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Speaker 1: pass rusher maybe. I mean, look, there's there's areas that

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Speaker 1: the Ravels still need to address inside linebackers. The spot

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Speaker 1: they've talked about the offensive line. There's a hole now

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Speaker 1: there with Rick Quick you need ready tackle. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: like there's definitely spots on the roster, but you can

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Speaker 1: say that's the same thing for pretty much every single

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Speaker 1: team in the league. Everyone's looking to get better and

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Speaker 1: I think you know, as you said it, they're not done.

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Speaker 1: We ain't done. They're not done yet. So well we're done,

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Speaker 1: We're done. Yes, Thank you very much for listening. As always,

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Speaker 1: you can reach us at the lounge at Ravens dot

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Speaker 1: NFL dot net and we'll probably have a lot more

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Speaker 1: to talk about next week. Thank you very much.