1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. Free agency roles on. 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Clifton Brown is here to join me today, filling in 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: for Ryan mink A. Free agency is continuing, but it's 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: been relatively quiet here. There's been some reports, but as 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: of this taping, the Ravens have not brought in anybody new. 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: They have resigned some of their current free agents or 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: some of their players who were free agents. Of course, 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: Geno Stone, Justice Hill. Have you haven't listened to that 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: episode of the podcast which drop last week when they 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: were here to sign their contracts, go ahead and check 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: that out. Also reportedly added Delshaun Phillips brought him back 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: special Teams Ace. But other than that, it's been quiet. 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: So there's a handful of Ravens players who are certainly 14 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: still out there on the open market. Marcus Peters justin 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Houston hinting to Marcus Robinson, and the receiver market in 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: general in the NFL has been a little bit slow 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: to develop, and there's been The latest on that front 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: from a Ravens standpoint is that they reportedly brought in 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: Nelson agilar betteran receiver former first shun pick, for a visit. 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: So We're going to spend some time today talk about 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: the receiver position, the guys that are on there out 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: there on the old market. Also some of the players 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: in the draft. Both Cliff and I were at the 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: Combine a few weeks ago, so we had a chance 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: to get a feel for some of those players. Meet 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: them at the Combine and just get a feel for, 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: you know, a little bit of who they are, how 28 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: they operate, and get to see them in person. So 29 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: let's just start with you, Cliff, what's from a big 30 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: picture standpoint? What's your what do you make of where 31 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens are at this point of free agency a 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: week into the process. Well, you touched on how it's 33 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: been pretty quiet, But I think from a big picture's perspective, 34 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: as far as a team that's needing why receiver and 35 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: cornerback depth, they're still in a good spot because this 36 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: draft is strong at both positions and specifically why receiver. 37 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: When you look at all these probably not thefications you know, 38 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: pundit's predicting what the Ravens might do at twenty two. 39 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: They have a chance to get you know, three, four 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: or five different guys at that spot, conceivably at at 41 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: the position where they need. So no matter who they 42 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: like on the board, they should be able to get 43 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: one of the top wide receivers if they just sit 44 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: tight at number twenty two. So from that perspective, yes, 45 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: they can really do some damage here if they picked 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: the right guy. Yeah, we'll get into kind of diving 47 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,839 Speaker 1: into the draft and also a little teasier here. We're 48 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: gonna have Daniel Jeremiah from the NFL Network. He knows 49 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: the draft and the Ravens about as well as anybody 50 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: in that space, and so we are going to have 51 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: him on the podcast. We're gonna catch up with him 52 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: later this week for an upcoming episode, So make sure 53 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: that you check that out because I'm gonna be interested 54 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: to hear what he has to say. He's he's the 55 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: past couple of years, it's been good. He's been good. 56 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: He's been good. I always pay a little extra attention 57 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: to who he's predicting for the Ravens to draft, So 58 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: he's been really good, you know. But in terms of 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the receiver class, like we kind of went into the 60 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: combine with a lack of clarity on that group, and 61 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: I do think the combine brought a little bit of 62 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: that in terms of who the top guys will likely be, 63 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: you never know one hundred percent, but I do think 64 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: that there's a little bit of clarity. And then in 65 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: terms of where the Ravens are, you know, and how 66 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: they're approaching this year's free agency, it seems like certainly 67 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is still you know, unsigned, and the hope 68 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: is that that the Ravens are able to work out 69 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: a long term contract extension with him, and he's in 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: Baltimore for a long time to come. As of now, 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: he's on the franchise tag, hasn't signed the franchise tag yet, 72 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: which means that other teams could come in and make 73 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: him an offer sheet, and the Ravens, as we talked 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: about coming into this process, you know, they certainly need 75 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: to maintain flexibility on the cap front in the case 76 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: there were to be somebody that tries to make an 77 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: offer sheet to him that the Ravens would want to match. So, 78 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, the whole contract salary cap navigating is part 79 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: of what's going on. I mean, that's something that every 80 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: team has to deal with, the Ravens probably right now 81 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: more than anybody else considering you know, the uncertainty regarding 82 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: the cap and their franchise quarterback. Yeah, I mean this 83 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: has been a different offseason, no question about it. You know, 84 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: Eric de Coason mentioned that the Combine about how you know, 85 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: the Lamar situation isn't just operating in a vacuum. It 86 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: affects what they do. However, as I mentioned before, I 87 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: mean coming after the Combine, I love going to Combine 88 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: because you know, I don't get a chance to be 89 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: around the college players during the season, and so when 90 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: I get to the Combine, I know there's going to 91 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: be a lot of talk about football, get to see 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys, get to see a lot 93 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: of my friends, and not get much sleep. So all 94 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: that happened to Combine as usual, but I come back 95 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: with a better sense of players who just kind of 96 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: having a gut feeling about how they would fit here 97 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: in Baltimore. And again, there were quite a few wide 98 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: receivers who I was impressed with their personalities. You know, 99 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: the numbers are out there about how they perform, but 100 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: really I don't really get caught up too much in 101 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: those numbers. I'm gonna go back and watch what they 102 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: did in college on film, and yeah, very impressive group 103 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: of wide receivers this year. I'm impressed. Just you know, 104 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: when you go to the Combine, it's always interesting because 105 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: you have all of these people from around the NFL. 106 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: It's like the center of a convention and everybody's all 107 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,679 Speaker 1: in one place, and you'll be sitting in the line, 108 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, waiting for your coffee, and they'll be a 109 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: head coach or GM right there. Next year, it's always 110 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: kind of an interesting week. The other thing that's interesting 111 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: about the Combine is that I don't think anybody runs 112 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: that town more than Clifton Brown. Folks, I'm telling you, 113 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: you can't walk down the street without this guy stopping 114 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: to talk to six different people. Everybody wants to talk 115 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: to Cliff. I know you worked in Indie for a 116 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: little bit, but you know a lot of people there 117 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: just across the board. It's impressive. I mean, it's like, 118 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, in my walk, it's like a celebrity. Man. 119 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: You are a celebrity at the Combine. I'm telling you, 120 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just old dude. When you're around people, 121 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: it's like it's like, you know, it's like you're sitting 122 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: there a scene out of the Godfather something you're sitting 123 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: at dinner. Everybody comes by to pay their respects to 124 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: Clifton Brown at the table. Everyone gotta come and kiss 125 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: the ring. Yeah, well, I mean it is a great 126 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: place to pick up information, you know, like, yeah, we 127 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: were sitting there having you know, Bucky Brooks the NFL network. 128 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: I didn't even see him in the restaurant. Yeah, so yeah, 129 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: we go back a long way. So, yeah, we had 130 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: an interesting conversation about the Ravens. And I like hearing 131 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: outsiders perspectives. I mean, we're so focused on the Ravens 132 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: here in Baltimore working for the Ravens, being in Baltimore, 133 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, covering the team. It's always interesting to me 134 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: to get an outsiders perspective on where the team is, 135 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: what they should do. You know. I just think you 136 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: learn a lot getting a different point of view. So yeah, 137 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: from that point standpoint, it was productive. And you know Ravens, 138 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: I mean, this is an interesting time for them, no 139 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: question question. But Ravens have been through this through similar 140 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: situations before as far as you know, uncertainty with the 141 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: name player, people wondering what they're gonna do earlier free agency, 142 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: and this organization has a history of you know, staying 143 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: the course and putting out a product by September, they 144 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: can compete, and you know, is alsiknus Some mused always say, 145 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: you know, we don't have to win any games right 146 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: now in March, so don't get too caught up on 147 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: where the roster is now. Let's see where things are, 148 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: you know, four or five months from now. And I 149 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: have a good feeling that when it's time to play games, 150 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens will be better and ready to go. But 151 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: there's gonna be some new faces as part of mix, 152 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: no question. All right, So let's look at some of 153 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: the free agent receivers who are still out there on 154 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: the market. And the receiver market has been a little 155 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: slowly developing in comparisons to last year, and some of 156 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: the top players are off. Jacobe Myers is off the board, 157 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: ju just miss Schuster, Alan Lazard out, Adam Feeling became 158 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: available and then signed um. But some of the players 159 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: who are still available, Odell Beckham Jr. There's been reports 160 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: linking the Ravens to having interest in him. You know, 161 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: he's tweeted recently about how he's basically not happy with 162 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: the offers that he's getting out there on the market, 163 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: no idea that's from the Ravens or another team, but clearly, uh, 164 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: he's going to make sure that he gets a contract 165 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: that he's happy with. He didn't play it all that 166 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: year coming off the injury. Um. You know, all the 167 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: reports were that when he had his workout, looked pretty good. 168 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: Watched some of the videos from that looked pretty good. Um. 169 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: But is he going to sign a deal that he 170 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: feels like his undermarket value? Certainly not so. UM, I 171 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: don't know how much he's looking for exactly, he said. 172 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: I never said his sweet was. I never said any twenty, 173 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: but I said four's not enough. So somewhere in that mix, bet, 174 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: I guess, is what he's going to be looking for. Um. 175 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: DJ chart still available, mcole Hardman. Um. And then I 176 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: mentioned this early, but there was a report that the 177 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: Ravens had Nelson Aguilar in for a visit. Last year 178 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: with the Patriots, he put up thirty one catches, three 179 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two yards two touchdowns. So what does 180 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: your what do you make of the of the receivers 181 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: who are still on the market in Agilar specifically, Well, 182 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: Agila is a guy, A couple of years ago with 183 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: the Raiders, had his best season. You know, Philly when 184 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: they drafted him, was really really high on him, thought 185 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: he would come in and be a number one receiver. 186 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: He didn't live up to that that building. But I 187 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: think he's a guy who definitely haven't played in three 188 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: or four different systems. You know, he's if he came here, 189 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: he would be I think a person who would help 190 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: him as a as a whole in the wide receiver room. 191 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: He's got experience. I think he's gotten better as far 192 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: as you know, getting rid of some of the drops 193 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: that he had early in his career. I think that 194 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 1: he now you know, it's kind of settled in as 195 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: a role playing wide receiver in the NFL. So yeah, 196 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean he's a guy obviously, he's a possibility according 197 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: to reports for the Ravens, and he's gonna end up 198 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: signing somewhere. It's just a question of I guess money 199 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: always and where he thinks he fits best. But I 200 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: think the Ravens will bring in a veteran wide receiver 201 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: at some point. It's either gonna be before the draft, 202 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: after the draft. I just don't think it's gonna be 203 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: whatever they do in the draft is who they're gonna 204 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: go with. You know, it's possibility they may trade from 205 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: one too, but I think the likelihood of them signing 206 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: a veteran is the most likely outcome, and he's one 207 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: of certainly one of the guys on the lists who 208 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: could fill that bill. Yeah, you mentioned his season with 209 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: the Raiders. He played one year for the Raiders twenty twenty. 210 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: Finished that year with forty eight catches, eight hundred and 211 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: ninety six receiving yards, eight touchdowns, so a pretty good season. 212 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: Spent the last two years with New England, didn't put 213 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: up numbers in that realm again, but you know, former 214 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: first round pick, and I agree. I think, you know, 215 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: like we've always we've said in looking at this receiver 216 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: group that the Ravens were going to attack her from 217 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: a couple of different ways. So I do think they're 218 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: going to add a veteran, whether that's through free agency 219 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: or trade, and I think they're gonna draft somebody. Like 220 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 1: my feeling as of today, March twenty first, is that 221 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: they're going to use their first round pick on receiver. 222 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: That's the way that I'm leaning right now. But of 223 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: course that could trade if they were to bring somebody 224 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: else in. But Eric's cost has taken two first round receivers. 225 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: It would not surprise me at all if they want 226 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: that route again. And it's a talented group. So let's 227 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: segue into the receivers in this draft class. When you 228 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: left INDI, who did you come out of there saying, 229 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: all right, that's the guy who I would prefer, Like 230 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: perfect scenario, I want him there for the Ravens at 231 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: twenty two. I would say Jordan Aison, Okay, interesting, Yeah, 232 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he's not the guy who tested it well 233 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: as far as speed, But I saw him as a 234 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: player at Pittsburgh with Kenny Pickett, and I loved his 235 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: competitive nature, his playmaking build, his versatility. A guy who 236 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: could line up to me anywhere on the field and 237 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: her defenses, and his route running to me is exceptional. 238 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: He knows how to you know, hesitate, use his body, 239 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: set corners up. So the fact that he doesn't have 240 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: blazing speed, I'm not as concerned about that as maybe 241 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: some other people would be. And I feel like one 242 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: thing that I think Todd Mounkin is gonna be able 243 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: to do is take advantage of the speed that Bateman 244 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: and Duverney have. There's been a lot said about what 245 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens, you know, needed receiver, what they don't have, 246 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: But both Bateman and DuVernay have excellent speed. So if 247 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: you can get the ball in their hands early and 248 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: then have her receiver like Addison, who doesn't have their 249 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: speed but certainly has the ability get open. To me, 250 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: that's a pretty good combination. So speed is always good, 251 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: But I like guys who are productive and can make 252 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: plays on the field, and Addison strikes me as that guy. 253 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: UM loved what he did at PITT wasn't as productive 254 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: the one year at C. But you know a local 255 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: kid who would love to come back to Maryland and play. 256 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: He talked about, you know, his family not gaining to 257 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: see that play, getting him to see see him play 258 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: that much when he was at PIT and certainly when 259 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: he was at SC. If he comes to Baltimore, they're 260 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: gonna be, you know, loading up at M ANDT. You know, 261 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: the Addison bus coming in every game. So yeah, I 262 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: think he'd be a nice fit for the Ravens. And 263 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: he's my favorite guy on a personal note that I 264 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: just feel something about him. I just like it swagged 265 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: the way he plays. I think that. I mean, the 266 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: hometown connection is not nothing like I think that they're 267 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: if like that's I don't know, there's something there. Um, 268 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: I think that it would be great. I mean I 269 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: think that you you you asked him about it at 270 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: the Combine and you can see him right up about 271 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: that possibility. Now, I'm sure he's gonna be happy wherever 272 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: he ends up going. But like playing for your hometown 273 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: team like that carry some weight. His college stats just 274 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, you mentioned his season to pit, so he 275 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: started pit. Then he went to USC last year in 276 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: twenty one p fifteen hundred, fifteen hundred and ninety three 277 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: receiving yards, seventeen touchdowns, monster seasons, and then and then 278 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: last year when he transferred and went to USC, uh 279 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: fifty nine catches for eight hundred and seventy five yards, 280 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: eight touchdowns. So he took a big step back in 281 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: terms of his production. But that twenty twenty one season 282 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: with Kittie Pickett, I mean, it was a monster year, right, 283 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: So I like him too, I mean, and it's not 284 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: like you mentioned the speed he ran at the Combine. 285 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: He was credited with an official four point four nine 286 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: forty yard dash, So like not blazing speed, but also 287 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: like it's not like low slow. It's still a four 288 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: four barely, it's barely in the four fours, but it's 289 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: still a four four, right, And like, you know, it's 290 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: not you went out there and ranto four six. No. So, 291 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: like the speed, and I don't think that people looked 292 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: at him as like this burner from the start. No. So, 293 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: like the speed probably confirms what the scouts and the 294 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: experts would see on tape with him, right, And also 295 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: like the fact that that wasn't a powerhouse team he 296 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: played with it Pitt. I mean, everybody who played Pitt 297 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: that year knew that you gotta stop Pickt, you gotta 298 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: stop Addison. Yeah, and they're really you know, if you 299 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: stopped those two guys, we're gonna win the game. And 300 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: even though they were the focal point of you know, 301 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: everyone on defense, he was still able to have that 302 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: monster of a year. You know a lot of it, 303 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: double team attention, putting the safety over the top against him, 304 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: it didn't matter. You couldn't stop him. So even games, 305 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: you know, they were down later in games, still making plays. 306 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, again, I just liked that competitive nature. I 307 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: always pay it the guys who are on underdog teams 308 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: who still do their thing despite being the guy that 309 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: everyone wants to stop. That to me means, hey, you know, 310 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: you're a tough guy to game plan against, and he 311 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: fits into that category totally. Sor right, um, the other 312 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: thing or the other receiver who really stood out to 313 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: me from from if I'm picking one guy and I 314 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: went into this, you know, maybe it's my Ohio State homerism, 315 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: maybe it's that showing, but I really like Jackson Smith 316 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: and Jagba and it seems like that the likelihood of 317 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: him being there at twenty two after the combine is 318 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: diminishing and it's going to be interesting they have. Ohio 319 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: State has their pro day on March twenty second, which 320 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: is which is Wednesday, so by the time you're listening 321 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: to this, Ohio State could be in the middle of 322 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: their pro day. Jackson Smith and Jagba had a great combine, 323 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: but he did not run the forty yard dash. He 324 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: said he was going to run it at the pro day. 325 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: Some players wait and they do it at that point. 326 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: He did mostly everything else but did not do the 327 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: forty and the forty is interesting for him because this 328 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: is somebody who's coming off a hamstring injury that basically 329 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: costs him all of last season, so he essentially didn't 330 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: play last year. He says he's one hundred percent healthy. 331 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: He went through the other drills, he caught passes. He 332 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: looked really good at the combine six foot one, one 333 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: hundred ninety five pounds, so you know, he has like 334 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 1: the makeup. Not a huge receiver, but he has a 335 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: good he's a good size receiver. But the forty is 336 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting for him because I think there's a 337 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: question are you an inside guy or you're an outside guy? 338 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: Ran a lot of the slot at High State. And 339 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: then also are you healthy from this hamstring injury? Like 340 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: is this going to be something that plagues you your 341 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 1: entire career and you're never gonna be able to get 342 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: fully up to speed or is this something that was 343 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: a you know, one time blip in college and now 344 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: you put a past you. I think that forty will 345 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: be telling when he runs that at his pro day. 346 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: But man, I like him. I mean, he put up 347 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: more than three hundred yards and three touchdowns fifteen catches 348 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: the last time he was on the field and in 349 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: full capacity at the Rose Bowl. Going back to the 350 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season. So I just always think back 351 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: to that season and that game, and you want to 352 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: talk about people knew where the ball was going. Everyone 353 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: knew he was gonna catch the ball and they couldn't 354 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: stop it. And that was that was against you know, 355 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: that was that was a bowl game against the Pac 356 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: twelve champs. So like, if he were to be there, 357 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: I would have a hard time passing him up. I 358 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: just really wonder if he ends up making it to 359 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: that point. It just seems it just seems like you 360 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: look at the mocks post Combine mocks like he could 361 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: be a top ten pick. Yeah, that's the way it's trending, 362 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: especially if he blows up with the Pro Day. Everyone 363 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: knows the town is there. I mean, if it weren't 364 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: for their health concerned, I think that, yeah, there wouldn't 365 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: be any question marks about him. So that adds a 366 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: little more uncertainty with him. But if you're asking me 367 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: to do I think he'll still be there at twenty 368 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 1: two I would say no, Yeah, so yes, I mean, 369 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: the Ravens will obviously do their due diligence on him 370 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: if he is there. I agree with you, he might 371 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: be hard to pass up. But I have a good 372 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: feeling that he's not going to be there. And I think, again, 373 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: as I mentioned before, twenty two, the Ravens can sit 374 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: there and get a really good receivers. This is a 375 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: situation where you know, guys will start coming off the board. 376 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: I think before them, you know, two or three guys, 377 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't think that's going to happen where they feel 378 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: they may have to trade up to get any of them. 379 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: I think they're in great position to get a talented 380 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: peace who's going to help their offense, hopefully immediately. And 381 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: that's another thing with wide receiver. Sometimes it takes guys 382 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: a year or two to become who they are, or 383 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 1: they who they're going to be as a wide receiver. 384 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 1: Some guys never get there, and then there's other guys 385 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: who step off the bus, you know, And that's that 386 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: the dream scenario exactly. He was a fifth roll pick exactly, 387 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: so exactly you have that higher likelihood of getting that 388 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: where you're picking top five exactly. And it's hard, I mean, 389 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a lot to ask for a wide receiver, 390 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: you know, picking say twenty two come in, get you know, 391 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: eight hundred plus yards as a rookie. But I think 392 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: in this offense this year there'll be an opportunity for 393 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: someone to do that. I mean, I'm really impressed with 394 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: you know, you watch Monkin's offense with Georgia, how many 395 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: different ways they got playmakers the ball, and if that 396 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 1: can be translated with the Ravens next year and you 397 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: get a couple of playmakers. And Monka always as his 398 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: Prescott was talking about getting guys in space, he kept 399 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 1: using that phase, you know, two or three times, like 400 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: getting guys in space. If you can get one of 401 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: these guys at twenty two and then get them in 402 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: space with the football, then you had the potential be 403 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: someone who steps in as a rookie and makes an impact. 404 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna take a quick break. We come back. 405 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: We'll give you some other thoughts of other receivers in 406 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: this year's draft class. The sports landscape is always changing. 407 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: This week is no different draft cases leader in Daily 408 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports, and it still has daily Fantasy contest running 409 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: for those who are looking to have skin in the game. 410 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: So it's simple. 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So, in terms of 418 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: some of the other receivers in this year's class, another 419 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: guy I do want to point out, and it's hard again, 420 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: it's it's hard to know exactly who's gonna be there 421 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: twenty two. But Zay Flowers, I think is somebody who 422 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: was absolutely worth talking about. He had a solid combine. 423 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: He ran the forty and four point four two seconds, 424 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: so good forty time for him, highly productive out of 425 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: Boston College. Now he's a smaller receiver, five nine hundred 426 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: eighty two pounds, so you know, he doesn't have the 427 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: size of either of the first guys guys that we 428 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: talked about, but he has that blazing speed. I think 429 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: when I, you know, talk to some of the different 430 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: people at the combine, he was somebody you mentioned Bucky Brooks. 431 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: I believe Bucky was somebody who said he really thinks 432 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: that Zay Flowers could be a good fit in this 433 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: offense because he has that that vertical ability and like 434 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: the one thing that I you know, I do like 435 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: Jordan Addison, But I when I look at him, I wonder, 436 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 1: is he like almost too similar to Bateman? Like, at 437 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: least based on like what I'm reading, it seems like 438 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: there's a lot of similarities in their game. Good route runners, 439 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: polished um and that to me sounds a lot like Bateman. 440 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: And so do you want just do you want more 441 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: of a burner? And Zay Flowers could be that guy 442 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: who has that deep threat ability. Well Flowers, no question. 443 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: Not only is he a burner, I mean he makes 444 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: guys miss you watch him, he makes guys. He embarrasses 445 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: the guy sometimes an open field. He is a tough 446 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: guy to tell ancle once he gets the ball in 447 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: his hands, and he has the blazing speed as you mentioned, 448 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: but he's also someone you can throw a ten yard 449 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: route too, and he turns into a sixty yard route 450 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 1: once he gets his hands on the football. So yeah, 451 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: Flowers of the guy mel Kiper and his most recent 452 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: my draft he had Flowers linked to the Ravens. I 453 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: think a lot of people visually kind of agree with 454 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: what you were talking about, that they feel he's a 455 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: really good fit with what the Ravens already have and 456 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: bringing that person who definitely can take the top off 457 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: the defense. So yeah, I mean that, that to me 458 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: is one of interesting things about this draft. If Flowers, 459 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's still there along with Addison, you know, 460 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: which one would they pick? You know? I mean they will. 461 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: Jalen Hyatt is another one who also the one I 462 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 1: mean he ran the forty and four point four blazing 463 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: speed and he's bigger, he's taller, six ft seventy six pounds. 464 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: He's lean, but he's he's bigger than than Zay Flowers, right, 465 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: but has blazing speed? Which one would you take? If 466 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: they're all there? They all could be there. You know 467 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: Quinton Johnson, we haven't talked about him, and can you 468 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: see another one? I mean it it's possible for those 469 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: guys could be on the board at twenty two. Which 470 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: one would you take? Four? Interesting? Yeah, So that's what's 471 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: that is what is really one thing that I think 472 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: from a draft standpoint, that's going to help the Ravens 473 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: in the receiver market. And this is different from last year. 474 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: This is like the opposite scenario from last year. So 475 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: last last year, all these receivers fly off the board early, 476 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: and then all of a a sudden, the Ravens pick at 477 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: fourteen and they trade Hollywood Brown, and depending on who 478 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: was there, they may have considered taking a receiver, but 479 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: nobody expected Kyle Hamilton to be there, so you end 480 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: up getting Yle Hamilton. You're thrown about that. But like 481 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: all those receivers flew off the board early and last 482 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: year's draft and no quarterbacks went right, and it's different 483 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: this year. The first four picks in the draft could 484 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: all be quarterbacks. That possibility exists, and so that means 485 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: that it pushes the receivers down, which helps the Ravens. Yeah. Now, 486 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be a scenario like it 487 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: wasn't twenty nineteen where the first receiver off the board 488 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: was Hollywood Round at twenty five. I don't think we're 489 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: gonna go to that extreme, but maybe to go before 490 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:29,239 Speaker 1: the Ravens. Yeah, yeah, I don't think this is My 491 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: guess is it won't be three. It just like once 492 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: it starts, that's what you I just wonder does the 493 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: run start, and it's like I just alway, you just 494 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: feel it. You feel it when you're watching the draft, 495 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: even if it's not the first round, second, third round. 496 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: All a sudden, it's like, Okay, now there's been five 497 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 1: receivers in the last eight picks, Like the run is 498 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: the run is happening. And I just wonder, given the 499 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: way that this position has been prioritized around the league, 500 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: if we're gonna get to draft night and we're sitting 501 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: there and it's like, okay, like all of them were 502 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: on the board at sixteen, and then it's like sixteen, seventeen, 503 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty one. You know, it's like okay, they start 504 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: flying and that's where it will be. I've said this before, 505 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: but I think that Eric's costing the Ravens to a 506 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: great job of having a feel for where guys are 507 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: going to go and which positions teams will will pick, 508 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: and so then that allows you to be patient if 509 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: you feel like, Okay, we're gonna have our pick of 510 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: three different players, because given the AMMO that the Ravens having, 511 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: I would be a little surprised if they're able to 512 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: move up. They already only have five picks. The second 513 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: round pick was for Kuan Smith basically, so I have 514 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,959 Speaker 1: a hard time seeing a scenario where they move up 515 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: to get somebody in the first round. Agreed, But again, 516 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: I don't think they'll be in panic mode A sitting 517 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: there at twenty two and the wide receivers start going. 518 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: I think that there'll be one of these guys that 519 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: we've talked about at least well. I don't see a 520 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: scenario where none of them are there or there's one 521 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: guy left and they're really not that high on that 522 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: on that particular wide receiver. I think there's enough town 523 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: at this position where at twenty two they'll be able 524 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: to get somebody who helps them. If they choose to 525 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: choose a wide receiver, it should be somebody who can 526 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: come in and make an impact right away. Yeah. So 527 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: the one other guy I want to mention is Quentin Johnston. 528 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: He's he's like when you talk about the big bodied 529 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: wide receiver, that's him. I mean he's the big, tall, 530 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: deep or a red zone threat type receiver out of 531 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: TCU six four two fifteen. So like, yeah, you like 532 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 1: the big Julio Jones body type receiver, AJ greenbody type receiver, 533 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: Like that is what Quentin Johnston is and played a 534 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: huge part in TCU get into that National Championship game 535 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: last year. He doesn't have the blazing speed of a 536 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: jail and Hiatt or Zay Flowers, but he has the 537 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: physical makeup. So what is your take on him? My 538 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: take is a guy like that you should not overlook 539 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: because you know how many times last season when we 540 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: talking about you know, finishing drives, you know, with touchdowns 541 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: rather than field goals. He's a guy who, as you 542 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: mentioned in the red zone, definitely could make them more 543 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,479 Speaker 1: dynamic as far as scoring touchdowns and finishing off drives. 544 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, personally, you know, I used to always favor 545 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: the big body wide receivers maybe, but over like the 546 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: last four or five years, some of these guys who 547 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 1: are just smaller and more explosive, and I think the 548 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 1: game is changing where speed now it's such a priority 549 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: that yeah, I do understand why. You know, maybe sometimes 550 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: people think size doesn't matter as much when it comes 551 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: to wide receivers. But Johnson's a guy who extremely productive, 552 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,239 Speaker 1: knows where the end zone is third down, can keep 553 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: drives moving, and with the running game, you expect the 554 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: Ravens to still have They need a guy sometimes on 555 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: third down when they can't run for the first to 556 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: make that play to keep the chain moving and to 557 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: help a guy like Mark Andrews, another outside guy who's 558 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: a big target and quarterbacks a little big targets. He's 559 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: the guy that you know, maybe the Ravens are thinking 560 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: that way. It's again, there's all flavors of wide receivers 561 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: in this group this year. Uh speed guys. He's a 562 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: big body guy. It wouldn't shock me if Johnston is 563 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: the guy they pick. But my gut feeling is that 564 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: if one of these other guys are available, that would 565 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: be the way they would leave. Yeah. And also the 566 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: other thing too with Johnson is I think so he 567 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: didn't He's another guy who did not run the forty 568 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: at the combine, and I think when you have that 569 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: size speed, he's not slow at all. And their pro day, 570 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,719 Speaker 1: TCUs pro Day is coming up next week, so if 571 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: he were to go out there and run a really 572 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,959 Speaker 1: nice time with his pro day, now, all of a sudden, 573 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: he put yourself in the category where team is just 574 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: gonna get enamored with that size speed combination and say 575 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: that's too good to pass up. For all the reasons 576 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: that you just said, somebody will say, you know what, 577 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: I'll take a chance on having you have a big, 578 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: fast receiver PHAB. I think I can mold into something 579 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: special dre right xact. He has things that you can't teach, 580 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: and so there will be somebody if he goes out 581 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: there runs a great time. If he doesn't, then maybe 582 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: he's available for the Ravens and they have a decision 583 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: to make, you know, when they're sitting there at twenty two. 584 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: So it's it's gonna be really ill. I'll be really 585 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: curious to see what Jeremiah has to say when we 586 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: get a chance to talk with him later this week, 587 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: because I just think that he's going to have interesting perspective. 588 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: He's going to all these pro days right now. So 589 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: all these scouts, you know, basically what's happening right now 590 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. Well, of course there's a free agency 591 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: piece and so Eric the cosas you know, working the 592 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: phones and handling that piece of the equation. But a 593 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: lot of the Ravens scouts they're on the road at 594 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: these pro days, and so these pro days are happening 595 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: all over the country right now, so they're talking with coaches, 596 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: they're meeting with this meeting with these players. They go 597 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: through that process, then there's a point where there's the 598 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,239 Speaker 1: forty visits, So every team has forty visits they can 599 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: conduct between now and the draft, where players come to 600 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: the facilities, meet with coaches, meet with scouts, meet with 601 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: the GM UM and you get a feel for those players, 602 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: um and so like, once the pro days and those 603 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: visits are concluded, then you go through another process of 604 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: really finalizing the draft board. And that's it's still in 605 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: the information information gathering stage right now. So um, it's 606 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: it's gonna be. It's gonna be a fun few weeks 607 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: here all right. Before we go, I do want to 608 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 1: get to a question. As always, you can email us 609 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Why 610 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: the question comes from David Or who says, I've listened 611 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: to the show but never actually emailed. I can't wait 612 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: for draft season drafts. He was basically here, David. Um. 613 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: He says he's not just talking the NFL draft, but 614 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: makes comeback and draft performances. You know, so barbecue draft, 615 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: Summer Draft, Halloween Candy Draft, Christmas cookie draft, make loses 616 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: all of them, and so I'm sorry, David, he's there's 617 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: no comeback that's taking place, make can't draft. But he says, 618 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: I teach in Connecticut U and I account for at 619 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: least one Ravens victory by implementing Purple Fridays in his school. 620 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: So he has a bunch of Patriots and Giants and 621 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 1: Jets fans there. But on Fridays up in Connecticut, David 622 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: winner's purple and make sure that everybody knows he's rooting 623 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: for the Ravens. So we appreciate that, David. So the 624 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: question here is is he had a couple different questions, 625 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: but one of them is do you think the Ravens 626 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: are taking unnecessary heat for not being as involved in 627 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: the early part of free agency. Here also says, I 628 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: think the Rabys should get credit for claiming Trayvon Mullin, 629 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: a former second round pick, a cornerback. You know, he 630 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: thinks they should get some credit for that. But basically, 631 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: do you think the Ravens are taking heat unnecessarily for 632 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: not being active in the early days of free agency? Maybe? 633 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: But I mean it's understandable to me most fans want 634 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: to see their team do something as soon as free 635 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: agency starts. It's only a natural. I mean, you see 636 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: these guys out here and you want them to jump, 637 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: but you have to be realistic and thinking big picture. 638 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: Even though the Ravens usually have done something by now, 639 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: they aren't generally the team that gos crazy right when 640 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: free agency begins and they do a great job. I 641 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: think of putting their roster together piece by piece and 642 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: using the entire offseason to build their rosters so they're 643 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: not in panic mode. I think again, I think by 644 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: the end of August when it's time to play, the 645 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: Ravens will have addressed a lot of their needs. But 646 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: judging by what's going on with you know, the Lamar 647 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: situation and the players that are available, this was not 648 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: gonna be a year where they were going to dive 649 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: into the pool right away, let other people test the water, 650 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: and then later on dive in with strategic moves. So 651 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: no hanging there and keep wearing your purple on Friday 652 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: up there in New England. I respect that, and yeah, 653 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: I think the Ravens, Yeah, when it's all said and 654 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: done as usual, they have a team that you know, 655 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: when they step on the field, will feel like they 656 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: they can contend. You know, I think that this is 657 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: worth pointing out, Like the first week of free agency. 658 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: It's fun. You see the movement as taking place, and 659 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: there's lots of headlines and it's exciting. You know. It's 660 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: a little bit like the draft in that sense that 661 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: like everybody is excited about the potential of adding new 662 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: pieces to your team. And so if you're not in 663 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: the action, you just give you're It's disappointing because you're 664 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: not part of the conversation necessarily. You know, everyone's talking 665 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 1: about the new toys and you're not. Necessarily you don't 666 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 1: have any right. But I think that you bring up 667 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: a couple of good points, which is one Historically speaking, 668 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 1: the Ravens have not been a team that's like always 669 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: in the initial days. I think they have done that 670 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,040 Speaker 1: in the past few years. I mean, Marcus Williams was 671 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: a monster signing last year, but you go back through 672 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: their history and they've sat out, you know, free agency. 673 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: And DaCosta basically said this at the season review press conference, 674 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: you know, over a month ago, like we're not gonna 675 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: be signing guys left and right when the free agency 676 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: doors open. The other thing I think is worth pointing 677 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 1: out is like when you look at look at the 678 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 1: two teams that were in the Super Bowl last year, 679 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,800 Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Chiefs last year. At this time, 680 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: everyone in Kansas City was talking about trading Tyreek Hill. 681 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: So it's like, not only do you not you weren't 682 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: making a big addition, but you were trading away one 683 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: of your best three players, and how are you going 684 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: to come back from that? And this was you know, 685 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: it's easy to have revisionous history, but this is right 686 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: after the Chiefs, you know, lost in the AC Championship 687 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 1: and you're wondering how are they going to get back? 688 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: And they end up and Tyree Hill's gone, obviously a 689 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: massive blow to that team. They end up winning the 690 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. You look at the Eagles and some of 691 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: the biggest moves that they made to that team didn't 692 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 1: happen until later. They make the AJ Brown trade on 693 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: Draft Day, so like everyone, you know, you could tell 694 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: me all your friends in Philly, I don't know what 695 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,839 Speaker 1: they were saying at this time a year ago. But 696 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: the AJ Brown trade goes down on Draft weekend, and 697 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: so it's easy to forget that that didn't happen right 698 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: right on the first day of free agency. You know, 699 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: another big signing that they made was James Bradberry. That 700 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: didn't happen until the middle of May. So it's like 701 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: James Bradberry end up getting a great player who they 702 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: just resigned because he has such a good season, and 703 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: that was a move that didn't happen for two months 704 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 1: from now. So I just think that, like you got 705 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: to look at the whole picture. Games don't start getting 706 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: played until September, and Eric the cost and the Ravens 707 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: are looking at every avenue to try to improve the team, right, 708 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: and I think that I think it's important to keep 709 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 1: that in mind. Yeah, and they have a lot of 710 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: talent already to work totally. It's where the death. We've 711 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,439 Speaker 1: seen how important death is. That's to this last week. 712 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: The last couple of years unfortunately with injuries, particularly you know, 713 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season. But yeah, I mean the Ravens 714 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 1: still have a deep roster with a lot of players 715 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,799 Speaker 1: who are used to winning, know how to win, and 716 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: a coaching staff that is used to winning and knows 717 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: how to win. So yeah, it gonna be a offseason. 718 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: It requires patients. I've said that after the season ended, 719 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: that you know, this offseason is going to test a 720 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,800 Speaker 1: lot of people's patience for a lot of different reasons, 721 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: so we're in the midst of that now. And then 722 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,320 Speaker 1: with five draft picks, to me, that's another unusual aspect too, 723 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,880 Speaker 1: with only five draft picks, which is definitely low for 724 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: the Ravens, there's not as much you know, flexibility and 725 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,840 Speaker 1: maneuverability up and down the draft board this time around 726 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: in the draft, so it'll be interesting to see what 727 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: they do what they do. They do need to get 728 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,680 Speaker 1: it right when it's time to pick and get some 729 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: players who will be counted on to help them next season. 730 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: But with their track record, I think that's what's gonna happen, 731 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 1: all right. It's always You can an email us at 732 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: the Lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Also make 733 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: sure you rate, review and subscribe to Lounge podcasts. Also, 734 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: don't forget to check out our other new podcasts, which 735 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: is the Ravens Press Pass. 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