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Speaker 1: Welcome into a lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink

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Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and in his March Madness time. Garrett. So,

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Speaker 1: as college basketball sweeps through the nation, we decided to

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Speaker 1: mix things up here a little bit, and we are

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Speaker 1: gonna bring out our bracket of Ravens storylines for twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six and break down the top sixteen. As we

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Speaker 1: do that, we'll give you our final four. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: are we gonna pick the number one storyline? After that?

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Speaker 1: We are gonna have a champion storyline.

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Speaker 2: Well, we decided we decided not to do sixty four

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Speaker 2: storylines in the interest that will be a lot, but

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Speaker 2: we picked our sixteen.

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Speaker 1: We did.

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Speaker 2: We did one of the regions of the brackets there

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Speaker 2: you go, and the Northeast region here of.

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Speaker 1: The bracket, and a yeah Atlantic region.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, mid Atlantic, that's true. That's true. So anyway, there's

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Speaker 2: there's plenty of storylines to talk about with this team.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking about a lot of it all off season,

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Speaker 2: but we wanted to kind of put it together in

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Speaker 2: one these past nice package here for the bracket as

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Speaker 2: it's going on right now. I'm sure your bracket's already

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Speaker 2: destroyed just like anybody else's. Oh for sure, for sure

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Speaker 2: didn't take long.

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Speaker 1: Well, at least a highest state loss the year. Said so, yeahppy,

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Speaker 1: but they.

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Speaker 2: Just got that out of the way first game of

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Speaker 2: the weekend on Thursday, so that was in and out.

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Speaker 2: They were done.

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Speaker 1: Garrett got busted immediately.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was done. So anyway, so let's let's jump

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Speaker 2: into the Ravens conversation.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, our first storyline, this is an obvious one.

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Speaker 1: Jesse Minner's first year as the Ravens head coach. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, replacing John Harball. There's are big shoes to fill.

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Speaker 1: Ravens are super excited about jesse Minner and what he's

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Speaker 1: going to bring this team culture standpoint, obviously the defensive scheme.

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Speaker 1: But this is a huge shakeup for this organization. And

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Speaker 1: you know how the interesting thing here is you're replacing

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Speaker 1: a head coach, but this is not an organizational reset

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Speaker 1: from the perspective of expectations. This isn't the start of

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Speaker 1: a rebuild. This is a reshuffle, but with still having

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting when you look at some of the

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Speaker 2: early odds in terms of the favorites to win the

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Speaker 2: AFC and win the AFC now worthy conpete for a

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Speaker 2: super Bowl. The Ravens are right there. They're one of

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Speaker 2: the favorites to get to the super Bowl this year.

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Speaker 2: So to your point, expectations have maybe only even grown

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Speaker 2: this offseason.

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Speaker 1: From last offseason.

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Speaker 2: It was pretty the last offseason, yes, But for a

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Speaker 2: team that didn't make the playoffs last year to come

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Speaker 2: into this season and be one of the favorites to

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Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl, I think that's that speaks to, uh,

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Speaker 2: the level of belief in that Jesse Mitcher was a

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Speaker 2: great pick as head coach and that he can help

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Speaker 2: aspects of it, and that's certainly part of it with

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Speaker 2: with Jesse and his staff. But I'm kind of curious

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Speaker 2: big picture wise, just how how the team operates. What's

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Speaker 2: a little bit different? What is it? Is training camp different?

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Speaker 2: As an example, is it is it the same? You know,

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Speaker 2: historically speaking under Harball, the Ravens had long, tough training

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Speaker 2: little bit different like those are like some of the things.

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Speaker 1: Because it's interesting that Jesse was here previously, right, he

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Speaker 1: so what things are new, what things from the past

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Speaker 2: I think that one thing that Jesse has said a

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Speaker 2: what it means to play like a Raven.

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Speaker 1: And he has his built the connectedness, right, he.

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Speaker 2: Has like the pillars that he's talked about connectedness and

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Speaker 2: those like connect back to what the Ravens have been

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Speaker 2: throughout their entire history. But he also hasn't shied away

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Speaker 2: Like's not he's not saying this is just a continuation

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Speaker 2: of what the Jesse Mintter program is going to look like.

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Speaker 1: Yep, all right, let's shift focus here to Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 1: Obviously the big star, you know, and his contract extension

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Speaker 1: a contract restructure done that freed up forty million dollars

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Speaker 1: long term extension hammered out with Lamar Jackson. That's a

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Speaker 1: huge question for this season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really a question for beyond. Like there's implications

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Speaker 2: not a question of whether Lamar's on the team this year. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: two seasons. But it's really a question of salary cap,

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Speaker 2: even though the Ravens already cleared a lot of salary caps,

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Speaker 2: so it's not how much, but it's more about the

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Speaker 2: and he does a deal where he's on under contract

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's Lamar Jackson, He's awesome. You want to know

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Speaker 2: Right, And so I think that the Ravens said going

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Speaker 2: into this offseason that they were working towards an extension.

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Speaker 2: hopeful that a deal does get done. So the signs

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Speaker 2: And to me, it's a question of when that happens,

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Speaker 2: and there's certainly a belief in optimism of the Ravens

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Speaker 1: Yep, all right, next one in the lists and this

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Speaker 1: one's fresh. Ravens have had a lot of free agency

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Speaker 1: as of rate now recording this Garrett and things. There's

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Speaker 1: how do the Ravens replace Tyler Linderbaum, especially in a

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be a massive storyline.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Linderbaum is going to be a tough

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Speaker 2: And so whenever you lose players like the Ravens lost

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Speaker 2: I look at it like I don't look at it

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Speaker 2: I think that they need they need to elevate that group.

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Speaker 2: Adding John Simpson was certainly a big important piece of that.

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Speaker 2: I think he's going to be a good addition, plug

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Speaker 2: they know that they need to continue to upgrade that unit.

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Speaker 1: They need to protect Lamar Jackson better. That's just what

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Speaker 1: it is. You know, he got hit and sacked too

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Speaker 1: gonna be coach Dwayne Lemford, you know, the Ravens new

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Speaker 2: He was one of the first coaches that Jesse Manter

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Speaker 2: by a wide margin for a center, the highest paid

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Speaker 2: even if exactly you get seventy percent of the production

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Speaker 2: I think that given the pieces that are in place,

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Speaker 2: I think that he'll have a lot of success early.

435
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Speaker 2: But that's part of the Ravens identity that this is

436
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Speaker 2: gonna be a tough, feared, dominant defense, and over the

437
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,879
Speaker 2: past couple of years, they just they just weren't able

438
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Speaker 2: to live up to that expectation and standard and veteran

439
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,800
Speaker 2: players talked about it, you know, they even heard from

440
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,360
Speaker 2: former players like that all that cut type of stuff

441
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 2: was like it was a discussion point. And so I

442
00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,080
Speaker 2: think that, like I think with Jesse coming in, shedding

443
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,440
Speaker 2: the disappointment and the blown leads and all that stuff,

444
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Speaker 2: I think it's going to be an important just change

445
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Speaker 2: over that, like it's not hanging over your head quite

446
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 2: as much as it felt like it was. That's the

447
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,520
Speaker 2: hope and the expectation. There's a schematic aspect where I

448
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,280
Speaker 2: think he's one of the best defensive designers in football

449
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,159
Speaker 2: and play callers, and he said he's going to call

450
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,440
Speaker 2: the plays. He feels like that's one of his strengths

451
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Speaker 2: and one of the reasons he got this job. And

452
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,959
Speaker 2: so I think that all of those things should give

453
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Speaker 2: Ravens fans confidence about why this defense is going to

454
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Speaker 2: improve quickly and improve pretty dramatically in the first year

455
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Speaker 2: under him.

456
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Speaker 1: Part of that improvement in this move to our next

457
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 1: storyline will be who steps up in year two. You know,

458
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: the Ravens had a star studied rookie class last year,

459
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Speaker 1: and it's always a question of who makes that year

460
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Speaker 1: one year two jump. It's a really important offseason and

461
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 1: two players at the top of that draft class, Malachi

462
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: Starks and Mike Green, both on the defensive side of

463
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Speaker 1: the ball. If those two guys can both make big

464
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,880
Speaker 1: jumps in year two, man, that is really gonna take

465
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Speaker 1: this defense to another level. We got done talking about

466
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Speaker 1: the pass rush and how critical that is. Well, the

467
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 1: Max Crosby deal didn't get done. Mike Green is still

468
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,200
Speaker 1: in a very important position on this pass rush. And yes,

469
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,760
Speaker 1: the Ravens could still sign another veteran edge rusher, they

470
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Speaker 1: could still draft one, even in the first round. But

471
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Speaker 1: Mike Green's gonna have a big role on this team.

472
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Speaker 1: And so if he can become kind of the first

473
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Speaker 1: round talent, that kind of disruptive player that he certainly

474
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Speaker 1: showed in college. It's on tape, right, and so if

475
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Speaker 1: he can become that in the NFL big time. And

476
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Speaker 1: then Malachi Starks obviously pairing with Kyle Hamilton, Ravens brought

477
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Speaker 1: in Jalen Hawkins. How does that impact Malachi and what

478
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Speaker 1: he's able to do and be? I think it could

479
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Speaker 1: make him even more verse. Can he be even a

480
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: bigger ball hawk than he was in his rookie year?

481
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Speaker 1: All those things? Malky is a player I believe in

482
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: a lot, and he certainly flashed his rookie year with

483
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,120
Speaker 1: solid got it. I mean he played almost every snap,

484
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,600
Speaker 1: super valuable rookie season. I think he would probably like

485
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Speaker 1: to make an even bigger impact. And can he do

486
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Speaker 1: that in the year two?

487
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Speaker 2: Can I add a little sub session?

488
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Speaker 1: Sure?

489
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Speaker 2: Year two plus year three? Nate wagans what kind of

490
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,359
Speaker 2: jump he makes in this?

491
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Speaker 1: Because wait, is this like a playing game now? Now

492
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Speaker 1: we have seventeen Yeah.

493
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 2: Exactly, this is the first four playing Dayton on Thursday Night.

494
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 2: I would throw him into the mix there, not year two,

495
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 2: but year three. We've talked before about how we feel

496
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 2: like he has potential to be one of the best

497
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 2: corners in football. He showed moments of that last year,

498
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 2: but wasn't consistent enough throughout the entire year. So what

499
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 2: kind of jump does he make this year? Going into

500
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Speaker 2: Jesse Miner's system in this defense? The second quick break here,

501
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Speaker 2: when we come back, we'll dive into the rest of

502
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Speaker 2: our bracket. You're listening to the Lage podcast. Where coming

503
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Speaker 2: to you from the Sea Keek studio. We want to

504
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Speaker 2: mention our partners at Draftking Sportsbook. They are an official

505
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Speaker 2: sports betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens DraftKings Sportsbook. The

506
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 2: Crown is yours. So a question that is definitely a

507
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,160
Speaker 2: big one for this team is can Dereck Henry keep

508
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,159
Speaker 2: it going. This is a guy that nineteen hundred yards

509
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,440
Speaker 2: his first season of Baltimore, won the fifteen hundred last

510
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 2: year almost led the entire NFL. I'll just jump out

511
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 2: in front of this. I think, yes, I have no doubt. Really,

512
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,359
Speaker 2: I see no signs of slowing down.

513
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Speaker 1: And I'm making predictions on all these storylines. We're not

514
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,480
Speaker 1: just talking storylines. It's prediction time for you.

515
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm throwing some out there, Like I don't there's

516
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 2: nothing to me that seems to suggest. When I was

517
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 2: watching the Steelers game last year, the final game of

518
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 2: the season for the Ravens, I was not thinking, Man,

519
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 2: Derek Cannery looks like he's slowing down. Guy was a

520
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 2: beast that game. When I was watching the Packers game

521
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,440
Speaker 2: the week before, didn't think you were slowing down. So, yeah,

522
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Speaker 2: I think that Derek Henry is gonna be well over

523
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 2: one thousand yards again, well over and be a driving

524
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 2: force of this offense.

525
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I love the way you're filling out your bracket. Here.

526
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just moving him up.

527
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that Derrick Henry, as we've said before,

528
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 1: he's a special human being. He has a special work ethic.

529
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 1: Players like that just total aliens, you know. I mean,

530
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: like they can they can do things that normal running

531
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Speaker 1: backs and normal players cannot, and Derrick Henry falls into

532
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: that category. I think he's gonna be extremely highly motivated

533
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 1: to get this team back in the playoffs and and

534
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 1: get it into super Bowl. That was a big reason

535
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Speaker 1: why he wanted to sign here. And the clock sticking,

536
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, how many more years they are

537
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: gonna have the treat of watching Lamar Jackson Derek Henry

538
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: on the on the same field, and so they know

539
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: they got to get it done and they're gonna be

540
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,640
Speaker 1: They're gonna be, uh running accordingly.

541
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Speaker 2: I think that he's highly motivated, for sure, he always is.

542
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 2: But I just think that all of that is ads

543
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 2: field to the fire, like this is a guy he

544
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 2: wants a super Bowl and he wants.

545
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 1: Last year was a painful season for Derek in some ways.

546
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 1: You know, the fumbles early in the year were tough

547
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,400
Speaker 1: for him, and he had to get over that pass

548
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: it and he did and uh you know, I think

549
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: I think he could have an even bigger season than

550
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: he did last year. You know, Keaton Mitchell now is

551
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: with the LA Chargers. Reigns to be seen if the

552
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: Ravens go out there and draft somebody you know running back.

553
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: There's now talk about Jeremiah Love if he felt a fourteen.

554
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: Be surprised if any of that happens. But yeah, without

555
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: Keaton Mitchell here, I mean, the Ravens could put more

556
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,879
Speaker 1: on Derrick Henry's shoulders. Jesse Minner talked about it. He

557
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: said his vision for Lamar Jackson's maybe he has to

558
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: carry a little bit less of the load, right, that

559
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: it's not all on Lamar all the time. And do

560
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 1: they feed Derrick Henry even more? Yeah, I'm interested.

561
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 2: I mean, like I've never he can flirt with two

562
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,679
Speaker 2: thousand again, Like I'm not rolling that out, Like I

563
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 2: think that like that level of performance for him is

564
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 2: in the car.

565
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Speaker 1: No line, right, that's the question, that's that's a big

566
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: part of that equation as we as we talked about,

567
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,200
Speaker 1: you have two better guards. You know center is gonna

568
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 1: be tough, but how how good can that oldline be?

569
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 2: Right?

570
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: Well, it's a news system. No pat Ricard, So you're

571
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: moving away from the traditional fullback. It's a Declan Doyle offense.

572
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 1: The Bears run game was excellent last season, yep, so

573
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 1: what's that mean for the Ravens run game.

574
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 2: Another important player on this offense, Save Flowers, just finish

575
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 2: this third season, two time pro bowler. I mean, he's

576
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 2: a beast, such a great player. A question for him

577
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,360
Speaker 2: this offseason is an extension. Time he's eligible for an extension,

578
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Speaker 2: does that happen this offseason? Do the Ravens wait on that.

579
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 2: They did it early with Kyle Hamilton last season who

580
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 2: was a multi time pro bowler, and they got it done.

581
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 2: So yeah, I would certainly think that at a minimum,

582
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 2: you pick up the fifth year option on him.

583
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: It's not cheap, but you probably pick it up.

584
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 2: Right, it's not cheap. It's an expensive fifth year option,

585
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 2: but that buys you more time. But an extension is

586
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 2: not cheap either. So you know, he certainly seems like

587
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 2: a guy that would be in the Ravens long term plans.

588
00:27:54,960 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 2: But does that extension conversation happen this offseason? Beyond just

589
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: does it happen doesn't get done?

590
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,880
Speaker 1: Yeah? Absolutely, And beyond just the contract what does year

591
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 1: four for say Flowers look like, you know, I mean

592
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: the back to back thousand yard seasons. I think he's

593
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: a player that's only getting better. And again, how does

594
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 1: Declan Doyle's offense open things up for him?

595
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 2: Great question? I think it's all important. You know, Zay Flowers.

596
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 2: I gotta believe for Doyle and the coaching staff as

597
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 2: they're like talking through what this offense is going to

598
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 2: look like. He's someone who I'm thinking they're just excited

599
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 2: to game plan around like he just he has that

600
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 2: type of ability.

601
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: Beyond Zave Flowers. I look at the wide receiver room

602
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 1: and you know, Rashaw Bateman had a tougher year last year.

603
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: How much of a bounce back can we have from

604
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: Rashab Bateman. I think talent is obviously there as we've

605
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: always seen from Bait and then Devontes Walker, you know,

606
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: I think certainly is in line for a bigger role.

607
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: How much bigger, how evolved can he be in this offense?

608
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 1: And then still the during free agency in the draft,

609
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: who do the Ravens ad at wide receiver? They're going

610
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: I want to add wide receivers, no doubt about it.

611
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins is still out there on the market, and

612
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: Tyler Wallace is now gonna be a Cleveland Brown. So

613
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: did they take another big swing and add a big

614
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: name wide receiver. How early could they draft one. I

615
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 1: think it's certainly possible they could draft the first round

616
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: wide receiver, because the wide receiver the next evolution in

617
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six wide receiver room, I think is

618
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: going to be fascinating.

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Speaker 2: Well, you mentioned the draft. The Ravens have the fourteenth pick,

620
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 2: so I want to go there. Last time they picked

621
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 2: at fourteen, they got Kyle Hamilton, and they could go

622
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,719
Speaker 2: a lot of different directions. We're going to talk through

623
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 2: all of that. They could go a line you already

624
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 2: mentioned vega IONI you just mentioned wide receiver. That's not

625
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 2: off the table. Pass rusher, of course, is an option corner.

626
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 2: Like you could make a case for a variety of

627
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 2: different positions, which I think is a good place to be,

628
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 2: so you're not forced into drafting a certain player at

629
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 2: a specific position. That's where you want to be. So

630
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 2: the Ravens have always done that, and when they draft

631
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,719
Speaker 2: this high, which is rare in their history, you expect

632
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 2: to get a game changing kind of player. It might

633
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 2: be tough to get a Kyle Hamilton level player, but

634
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 2: you expect to get a high impact player whatever position

635
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 2: he plays, and that's going to be the challenge for

636
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 2: this this front office. But the expectation is high when

637
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 2: you're drafting at this point.

638
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's rare for the Ravens. Let's let's keep

639
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: it rare. That's the idea. So with as many holes

640
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: as the Ravens have rosterized, and they've done a good

641
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: job of plugging a lot of them so far, but

642
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 1: they've lost a lot of talent. They need to They

643
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: need to hit on this rookie class, no doubt about it.

644
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: And and around here, when you're a first round pick,

645
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: you're expected to be make an immediate difference, especially when

646
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: you're exactly and so yeah, I think the Ravens have

647
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: have done well when they've kind of zigged when the

648
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: rest of the league zags in terms of position uh value,

649
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: positional value, And that's how they landed Kyle Hamilton because

650
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Speaker 1: safety is usually slow down the board a little bit.

651
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: What's another spot that could happen at guard is certainly

652
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: one with Vega and so yeah, it'll be fascinating to

653
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: see which direction the Ravens go, and quite honestly, having

654
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: a first round pick back, you thought it was gone

655
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: in the Max Crosby trade, and now it's back, and

656
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: it's like, all right, we're on the clock again this year.

657
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:22,959
Speaker 2: It's excited.

658
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to make the most of it.

659
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: You also mentioned the potential of a splash move in

660
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 2: free agency trade. Is there one that's on the horizon?

661
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 2: Eric Decasa said that the Ravens already broke the bank

662
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 2: with Trey Hendrickson, so there may not be a break

663
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 2: the bank move that's going to happen. I would extend

664
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Speaker 2: this beyond just free agency and even into the season.

665
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 2: The Ravens have been active in the trade market into

666
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 2: the season, all the way up to the deadline in

667
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: recent years. Ro Kwan Smith Marcus Peters, they were in

668
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 2: talks with Derek with the Titans for Derek Henry a

669
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 2: couple of years ago before getting him in free agency.

670
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 2: So like they've had conversations or action around the deadline

671
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 2: and if this is the team that's like right there

672
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 2: on the CUSP would not surprise me if they pull

673
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 2: off a blockbuster ish D trade. If they feel like

674
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 2: this is a this team's right ish, Yeah, blockbushy like

675
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 2: they already blockbuster Yeah what what's what's what flicks right right?

676
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: I don't know, but but a big time trade like

677
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 2: it would not shock me if they feel like, hey,

678
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 2: we're right there, we need this piece, we need this

679
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 2: player to take us over the top.

680
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think that you read intentionality

681
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: and the Ravens were willing. The Ravens are being aggressive

682
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: this offseason, no doubt about it. They the Max Crosby

683
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 1: deal would have been the most aggressive move in Ravens history.

684
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: Then they follow that up with the biggest free agent

685
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: signing in history with Trey Hendrickson. So they're going after it,

686
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 1: and they're not gonna sit around, you know, just saving

687
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: money for next year. Of course, they want a little

688
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: pot to go into the trade deadline and whatnot, and

689
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: you have to plan for Zay Flowers and the possibility

690
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: of Lamar and except all those things. Right, But I

691
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: think they still have a move that's gonna make you

692
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: say whoo wow. I think they have a wow move.

693
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 2: There you go, we're just gonna label all these different things.

694
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: I think they still have a wow move And and uh,

695
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: it's not gonna break the bank. You know, like Eric

696
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: de Coasta said, I believe that it's not gonna be

697
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: a one hundred million dollar contract or something, but there's

698
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: gonna be There are gonna be more impact signings or

699
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: deals done before this team hits the field Week one.

700
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 2: I guarantee you, I think there will be more signings

701
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 2: and additions. But I think the impact, the wow move

702
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 2: that we're talking, I'm saying that potentially could happen during

703
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 2: the season. I'm not gonna deadline. I'm saying before the deadline.

704
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: I'm I'm not putting the Week one parameter.

705
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: I think. I think there's gonna still be a signing

706
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: of somebody that fans will know.

707
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 2: Well, one of those make disclaimer, like what's a wow move?

708
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 2: You can just put a wow move on any guy?

709
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: You can't put a wow move on anything.

710
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 2: That's what you'll do. You'll just try to make sure

711
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 2: you're right. You'll so, of course that's what you'll say, expecting.

712
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, wait till the next sign whoever the next SI.

713
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're gonna claim that, all right.

714
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: Uh.

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00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 2: The other three last points here in our sixteen team

716
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 2: bracket one is a rebound for the specialist yep uh

717
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 2: coming out of last year. Uh Tyler Loop had some

718
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 2: really good moments as a rookie, good season overall, but

719
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 2: obviously did not end the way that he wanted. Uh

720
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 2: just crushing end to the season for him. And then

721
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 2: Jordan Stout Pro Bowl season ends up leaving in free agency,

722
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 2: so the Rams are looking for a new punter. Uh

723
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 2: Tyler Loop. The expectation is that he's going to be

724
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 2: the kicker this year. Steve A Shotty said that, And

725
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,760
Speaker 2: so how does he come back from that disappointment and rebound?

726
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 2: I think I think that he's got the right makeup

727
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 2: of mindset to rebound well. But that's gonna be the

728
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 2: question for him throughout this offseason and once the team

729
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 2: comes back here. But it's a big it's a big offseason.

730
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 2: You have a new special teams coordinator with the Anthony

731
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: Levin stepping in and as Chris Horton's gone, so a

732
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: lot of change on that front.

733
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, even some good special teams players departed mentioned Tyler Wallace.

734
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 1: Jake Humble also left in free agency, So you're gonna

735
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: have some a bit of a youth movement there, as

736
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: you do every year, and special teams you have turnover

737
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: and the Ravens could still go out there and add

738
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: some special teams, free agents or whatnot. But I agree

739
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: at specialists the kickers specifically. You've had a lot of

740
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: turnover there in the past couple of years, you know,

741
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: replacing Justin Tucker going with Tyler Loop and now you

742
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: have a Pro Bowl punter that left, and so Randy

743
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: Brown also mentioned him. He's in another important offseason to

744
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: go find the Ravens next punter.

745
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then the last two points are kind of connected.

746
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 2: One is AFC North overhaul and coaching.

747
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: Well, then let's go to John Harball first, because we're

748
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 1: talking about Stout leaving for New York. She's stole our guy,

749
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 1: and so I think that that, you know, John Harball

750
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: obviously being with the New York Giants, Todd Munkin being

751
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, both of them

752
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: having departures go with them. More to Harbus's side, have

753
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: four guys go over there, Isaiah likely pat ricard Ard,

754
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: Areus Washington, and Jordan's Stout as you mentioned. So it's

755
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: Ravens North up there with the New York Giants. And

756
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: then of course I'm sure a lot of Ravens fans

757
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,879
Speaker 1: will be paying attention just generally speaking, how the Giants doing.

758
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: Do they turn it around in year one under John Harball.

759
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: He's an excellent head coach. How quickly can he get

760
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: them back in competition for the playoffs. I think a

761
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: lot of Ravens fans and a lot of reporters will

762
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: be paying attention to the New York Giants this year.

763
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 2: Similarly in Cleveland with Todd Monkin going there and he

764
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 2: brings some of the members of the coaching staff, especially

765
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 2: on the offensive side. Travis Switzer is his offensive coordinator.

766
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 2: He was somebody that really cut his teeth here and

767
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 2: Baltimore proved himself was a great run game coordinator for

768
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 2: the Ravens and now he gets a chance to be

769
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,399
Speaker 2: an OC for the Browns as well as some other

770
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 2: members of the coaching staff. Players you mentioned like Tylan

771
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: Wallace are in Cleveland too, and so you're gonna see

772
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 2: a lot more amunk In and that you're gonna play

773
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 2: him twice a year, and they're in the division, so

774
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 2: you're competing directly with him. But yeah, that's that's gonna

775
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 2: be It's gonna be interesting to see how both of

776
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 2: them do I think Ravens fans are going to keep

777
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 2: an eye out on all of these different things because

778
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: there's there's like a lot of Ravens tentacles all throughout

779
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 2: the league. New York, of course, Cleveland out in LA

780
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 2: and so there's like a lot of interest with a

781
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 2: bunch of these different teams that Ravens fans are going

782
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 2: to be interested in around the league. And that brings

783
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 2: us to the last point. Just the AFC North goes

784
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 2: beyond the Browns and monkn just coaching overhaul in this

785
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 2: division here with jesse mentor Cleveland with Monkin, and then

786
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 2: in Steel It in Pittsburgh with Mike McCarthy coming in there.

787
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 2: And so the stalwarts of the NFL that we've been

788
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 2: used to seeing, like the Sunday Night Football Preview is

789
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 2: gonna have to change up between Mike Tomlin and John

790
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 2: Harbaugh because we've been watching that for the last eighteen

791
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,959
Speaker 2: years and now it's gonna be a different It's gonna

792
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 2: be a different vibe in the division. And how does

793
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 2: that change affect everybody? We all are waiting to see.

794
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: That the AFC North is up for grabs and the

795
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna want to reclaim that that title certainly

796
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,280
Speaker 1: after Lou. I think it's the Steelers in the final

797
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: week of the regular season. So those are our sixteen

798
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 1: storylines in our bracket a Ravens bracket of twenty twenty

799
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: six storylines. Garrett, what are your top four?

800
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 2: What's quickly if we were to do our top four?

801
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 2: I think Jesse in year one, yep, I think huge

802
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 2: draft with pick number fourteen. Haven't drafted that high?

803
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: Interesting?

804
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think eleven eleven picks really important, like

805
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 2: you need plug and play guys. I think that the

806
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 2: Declan Doyle on, the impact on Lamar Jackson on the offense,

807
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 2: and then last one, I'm gonna go with Trey Hendrickson

808
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 2: and how he changes this defense gets a massive contract.

809
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 2: Those are the top four for me.

810
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna I agree with three of them. I'm

811
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 1: going to sub out your pick number fourteen ago with

812
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 1: replacing Tyle Linderbaum in the O line rebuilt so funny.

813
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 2: I had that initially and then I crossed it out

814
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 2: because I thought maybe I thought maybe the draft could

815
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 2: satisfy that you picked a Cinderella with the yeah to Cinderella. Yeah,

816
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 2: this is this is the twelve, upsetting the five. But

817
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 2: I felt like the draft satisfy the offensive line question.

818
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: You're going on in on Vega.

819
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:08,240
Speaker 2: Huh, Yeah, well I'm just saying the potential exists. But

820
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 2: but yeah, so those those are the top four and

821
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 2: if I'm gonna put Crown a champion, I think the

822
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 2: obvious one is probably what we talked about off the top,

823
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 2: which is just how this team changes under a new

824
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 2: head coach Jesse Mentor and his staff.

825
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: Massive massive change after eighteen years of John Harball, and

826
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: that's the blue blood all the way to the championship exactly.

827
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: How how quickly can the Ravens get back to the peak,

828
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:31,439
Speaker 1: to the mountaintop and and really over you know, get

829
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: into the super Bowl? How quickly can they do that

830
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: under Jesse Minner. I'm really excited about it, So happy

831
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: March madness to everybody.

832
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 2: Hope we got chalk? Do we go chalk in our bracket?

833
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: Pretty chalk, pretty chalk. A couple upsets there, yeah, nothing major,

834
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: but hopefully all your brackets are doing well and thankfully

835
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: Garretts has already bustled well. Thank you for listening. As always,

836
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: you can reach us at the Lounge at ravenst NFL

837
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: dot net. Enjoy one of the best weekends of the year,

838
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: Ravens fans, and we'll be back with you next week.

839
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 2: I