WEBVTT 00:00:03.250 --> 00:00:05.410 Quad bag alert, quad bag alert, quad bag alert, 00:00:05.450 --> 00:00:07.230 quad bag alert, folks. That's right, we got a 00:00:07.230 --> 00:00:09.529 loaded episode full of twist turns, hot takes, 00:00:09.570 --> 00:00:12.630 truth bombs, and more. Man, oh man, oh man, have 00:00:12.630 --> 00:00:15.990 things been crazy within the last 24 hours, okay? 00:00:16.289 --> 00:00:18.989 Quentin Lake, John Jenkins, Cole Van Lannen, 00:00:19.050 --> 00:00:21.410 and Charles Cross all get paid. John Harbaugh 00:00:21.410 --> 00:00:24.429 gets fired. Black Monday transactions. Steelers 00:00:24.429 --> 00:00:27.690 versus Ravens recap. And my thoughts on the 26th 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:29.850 draft class, okay? All of this and more. On the 00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:32.329 102nd episode of Football Junkies Podcast, okay? 00:00:32.409 --> 00:00:34.570 I am your host with the most, all right? 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I am all these... things 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:01.039 and more but most importantly the most important 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:03.100 thing that you must remember is i am your host 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:06.480 kale buckle up it's gonna get crazy for all intents 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.859 purposes we might have some more news that may 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:11.040 be breaking so guess what on three one two three 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:40.530 let's lock in All right, folks, let's get into 00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:42.329 the meat and potatoes of everything that is going 00:01:42.329 --> 00:01:45.109 on in the league right now. So before we get 00:01:45.109 --> 00:01:46.569 into the good stuff, because I know everybody 00:01:46.569 --> 00:01:48.810 wants to talk about John Harbaugh. I want to 00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:50.549 talk about John Harbaugh because there's a lot 00:01:50.549 --> 00:01:52.989 that needs to be said about that one specific 00:01:52.989 --> 00:01:55.590 situation. We got to talk about these bag alerts, 00:01:55.689 --> 00:01:57.730 okay? So let's just get this thing out the way 00:01:57.730 --> 00:02:01.310 as quickly as possible. So Quentin Lake, safety 00:02:01.310 --> 00:02:03.709 for the Rams, inks a three -year, $42 million 00:02:03.709 --> 00:02:06.469 deal, $25 .7 million guaranteed. He'll be making 00:02:06.469 --> 00:02:11.270 $14 million a year. season 61 tackles one sack 00:02:11.270 --> 00:02:13.789 seven quarterback pressures he was targeted 48 00:02:13.789 --> 00:02:17.349 times and allowed 33 receptions for 341 yards 00:02:17.349 --> 00:02:20.490 one touchdown and had one pick so for starters 00:02:20.490 --> 00:02:22.669 I'm glad the Rams got this deal done because 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:24.780 I knew that Quentin Lake was going to garner 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:26.740 a lot of interest from a lot of teams in free 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.659 agency. And I knew that if he was to hit free 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:31.699 agency, the Rams probably wouldn't be able to 00:02:31.699 --> 00:02:33.699 get him back. The fact that they were able to 00:02:33.699 --> 00:02:35.819 hash this deal out at the time that they did 00:02:35.819 --> 00:02:38.099 is actually really good. Quentin Lake is somebody 00:02:38.099 --> 00:02:40.419 that is really effective in the slot as well 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:43.479 as in his natural position at free safety. But 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.300 I just love his style of play because that's 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:48.539 what the Rams need. They need somebody that can 00:02:48.539 --> 00:02:50.719 do the dirty work in the secondary. And Quentin 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.199 Lake is one of those guys. Now on to the other 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.280 bag alert. So John Jenkins' defensive tackle 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.919 for the Ravens inks a one -year $1 .9 million 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.180 deal, $345 ,000 guaranteed, and he'll be making 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:03.759 $1 .9 million a year. When we look at his stats 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.939 from this season, 39 tackles and one sack. A 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:09.319 good deal for a journeyman. It's not going to 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:11.340 break the bank, and you're just taking care of 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:13.300 business. And honestly, that's what you have 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:15.819 to do sometimes. With this extension being done, 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:19.039 Do the Ravens view John Jenkins as a death piece? 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.159 And the only reason why I say that is because 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.979 most likely Nnamdi Manabuke is going to medically 00:03:23.979 --> 00:03:27.159 retire. So with him being out of the picture, 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:29.500 all you're going to have left is Aeneas Peebles, 00:03:29.620 --> 00:03:32.979 Travis Jones, and now John Jenkins. So you know 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:34.620 most likely they're going to have to address 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:37.020 defensive tackle at some point in the offseason, 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:39.520 whether that be in the draft or in free agency. 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:42.439 Keep a bookmark on that moving forward, okay? 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.020 Now, let's talk about Cole Van Landen, left tackle 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:47.520 for the Jaguars, who inks a three -year, $51 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.520 million deal, $32 .5 million guaranteed. He'll 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.900 be making $17 million a year. When we look at 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:54.680 his stats from this season so far, according 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:58.180 to PFF, he's allowed one sack, five hits, 21 00:03:58.180 --> 00:04:00.539 total pressures, and four penalties. Now, at 00:04:00.539 --> 00:04:02.599 first, when I saw this deal, I was like, wait 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:04.800 a minute, did the Jaguars just overpay for Cole 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:06.879 Van Landen? Then I had to think about it. I was 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.310 like, eh. Let's give this some time. Let's just 00:04:09.310 --> 00:04:11.349 see exactly how much he's going to be making 00:04:11.349 --> 00:04:13.729 a year. And then once it finally came out, I 00:04:13.729 --> 00:04:16.769 was like, oh, this is average. This ain't bad 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.329 at all. Because according to Spoltrak, right 00:04:19.329 --> 00:04:22.250 now, Cole Van Linden is the 29th highest paid 00:04:22.250 --> 00:04:24.980 left tackle in the league. That's not bad. That's 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:26.879 actually really good when you really break it 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.079 down. Now on to the final bag alert, and that 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:31.519 is Charles Cross' tackle for the Seahawks inks 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.519 a four -year $104 .4 million deal, $75 million 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:37.740 guaranteed, and he'll be making $26 .1 million 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:39.899 a year. When we look at his stats for this season, 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.360 according to PFF, he's allowed two sacks and 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.879 four hits. With that being said, Charles Cross 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.000 is now the fifth highest paid tackle in the league, 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.480 which is expected because Charles Cross has had 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.180 a really good season so far. And I would venture 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:53.959 to say he's probably going to get an All -Pro 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.439 nod this year. So it's only right that the Seahawks 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.759 take care of him. John Schneider goes under the 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:01.459 radar for all the moves that he's made, but he's 00:05:01.459 --> 00:05:03.779 a really good GM. He continues to show why he's 00:05:03.779 --> 00:05:06.519 one of those guys. You've hit on Charles Cross. 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.199 You're hitting on JSN. You're hitting on your 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.899 running backs. So far, Nick Emanwari looks like 00:05:11.899 --> 00:05:14.279 a hit. So far, Tyreek Woolen looks like a hit. 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:16.819 And that's just recently. If we take this thing 00:05:16.819 --> 00:05:19.120 to another level, I mean, this is the same guy 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:22.060 that drafted Earl Thomas, Bruce Irvin, James 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:25.180 Carpenter, DK Metcalf, Frank Clark, Bobby Wagner, 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.139 Richard Sherman, Tyler Lockett, Russell Wilson. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:31.120 I could continue to go down this list. And I 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.079 didn't even realize that he was hitting on his 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.220 draft picks like this. But, I mean, man, he's 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:37.480 been cooking. And I would venture to say the 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:38.680 Seahawks are probably going to make it to the 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.410 Super Bowl this year. Rams fans, don't hurt me, 00:05:41.430 --> 00:05:44.170 please. Eagles fans, don't hurt me, please. 49ers 00:05:44.170 --> 00:05:46.209 fans, don't hurt me, please. But that's just 00:05:46.209 --> 00:05:48.410 my opinion. I believe right now the Seahawks 00:05:48.410 --> 00:05:50.730 have the best team in the entire league right 00:05:50.730 --> 00:05:53.189 now. Don't hurt me, okay? Now let's talk about 00:05:53.189 --> 00:05:56.949 this John Harbaugh situation because everybody 00:05:56.949 --> 00:06:00.329 has been speculating. Everybody has been putting 00:06:00.329 --> 00:06:02.529 their two cents into this situation. And so I 00:06:02.529 --> 00:06:05.089 feel like I need to do so as well. Now here's 00:06:05.089 --> 00:06:07.149 the statement from Steve Bishotti, owner of the 00:06:07.149 --> 00:06:09.529 Ravens, and I quote. Following a comprehensive 00:06:09.529 --> 00:06:12.069 evaluation of the season and the overall direction 00:06:12.069 --> 00:06:14.930 of our organization, I decided to make a change 00:06:14.930 --> 00:06:17.790 at head coach. Today I informed John that he 00:06:17.790 --> 00:06:20.329 has been relieved of his duties. This was an 00:06:20.329 --> 00:06:22.949 incredibly difficult decision given the tremendous 00:06:22.949 --> 00:06:25.649 18 years we have spent together and the profound 00:06:25.649 --> 00:06:28.569 respect I have for John as a coach and most importantly 00:06:28.569 --> 00:06:30.750 as a great man of integrity. Throughout what 00:06:30.750 --> 00:06:33.189 I firmly believe is a Hall of Fame coaching career, 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.540 John has delivered a Super Bowl championship 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:38.420 to Baltimore and served as a steadfast pillar 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:41.300 of humility and leadership. He and his family 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:43.279 have been deeply embedded themselves in this 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:46.000 community. For those profound contributions on 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.639 and off the field, we shall all be forever grateful. 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.680 Our goal has always been and will always will 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.939 be to win championships. We strive to consistently 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.579 perform at the highest level on the field and 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:00.019 be a team and organization our fans take pride 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:02.399 in. I will always be grateful for the extraordinary 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.860 hard work and dedication displayed by John and 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:06.740 his staff throughout the many successful years. 00:07:06.939 --> 00:07:10.040 I wish he, Ingrid, and Allison all the best going 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.860 forward. We now begin the challenging but exciting 00:07:12.860 --> 00:07:15.699 process of identifying the next leader of our 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:36.790 football team. Now here's the statement from 00:07:36.790 --> 00:07:44.379 John Harbaugh, and I quote, Someday. but that 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:46.839 day has come today it comes with disappointment 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.420 certainly but more with gratitude and appreciation 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:52.699 gratitude to the owner and organization who was 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:54.639 willing to bring in a head coach who made his 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.500 mark with special team success a difficult thing 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.600 to do and appreciation for all the moments all 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.199 these years that are etched into eternity i hope 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.839 a legacy built on faith always fighting always 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.459 believing values built into an organization through 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:11.040 a team that are worthwhile good and lasting and 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.540 that are admired by fans and foes alike meaningful 00:08:13.540 --> 00:08:15.759 and impactful relationships with players through 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.740 the years that i will cherish always grateful 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:19.980 for their strength and courage loyal partnerships 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:22.220 in this wonderful building that grew into strong 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:24.519 friendships through the toil and tempest of the 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.100 job every day mostly to my treasured family my 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:29.720 ingrid and my Allison, who are beyond comparing 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.600 every way in the loves of my life, and my closest 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:34.460 -knit family and good friends who stick with 00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:36.840 you no matter what. Finally, to the author and 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:39.080 finisher of our faith, gratitude for a journey 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.200 beyond anything I could have dreamed of my own, 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.700 all is well with my soul because of the good 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:46.759 God who guides and sustains me, John Harbaugh. 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.460 With that being said, John Harbaugh's overall 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:53.580 record was 180 wins and 113 losses. Now, according 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:57.080 to Diana Rossini, John Harbaugh refused to entertain 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.759 any conversations about moving on from Todd Munkin. 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:02.740 Now, according to Jeff Zerbrick, John Harbaugh 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:04.759 didn't have a chance to inform his staff of his 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:08.940 firing. EDC and Sashi Brown informed his staff 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:11.419 of this move. And according to Adam Schefter, 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:14.000 John Harbaugh is the emerging favorite for the 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.360 Giants head coaching job. Now that we've got 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.460 all the sentimental stuff out the way, let's 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:21.059 talk about this situation. The Ravens realized 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:23.779 they were at an impasse. And they had to make 00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:26.700 a choice between their head coach or their Hall 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:29.120 of Fame quarterback. Now, some people would choose 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:32.580 the head coach. You're a fool. Choose the quarterback. 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:35.220 And they made the right decision. We knew that 00:09:35.220 --> 00:09:38.240 John Harbaugh was on borrowed time. We knew that 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.279 John Harbaugh, within the last three to four 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:44.000 years, had to show up and win a Super Bowl. And 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.690 he failed every single time. Now, you can blame 00:09:48.690 --> 00:09:51.409 the players. You can blame the execution of the 00:09:51.409 --> 00:09:53.870 play. You can blame this circumstance or that 00:09:53.870 --> 00:09:56.730 circumstance. But the fact of the matter is this. 00:09:57.230 --> 00:09:59.990 EDC and the front office went above and beyond 00:09:59.990 --> 00:10:03.149 to meet every single need that John Harbaugh 00:10:03.149 --> 00:10:06.289 had on that team. They traded for Roquan. They 00:10:06.289 --> 00:10:08.730 drafted Kyle Hamilton. They drafted Zay Flowers. 00:10:09.070 --> 00:10:11.309 They drafted Rashad Bateman. They brought in 00:10:11.309 --> 00:10:14.529 Derrick Henry. They've done it all. And the fact 00:10:14.529 --> 00:10:17.370 that you were unable to take this team to the 00:10:17.370 --> 00:10:20.909 Super Bowl is a discredit to you. You can't blame 00:10:20.909 --> 00:10:23.669 everybody. You can no longer blame your offensive 00:10:23.669 --> 00:10:26.090 coordinator. You can no longer blame your defensive 00:10:26.090 --> 00:10:28.309 coordinator. You can no longer blame players. 00:10:28.529 --> 00:10:31.049 You have to take this on the chin. Now, do I 00:10:31.049 --> 00:10:33.350 believe the ending of the Steelers game was the 00:10:33.350 --> 00:10:36.320 reason why they fired him? No. I think this was 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:40.159 accumulation of bad decision -making over a period 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.240 of time. Let's be honest here. You had an opportunity 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.279 to go to the Super Bowl. You had the number one 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.480 seed. The Chiefs came to Baltimore and you blew 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.659 it. And literally during halftime, the reporter 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:55.259 asked you, John, what do you want to see different 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:57.539 in this offense in the second half of the game? 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.419 You said you want to run the ball. You're the 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:03.120 head coach. You can tell your offensive coordinator, 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:06.720 let's run the ball. Because why? You're the head 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.600 coach. But instead, you wanted to sit on your 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.480 hands, you wanted to play reserve, and then you 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.740 got eliminated. You go to the Bills, you get 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:18.059 eliminated. So at some point, the line of excuses 00:11:18.059 --> 00:11:21.740 has to run out. And you have to take ownership 00:11:21.740 --> 00:11:24.700 on why this team hasn't been able to go to the 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:27.440 Super Bowl and win. There's no excuses at this 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.440 point. So with that being said, do I think John 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.120 Harbaugh is a great coach? No. I think he's a 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.889 good coach. I think he's a stabilizing force. 00:11:36.110 --> 00:11:38.269 And I think he's going to have a lot of impact 00:11:38.269 --> 00:11:41.230 on wherever he goes next. Let's really not sugarcoat 00:11:41.230 --> 00:11:44.210 this thing. When he first got hired by the Ravens, 00:11:44.210 --> 00:11:46.970 he was already ruffling some feathers. And if 00:11:46.970 --> 00:11:49.850 you don't believe me, go on YouTube, type in 00:11:49.850 --> 00:11:53.149 Ed Reed Joe Buck interview. Ed Reed talks about 00:11:53.149 --> 00:11:55.929 how John Harbaugh carried himself those first 00:11:55.929 --> 00:11:58.690 few years when he joined the Ravens. And that 00:11:58.690 --> 00:12:00.669 rubbed a lot of those veteran players the wrong 00:12:00.669 --> 00:12:04.470 way. It rubbed Ed, Haloti Nada, Terrell Suggs, 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:07.230 Ray Lewis the wrong way. Understand this, my 00:12:07.230 --> 00:12:10.590 fellow football junkies. Football is a production 00:12:10.590 --> 00:12:13.809 -based business. And when you are not producing, 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:18.549 you have to go. Coaches can get fired. Coaches... 00:12:18.970 --> 00:12:22.590 can get fired. Good coaches can get fired. Great 00:12:22.590 --> 00:12:25.470 coaches can get fired. You don't believe me? 00:12:25.490 --> 00:12:27.870 I got a list of people that got fired. Andy Reid 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:29.809 got fired by the Eagles because you know why? 00:12:29.990 --> 00:12:32.330 He couldn't win the big game. He goes to the 00:12:32.330 --> 00:12:35.129 Chiefs. He solidified his legacy. Mike Shanahan 00:12:35.129 --> 00:12:38.230 was fired by Washington. Jimmy Johnson was fired 00:12:38.230 --> 00:12:41.669 by the Cowboys. Tony Dungy was fired. Tom Landry 00:12:41.669 --> 00:12:45.459 was fired. Hell, Bill Belichick was fired. Bill 00:12:45.459 --> 00:12:48.700 Belichick bought six championships to the Patriots, 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.679 and he got fired. So if all of those legends 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:54.240 can be fired, what makes you think you, John 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.879 Harbaugh, cannot be fired? When you have been 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.559 given everything that you need and more to be 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.659 successful. It'll be different if you didn't 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:06.080 have a quarterback. It'll be different if you 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.460 don't have a left tackle, if you don't have weapons, 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:10.919 if you don't have a run game, if you don't have 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.200 good coordinators. But the Ravens did it all 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.340 for you. But if we want to take things another 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:17.759 level, the one move that should have been an 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.840 automatic fireball offense was promoting Zach 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:23.879 Orr to defensive coordinator. You knew and everybody 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.919 else knew that Zach Orr was not ready for that 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.379 position. But you promoted him to that position 00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:33.419 and you brought in Chuck Pagano and Dean Pease 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:36.679 to assist him in trying to find his way. I understand 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:38.500 that you want to give people a chance. I have 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:40.620 no problem with that. But when you're in your 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:43.139 Super Bowl window, that shit's out the window. 00:13:44.109 --> 00:13:46.730 It's time out for, oh, let's give them a chance. 00:13:46.809 --> 00:13:48.769 Let's see how things go. Maybe we give them a 00:13:48.769 --> 00:13:51.970 promotion. Screw it. Screw it. You're trying 00:13:51.970 --> 00:13:53.830 to win a championship. You're trying to maximize 00:13:53.830 --> 00:13:56.009 the window that you have. Because understand 00:13:56.009 --> 00:13:58.669 this, folks. Every year that you don't win the 00:13:58.669 --> 00:14:01.049 Super Bowl is a year wasted. And that's another 00:14:01.049 --> 00:14:03.529 year that your quarterback gets older. And you 00:14:03.529 --> 00:14:05.870 know that your quarterback isn't like a Tom Brady 00:14:05.870 --> 00:14:09.019 or Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger. You 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:11.919 need to maximize this window. But instead, all 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.820 you've done is pissed on it. Year after year 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:17.299 after year, you have pissed on it. And this is 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:20.379 exactly why you haven't won a Super Bowl. Now, 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:22.220 since we're talking about the Ravens, there's 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:24.659 another person that we need to talk about. Because 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:28.039 everybody's getting it today. EDC, step to the 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.879 front. While I understand that EDC has done a 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.080 good job in building this roster. I am not going 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:37.360 to excuse you of the conservative mindset that 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.759 you have addressing the needs of this team, specifically 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:44.740 this season. How is it that you go an entire 00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:48.240 season without addressing guard and defensive 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.570 tackle? I understand that you believe that you 00:14:51.570 --> 00:14:54.710 got to build this team, and I am 100 % on board 00:14:54.710 --> 00:14:57.370 with that. I do believe that you got to build 00:14:57.370 --> 00:14:59.269 your team through the draft. That's how every 00:14:59.269 --> 00:15:02.610 successful dynasty and championship team is built. 00:15:02.769 --> 00:15:05.769 But at the same time, sometimes you need to bring 00:15:05.769 --> 00:15:08.889 in somebody else. I guarantee you, if you give 00:15:08.889 --> 00:15:12.049 EDC some true serum and you ask him about Nnamdi 00:15:12.049 --> 00:15:15.049 Menabuke, I guarantee you he will probably say, 00:15:15.129 --> 00:15:17.529 we knew that he wasn't going to play this season 00:15:17.529 --> 00:15:21.399 by week three. So if you knew that he wasn't 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:23.519 going to play this season because nobody has 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.600 said anything about his situation, let alone 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:28.419 Nnamdi Metabuke, then you should have been hunting. 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.559 And I mean exactly what I say, hunting for defensive 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.019 tackle. You could have had Quentin Williams on 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:38.139 your team. The Cowboys essentially gave up a 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:41.340 second round pick for this draft class and then 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:43.740 a first round pick for next year's draft class 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:47.070 for Quentin Williams. And Quentin Williams would 00:15:47.070 --> 00:15:48.909 have killed two birds with one stone because 00:15:48.909 --> 00:15:51.629 you know why? He's effective in the pass game 00:15:51.629 --> 00:15:54.690 and he's a really good pass rusher. But instead, 00:15:54.909 --> 00:15:57.370 you wanted to be complacent. You wanted to sit 00:15:57.370 --> 00:15:59.149 on your hands and say, you know what? We're cool 00:15:59.149 --> 00:16:03.389 with what we have. And another thing. The Ravens 00:16:03.389 --> 00:16:05.929 should have hired Mike McDonald. Because had 00:16:05.929 --> 00:16:08.190 you made that move, you wouldn't be in this situation 00:16:08.190 --> 00:16:11.149 right now. I understand that John Harbaugh is 00:16:11.149 --> 00:16:14.190 long -tenured, he's successful, he's great in 00:16:14.190 --> 00:16:16.169 the community, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, 00:16:16.169 --> 00:16:17.990 yada, kids, babies, take pictures, who cares, 00:16:18.110 --> 00:16:21.049 right? Do you not see what's going on in Seattle 00:16:21.049 --> 00:16:24.590 right now? Do you not see the success that they're 00:16:24.590 --> 00:16:27.049 having right now under Mike McDonald? And mind 00:16:27.049 --> 00:16:30.190 you, that defense doesn't have a T .J. Watt, 00:16:30.269 --> 00:16:33.429 a Miles Garrett, a Max Crosby, a Micah Parsons, 00:16:33.490 --> 00:16:38.600 a Nick Benito. They got Boye Mafe. They got Ochina 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.340 Nwosu. They got D -Law. They got Leonard Williams. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:45.279 And they're making it happen. You mean to tell 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.980 me that you wouldn't want that in your building 00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:51.259 as a head coach? You're okay with just letting 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:54.960 that walk? Are you serious? Because you care 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:56.840 about John Harbaugh and you value the relationship 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:58.919 that you have with John Harbaugh. But that's 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:01.960 what happens when you have an organization full 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.720 of people that are complacent with where they 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:07.140 are and complacent with relationships instead 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:10.440 of production. I would rather have a head coach 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.220 in a front office who are at odds than to have 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:16.440 a head coach in a front office who are buddy 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.680 -buddy. Because you know why? The tension between 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.039 the head coach and the front office, that needs 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.539 to be felt. Because the only common ground that 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:26.700 you guys need to have is winning a championship 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:30.259 and the moves that it takes to build a roster 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:32.579 that is able to win a championship. That's the 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:34.559 only thing that you guys need to have in common. 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.759 Everything else, who cares? I don't care if we 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:39.940 don't have dinner together. I don't care if we 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:42.039 have a night out on the town. I don't care if 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.140 we don't have a retreat. I don't even care if 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:46.700 we're neighbors. That means nothing to me. You 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:49.099 know what matters? Us winning championships. 00:17:50.329 --> 00:17:53.190 Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft hated each other. 00:17:53.329 --> 00:17:55.309 Till this day, they can't stand one another. 00:17:55.470 --> 00:17:58.109 But you know what? They came together. They won 00:17:58.109 --> 00:18:01.869 championships. So who cares? I'd rather win championships 00:18:01.869 --> 00:18:05.549 than to be liked in my own organization. But 00:18:05.549 --> 00:18:08.730 to add salt into an open wound, you are now approaching 00:18:08.730 --> 00:18:10.730 an offseason where you have to figure out what 00:18:10.730 --> 00:18:12.829 you're going to do with this roster. Lamar's 00:18:12.829 --> 00:18:16.210 contract has to be addressed. Roquan has to be 00:18:16.210 --> 00:18:19.359 addressed. Marlon has to be addressed. Your defensive 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.599 line and offensive line needs to be rebuilt. 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:24.480 You need to do something with Rashad Bateman. 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:26.119 You need to figure out what you're going to do 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:28.900 with Isaiah Likely. You have a lot of key decisions 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:31.059 that you have to make that you can't just brush 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:34.299 off. On top of that, you have to bring in a new 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:37.880 head coach. And that right there alone is a whole 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.640 other situation itself. But you're okay with 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:44.240 that. Let's talk about Steve Bishotti too. I 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.180 don't hate you for the statement that you put 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:49.180 out. What I hate is the lip salad that you continue 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:52.720 to feed Baltimore fans year after year after 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.799 year. Don't tell me that you want to win championships. 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.539 Show me that you want to win championships. Jerry 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:02.440 Jones this offseason alone showed that he wants 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.339 to win a championship. He moved off of his star 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:08.799 player in Micah Parsons just so he can get more 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:11.769 draft picks and he can get Kenny Clark. And mind 00:19:11.769 --> 00:19:14.509 you, there's a good chance that Jerry Jones might 00:19:14.509 --> 00:19:17.150 do something crazier in this offseason. He's 00:19:17.150 --> 00:19:19.069 showing that he wants to win. There are other 00:19:19.069 --> 00:19:20.789 teams that are showing that they want to win. 00:19:20.890 --> 00:19:23.289 The Ravens aren't. And that starts from the top 00:19:23.289 --> 00:19:26.710 all the way to the bottom. Steve Busciotti, if 00:19:26.710 --> 00:19:29.309 you are serious about winning, you need to light 00:19:29.309 --> 00:19:33.130 a fire under EDC's ass and every single person 00:19:33.130 --> 00:19:35.789 in that front office. You need to let it be known 00:19:35.789 --> 00:19:38.859 from day one, from this point. On the 7th day 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:41.920 of January in 2026, you need to all let them 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.240 know, everybody can get fired if we don't win 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:47.559 the championship soon. I don't care who you are. 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.619 I don't care if you're my neighbor. I don't care 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:51.920 if you're the uncle. I don't care if you're the 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.420 janitor. It don't matter. Because at the end 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.740 of the day, we are here to win championships. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.819 That's what you said in that statement. You said 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:03.859 that. So with you saying that you're trying to 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:06.980 win a championship, show it. Prove to me and 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:09.599 everybody else that you're trying to win a championship. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:13.059 Because all I continue to see is an owner that 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:16.259 is complacent with where his team is. As long 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.960 as you're doing well in the regular season, oh, 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.099 Steve Busciotti doesn't care. He doesn't care 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:25.180 at all. But let you start losing. Let you start 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:28.400 having a season like this. Now things get a little 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:33.180 bit tricky. Things get a little bit tense. Things 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:36.230 get a little bit uncomfortable. But that's where 00:20:36.230 --> 00:20:39.009 championships come from. You had an opportunity 00:20:39.009 --> 00:20:41.250 of a lifetime to win a championship this year. 00:20:41.329 --> 00:20:45.069 If you win one championship, that justifies every 00:20:45.069 --> 00:20:46.910 single move that you made. And I've said this 00:20:46.910 --> 00:20:49.529 in previous episodes. All they have to do is 00:20:49.529 --> 00:20:51.890 just win one championship. I'm not saying you 00:20:51.890 --> 00:20:54.349 need to go on a 20 -year run like the Patriots. 00:20:54.569 --> 00:20:57.309 Just win one. You mean to tell me you can't win 00:20:57.309 --> 00:21:00.390 one in a year where the Chiefs aren't going to 00:21:00.390 --> 00:21:03.920 the playoffs? Are you serious? unacceptable. 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.339 Now, when we talk about candidates for the Ravens, 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:09.440 the two people that come to mind is Brian Flores 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:13.000 and Jesse Minter. Now, the thing is this, Jesse 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:16.160 Minter in some ways has an advantage over Brian 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.079 Flores because Jesse Minter was a part of the 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:21.480 coaching staff not too long ago. So there still 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:23.700 could be some familiarity between Jesse Minter 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:26.319 and the organization. Now, with Jesse Minter's 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.250 system, I think it's better overall because I 00:21:30.250 --> 00:21:32.589 think everybody on the defense is going to benefit 00:21:32.589 --> 00:21:35.750 from it compared to Brian Flores. Brian Flores, 00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:37.589 on the other hand, is more creative when it comes 00:21:37.589 --> 00:21:40.849 to his blitzes, which is good, but I just feel 00:21:40.849 --> 00:21:43.309 like if you really want to maximize the talent 00:21:43.309 --> 00:21:45.589 that you have on the defense, I would venture 00:21:45.589 --> 00:21:48.210 to say get Jesse Minter over Brian Flores. But 00:21:48.210 --> 00:21:50.869 either way you look at it, whoever you hire between 00:21:50.869 --> 00:21:53.210 those two, that's a good hire. honestly. But 00:21:53.210 --> 00:21:55.130 since we're talking about firings, let's talk 00:21:55.130 --> 00:21:56.849 about all the other ones that have happened. 00:21:56.930 --> 00:21:58.849 But before we do that, we got to pay some bills. 00:21:59.069 --> 00:22:01.190 Pardon the interruption, but this is your GM, 00:22:01.309 --> 00:22:04.569 your bag road domus here to talk about rss .com. 00:22:04.569 --> 00:22:06.990 All right. 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Now for those of you 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:47.720 who don't know what Black Monday is, Black Monday 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.099 is essentially the day after the regular season 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:52.549 that has ended. where a lot of head coaches, 00:23:52.769 --> 00:23:55.490 GMs, coordinators, you name it, a lot of them 00:23:55.490 --> 00:23:58.009 get fired, unfortunately, okay? The current head 00:23:58.009 --> 00:24:00.670 coach openings are the Ravens, Giants, Titans, 00:24:00.829 --> 00:24:03.150 Falcons, Cardinals, Browns, and Raiders, all 00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:06.130 right? Now, the current GM openings are the Dolphins 00:24:06.130 --> 00:24:08.769 and Falcons. Now, we all know Jonathan Gannon 00:24:08.769 --> 00:24:11.529 got fired, which personally I didn't like because 00:24:11.529 --> 00:24:13.990 you have pieces on the team. You have Walter 00:24:13.990 --> 00:24:16.710 Nolan, you have Will Johnson, you have Max Milton, 00:24:16.890 --> 00:24:19.349 you have Marvin Harrison Jr., you have Paris 00:24:19.349 --> 00:24:21.619 Johnson, you have Trey - McBride, James Conner. 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.240 You have pieces. You just have to make things 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:28.460 work. And that takes time. But what you can't 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:31.279 do is uproot the progress that has already been 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:33.599 made so far and just say, you know what, we're 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:35.660 going to bring in somebody else. Because their 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:38.220 vision and the way that they utilize those players 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.519 may be different. But on to the Falcons. They 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.960 fired Raheem Morris and their GM. I understand 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:45.579 the GM firing, but I don't understand Raheem 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:48.079 Morris. And the reason why I say that is because 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:50.700 the Falcons towards the end of the season showed 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:53.400 some promise. And I feel like they showed enough 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:55.420 promise that you can hang your hat on and say, 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:57.920 we're going to give you another chance. I understand 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.920 that you guys are trying to win. I understand 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:02.039 that you guys want to be competitive. But let's 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.119 be honest, you don't have the infrastructure 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:06.559 to be successful. And in order for your team 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:09.440 to be successful, that requires you, Arthur Blank, 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.900 in the front office and ownership to be patient. 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:14.740 But what you can't do is uproot all the progress 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:17.099 that has been made so far, regardless if it's 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:19.549 big or small. Instead, you have to give this 00:25:19.549 --> 00:25:21.809 thing time and then assess if things are going 00:25:21.809 --> 00:25:24.549 in the right direction or wrong direction. Now, 00:25:24.589 --> 00:25:26.769 as far as the GM getting fired, I understand 00:25:26.769 --> 00:25:29.490 that because you can't just give $100 million 00:25:29.490 --> 00:25:31.809 to Kirk Cousins and then draft a quarterback 00:25:31.809 --> 00:25:33.809 in the first round in the same year and think 00:25:33.809 --> 00:25:35.920 things are going to be hunky -dory. It's a dumb 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.420 move. And then you give up another first round 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:40.839 pick to get James Pierce, which he's showing 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:43.319 some promise, but you gave up a first round pick 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:46.380 that you need. You need that first round pick 00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:48.920 this year, especially with it being a defensive 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.660 draft class. You could have brought in another 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:54.400 defensive tackle, another corner, another middle 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.960 linebacker, but instead you gave that up to the 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:59.559 Rams. So now you've positioned the Rams to be 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.299 successful within the next two years. Those are 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:04.940 fireball offenses. Even when you look at his 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:08.259 drafting, it hasn't been well. Sure, you drafted 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:10.599 Drake London. Sure, you drafted Tyler Algier, 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:14.539 Kyle Pitts, Drew Dallman, Avery Williams, Frank 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:17.640 Darby, B. John Robinson, Michael Penix. I can 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:20.299 continue to go down the list. But of all his 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:22.400 draft classes, how many of them are still on 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:25.079 the team right now? Probably not a lot. You let 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:27.000 Drew Dallman go to the Bears and you didn't even 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:29.759 fight for him. Those are the type of moves that 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.579 are fireball offenses. On to the Cowboys. They 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:34.759 fired Matt Eberflus. That's a no -brainer. The 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.960 defense was not playing well this year. John 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:39.140 Morin, former offensive coordinator for the Lions, 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.980 he got fired. That's a no -brainer as well because 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:44.259 there was a point in time where Dan Campbell 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:46.920 took over the play calling for the offense. Anytime 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.940 your head coach does that, you're most likely 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.849 going to lose your job. The Commanders, on the 00:26:50.849 --> 00:26:52.730 other hand, a little bit of a head scratcher, 00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:55.089 especially with the offense, because with Jaden 00:26:55.089 --> 00:26:57.750 Daniels voicing his support for Cliff Kingsbury, 00:26:57.930 --> 00:26:59.490 I would have thought the Commanders would have 00:26:59.490 --> 00:27:02.309 tried to keep him, but Cliff Kingsbury and Dan 00:27:02.309 --> 00:27:04.630 Quinn couldn't see things eye to eye, so that's 00:27:04.630 --> 00:27:06.609 probably why they went their separate ways. Which, 00:27:06.690 --> 00:27:10.049 side note, what really pisses me off is when 00:27:10.049 --> 00:27:12.029 they talk about, oh, we decided to part ways. 00:27:12.349 --> 00:27:15.670 That's a fancy way of saying, I got fired. I 00:27:15.670 --> 00:27:17.730 understand that Andrew Barry is a really good 00:27:17.730 --> 00:27:20.170 GM and his vision might be great and whatnot. 00:27:20.750 --> 00:27:24.049 But this is the same GM that gave up three first 00:27:24.049 --> 00:27:26.829 round picks and multiple day two and day three 00:27:26.829 --> 00:27:30.789 picks and gave the dumbest contract in NFL history 00:27:30.789 --> 00:27:34.029 to acquire Deshaun Watson. And you mean to tell 00:27:34.029 --> 00:27:36.349 me that you're going to keep him? But you're 00:27:36.349 --> 00:27:38.630 going to let Kevin Stefanski go. Are we serious 00:27:38.630 --> 00:27:41.809 right now? What sense does it make that I give 00:27:41.809 --> 00:27:44.630 up future assets that has pushed this franchise 00:27:44.630 --> 00:27:47.829 back for a quarterback that played less than 00:27:47.829 --> 00:27:50.910 two full seasons, and then I get to keep my job? 00:27:51.230 --> 00:27:53.130 That's the dumbest thing you could have ever 00:27:53.130 --> 00:27:55.930 did. But you know what? The Browns will be the 00:27:55.930 --> 00:27:59.089 Browns. Now, as far as Joe Shane, how is it that 00:27:59.089 --> 00:28:01.769 you're able to stay on the team, but Brian Dable 00:28:01.769 --> 00:28:04.630 gets fired? I understand that Brian Dable did 00:28:04.630 --> 00:28:06.450 a lot on the field and off the field, and there's 00:28:06.450 --> 00:28:08.529 a lot of skating reports about him. Okay, cool. 00:28:09.049 --> 00:28:12.650 But mind you, Joe Shane is the reason why the 00:28:12.650 --> 00:28:15.549 Eagles won another Super Bowl, because he didn't 00:28:15.549 --> 00:28:17.990 want to pay Saquon Barkley. That right there 00:28:17.990 --> 00:28:20.769 alone should have been a fireball offense. And 00:28:20.769 --> 00:28:24.009 the fact that the Giants decided to keep him 00:28:24.009 --> 00:28:27.069 instead of just letting him go, there's no need 00:28:27.069 --> 00:28:30.289 in keeping him. He has shown that he cannot get 00:28:30.289 --> 00:28:33.579 the job done. You move heaven and earth to get 00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:36.480 Brian freaking Burns, which it is paying off 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:39.900 very well. But then you draft Abdul Carter, even 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:43.099 though you drafted Kayvon Thibodeau not too long 00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:45.700 ago, high up in the first round. Why would you 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:48.660 do that? These are the type of things that make 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:51.720 me wonder, how are you guys able to keep a job? 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:54.640 What are you guys doing behind closed doors? 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:57.440 Are you throwing these people under the bus? 00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:01.970 Because what are we doing? Giants, John Mara, 00:29:01.990 --> 00:29:05.849 you literally told Joe Shane, sign Saquon. Well, 00:29:05.950 --> 00:29:08.230 you didn't say it directly, but you essentially 00:29:08.230 --> 00:29:11.890 said it in a roundabout way. You literally said, 00:29:12.029 --> 00:29:16.130 Saquon Barkley is by far our most popular player. 00:29:16.609 --> 00:29:20.529 And Joe Shane sat behind his desk, smiled like 00:29:20.529 --> 00:29:24.549 Mickey Mouse, and said, huh, who in the world 00:29:24.549 --> 00:29:26.509 wants to sign a running back that much money? 00:29:26.690 --> 00:29:30.119 Who wants to do that? The Eagles did. And guess 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.519 what? It worked. Because you know what? They're 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:35.420 now Super Bowl champions. But on to the Ravens 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:37.880 and Steelers game. So Lamar Jackson, 18 attempts 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.359 for 11 completions, 238 passing yards, three 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:44.400 touchdowns, one pick, 13 .2 yards per attempt, 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:47.319 and a 61 .1 completion percentage. Derrick Henry, 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:51.259 20 attempts for 126 rushing yards, 6 .3 rushing 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:54.480 yards per carry. Zay Flowers, 6 targets for 4 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:57.819 receptions, 138 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, 00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:00.740 and 34 .5 receiving yards per reception. Aaron 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:04.599 Rodgers, 47 attempts for 31 completions, 294 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:07.740 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 6 .3 yards per attempt, 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:10.619 and a 66 completion percentage. Jalen Warren, 00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:14.140 14 attempts for 66 rushing yards, 4 .7 rushing 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:16.720 yards per carry. Kenneth Gainwell, 9 targets 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:19.839 for 8 receptions, 64 receiving yards, and 8 receiving 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:22.299 yards per reception. While I understand that 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:24.650 Lamar Jackson was playing, you should have had 00:30:24.650 --> 00:30:27.329 the same game plan that you had facing the Packers. 00:30:27.589 --> 00:30:29.769 And the reason why I say that is because in the 00:30:29.769 --> 00:30:32.190 first half, the Steelers couldn't stop the run 00:30:32.190 --> 00:30:34.430 game. So that should have already let you know, 00:30:34.509 --> 00:30:36.769 hey, we can run the ball successfully against 00:30:36.769 --> 00:30:39.250 these guys. But instead, you decided to take 00:30:39.250 --> 00:30:41.190 a detour and that's the reason why you're not 00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:43.410 in the playoffs. Now let's talk about the defense 00:30:43.410 --> 00:30:45.130 because I have a lot of questions for y 'all. 00:30:45.250 --> 00:30:48.190 For starters, how is it that Shadobi Awuzie can 00:30:48.190 --> 00:30:50.410 go one -on -one against Calvin Austin without 00:30:50.410 --> 00:30:52.930 no safety help and get burnt the way that he 00:30:52.930 --> 00:30:55.720 did? Or better yet, why were you bad at tackling? 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.099 These are the fundamental things that you would 00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:01.000 expect a team like the Ravens to show. But clearly 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.220 they didn't. And that's one of the reasons why 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:05.880 they lost. But I think the part of the game that 00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:08.460 really sealed the Ravens' fate was their inability 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:11.119 to run the ball after Lamar Jackson converted 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.960 that key fourth down play. Once you convert that 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:16.339 fourth down, you're running the ball. You're 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:18.819 trying to get as close as you possibly can to 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:21.220 the end zone. Now I understand that they believe 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:24.500 in Tyler Loop and whatnot, but... Why is it that 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.000 you want to position him right there when you 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.440 could have just ran the ball at least 5 to 10, 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:33.000 maybe even 15 more yards? You have Derrick Henry. 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:36.319 Just run the ball a couple more times, drain 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:39.079 the clock a little bit down, just inch your way 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.200 up the field, and once you feel like you're in 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.960 a good spot, then kick the ball. But what you 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:47.119 don't do is just clock it and think, oh, we're 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.839 going to win this game. No, you didn't win the 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:51.079 game. You choked the game away. But that goes 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.500 back to coaching because you should have realized 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.140 that at that point, we need to run the ball as 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:58.619 much as we can, get as close as we can to the 00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:00.640 end zone, then figure out what we're going to 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:03.619 do from there. But instead, you felt comfortable 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:06.279 because you converted on a key fourth down that 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:08.400 you were good, that you had already sealed the 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:11.019 game, when in actuality, you didn't. Was Todd 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:13.480 Munkin the reason why they ran the ball as much 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.880 as they did against the Packers? Because that's 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:18.200 what I believe. I don't think John Harbaugh would 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.359 have done that. I think John Harbaugh would have 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.380 tried to beat them in the air. Now, when we talk 00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:24.819 about the Steelers, however, offensively, I'm 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:26.339 not really surprised because they don't have 00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:29.359 DK Metcalf, but you have to start including Pat 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:32.140 Fryer move more into the game. You can't just 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:34.299 dink and doink him at different points of the 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:37.460 game. Consistently give him the ball. The way 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:39.640 that you use Johnnie Smith, you need to be doing 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:42.019 that to Pat Frymuth because he has the same ability 00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:44.599 to do that. Now, defensively, I'm frustrated 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:47.119 with them because the safety play has been very 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:49.880 inconsistent. Like, there was a point in time 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:52.200 where Kyle Duggar got benched for Chuck Clark. 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:56.259 Anytime that happens, that's a problem. And clearly 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:58.640 it was because Zay Flowers was killing them deep. 00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.720 I don't know what they need to do, but they need 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.980 to figure it out. And please, can we stop using 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:07.289 Malik Harrison so much? because clearly that's 00:33:07.289 --> 00:33:10.609 a tell. Anytime Malik Harrison is in, oh, stop 00:33:10.609 --> 00:33:13.410 the run. You need to start including Peyton Wilson 00:33:13.410 --> 00:33:15.529 in because Peyton Wilson is a playmaker too. 00:33:15.829 --> 00:33:17.990 Now, the final thing we need to talk about, and 00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:20.869 this will be very brief, is the 26 draft class, 00:33:21.049 --> 00:33:23.450 okay? I'm going to let you guys know now, this 00:33:23.450 --> 00:33:25.990 is a defensive draft class. So if you're looking 00:33:25.990 --> 00:33:28.950 for pass rushers, corners, linebackers, whomever, 00:33:29.029 --> 00:33:31.569 this is the draft class for you, all right? The 00:33:31.569 --> 00:33:33.769 pass rush is going to be the spotlight of this 00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:35.869 class. You're going to have David Bailey. You're 00:33:35.869 --> 00:33:37.509 going to have Mason Thomas. You're going to have 00:33:37.509 --> 00:33:39.930 Reuben Bain, just to name a few, all right? This 00:33:39.930 --> 00:33:42.670 is a weak quarterback class. Now, before Ty Simpson 00:33:42.670 --> 00:33:44.789 declared for the draft, I was under the impression 00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:46.769 that Fernando Mendoza was going to be the only 00:33:46.769 --> 00:33:49.470 quarterback taken in the first round. Now, that's 00:33:49.470 --> 00:33:51.470 probably going to change. Now, me personally, 00:33:51.569 --> 00:33:53.609 I still believe that Ty Simpson should have went 00:33:53.609 --> 00:33:55.210 back to school. And the reason why I say that 00:33:55.210 --> 00:33:59.029 is because there is a history that shows quarterbacks 00:33:59.029 --> 00:34:02.349 who play more snaps in college tend to transition 00:34:02.349 --> 00:34:04.970 better into the league. Look at Anthony Richardson, 00:34:05.150 --> 00:34:07.109 for instance. I know that's probably a bad example, 00:34:07.210 --> 00:34:09.309 but Anthony Richardson doesn't have a lot of 00:34:09.309 --> 00:34:11.869 snaps. Ty Simpson doesn't have a lot of snaps. 00:34:12.210 --> 00:34:14.849 So why would you try to go into the league now 00:34:14.849 --> 00:34:16.789 when you know most likely you're going to be 00:34:16.789 --> 00:34:19.320 thrust into the fire? So most likely, you're 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:21.179 probably going to go to the Jets. Do you really 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:23.619 want that? I don't think so. Now, with that being 00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:26.039 said, this is an emerging wide receiver class. 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:28.559 You're going to have some options. Cardinal Tate, 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.659 of course. Denzel Boston, Makai Lemon, Jordan 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:34.619 Tyson. I can continue to go down the list. You 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:36.840 already know who they are, right? But I think 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.659 there's going to be some other receivers whose 00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:41.099 draft stock is going to increase after the Shrine 00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:43.820 and Senior Bowl. Now, the linebacker class seems 00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:46.199 very interesting. You have Harold Perkins. You 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.920 have Anthony Hill Jr. You have Sonny Stiles. 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.380 You have a little bit of Arville Reese because 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:53.159 he plays both inside and outside linebacker as 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:55.739 well. So you have a lot of good options at inside 00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.420 linebacker, and there's probably going to be 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:59.639 a few others that are going to rise up once the 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:02.610 Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl happen. With that 00:35:02.610 --> 00:35:04.750 being said, I think the cornerback class could 00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:07.550 also be very interesting as well. I know there's 00:35:07.550 --> 00:35:10.610 Malik Muhammad. I know there's one from LSU that's 00:35:10.610 --> 00:35:12.670 gaining a lot of attention. There's one from 00:35:12.670 --> 00:35:14.690 Indiana that's getting a lot of attention as 00:35:14.690 --> 00:35:17.190 well. So there's going to be some very notable 00:35:17.190 --> 00:35:19.909 names. I just believe, and this is my personal 00:35:19.909 --> 00:35:22.889 opinion, I could be 100 % wrong. Don't take anything 00:35:22.889 --> 00:35:25.530 that I say serious because I'm not a Todd McShay 00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:29.050 or Mel Kiper or any of those top -end guys yet. 00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.719 I think this draft class is more appetizer than 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:35.340 main course. And the reason why I say that is 00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:38.400 because you can use this draft class to either 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:42.239 get more picks or to fill in holes on your team. 00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:45.380 Because 27 is gonna be the draft class where 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:47.159 you're gonna wanna take that big swing because 00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:49.880 you're gonna have Ryan Williams, Jeremiah Smith, 00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:52.880 and multiple quarterbacks to go after. So if 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.139 you're a quarterback needy team, this isn't the 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:58.239 draft class for you. 27 is the draft class for 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:00.650 you. Even with Trinidad Shambles, because everybody's 00:36:00.650 --> 00:36:02.670 talking about him. Everybody's raving, hooting, 00:36:02.670 --> 00:36:05.190 hollering, hearing about him. I think he's probably 00:36:05.190 --> 00:36:06.969 going to go back to school for one more year 00:36:06.969 --> 00:36:09.230 just to build his draft stock up, which is perfectly 00:36:09.230 --> 00:36:11.789 fine. Just don't take a quarterback this year. 00:36:12.050 --> 00:36:14.670 Fill out the rest of your team, whether it be 00:36:14.670 --> 00:36:17.889 tackle, guard, wide receiver, tight end, whatever. 00:36:18.329 --> 00:36:21.159 And then in 27... Make the move that you need 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:23.420 to make and get your quarterback, okay? But I'm 00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:25.179 going to end this episode here. 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