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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. It is time

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Speaker 1: for our twenty twenty four off season blueprint, when Garrett

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Speaker 1: and I break down all we could see happening. Obviously

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Speaker 1: we don't have the crystal ball, but this is how

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Speaker 1: we could see it playing out for the Ravens this offseason.

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Speaker 1: It's officially off season mode. The Super Bowl's done, kind of,

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Speaker 1: let's kind of I feel like this is when the

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Speaker 1: healing process begins.

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Speaker 2: I think it's been underway the past couple of weeks,

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Speaker 2: and now now you at least have concrete things to

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Speaker 2: start looking forward to.

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Speaker 3: Exactly exactly.

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Speaker 1: So, Garrett, with no further ado, let's get into the

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Speaker 1: Ravens have a lot of free agents. Okay, and you

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Speaker 1: know there's varying numbers of how many free agents it

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Speaker 1: is based on void years and all that stuff. But

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Speaker 1: it's twenty plus. It's over twenty, right, so there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of work to be done. We're not going to

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Speaker 1: go through every single guy here, but let's take turns

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Speaker 1: and go through some of the big names on the

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Speaker 1: Ravens pending unrestrictive free agent list and talk about what

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Speaker 1: we could see in vision, what we can see happening here, And.

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Speaker 2: Just to kind of set the stage, I think this

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Speaker 2: in terms of you you look at the number of

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Speaker 2: is the most significant free agent class that the Ravens

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Speaker 2: have had in a long time. You have impact players

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Speaker 2: on both sides of the ball who the Ravens have

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Speaker 2: to make some difficult decisions about. And they're also going

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Speaker 2: to be pressed tight against a salary cap because they

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Speaker 2: have some really good players under contract. Lamar Jackson of

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Speaker 2: you have some players who have really emerged, Patrick Queen,

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Speaker 2: justin Mattabique at the top of that list, who are

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Speaker 2: of Patrick Queen, you know, I would love to find

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Speaker 2: a way to get him back here. I would absolutely

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Speaker 2: love it. I think that he's player that I've really

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Speaker 2: liked since the time that the Ravens drafted him. I've

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Speaker 2: been high on him even when it was people were

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Speaker 2: his second early in his third season, people were kind

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Speaker 2: of doubting him. I've always liked him as a player,

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Speaker 2: as a person, I think he's a great fit. I

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Speaker 2: think it's challenging, though, to pay two inside linebackers top dollar.

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Speaker 2: The Ravens have already paid Rokwan Smith, and so it's

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Speaker 2: hard for me to see a way that the Ravens

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Speaker 2: both those both those guys and keep the Queen roquand

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Speaker 1: Look at the at the end of the day, this

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Speaker 1: is what we all said when the Ravens signed Roquan

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Speaker 1: they still felt really great about Patrick Queen, but then

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Speaker 1: they didn't pick up the fifth year option because that

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Speaker 3: He's played since then, he's become.

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Speaker 1: A pro bowler and an All Pro and so he's

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Speaker 1: I just don't think dollars and cents it probably. I

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's probably gonna get a deal in the

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Speaker 1: Well, and it boils down to, really, this offseason, can

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Speaker 1: And to me, when you already have Roquan Smith playing

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Speaker 2: I think with Mattabk he's going to be on the

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Speaker 2: That to me is the question.

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Speaker 1: I think they're going to work really hard to get

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Speaker 1: is Brian mcfarley of Russell Street Report. He does great

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Speaker 1: work on the Ravens salary cap, kind of predicting it,

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Speaker 1: breaking this whole thing down. Check out Brian's work at

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Speaker 1: Russell Street Report. Brian projects the Ravens are going to

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Speaker 1: The franchise tag for Justin Mattabik is projected to be

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Speaker 2: The trickiest part of that is you really want to

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Speaker 3: For sure.

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Speaker 2: Last year, the Ravens went in there with Lamar tagged

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Speaker 2: Right now, that still worked out all right for the

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Speaker 2: So essentially Monday is the deadline to work out a

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Speaker 2: That's the Zeitler Aguilar, Geno, Gus Edwards, Rocketscene. Let's start

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Speaker 1: I would agree there's not a natural right guard replacement.

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Speaker 1: I think Gina is going to test the market. I

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Speaker 1: think that Gina is going to see what's out there

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Speaker 1: And so when you have a career year, generally speaking,

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Speaker 1: other teams are offering, then I think they're Ravens will

439
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Speaker 1: be interested.

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be somewhat similar to how things

441
00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,800
Speaker 2: played out with Justin Houston in past years. Like the Ravens,

442
00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,119
Speaker 2: he was on the team three years ago, then went

443
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,440
Speaker 2: into the offseason and then they basically was the feel

444
00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,280
Speaker 2: it out process and he made the decision to come back.

445
00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,199
Speaker 2: Ravens resigned him, you know. Last year he ended up

446
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,760
Speaker 2: signing late in the process too, obviously went to Carolina initially.

447
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,520
Speaker 2: But I think it could be similar with these guys.

448
00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,120
Speaker 2: These are veteran players who have been on the market.

449
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Speaker 2: They've tested free agency, they've sat out there, they've done

450
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Speaker 2: all that. So I don't know that it's going to

451
00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,840
Speaker 2: get done right away, and I don't know that it

452
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,160
Speaker 2: has to either. Wasn't it Van Noy who joked after

453
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,359
Speaker 2: he got signed, who needs training camp? You know? And

454
00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,200
Speaker 2: he had a big game. So like, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: So how do you think they feel about OTAs?

456
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so, like I feel like they are confident in

457
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,760
Speaker 2: waiting it out, but also if they feel like they

458
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Speaker 2: get a deal from the Ravens or from another team

459
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Speaker 2: that they're like, man, this is too good deal to

460
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Speaker 2: pass up, they would sign it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't.

462
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Speaker 1: I don't expect that that's probably coming. Yeah, I don't

463
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Speaker 1: think that somebody's gonna come in with two year twenty

464
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,639
Speaker 1: mil you know for those guys, yeah.

465
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Speaker 2: I think get My projection is that they probably waited out. Yeah,

466
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Speaker 2: and maybe one of them ends up back here. Darby's

467
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Speaker 2: an interesting one. We don't talk about him much at all,

468
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,879
Speaker 2: but like Darby played a really important role for the

469
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Speaker 2: team this year for sure. Humphrey basically on the shelf

470
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Speaker 2: for a good portion of the season.

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Speaker 1: The cornerback question is an important one because you still

472
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Speaker 1: are You're in a similar position to what you were

473
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Speaker 1: last year, where you had these two young players that

474
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Speaker 1: you really like in Jalen Armor Davis and Pebbe Williams

475
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,240
Speaker 1: that you like two fourth round picks, but because of injuries,

476
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Speaker 1: you just haven't seen a whole lot of them. You

477
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Speaker 1: saw more of Jalen Armor Davis, and I thought he

478
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,040
Speaker 1: played well at points this season. But you still can't

479
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Speaker 1: really go into twenty twenty four saying, yeah, you know,

480
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Speaker 1: I'm definitely sure that guy's my number three you love.

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Speaker 2: I mean, whenever the cornerback conversation starts, you immediately go

482
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Speaker 2: the number three corner. That's right.

483
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Speaker 1: No, no, no, I'm not even saying the slot corner.

484
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, like, beyond your two starters. This would

485
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Speaker 1: be the next goal. Like if Marlon orged Brandon Stevens

486
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Speaker 1: went we're injured, Yeah, you have confidence confidence.

487
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Speaker 3: That that guy can stip it.

488
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Speaker 1: I think the thing with a cornerback just slot corner conversation.

489
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Speaker 1: I believe that honestly.

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Speaker 2: I think the question with the cornerback is you got

491
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Speaker 2: to make sure that Marlon Marlin Humphrey is healthy after

492
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Speaker 2: kind of an injury riddled season. And I think that

493
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Speaker 2: that's going to be his focus in the Ravens focus

494
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Speaker 2: to making sure that he's healthy and ready to go.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big year for Marlin. I mean,

496
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 1: this is one of the team's highest paid guys. Yeah,

497
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Speaker 1: and it was a rough twenty twenty three campaign for him.

498
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Speaker 1: He it's a it's a prove it, big time, prove

499
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 1: it year for him to come back and show he

500
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Speaker 1: can still be that elite guy.

501
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Speaker 2: So we mentioned briefly for Sybateman in the fifth year

502
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Speaker 2: option decision, but he's not the only one that Ravens

503
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,399
Speaker 2: have to make that decision on. There's also also a

504
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,200
Speaker 2: Dafe oh Way. So they Raveles had two first round

505
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,800
Speaker 2: picks as season, so they have to make that decision

506
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,360
Speaker 2: on both those guys. How do you see that plane out?

507
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,680
Speaker 2: And also do you have the numbers on those two guys.

508
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, the deadline for that decision is May second, And

509
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,120
Speaker 1: according to overthecap dot Com, Rasha Bateman's would be thirteen

510
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 1: point eight million dollars for that's not twenty twenty four,

511
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Speaker 1: it's twenty twenty five.

512
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Speaker 3: That would be a salary cap hit.

513
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Speaker 1: And then Erdafi always would be twelve point two million

514
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Speaker 1: dollars for twenty twenty five. I think o'dafes is a

515
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:27,200
Speaker 1: tougher decision. You know, outside linebacker. It's not a it's

516
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,400
Speaker 1: not a crazy dollar figure for an outside linebacker. He's

517
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Speaker 1: a guy that's is sending. He's coming off his best

518
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Speaker 1: season this year.

519
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Speaker 2: It's tough.

520
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Speaker 1: I mean, if you view him as as a guy

521
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Speaker 1: a young player, I mean, according to Pro Football Focus,

522
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 1: he was the Ravens' most improved player last year. Yeah,

523
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 1: this season in twenty twenty three, and so if you

524
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Speaker 1: see him as as really a sending player and he's

525
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,680
Speaker 1: this is a double digit sack guy, twelve point two

526
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,880
Speaker 1: is not a bad number for twenty twenty five. Yeah,

527
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Speaker 1: And so that's that's a little bit of a more

528
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Speaker 1: difficult decision.

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Speaker 2: In my mind, it's kind of like you know with

530
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Speaker 2: Patrick Queen there even has had a tough decision a

531
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Speaker 2: year ago about whether now not the exact same circumstance.

532
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Speaker 2: But you know, then Queen has a huge season, the

533
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,359
Speaker 2: price just only goes up right, oh way, as a

534
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Speaker 2: pass rusher if you decide not to put the tag

535
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Speaker 2: on him or not to put the fifth year option

536
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 2: on him, then he goes out there and has a

537
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Speaker 2: monster season. Well, well now he may have priced himself

538
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Speaker 2: out potentially.

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Speaker 1: And you can make the same case for Rashat Bateman

540
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Speaker 1: r right, I mean at thirteen to eight, Odell Beckham

541
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 1: just was one year fifteen, Yeah, now thatll if Bateman

542
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Speaker 1: goes out and has a big year, he could get

543
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Speaker 1: more than that.

544
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,719
Speaker 2: Both you're always you're always dealing with the risk reward

545
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:44,439
Speaker 2: on all.

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Speaker 1: Of that, right, adaphe, either of them are a slam

547
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 1: dunk for sure in either direction.

548
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, a daphe.

549
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Speaker 3: You know he's deuble.

550
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,640
Speaker 2: Some injuries, you know, kind of similar story for both

551
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,119
Speaker 2: these guys.

552
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Speaker 3: Yeah, not season ending.

553
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 2: Not major, but nagging Yes, yes, that's correct, and that

554
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 2: have limited his production and it's there's been times where

555
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 2: it feels like, all men, this guy is turning a

556
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 2: corner and he's he's going to make all these plays

557
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 2: and you're starting to see it. And then the light

558
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 2: turned on or whatever phrase you want to use, and

559
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 2: then he's been set back by some injuries. I agree

560
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 2: with you. I think it's a tougher decision. I don't

561
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:20,920
Speaker 2: know which way the Ravens go on that. Yeah.

562
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: I also difficulty projecting that, Yeah, because you also factor

563
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 1: in David Ajabo, who now back to back years you know,

564
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: season ending injuries really well, I mean his rookie year,

565
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: he's starting injury, he was starting in the season and

566
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 1: and so if you don't extend the fifth year option

567
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:45,119
Speaker 1: to Odafe, I mean you could be starting over, not

568
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: starting over in twenty twenty five, David a Jabo will

569
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 1: be going into the final year of his four year deal.

570
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Speaker 1: But you're you're getting thinner there. Yeah, Really, you need

571
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,240
Speaker 1: to start drafting some outside linebackers high and and often.

572
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Speaker 2: And we're gonna talk about drafts and all. So yeah,

573
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 2: and so you start talking about all this stuff, it's

574
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 2: like you only you can only address so many positions

575
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 2: in the draft and a free agency, especially when we're

576
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,439
Speaker 2: talking about expensive positions like outside linebacker and receiver. Those

577
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,679
Speaker 2: are typically expensive positions, especially in free agency. The ideal

578
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 2: scenario is that you draft, develop, and then keep those guys.

579
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 2: That's the best case scenario, and so you know that.

580
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 2: I think all of that is going to factor into

581
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Speaker 2: the decision on whether the Ravens ultimately determined to extend

582
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 2: that fifth year option to Oway. So we're going to

583
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Speaker 2: take a quick break. When we come back, we'll look

584
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Speaker 2: at some other elements of free agency and also look

585
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Speaker 2: ahead to the draft and how the Ravens could plan

586
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Speaker 2: to attack both the draft and free agency. We'll be

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Speaker 2: in terms of some of the deadlines are the key

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00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,919
Speaker 2: dates over the course of the next couple of months. Here,

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Speaker 2: February twentieth is the first date that you can apply

602
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Speaker 2: that franchise SAT. You have from the twentieth of February

603
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Speaker 2: until March fifth. So that's where you can decide whether

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Speaker 2: you're going to tag guys. If using justin Madabique as

605
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,879
Speaker 2: the example, if the Ravens determined he's going to be

606
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Speaker 2: here next year one way or another, they have to

607
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Speaker 2: put the tag on him by by March fifth, or

608
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Speaker 2: then they have to work out that long term extension

609
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Speaker 2: before free agency opens, which is the next date. Free

610
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Speaker 2: agency officially opens on March eleventh, So that's when, well

611
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Speaker 2: that's when the legal tampre period agains is March eleventh.

612
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Speaker 2: So you know, those are the next kind of key dates.

613
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Speaker 2: And you would think, you know the other piece of

614
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Speaker 2: this process that always unfolds is that you go through

615
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Speaker 2: a process of salary cap maneuvering salary cap cuts, and

616
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 2: that happens typically before free agency opens.

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Speaker 1: As you mentioned, the Ravens are projected to have only

618
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: about three million in salary cap space. And that's before

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Speaker 1: you talk about bringing back a guy like Matta Bka

620
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,439
Speaker 1: and or these other players. Yeah, bringing back of Zeitler,

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Speaker 1: Aglar whoever you're going to bring back that we already

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Speaker 1: talked about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So in order to do that, you probably got

624
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Speaker 2: to trim some of that salary cap and so then

625
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 2: you have to cut, you know, cut guys or RUSS contracts,

626
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 2: whether that's extensions or salary cap cuts, pay cuts. There's

627
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 2: a variety of different ways that you can approach it.

628
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 2: But you know, every year you have to go through

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Speaker 2: this process of looking at potential salary cap cuts.

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Speaker 1: That's correct, and so the Ravens don't when you go

631
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Speaker 1: down the list, they don't have a lot of logical

632
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,679
Speaker 1: candidates where you say, oh, yeah, that that's definitely happening

633
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: some of that, but not much this year. I think

634
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,639
Speaker 1: some of their bigger decisions are quite honestly going to

635
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 1: have to are going to be on Ronnie Stanley. That's

636
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Speaker 1: one of the biggest decisions I think they have to make.

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Speaker 1: This offseason, and that's a tough one. Here's a player

638
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: who's been an All Pro over his career, but by

639
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: his own admission, did not have his best season this

640
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: past year. Obviously, injuries have been a major part of

641
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: his story in recent in the past three years after

642
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: the major ankle injury, came all the way back from that,

643
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Speaker 1: then set out the following year as well, came back

644
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Speaker 1: this year and a couple of knee injuries and that

645
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: he dealt with throughout the season, and he just hasn't

646
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Speaker 1: played to the level that he was at before he

647
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Speaker 1: signed the extension.

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Speaker 3: That's just what it's been.

649
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: And so the Ravens have to make really the decision

650
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 1: by March thirteenth, that's when the I'm sorry. By March eighteenth,

651
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: that's the fifth day of the new league year, and

652
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: contract triggers, like basically bonuses would trigger on that date

653
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Speaker 1: by four pm. And one of those would be a

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Speaker 1: big one for Ronnie Stanley. So basically, if he's still

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00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: on the team by March eighteenth, then he's going to

656
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: be on the team.

657
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, right, they would.

658
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: They would have to decide whether they're they're ready to

659
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: move on and take a salary cap benefit. If if

660
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: the Ravens were to release Ronnie Stanley before that date,

661
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: they could save eight point three million dollars. Again, I

662
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna that's a decision they have to make.

663
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: That's a that's a tough one on Ronnie because you

664
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: look at it, who's your left tackle? Yeah, you know

665
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: Patrick McCarry, You know, he's His value has really been

666
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: in being that sixth lineman who can slide in at

667
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: either tackle spot, uh or really anywhere on the offensive line.

668
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 3: That's valuable.

669
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: Keeping him in that in that role, you'd have to

670
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: draft somebody, most likely high, or spend a fair amount

671
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: of money in free agency to bring back another veteran.

672
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: Are you going to spend more than eight million dollars?

673
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 2: You know, if that's starting if it's a starting left tackle,

674
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 2: you probably are. Unless you're basically trying to go the

675
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 2: route like you did with a Clowney or a van Noy,

676
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 2: and you kind of strike gold and you say, I'm

677
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 2: gonna take this chance and get a veteran player the

678
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 2: league is kind of cast aside and hopefully turn ville INNEWAIVO. Yeah,

679
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 2: it went the other direction, right, So there's risk on

680
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 2: that when you make go that route exactly.

681
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: I mean, you have a young tackle in Daniel foul Leley,

682
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 1: but he's been really more of a right tackle you have.

683
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: That's more of a decision with Morgan, Moses and foule

684
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: Lele whether you feel like he's ready at that position.

685
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: So there's not there's not a left tackle waiting in

686
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: the wings, and left tackles are expensive to our point,

687
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: and so it's a difficult decision for the Ravens in

688
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: that regard. Yeah, that that could be one where you know,

689
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: we talk about pay cuts and adjustments, that could be

690
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: one where they look at a different way to adjust

691
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: that contract.

692
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. And so I mean March eighteenth is the

693
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 2: is that basically the deadline for that. But I would

694
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: expect for really these moves if there are salary cap

695
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 2: cuts to happen prior to the start of free agency.

696
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: It doesn't that I would agree you want to know

697
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: what you have at the start of free agency, But

698
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: I don't think that the Ravens they are in a

699
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: position where they're going to be making moves in the

700
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,719
Speaker 1: first one or two days of free agency.

701
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,320
Speaker 3: Let's just dive right into that right now. Yeah, they

702
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 3: they just don't. I mean, the fact of the.

703
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: Matter is set Lamar Jackson's salary cap hit jumps from

704
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three it was twenty two point one

705
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: million dollars, it jumps to thirty two point four.

706
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 2: Yeah.

707
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: Okay, so there's eleven million dollars that you don't have

708
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: that you had the luxury of spending this past offseason.

709
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: Right when you talk about braining guys like Clowney van Ney,

710
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: I mean add them up of different players they brought

711
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: in for eleven million dollars, probably a lot.

712
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 3: That's out the window. And so.

713
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: The Ravens do not you know, you talk about bringing

714
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 1: in Odell Beckham Junior for one year fifteen, you know,

715
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: I don't see that happening this year.

716
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, they just don't have the space.

717
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: And so sure, you'd like to know what you have

718
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: going into free agency, but I expect the free agency

719
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: free agent moves that the Ravens are going to make

720
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: are going to be in the second, third, fourth, fifth

721
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: wave of free agency where they Hey, that's when they

722
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: got Clowny, That's when they got van Ney was midway

723
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: part way through the season, right like they Eric Dacasa.

724
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 3: Has done really well surfing those.

725
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,479
Speaker 1: Waves of free agency. The maybe we should call them

726
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: the ripples, the free agency ripples, and so I expect

727
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: that that's where the Ravens are gonna have to make

728
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: hey again this year.

729
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think where I look at free agency, I

730
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: think the area where the Ravens and my mind will

731
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 2: most likely look to address. And I don't know what

732
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 2: wave it comes in on, but I think the offensive

733
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 2: line is going to be a real point of emphasis

734
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: for the team. You talked about Ronnie Stanley. You know,

735
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 2: I looked it up using the Chiefs as the example.

736
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 2: You know, they redid their offensive line, their tackle positions

737
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 2: this offseason. They signed Jawan Taylor as a right tackle

738
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 2: and he got a big deal, four year, eighty million

739
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 2: dollar contract. On the left side, they had Donovan Smith

740
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 2: who was a one year, three million dollar contract, so

741
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 2: value signing on the left side. Now, not to say

742
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 2: those tackles were perfect, but just using them as an

743
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 2: I do think that the Ravens will look to try

744
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 2: to find ways to upgrade the offensive line. I think

745
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 2: it's it's really hard to do that at left tackle

746
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 2: position in free agency because top tier left tackles don't

747
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 2: hit the market a ton, and when they do, they

748
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 2: go for major dollars. And so that's the challenge of

749
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 2: trying to address it in free agency. But I do

750
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 2: think that the Ravens will be able to find a

751
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 2: vet or two to come in like they've done that.

752
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 3: I mean questions which is by left guard. They could

753
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 3: try it at left guard, they could bring in Simpsons

754
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 3: a free agent.

755
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 2: Depending on what they decide. At left tackle, they could

756
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 2: try to bring in a Donovan Smith type player. Again,

757
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 2: risk reward there, and you run the risk of getting

758
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 2: somebody who doesn't pan out, or you can get somebody

759
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 2: that turns out to be a home run like you

760
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 2: did with van Ney. So I think that there's there

761
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 2: could be there's two sides to that coin. Yep. So yeah,

762
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 2: I think left You know, they also have a decision

763
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 2: to make it right tackle too. I think Morgan Moses,

764
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: you know, he dealt with an injury this year.

765
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 1: Generally been a very reliable player, a good player, good players.

766
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: That was a great signing for them.

767
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 2: It's been a great signing. And so are you going

768
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 2: to find better on the market. I don't know that

769
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 2: you are. I think that if you were to move

770
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 2: on there. I think that fall lele would be the

771
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 2: guy that you probably just say he's most likely going

772
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: to be our starting right now.

773
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: Part of this is how do the Ravens feel about

774
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: some of their young offensive linemen that they've been developing.

775
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: We've talked about how they do such a good job

776
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: developing offensive lineman. Well, so do those guys get a

777
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: chance or do you go out and try to spend

778
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: you know, to find a veteran at that position. You know,

779
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: you have a guy like Sala who we're all really

780
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,319
Speaker 1: excited about last summer at the chance that he might

781
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: you know, be the starting left guard as a sixth

782
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: round rookie. You know, it didn't end up painting out,

783
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: but you know this is a developmental good prospect.

784
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 2: Uh huh.

785
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 1: You know you have fall Ley Lea who we already

786
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: talked about, benk Cleveland who's now has more experience under

787
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: his belt and has played you know, reasonably pretty well

788
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: when he's gotten in there.

789
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,840
Speaker 3: So what do you see? I tend to agree with

790
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 3: you that, like.

791
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: As wide receiver was the position last year where they

792
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: said we're going to invest a wide receiver and really

793
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 1: up bury that unit. That's where we felt like we

794
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: were lacking. It feels to me like the offensive line

795
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 1: was an issue for the offense last year. That was

796
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: really I think the thing that was holding it back.

797
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: And so if they're going to be aggressive in addressing

798
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: any position group, to me, I agree, that would probably

799
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 1: be the one. The other one that I think they'll

800
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: be in the free agency market in is running back.

801
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 2: Well, that's what I was gonna say. I think I

802
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,760
Speaker 2: think it's offensive line and running back. And John Simpson,

803
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 2: by the way, the left guard, he is a free agent.

804
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: This office said, yeah, so, so you know, it's not

805
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: like you have a position to fill it left guard, right,

806
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: but you could Tala or a veteran like I think

807
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: if there's a Kevin Zeitler out there at left guard

808
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: in free agency, the Ravens would be all years and

809
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 1: you could.

810
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 2: Try to bring back Simpson and that's an option, but

811
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 2: you could try to get the Kevin Zeitler, whoever that

812
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: Kevin Zeitler player is this year.

813
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 3: I'm with you exactly. Running back is the other interesting one.

814
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 1: You know, there were plenty there's plenty of buzz that

815
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: the Ravens were interested in some of these or one

816
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: in particular, running back at the trade deadline and being

817
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: that rumored guy, Derrick Henry. He's going to be a

818
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: free agent. There's going to be other free agent running backs.

819
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 1: We didn't even mention Dalvin Dalvin Cook crad he was

820
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: on the team at the end of the year.

821
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 3: Is that a position?

822
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 1: You know, Sakuon Barkley is a guy who could hit

823
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 1: the market. Uh, now, he would be very expensive.

824
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 2: He just finished saying that Ravens aren't making any moves.

825
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 2: So the first week fre.

826
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 3: Agency running back is running back Barkley would be away.

827
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 3: Saon Barkley's not happening. Okay. I love Saquon Barkley.

828
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: I to be awesome. He's leader player all that. I'm

829
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: sorry Ravens fans, but don't count on it. That is

830
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: too rich for the Ravens blood. I think now Derrick Henry, Like,

831
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 1: what what's the market for Derrick Henry? You know, like,

832
00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: this is a veteran running back. He's taking a lot

833
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: of hits. He's still been productive, but he's been you know,

834
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: veteran running back to the As you've said, the market

835
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: has not been friendly to them.

836
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 3: Where's his number come in at.

837
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 2: The market hasn't been friendly to running backs in general.

838
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 2: I mean, that was the that was the huge talking

839
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 2: point around the NFL dot Mincook at the center of

840
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 2: that conversation, certainly, and this was a guy who was

841
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 2: a thousand year rusher for I think four or five

842
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 2: straight years and then you know, as up signing a

843
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 2: short term deal and then then at the end of

844
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 2: the year ends up on the Ravens. So I think

845
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,760
Speaker 2: that predicting the running back market is next to impossible, exactly.

846
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 2: I think that it's it's probably not very favorable for

847
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:33,959
Speaker 2: the backs.

848
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 1: That's just one where my point is if that market

849
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 1: is depressed as it was last offseason, I do think

850
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,320
Speaker 1: that's a position where maybe it comes down to the

851
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: Ravens price level and is an area where they look

852
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: to add, especially if they weren't to bring back Gus Edwards,

853
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: that they add a veteran and you probably draft a

854
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: running back at some point during the draft.

855
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 3: You don't have to because you have Keaton, Yeah, but

856
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 3: you could.

857
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 2: And all right, So in terms of the draft, as

858
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 2: we look ahead to that piece, you know, I think

859
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: that where where I really expect the Ravens to look

860
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 2: at opportunities within the draft is at some of those

861
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 2: pricey positions. So we mentioned receiver. I think that they

862
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 2: will draft a receiver at some point. If you're looking

863
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: to add tackles, a tackle, offensive tackle to this line,

864
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 2: whether it's a left tackle or a right tackle, or

865
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 2: maybe somebody who has the ability to do both. I

866
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 2: think that that is a likely option in this draft.

867
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: Now, it's hard outside linebacker to me, talking about fIF

868
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: your option and they have a JABO and you need

869
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: to know you need more developmental guys there too.

870
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it could be defensive.

871
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 2: Line, some premium positions in the draft.

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Speaker 3: I mean defensive line.

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Speaker 1: If Mattabique, if you weren't to come back, you certainly

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Speaker 1: need that defensive end.

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Speaker 2: You know, I.

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Speaker 1: Would have a hard time seeing a first round wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: but never counted out. You know, Eric Deacasa has done

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Speaker 1: it now three times, first round wide receiver, and he's

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Speaker 1: determined to keep that room talented. But to me, there's

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Speaker 1: some pretty big needs on the defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 3: Cornerback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we were all talking about the possibility of

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Speaker 1: a first round corner last off season. Now Brandon Stevens

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Speaker 1: stepped up. Brand Stevens, by the way, is a guy.

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Speaker 1: Could you reach an extension with him. It's not going

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Speaker 1: to help you save a whole lot of money, if

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Speaker 1: any might cost you a little bit more. But you

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Speaker 1: talk about players, it would be nice to know you

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Speaker 1: have moving forward brand. Stevens would be high on my list. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: now that could happen at any time. Yes, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: have to happen.

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Speaker 2: He's going into his fourth and final year of his contract, right,

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Speaker 2: but he would be a candidate totally.

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Speaker 3: And so.

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Speaker 1: You know, cornerback was a position that we talked a

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Speaker 1: lot about as being a potential first round pick last year.

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Speaker 1: So Marlon Humphrey, now one year older, have injury issues.

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Speaker 1: That's another you need more young depth there too. That's

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Speaker 1: another position I think will be high in the pecking

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Speaker 1: order potentially for the draft.

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Speaker 2: So in the first round of the draft, Ravens will

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Speaker 2: taking a corner, tackle, receiver, pass pressure.

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Speaker 3: Yep, yep, you got it all four, You nailed it.

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Speaker 3: See Ericcott loves yeah when you go again.

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Speaker 2: So we will of course dive into the draft and

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Speaker 2: much more detail over the course of the next several

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Speaker 2: weeks and months. But this gives you an overview, This

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Speaker 2: gives you kind of a blueprint of what to expect

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Speaker 2: over the course of the next month leading into free agency,

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a busy time for the Ravens.

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