you need him and like he's gonna I do

790
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: not think over the course of the rest of the

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00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 1: season that we're only gonna see Jimmy Smith playing eight

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Speaker 1: ten one STA You know, I don't. I don't think

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be the case. I think there's gonna be games,

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Speaker 1: whether it's from injury or a matchup situation. Also, you

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Speaker 1: play the Chiefs in the playoffs, and he's matching up

796
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: against Kelsey for a lot of the day because that happened. Like,

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Speaker 1: I think that there's gonna be situations where Jimmy Allison

798
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: takes on a huge role. Um. But yeah, he's not

799
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Speaker 1: just gonna transition to safety. So what are your thoughts

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Speaker 1: about this game against Chicago. I mean, I think that

801
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Speaker 1: this is a interesting test for the Ravens defense going

802
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Speaker 1: against Justin Fields, who had his best game as a

803
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 1: pro so far against Pittsburgh. Made some throws in that game.

804
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,280
Speaker 1: The Bears should have won that game. Pittsburgh got billed

805
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: out by some referee questionable decisions. Um, but he he

806
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: looked good. I mean I watched that game kind of

807
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: with the thought of, all right, let's see what this

808
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: kid's got because he took a ton. He's taken a

809
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: ton of sacks this year. I've been under a lot

810
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Speaker 1: of pressure, kind of been running around and not look

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Speaker 1: for much of the year, but still made some plays.

812
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: Like to me, he early on he kind of looked

813
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: like Lamar Jackson rookie season, like just kind of uh,

814
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: not comfortable, run around, still making plays, but you know,

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Speaker 1: March Jackson without the running game that he had his

816
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: right year. And so um but he I'll tell you

817
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: he he impressed me in this in the Steelers game.

818
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: So the Ravens are have got a hope that they

819
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,240
Speaker 1: can kind of get him looking like he did previous

820
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 1: to that. Obviously, playing practicing against Lamar Jackson, I think

821
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,800
Speaker 1: helps this defense a little bit, you know, in preparing

822
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: for that kind of quarterback. Um. And they've got a

823
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: good defense. I don't like the Khalil mack is returning

824
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Speaker 1: this week exactly. Um, And that Chicago defense just is

825
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: always tough, you know. Broke On Smith's a good players,

826
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,920
Speaker 1: got a pretty a good defensive line. It's it's a good,

827
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: good defense. So I think they're a better team than

828
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: the records say. Just kind of kind of like the

829
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense was like playing better than what their record indicated.

830
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: They had been played well. A couple of e eight weeks.

831
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Speaker 1: I think that the Dolphins are feeling good about themselves

832
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,359
Speaker 1: coming off of buy So it's gonna be a tough game,

833
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: and it's a game that the Ravens quite frankly need

834
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Speaker 1: to have. Yeah, that's my thing on it. You know,

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Speaker 1: Like I agree with what you're saying from a kind

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Speaker 1: of an excellent a no standpoint, but just from my

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00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: yeah that's but but I just think from like a

838
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: really big picture standpoint, knowing that what the Ravens have

839
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Speaker 1: on their schedule on the horizon, Brown's Pittsburgh Browns. Yeah,

840
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: and then and then you got Rams Packers. It's just

841
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: it's it's murderers row this seconds half stretch. And so

842
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: are the Bears a good team and better than the

843
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: record indicates, Yes, I think so. But it's also a

844
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Speaker 1: game where the Ravens are favored, and I think they

845
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Speaker 1: need to win it because you need you need to

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Speaker 1: be in a situation where you have a little bit

847
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Speaker 1: more cushion. You lost some cushion losing to the Dolphins.

848
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Speaker 1: You're also coming off a long week, um, so you

849
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,439
Speaker 1: have a little bit more time to prepare. I think

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Speaker 1: the Miami game. Arlon Humphreys said it after the game

851
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,320
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, to some degree, could be a

852
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Speaker 1: wake up call. Um. And so for all those reasons,

853
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 1: I just think it's again that the Ravens need to

854
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 1: win and then put themselves in pretty good position being

855
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: in first place in the division heading into this final stretch.

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Speaker 1: All right, Now, another important question because I took some

857
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Speaker 1: heat on this on Twitter. Okay, when is too soon

858
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: to put up your Christmas decorations? Uh? I think that.

859
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Speaker 1: I think that if you do it because they're oh

860
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 1: my commute home, one house blazon, I mean lights, the

861
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: full spotlights, flicker, tree lit in the window, the whole shebang, November,

862
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: that's early. But here's the thing. You know, like it's

863
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: a lot of work to put up a lot of

864
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: Christmas decorations, and so if you want to enjoy it,

865
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 1: like you, you might want to put it up early. Now, No,

866
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: for me, is is early. But if you're going through

867
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Speaker 1: the whole exercise and the other thing too, you know,

868
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: maybe you're out of town some weekends, maybe you've got

869
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Speaker 1: activities and you're this is the weekend, this is my

870
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 1: free weekend where and so you just gotta get a die.

871
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: There's extenuating circumstances. But you're somebody that you know we can.

872
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Speaker 1: We can after thanks completely agree before that, it is

873
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Speaker 1: a general principle after Thanksgiving. I don't like the slap

874
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Speaker 1: in the face to Thanksgiving of just putting up your

875
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Speaker 1: Christmas secreations, Like it's not even like you're skipping it. Well,

876
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: I think it's kind they've kind of merged, you know,

877
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Speaker 1: like I know, well, there's do you decorate your house

878
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Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving? I mean maybe we put out a little

879
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Speaker 1: turkey yar a Turkey Turkey Year, but no one has

880
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving decorations. My neighbor has some blow ups. Turkey blow up.

881
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Speaker 1: That's rare. That it is rare. That's a die hard

882
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving fair. That is die hard. I love thanks about that,

883
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Speaker 1: but I write I agree. But here's the thing, Okay,

884
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Speaker 1: Christmas happen sees j O'Brien's. His reply to me on

885
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: Twitter was, you know it brings extra happiness. It brings

886
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Speaker 1: happiness the Christmas that curase, so just have more days

887
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: of happiness. That's a terrible argument, categorically false. Christmas happiness

888
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: has a shelf life, right. If it doesn't, then you're

889
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 1: one of those people that listen to the Carol Christmas

890
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 1: Carol's station all year round and then you're just a weirdo. Right,

891
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 1: So it's it's it makes you happy when you're putting

892
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: them up. You drink some hot cocoa. And that's the

893
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: other thing. If you're putting them up in the warmth,

894
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 1: you're you're soft. It actually is kind of nice, though

895
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Speaker 1: if you're decision you cant sure you it's it's more comfortable,

896
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Speaker 1: but you've gotta be drinking some hot cocoa. You gotta

897
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Speaker 1: be cold when you're putting them up. It's not you

898
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Speaker 1: can't be putting them up in six said I. I

899
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Speaker 1: prefer the weekend after Thanksgiving is the time. I agree,

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Speaker 1: that's that's the time. Completely. No, Like I said, you

901
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Speaker 1: do any circumstances, but make it yourself happy. But just

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914
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Speaker 1: like a Raven Eyes crate. That's cool. That's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: So check it out. Since we're talking about food beverage,

916
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Speaker 1: we're both going to Chicago. Yes, how much pizza do

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Speaker 1: you plan to eat? Because I'm eating an entire pizza

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Speaker 1: deep dish, just five thousand calories of deep pizza next

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Speaker 1: to me in the present. You're gonna be asleep. It's

920
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Speaker 1: gonna be worse than that. On that note, On that note,

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Speaker 1: get ready for the come back. Well