1 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge, presented by DraftKings. It's Garret and 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: I today. We're back yes together, yes, And so we're 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: in the slow portion of the NFL calendar. So you 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: and I kind of put our heads together here and 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: came up with just ten random questions. 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: Right, this is kind of slow news. 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: Day, you know, and you're just like, what are we 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: going to talk about? So we got ten things. 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 3: This is the time of the year that if you're 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: football focused, sports media entity, Good Morning Football, or any 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 3: other media entity out there, and you're talking about what's 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: the topics today? These are the types of discussions that 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 3: you would be having so at this time of the year, 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 3: in mid July, this is where everyone kind of gets 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: their vacation time, coaches, players, everyone staff. Of course most 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,959 Speaker 3: importantly everyone gets their time to decompress and reset and 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 3: recharge before training camp. But these the types of topics 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: that if you're hanging out of the beach, if you're 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 3: sitting there, if you're sitting if you're in the lounge, 20 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: if you're sitting on the beach with your friends, if 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: you're hanging around the Fourth of July cookout, these are 22 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: the types of topics that you be talking about. So 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 3: we wanted to dive into those conversations. 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, you ready, let's do it all right, 25 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: here we go. 26 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Where will Lamar Jackson take the biggest step in his 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: game in twenty twenty three? 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I think Lamar is gonna have 29 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 3: a huge season. I think that the contract, having that 30 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 3: done is just a weight lifted off of his shoulders, 31 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: off of everyone's shoulders. It's not something to talk about anymore. 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 3: So like, you just get that done, and I think 33 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: that's going to make everything better. And so I think 34 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 3: that Lamar is going to have a really good season 35 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: and I think that it's going to rival what he 36 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: did in twenty nineteen. So where will he take the strides. 37 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: I think it's going to be with the passing game 38 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 3: as a whole. I think his running numbers will come 39 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: down a. 40 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: Little bit, that's too broad. 41 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: Hold on, hold on, I think I think. I think 42 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: that his running numbers will come down. I don't I 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 3: think that this will be a season where he doesn't 44 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: rush for over a thousand yards. I think that his 45 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 3: passing numbers will take a jump. And so where where 46 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 3: does he see that growth in passing? Because if you're 47 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: getting mad. You're getting mad here before you even finished. 48 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: My answer this is you're just phil a us string. 49 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: Now hit me with some specifics. 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: I think I think where he will see some big 51 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 3: make some big strides this year. I really think it's 52 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: going to be in the downfield passing attack, deep the 53 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 3: deep passing game. I just think that's an area over 54 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 3: the past few years where there's been opportunities there At times, 55 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 3: the Ravens have had injuries that have limited them from 56 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 3: a deep passing attack. There's been so much attention on 57 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 3: the running game and on the tight ends, and I 58 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 3: think that you need the weapons to push the ball deep. 59 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 3: I think the Ravens have the weapons with Odell Beckham Junior, 60 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 3: with Zay Flowers, with Rashad Bateman, and I think that 61 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 3: they have the play caller and Todd munkin that he's 62 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 3: going to scheme up ways to try to hit some 63 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: deep shots, and I think the Lamar has the ability 64 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: to do so. And that's where I think, like, I 65 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: think there's gonna be some big plays this year, more 66 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 3: than we've seen in the past. I think that his 67 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 3: rapport with these guys are gonna be really important. Ye 68 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 3: and I will that's where I see it. I think 69 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 3: there's gonna be some big shots this year, and so 70 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: I think the deep passing game is where he'll take 71 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 3: his biggest step. 72 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: Okay, I like that answer, And I like, you know, 73 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: you add speed guys A Flowers, Nelson Agilore certainly a speed. 74 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 2: Guy, baitman, we already know, you know, an OBJ Like. 75 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: I think there's more weapons, Devin Duverne, one of the 76 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: fastest guys on the team. Like, there's there's just more 77 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: weapons I think with big time downfield ability. Nelson Aguilar 78 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: I think is a great example. Yeah, Like they're gonna 79 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: hit some big plays here. The area where I see 80 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: Lamar really kind of it's not taking that stride in 81 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: his game, but it's kind of harkens back to twenty 82 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: nineteen with Lamar, And it's not really an x's and 83 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: o's thing. For me, it's kind of the fun playing 84 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: the game, you know, Like, that's what I expect from Lamar, 85 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: And that's what I think we all fell in love 86 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: with and the world fell in love with in twenty 87 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: nineteen was just how much Lamar looked like a kid 88 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: playing the game in twenty nineteen. Man, he was just 89 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: having a blast. And I think with more control of 90 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: this offense, you know, he's talked about how Todd Munkin 91 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,119 Speaker 1: has given him the keys. 92 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 3: Yep. 93 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: Like I think we're going to see a weight off 94 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: his shoulder and just a more confident, happier, more fun 95 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: loving Lamar Jackson, right, and so like when he's in 96 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: that mode, I think he also can just get on 97 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: these really hot streaks, like you know, like it's not 98 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: like that's. 99 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 3: The five touchdown passes in the first half we saw against. 100 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,559 Speaker 1: The I mean the comeback against the Colts, Like Lamar 101 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: Jackson when he's hot, like he sees the field so 102 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: well and can really like and he has the arm 103 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: talent to make any throw when he's really feeling it, 104 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: Like Lamar Jackson's unstoppable, And that's what I expect. I 105 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: think that the changeing coordinator. I think those to get 106 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: along really well, Lamar and Todd Munkin, And I just 107 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: think that, like in with more control, you're going to 108 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: see a more confident, more fun loving Lamar Jackson. 109 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: All Right, So you press me that passing was too broad, 110 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 3: So what is that like, where does that the fun loving? 111 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 3: It's great, You're smiling, you're dancing whatever. Yeah, but like, 112 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 3: where does that actually make a difference in a game 113 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 3: like that? Is that? Ye? 114 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: Like I'm saying, like, I think that you see a 115 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: big difference with Lamar when like Lamar is one of 116 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: his own harshest critics, and when things aren't really going 117 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: well and when he's not passing the ball a lot, 118 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: you know, when then I think you see him sometimes 119 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: it's a little tougher, you know, and he can be 120 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: pretty hard on himself. And so I think that like 121 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: in control more and I expect him to be throwing 122 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: the ball more. I expect him to be completing more balls. Like, 123 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 1: I think that he'll just be in a better frame 124 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: of mind. I think it's also to kind of your 125 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: point of the contract is out of the picture. 126 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 2: Now. 127 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: Whatever weight that had on his shoulders, if it did, 128 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't really say it did last year, 129 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: but you know, if it did, that's gone yep, right. 130 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: Uh. 131 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 2: I just think that it's. 132 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: Not really uh oh, well, you know, now he's going 133 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: to be throwing the ball better over the middle or 134 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: outside the numbers or anything like that. I think it's 135 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: just that you're going to see a more confident Lamar Jackson, 136 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: who can better catch fire, You're going to see fewer 137 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: of those times when you're like, he just doesn't seem 138 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: like he's got it today, you. 139 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: Know what I mean? 140 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, do you do you see the space the vertical 141 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,239 Speaker 3: passing attack that I mentioned? 142 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: I do. I agree, I agree with your point. 143 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: I also, though, think that like if the Ravens spread 144 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: out more, Lamar Jackson's really good at throwing the ball 145 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: over the middle of the field. He sees the ball, 146 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: He sees the middle of the field really well. And 147 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: I think that with a more spread attack, you're just 148 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: going to get more space over the middle. It's not 149 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: going to be so congested and when they're not playing 150 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: the run as much. And so I actually kind of think, 151 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 1: while I agree the downfield passing game with better weapons 152 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: to utilize it, and Lamar you know, needs to continue 153 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: to improve his downfield passing as well, I think you will. 154 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: I kind of think that we'll see more of what 155 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: we saw in twenty nineteen where he was just carving 156 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: up people over the middle a little bit more. 157 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, And maybe it's both maybe, like like one of 158 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: my favorite throws that he ever made was I think 159 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 3: it was his rookie year that played to Mark Andrews 160 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: against the Chargers. 161 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 2: Oh, that was like a deep over. 162 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was over the middle and it was deep, 163 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 3: So it was kind of both. So maybe there'll be 164 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 3: some of those shots. 165 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: I just think kind of think of the Rams game 166 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 2: when he lit up the Rams and it was just 167 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 2: like a little more methodical. Yeah, oh my goodness. Yeah. 168 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and that's when the he had you know, 169 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I can't do it. Yeah, but that's the 170 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson that like I expect to see more of 171 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: this year. 172 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, if we get that version of the war, 173 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: then that's gonna be a really good offense. I think. 174 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: I think we both agree that he's gonna have a 175 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 3: big time season. I think he's gonna have you know, 176 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: he is gonna be one of the best players in 177 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: the league, and I expect him to be right in 178 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 3: the thick of the MVP conversation really throughout their entire year. 179 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: Yep, well in that same vein. All right, here we go. 180 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: Next question. 181 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: Will Odell Beckham Junior top one thousand receiving yards. 182 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a great question, and I've said many 183 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 3: times since the Ravens added Odell. They added Zay Flowers 184 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 3: that it's really difficult to predict what this distribution is 185 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: going to look like a months among the pass catchers. Yeah, 186 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 3: because Mark Andrews is going to get his fair share 187 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 3: of targets. You still have Rashad Bateman, Zay Flowers is 188 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: gonna get targets. Nelson Aguilar has a lot of potential 189 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 3: on it. I thought he was actually one of the 190 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 3: most impressive players of the course of the offseason practices 191 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: and made the most of his time with the Ones. 192 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 3: And then Odell. We've seen a little bit of him. 193 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 3: We all know what he can do in his career, 194 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 3: but we've only seen a limited dose of him during 195 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 3: a mandatory mini camp. So will he top one thousand 196 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 3: that is I'm gonna say yes, Okay, I think he 197 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 3: will top one thousand receiving yards. I think that the 198 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: Ravens have real confidence that he is somebody that is 199 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: going to bounce back from the injury and return to 200 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: that pre injury For him, I go back to the 201 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: introductory press conference he had here when Arizacosta said, we 202 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 3: feel like we're getting a player who's gonna explode again. 203 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 3: Like that's the mindset that the Raves have around Odell 204 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 3: Beckham going into the season. Yeah, everything that I've gotten 205 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 3: from Odell when he's been here at the on the 206 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 3: contract signing day, a mandatory minicamp, when he's been in 207 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 3: the building, he seems like he is really in a 208 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 3: great place mentally. It feels like this is a perfect 209 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 3: destination for him. He was fired up about playing with 210 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson. They made no bones about it. That's one 211 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 3: of the reasons that he's here. So I just think that, 212 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 3: like all of those things are good indications of where 213 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 3: he is physically mentally going into the season, and if 214 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: he's healthy and he is happy, I don't see any 215 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 3: reason why he wouldn't put up a thousand yards. 216 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: Well, I think the reason is to your first point 217 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: at there's a lot of miles of feet. Yeah, and 218 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna say no, Okay, I don't think so 219 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: he hasn't topped a thousand yards since twenty nineteen. You know, 220 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews is going to be at one thousand or above. Certainly, 221 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: I think he's still going to be the number one 222 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: target in this offense. Uh. Then you look at Rashad Bateman, 223 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: if he's healthy he's gonna be at or near Let's not. 224 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 3: Forget Lamar's gonna get six thousand. So one thousand for Odell, 225 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 3: one thousand for Mark, a thousand for Bateman, thousand for 226 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 3: a thousand for Duberne, just right down the. 227 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: List exactly, you know. 228 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: So I think I think that Rashad Bateman certainly can 229 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: put up big numbers, be right around eight hundred to 230 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: one thousand. I think that's probably where Odell settles. You know, 231 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: Jay Flowers I would expect is gonna be in the 232 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: five hundred to eight hundred range, probably as a rookie. 233 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna throw the ball more to their 234 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 1: running backs, so that's gonna take up some targets also, 235 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: I mean JK. Dobbins will probably put up around I 236 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: don't know, three hundred receiving yards yea, And so I 237 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: don't think so you know, they have deep tight ends. 238 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: Isaiah likely is another target. There's just a lot of guys. 239 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: And so I think that Odell Beckham, even if he's 240 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: healthy in playing well, which I expect that he will, 241 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: I think that his biggest impact is going to come 242 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: in clutch situations, third downs, moving the chains, you know, 243 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: fourth quarter red zone. I mean, he's a great red 244 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: zone target. Yeah, I think he could score ten touchdowns. 245 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: I don't think that's crazy to say. But I don't 246 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: think that he's gonna be just a yards monster because 247 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: there's so many other guys. And I don't think that 248 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: the Ravens offense is all of a suddenly gonna pivot 249 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: to this just four wide, spread it out. We're chucking 250 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: the ball all the time. I think that it's gonna 251 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: be balanced. Yeah, I think they're going to run the 252 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: ball fair amount. So I just don't think it's gonna happen. 253 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that. I think you're gonna see more 254 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 3: of a three receiver sets. 255 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: I think you'll see more of that. I don't But 256 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: then it's gonna be thirty balanced even with that. 257 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, they will be. 258 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 3: I mean, this is not gonna be a team that 259 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 3: now throws of ball eighty percent of the time. That's 260 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 3: not going to be the case. But I just if 261 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 3: they're gonna make the stride. So I say, I think 262 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 3: that Lamar is gonna hit more deep shots, and that's 263 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 3: gonna be more of a larger piece of the offense. 264 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 3: And I think that he's going to have his best 265 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 3: passing season. 266 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: Of his career. 267 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: It's like, so, where where are those yards coming? That's 268 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 3: what I like. That's and it could be just distributed 269 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 3: amongst it. 270 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: I think like Baitman could have eight hundred, Beckham could 271 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: be heavy eight hundred, Mark could be at one thousand. 272 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: You know, Day could be at five hundred, seven hundred whatever. 273 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: You know, like, that's that's a lot of yards that's 274 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: adding up. I don't have the quick math on me, but. 275 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just think you probably you know, if you're 276 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 3: gonna I if Lamar's gonna throw for say forty five 277 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 3: hundred yards four thousand plus yards, Yeah, then you probably 278 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 3: have two guys that are maybe right out of your 279 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 3: right around there, and that could be Mark and that 280 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 3: could be Odell. 281 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: How many put you could put up four hundred and 282 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 2: five hundred? 283 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think that I do you. Certainly, health 284 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: is going to be a big factor in this entire conversation, but. 285 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: I do think that you're going over. Yeah. I like it. 286 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 3: I'm confident, I'm high. I know Dell Beckham going into 287 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 3: the season. I think it's gonna have a really big year. 288 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: Okay, number three, here we go. Who will be the 289 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three breakout player. 290 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 3: It's a great question. 291 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 2: I'll point to a guy. 292 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 3: I'll point to a guy who I think caught everyone's 293 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 3: attention and throughout the entire offseason program. Yeah, David Ajabo. 294 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: Okay, that's a great pick. 295 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: I'll explain to Javo to give you a little bit 296 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 3: of time to think through it. Okay, A Javo is 297 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 3: somebody who would have been a top twenty draft pick 298 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 3: had the injury not happened. He basically missed his entire 299 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 3: rookie season because of the torn achilles that happened to 300 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: his pro day, and he's come back this offseason and 301 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 3: it looks like it is a distant memory, like not 302 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 3: even a memory, It's like it looks like it happened 303 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 3: another lifetime ago. He does not favoring the leg at all. 304 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 3: He does not seem to be mentally thinking about it. 305 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 3: And I love the edge that he's brought brought to practice, 306 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 3: like he is playing with confidence, he brings enthusiasm, he 307 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 3: had a little trash talk like I like all of 308 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 3: that from him. And for a second year player who, 309 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 3: like I said, barely played as a rookie, for him 310 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: to come in with that attitude this year. I just 311 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: think that shows where he is mentally going into this season. 312 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 3: The dude was living in the backfield throughout the offseason practices. 313 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 3: He was just he was taking up residents in that backfield. 314 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: And if he can bring that to this season and 315 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 3: do it and break in real games, then he's gonna 316 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 3: be a guy that gets close to ten sax like. 317 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 3: He has that type of ability. And the Ravens drafted 318 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: him knowing his rookie season is probably gonna be a wash, 319 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: but he's still worth it because he's such a dynamic 320 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 3: player and they might have taken him in the first 321 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: round had the injury not happened, So like they felt 322 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: like they got value. You lose his rookie season, but 323 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: you get a potentially dynamic player, and now I think 324 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 3: we're gonna get a chance to actually see that this year. 325 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, does this guy count as a breakout player? 326 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: Because you Amar Jackson, I'm going JK. Dobbinska breakout player. 327 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the guy that he hasn't top, you know, 328 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: a thousand rushing yards. Injuries obviously have hampered him the 329 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: past two years, knocked out his entire sophomore season. 330 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 2: I think a healthy JK. 331 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: Dobbins very motivated as always, He's always a motivated dude. 332 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: I think that he's gonna be the breakout player. I 333 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: think he's gonna be one of the best running backs 334 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: in the league. Think he's gonna be a dual threat, 335 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, runner receiver. 336 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 2: Really. 337 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: You know, he was still physically hampered down the stretch 338 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: last year. He wasn't one hundred, one hundred percent. He 339 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: was certainly better after the cleanup, cleanup surgery, but he 340 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: wasn't all the way back. He didn't have that final 341 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: gear with that gearback, those forty yard runs, fifty yard 342 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: runs where he was getting hawked, those turning the touchdowns, 343 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: you know. And I think, like I said, with a 344 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: bigger role in the passing game, he's a good receiver, 345 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: better receiver than I think people give him credit for. 346 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: I think that JK. Dobbins can really have a breakout year. 347 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: I think that he's going to top one thousand rushing 348 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: yards and I think he's gonna put up three hundred 349 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: to five hundred receiving yards. I think he's gonna be 350 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: an all around dynamic difference making weapon. Clutch. I mean, 351 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: just let me ride the JK. Dobbins train all day long. 352 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: Let's go. 353 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be have a breakout monster year. 354 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: We're going with the second round picks who are working 355 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 3: their way back from injuries, and yeah, there you are 356 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 3: for big seasons. One other guy that I'll just mention, 357 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: and we were talking about this actually before we started. 358 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 3: This player is not a breakout player. But I don't 359 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: think we talk enough about Marcus Williams. 360 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: I agree with that. Yeah, he's somebody that just doesn't 361 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: get enough play. I mean really, because he started off 362 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: so hot last year, but you have two interceptions in 363 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the first game against the. 364 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 3: Train of three in the first four yeah, wild yep. 365 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: And then he obviously had the hand injury, a wrist injury, 366 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,359 Speaker 1: and missed. 367 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: A good chunk of time. 368 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: Came back and played well, but you know, yeah, that 369 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: was He's a player that the Ravens ink to a 370 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: big time deal last year. One of the top free 371 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: safeties in the league. I think that he's somebody that, sure, 372 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: he's not getting a lot of buzz right now this offseason. 373 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: You know, he's not the new guy anymore, so that 374 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: kind of takes some of the shine off. But when 375 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: the season comes around and he's making a bunch of plays, 376 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking a lot more about him. 377 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 378 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: I mean think he's gonna be one of the best 379 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: players on the team. I'm not a breakout player though. Okay, No, 380 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 3: he's already broken out. He already got a massive contract. 381 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 3: So the word is out about my other. 382 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: Guy I was debating, is the other safety Kyle Hamilton. 383 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: Is he a breakout player because he's really now playing 384 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: back into the natural position, He's not in the slot. 385 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 3: So we always struggle with this, like, but what defines 386 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: breakout play? Does the fourteenth overall pick in the draft? 387 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 3: Can he be a breakout player? 388 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean it doesn't matter where you're drafted. 389 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it matters a little bit. It matters a little bit. 390 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 2: O Jabo was drafted pretty first round talent. 391 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, but he went in the second round. 392 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I think we made some good picks here. Yeah. 393 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 3: All right, number four, let's take a quick break and 394 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 3: then we'll come back and dive into the rest of 395 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 3: our questions. Thanks for listening to the last podcast. 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You as say Flowers and you add 415 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 3: odebe junior, you give Bateman back healthy, that's going to 416 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 3: be a difference. But I also think the tempo that 417 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 3: they play at, they're gonna run more no huddle, up 418 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 3: tempo type stuff. I think they're gonna get to the 419 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 3: line of scrimmage faster. 420 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be as much of yelling at 421 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: the TV get the snap off. 422 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 3: I think that they're just going to be an operation 423 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 3: that relies on speed across the board. However, like any 424 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 3: way you want to just like explain. 425 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: I think you're mostly talking about tempo, yes. 426 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 3: And I think that like the no huddle is certainly 427 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 3: going to be a piece of that, a big piece 428 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 3: of that. At times. They're not going to be exclusively 429 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 3: no huddle, but I think that they're going to lean 430 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 3: way more heavily on that than they did in the past. 431 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 3: I think in watching Todd Mounkin and the way he 432 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 3: operates like he is, and John Harball has said this, 433 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 3: like he is an up tempo type of guy. He's 434 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: running all over the practice field. He you know, like 435 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 3: he has high energy, high tempo. That's just how he 436 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 3: is personally, and so like that's his personality. I think 437 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 3: carries over to the offense, and I think that's how 438 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 3: the Ravens are gonna want to operate this year. I 439 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 3: think they're gonna use that to keep defenses on their 440 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 3: heels a little bit as opposed to trying to get 441 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: numbers advantages. And like with with the previous offense, it 442 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 3: was a much more methodical, so much motion at the 443 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 3: line of scrimmage, and they were getting numbers advantages and 444 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 3: they were trying to determine exactly what the defense is 445 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 3: going to do. I think that it's going to be 446 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 3: a different feel in terms of how this offense operates. 447 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna go with different just different formations. I think, 448 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: different personnel groupings, you know. I think you're gonna see. 449 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 2: A lot fewer of the heavy packages. 450 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see more three three wide receiver, 451 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,959 Speaker 1: one tight end one running back formations. I expect that 452 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna be the primary offensive formation. That's a pretty 453 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: big difference in personnel packages. That also means I think 454 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: a lot less Lamar Jackson running. I think it's a 455 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: lot less called run rbo, Lamar keeping it just called 456 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: quarterback keepers, you know, running plays. You're gonna see a 457 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: lot less that. That doesn't mean Lamar is not gonna 458 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: run at all. I think when things break down he 459 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: doesn't have an open receiver, he'll take off and beat 460 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: you with his legs. 461 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 2: For sure. 462 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: You don't want to take that out. Tom Monkin is 463 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: not going to remove that from the Ravens offense. But 464 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a. 465 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 2: Whole lot less quarterback power. 466 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. I think that, Like over the past few years 467 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 3: in Lamar's career, if it's third and three and it's 468 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 3: a critical point of. 469 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: The game, you feel like it's a fifty to fifty 470 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: shot that he's keeping the ball. 471 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 3: I just felt like it was. My feeling was like 472 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 3: and often oftentimes I was calling for it. I was like, 473 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 3: all right, Lamar, just just keep the bar on Lamar's 474 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 3: hands and go make something happen. Yeah, and he did. 475 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 3: He has done that a lot. But I think there's 476 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: gonna be fewer, I'm with you, fewer called quarterback runs 477 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 3: in this offense. 478 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 479 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: And just you know, the Ravens did not run a 480 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: lot of three wide receiver in the past two three, 481 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: four years. Now they have the personnel to do it, right, 482 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you went and got all these 483 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: wide receivers for. So I expect that we're going to 484 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: see a lot of Obell Odell Beckham, Junior, Rasha Bateman, 485 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: and Zay Flowers on the field at the same time. Yeah, 486 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: and a lot of Mark Andrews with that too. So 487 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: the formations I think are going to look very different. 488 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, neither of us said this. I mean it's kind 489 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 3: of implied, but neither of us just probably took the 490 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: low hanging fruit and said more passing, because I do 491 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 3: think that that is going to be in. 492 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: I mean, that's kind of what I'm talking about with 493 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: the formations. They're just going to throw the ball more now, 494 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: you know, earlier I said, it's not like they're going 495 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: to throw the ball over all over the yard. It's 496 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: still going to be a balance attack, but it's going 497 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: to be I mean, the Ravens were the leader, if 498 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: not top two or three, in rushing attempts and sometimes 499 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: by a wide margin, the leader in the past several years. 500 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: That's I don't think going to be the case this here. 501 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: I expect they'll probably be a top ten running team. 502 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: They'll still run the ball fair amount, but it's gonna 503 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: look pretty different. They're not going to run it nearly 504 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 1: as much. 505 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you, yep, all right, Next question, this 506 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 2: number five. 507 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: Will Zay Flowers win Rookie of the Year Offensive Rookie Year. 508 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: Right, this is a fun question. Yea, all right, will 509 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 3: Zay Flowers went off offensive Rookie of the Year. So 510 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 3: I earlier talked about Odell Beckham Junior and how he's 511 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 3: going to go over one thousand yards. You talked about JK. Dobbins, 512 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 3: He's going over one thousand yards. We also gave Mark 513 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 3: Andrews one thousand. What are we and you said you 514 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 3: said it's going to be in that hundred range. 515 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's fair. 516 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 3: I just I just I just go big ranges here. 517 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 3: He is going to be between five hundred and fifteen 518 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 3: hundred yards. 519 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: Eight hundred I'm still pretty big range. 520 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think that it's gonna be difficult I 521 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 3: think for him to win Rookie of the Year, just 522 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 3: given that there's a lot of other good weapons on 523 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 3: this offense. I think this say, Flowers is going to 524 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 3: make some plays this year that make everybody go wow, 525 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 3: you know, and it's like, I'm glad we got that 526 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,719 Speaker 3: guy and he can change the game in an instant. 527 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 3: I think he's going to have some plays like that 528 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 3: where he gets the ball in his hands, he takes 529 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 3: it to the house, we're all high five and then 530 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 3: talking about like that is the type of guy that 531 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 3: you want on your offense. He's going to have moments 532 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 3: like that. I think it's going to be tough for 533 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 3: him to win Rookie of the Year because that is 534 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 3: such a that driven award. I mean, that's going to 535 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 3: basically go to the receiver, running back, quarterback who ends 536 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 3: up putting up the biggest numbers. I think, already you're 537 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 3: gonna be that's gonna be skewed towards a quarterback potentially 538 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 3: putting up the biggest numbers. 539 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm thinks, like, Yeah, it's it's hard 540 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: for It's hard for a receiver who's already got really 541 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: good receivers on the team to win that award. 542 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,719 Speaker 3: I just think that that's like, that's kind of an 543 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 3: unfair expectation. 544 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I look at the other people that he's going 545 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: to be competing against. Most likely, I mean you're talking 546 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: about Bryce Young in Carolina. If they if he has 547 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: a really good year, they have a resurgent comeback year, 548 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: they could win the division. NFC South is really up 549 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: for grabs in my opinion. Yeah, you know, and then 550 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: you look at c. J. Stroud in Houston. Could could 551 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: he kind of lead the Texans out. I mean, again, 552 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: another division, where do you know who's gonna win that division? 553 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 2: I mean the Texans. That would be quite a jump 554 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: for them to win that. 555 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: But and even let's just say, let's just say, I 556 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: mean Anthony Richardson quarterbacks taking the top four picks. 557 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 3: Let's just say that the Texas don't win the division. 558 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: But CJ. Stroud throws for forty five yards makes that 559 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 3: a number, like they may say, the voters may say, 560 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 3: you know, that's he had a great season exactly. They 561 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 3: went from winning three games to winning six games. That's 562 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 3: tremendous progress. And this guy put up huge tests. So like, 563 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 3: I think it's tough to beat a quarterback. 564 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: And those guys are going to be early starters, like 565 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: those guys, those are not sitting stash guys. No, they're 566 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: going to be starting the top five picks right exactly. 567 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: And Anthony Richardson, I mean, I think he'll probably start 568 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: early ish in his career in Indianapolis. So three quarterbacks 569 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: taking the top four picks, it's hard to imagine beating 570 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: one of those guys out not And on top of that, 571 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: there are four straight wide receivers picked in the draft. 572 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: Ye right, So Jackson Smith and Jigba, you have Jordan 573 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: Addison yep, right, and you have Enton Johnson. 574 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 2: Right, So. 575 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: What role will they have? Will they be a starter? 576 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: You know, just by virtue of what team they went to? 577 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 3: And you had two first round running backs, right, Yeah, 578 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: Jamier Gibbs and b Jhon Robinson. 579 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 2: Right, So it's right. 580 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: B Jon is gonna might be the early favorite. Yeah, 581 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: because he's gonna get a lot of. 582 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 3: He's gonna get a he's gonna get a ton of 583 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 3: a ton of carries down there. 584 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 2: He's definitely put stats. 585 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,479 Speaker 3: So, like again, that is a stats driven award, and 586 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 3: I think there will probably be some players who end 587 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 3: up having better stats, even if Zay Flowers has a 588 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 3: tremendous rookie season. 589 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: Right, yeah, I would agree with that. 590 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 3: All right. So I think those are those are all 591 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:27,360 Speaker 3: the questions for this episode. 592 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 2: Right, we're breaking this up with the two episodes. 593 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 3: And then then we're gonna come back later this week 594 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 3: and do another version of this with five questions. The 595 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 3: other part we're gonna do in the episode later this 596 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 3: week is we're gonna have a draft. Okay, We're gonna 597 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: do a classic draft. This is fourth of July week. 598 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 3: It's the it's this is the heart of summer, okay, 599 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 3: so we are gonna have a ice cream truck draft. 600 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: That's right, okay, roll up to the ice cube so. 601 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 3: You know this, you hear that, you hear that sweet, 602 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 3: sweet music, and you go chase it after the ice 603 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 3: cream truck. Uh. That is this is the time of 604 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 3: the year for that. So we're gonna have that draft 605 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 3: in the next episode. As always, you can email us 606 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 3: at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Make 607 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 3: sure you leave a rating in a review to the 608 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 3: podcast you haven't done so already, And if you like 609 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 3: watching the episodes of the podcast, check it out on YouTube. 610 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 3: Whenever we have a guest, those episodes are posted there. 611 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 3: So we've had some good guests. If you haven't like again, 612 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 3: if you got long car trips yep this time of 613 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 3: the year long flights, go check out the ro quand 614 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 3: Smith episode. We just had Trenton Simpson on. We had 615 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 3: had a number of players. We had Kyle Hamilton recently, 616 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 3: Michael Pierce. 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