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SPEAKER_03
Welcome into the bank. It's February 28th. I'm joined by my colleagues Jamie Seek and Mike Fast.
So March is upon us. We're a couple weeks past the Super Bowl off season all the time. If you're watching the NFL stories across the NFL Network or ESPN or any of the large national outlets, of course Lamar Jackson is leading the discussion.
You're here in Baltimore. You probably have some Jackson fatigue, the three of us do. But hey, has to be talked about.
So let's get right into it. Which tag is Jackson going to get? Which tag do you think he should get, Jamie?
SPEAKER_02
He's going to get the exclusive tag just because I don't think the Ravens are willing to roll the dice. I opined a few weeks ago and I had actually kind of got skewered for it on the board. I thought the non-exclusive tag was actually a palatable idea because the Ravens have been locked in kind of an impasse with Jackson for the better part of the last couple of years, to be totally honest.
And how are they going to break the impasse? Jackson can't negotiate with other teams, so he doesn't know what his value is. The Ravens have an idea of what his value is. Lamar has an idea of what his value is.
Neither side is wrong to be totally frank. And how are they going to get to an agreement? Without talking to other teams and being able to negotiate, I don't know how you do that. And I know only two first round picks doesn't seem like it would be enough compensation and they could probably get more.
But again, none of these trade talks happen unless Lamar signs the franchise tag. Then you can begin talking and then you have to find a trade partner. Which means somebody willing to give up this haul of picks as well as give him all the money he wants.
This is not a cut and dried scenario by any stretch of the imagination. And I don't envy the Ravens front office and I don't envy Lamar Jackson in this scenario. But I think the exclusive tag is the way that they'll go because it's the safest bet.
But it's a big gamble with money.
SPEAKER_03
Mike, we're going to come back and revisit Jamie's kind of thoughts there with another. As we get into the show a little bit further, but just sticking right here, which tag you think he's going to get, which tag you think he should get, and then if you could just, I'm sure all of our listeners are aware, but make sure he clarified the difference between the two tags there.
SPEAKER_01
Yeah, I think I'm with Jamie. I think the exclusive tag is where they'll go and I think the difference, and I'm not mistaken, the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive tag is, if it's an exclusive similar to exclusive rights for agents, the Ravens really control who, well, who can and cannot negotiate with Amazon in this situation and just be the Ravens. Whereas if it's unrestricted, if it's a non-exclusive franchise tag, Lamar would have more options.
So yeah, I agree. I think the Ravens are also a different price point between. Right, exactly.
For me, I said once you get above like $22 million, it's a crazy money.
SPEAKER_02
$45 versus $32.
SPEAKER_01
I feel like a week ago $20 million was a lot, but apparently now it's not. Yeah, but the Ravens, there's no way that would change course and be cautious and pragmatic and just very calculated along the way. Oh, we're going to do this.
So I'm sure a little more is not going to be thrilled, but we'll get into this more. But I think he went into this past year betting on himself, which is his right. I think all in all, he lost on that bet and now he's trying to do his best he can.
And now the Ravens pendulum swinging in their favor. Exclude the restricted tag, I think is what's going to end up happening.
SPEAKER_03
All right, so let's stick on this point for a second. So will he ultimately play on that tag or do you think he holds out into the season when he can hold out until week 10, I believe, and still get his full salary for the year, or at least his, the Ravens would not retain his rights for another another year going forward if he played week 10 on. So, Mike, you see him, you know, he's tagged, they don't come to an agreement.
Do you see him holding out? How long, you know, right now, what are you envisioning?
SPEAKER_01
I unfortunately think he will hold out. And I think I just, I just don't have a good feeling about this. Like this time last year, I was more optimistic.
I've said for a long time 6040 he would resign do a deal and all that. Now, with the less, it's within the last two weeks, maybe in the last week where news broke in the NFL PA advising him, so to speak, and we don't know who in the NFL PA, but, you know, that's not a good time. Because there's interest, not only, okay, they say, oh, Lamar is for your benefit, but really what they're doing is trying to down the road, boost the values of other quarterbacks to get them more money.
So that happens, they think, by holding out. And I just, I don't have a good vibe with this. And I think he's going to hold out.
Now, how long, if he does, how about if he does hold out how long? I think at the end of the day, he'll play week one for the ratings, but it's going to be a very unpleasant camp. So I think it's going to last training camp, but I think it'll find a way to be resolved by then, by week one.
SPEAKER_03
So Jamie, Mike says, you know, Jackson would get the restricted offer, hold out through all the mini camps, all training camp, be there for week one. What are you currently thinking?
SPEAKER_02
I mean, which way is the wind blowing? I kind of feel like every time I look at the scenario, I can see it from this angle. I can see this thing happening. I can see this thing happening.
The one thing I keep coming back to is I could see Lamar go in the Leveon Bell route and just not signing the tag and not playing. I am kind of got myself convinced that he doesn't want to be here. I don't know what made me come to that.
I just have a feeling that he wants to get out of Baltimore, any shape, form or fashion. And if that means he's got to sit out a year to do it, then I guess he'll do it. But now the flip side of that is I don't remember what the ramifications are.
If a player is basically given the tag designation, doesn't sign it, the year goes by. What happens to him on March 15, 2024? Is he still the Ravens? Do the Ravens still retain his rights or does he become a creation at that point?
SPEAKER_03
Yeah, that's what I was alluding to Jamie. I may have it wrong, we'll correct ourselves if we don't. In the comments when we post this, but I believe he has up until week 10 to return to the Ravens, play the remainder of the season.
And then he would be a free agent going forward. If he did not report after that point, then I believe the Ravens would retain his control for another year.
SPEAKER_02
Okay, then I stand corrected. I still just have, I don't know, it's just something about, I just feel like it seems like there's something Jackson is looking for. And I don't know if it is simply the larger guarantee than Watson, if it's some looking for some kind of respect by getting to a certain level, his value.
It just seems like he's looking for something that I don't know what it is. And I think everybody's been trying to break down his social media comments and trying to get the bottom of where his mindset is because you just don't know.
SPEAKER_03
Well, my own reading between the tea leaves, Jamie, is that I agree. If those don't think he's asking for a fully guaranteed contract, but I do think it's likely he's asking for more guaranteed than Watson. I understand that's not much of a distinction unless the contract years are different.
It seems like potential extensions that are being talked about for Burrow, Herbert and Hertz would obviously provide clarification is Watson's contract going to be the lone outlier of the aberration. Or is that a new precedent and Jamie, your thoughts there. You know, I guess what I'm asking you here is.
You know, Jackson, obviously, as you mentioned, you know, he's getting advice from the players Association because they want the guaranteed money that Watson got to be a, a new fixture going forward for, for not just quarterbacks, but major contracts going forward for the star players and you would think would have a cascading influence for the rest, you know, all contracts. So, so this is more than just Jackson and the Ravens negotiating. This is the players Association and the shoddy serving as the facto owners position of not probably wanting to make that a standardization across the league.
So, but three other quarterbacks potentially in line for, you know, mass extension should the Ravens be waiting to see what happens with those deals to give them further clarification.
SPEAKER_02
Yeah, well, one thing before we get into the specifics, the specifics, when you talk about the NFL PA and how you might mentioned how they've been advising Lamar and guaranteed contracts and all that jazz. The NFL PA is time to do that is when they negotiate with the league on a CBA. And the fact that the play the NFL players Association has kind of, they've kind of gotten it given given to them by the owners like not in a good way.
And the fact that the larger percentage of the revenue goes to the 32 owners, then it does to the, you know, 1500 or so players. So, the revenue isn't even divided up in a way that's really beneficial enough to the players and then the way contracts and the salary cap is, if they want to get to this point, they think they need to look to the NBA's model in a manner of speaking for that superstar exemption where you can pay that one player like 20% above the cap. And I think that would help out in teams trying to retain their quarterbacks.
But again, that's a larger issue in labor negotiations and all, but it feels like that's where the players Association is, like they're almost trying to set this precedent. But when you do that, you're putting you're going to put a lot of teams behind the eight ball because you're going to have the quarterback be taking up so much of the salary cap that Howard didn't put quality players around them. And I'm sorry, I know that wasn't the question.
SPEAKER_03
I've mentioned a few times on the board, just that I think they're ultimately the NFL is going to get to a point where they have a separate cap for quarterbacks.
SPEAKER_02
Yeah, that'd be an interesting way to do it. And it makes sense because you're going to pay your paying quarterback so much more than any other position. And it's such an important position to have that teams have to constantly juggle that but bringing it back to the previous point.
So regarding the Watson deal, of course, after that, we know we had Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson signed contracts that had different levels of guaranteed dollars than what Watson did. They were more in line with what quarterback contracts have been. So Watson still looks like the outlier.
And then with Herbert Burrow and I'm sorry, Chris, who was the third one coming up for extension hurts hurts. Yeah, Jalen hurts. So I have a hard time believing any of them will approach the guaranteed dollars that Watson did.
I think that situation was so unique and then you had a franchise like Cleveland that was so desperate. I think it would be beneficial for the Ravens to wait if they could and see what happens with those. But none of those guys have to be signed yet so they don't necessarily need to be extended.
So yes, you could wait because I think that would give a better idea of the market. But you're also playing a little bit more poker in that regard because you're waiting on something that may not necessarily happen yet. So then you could be still stuck with Lamar on the tag and I'm sure the team does not want that.
SPEAKER_03
Mike tag on there. What are your thoughts?
SPEAKER_01
I think it would be a big mistake if the Ravens did that for a couple of reasons. Number one, even though Joe Burrow plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, he who for the most part don't like to splash financially. Let's just say that he is trending way up.
Herbert, he's had more of an up and down career but he's still showing a lot of promise. Jaylen Hurts obviously was an MVP candidate until he got hurt once he was super bowl, almost won the super bowl. So those guys are going to get really, really paid.
Now, I don't know if they'll get, you know, if you talk about Sean Watson, I don't know what they're going to get in terms in comparison to him. However, the salary cap is exponentially going up every year. So by the time they do renew, whether it's with their current team or they become a free agent and sign somewhere else, it's going to be so cost prohibitive for the Ravens.
And by that point, they will have had to at least franchise one more one year, which will have been at least the second year of this drama. So I just don't see the Ravens wanting to do that. Now, of course, like Jamie alluded to at the beginning, that's just one half the equation.
It also depends on what Lamar wants. So I'm sure Lamar is going to want to maybe not hold out, but he would like to wait because he knows what the Ravens are offering. Obviously, we don't know exact figures, but he is privy to that.
If you thought that was a good deal, he would assign by now. So obviously he's wanting more. Like Jamie said, there's something more he wants.
I don't think it's possible for the Ravens to do that though.
SPEAKER_03
Let's build off of that and go back to Jamie's initial point and you as well, Mike. So you both think he's going to get the exclusive tag. You both think he's going to hold out if he gets that, at least potentially through training camp.
And if he has the exclusive tag and he doesn't sign the tag, he cannot be traded. Right? So we're going to get to Jamie's point again about, should it be the exclusive tag? Because the question here is, since he cannot be traded until he signs the tag, whichever is offered, would you like to see a trade, Mike? Overall.
SPEAKER_01
Well, if they know, like if behind closed doors they know, hey, the deal is not getting done. Long term. Yes, I would like to see a trade.
And I think that the Houston Texans are desperate for quarterback, have been for years. The Colts, older fans here won't like that, but the Colts I'm sure will be willing to pay. There's teams that at the top of the draft, whether it's at the current order they are now or teams that would trade up, maybe even the Lions.
They're still working through that golf investment. They're kind of approaching the halfway point in that deal. Who knows? But there's tremendous amounts of draft capital that can be had with Lamar.
Because even though he's missed 11 of the last regular season games over the last two seasons, he still has plenty of stock, we'll say. So the Ravens, who again only have, if I'm not mistaken, five picks this year and love their draft picks, say they take a Bryce on or potentially a K. Love Williams next year.
You know, they invest in Tyler Huntley for a year, they go the veteran route and then they go for next year. And next year the quarterbacks are looking better than this year. So that's certainly an option.
And then, okay, you ask yourself, okay, say we get a Bryce Young and you can get a Jordan Nazin or Quinn Johnston or Jackson Smith and Jigla. You can get blue chip guys at both those positions and still have at least a first round left over. Pretending.
Would you be willing to do that and solve the Lamar drama? And oh, by the way, say $50 million a year. That's at least a conversation you have to have, in my opinion.
SPEAKER_03
All right, Jamie. So you said you took it on the chin a bit on the board saying take the non exclusive tag. Right. Yeah. And mainly people were saying probably the compensation was not.
SPEAKER_02
Was not going to be enough. Yeah. And, you know, again, the circumstance has been going on for too long. And the doesn't seem like you can get to any kind of a, I don't know what that is.
Is that you or sorry? Sorry, I'm getting all kinds of like feedback or something. Hold on. See, that's better.
That's better. I don't know what happened. Have to take it out and post the, the, the, the reason why I propose that idea.
Again, just going back to where at this impasse and there's no way to bridge the gap right now. It doesn't seem like so. Whereas that's not the compensation you necessarily want.
If you use the non exclusive tag, Mike, as you said, you end the drama. Somebody signs into an offer sheet. You can look at that offer sheet and then it's like, well, we want to match that.
Or we don't. We'll take the two first round picks. We'll save $50 million under the cap and then we build our team accordingly.
Again, it's not the, of course, look, if you're looking to trade him, the perfect scenario is exclusive tag. He signs it. You get somebody that gives you two first, two second, a third and a player and you move on.
But there's so many things that have to go right for that. It has to be the team that has not only the picks, but the cap space and the want to do that and to have a team that has the picks. How do you have a rebuilding team justify, give it away picks? You know, it's a weird, it's a tough, you know what I mean? It's a tough situation and there's no ideal scenario.
SPEAKER_03
It's a very tough situation because for the reasons outlined, if he doesn't sign the offer there and you're waiting all season, there's nothing that you can really do to address the rest of the roster. And then you still might not have a resolution. You wouldn't have had a, you wouldn't have figured to have had another option in the draft to potentially replace him.
So he's old, old cards. Obviously we're having some technical issues and apologies about that when anybody listens back.
SPEAKER_02
They said, yeah, they take care of it.
SPEAKER_03
Yeah, a little frustrating, but kind of, you know, wrapping up thoughts on Jackson. I love Lamar. I think he's a great guy.
I don't blame him for missing the kind of thing I feel you would hurt. I also feel if our colleague, Mike Randall, his comment had been that I agree with was the idea that if you're going to knock Lamar, the one knock would be that he had decent negotiations at the start of last season and had he continued the negotiations during the year and they had found the deal. Maybe he would have felt comfortable with trying to play in that postseason game, which I think has some validity.
You know, I don't blame Lamar with that deal not being existing, him not wanting to necessarily go out there and try. There's a lot of a lot of money here here at stake. None of us are in his body and know what his injury is.
But what I will say is that he missed a lot of time in the 21 season. He missed a lot of time. It's the 22 season.
He bet on himself before the 22 season. And I don't know what happened in 22 that would make the Ravens offer more than what they offered prior.
SPEAKER_02
And Chris at the same time though, then the enigma is this, when he didn't play, the Ravens didn't do well. So it's this weird dynamic where he could say, well, look at what I mean to the team because when I'm not here, you guys don't win. So he decreases value by not being on the field.
He kind of increases value by not being on the field in a weird, in a roundabout way, depending on your perspective.
SPEAKER_04
Yeah, I agree. I mean, you take out an MVP talent and you're not as good. But the most valuable commodity in sports is availability.
You have to be on the field playing.
SPEAKER_03
So like everybody else will be watching to see what happens there. We're going to rip through these last few questions because we're having the technical issues. There are non Jackson Ravens free agents lightning around Jamie.
Who interests you most?
SPEAKER_02
If we're talking about guys that are just Ravens that are free agents, I'd like to see Marcus Peters come back on a if we can get him back on a short term deal because Ben Powers is going to cost too much. And other than that, Justin Houston, but those veterans, we'd have to comb through all of them. I'm not even, you know, the JCP or Paul and, you know, Mike, what do you think?
SPEAKER_01
I'm going with Marcus Peters in terms of how he interests me and I feel like the Ravens kind of have a lot of corners, but then they also have had a lot of entries. So procuring a veteran at a team-framed deal would be definitely my priority in that regard.
SPEAKER_03
Mike will stick with you. Todd Monk and he's to do offensive coordinator. Your thoughts there.
SPEAKER_01
Very happy with Todd Monk and I feel like he's really just the right guy. Didn't really like, oh my gosh, I'm at first. Oh my gosh, we need Monk and Monk and he's the only guy.
He's the only guy. But when we got him, I started to listen to him and kind of go back and see what he's done. And he's like, man, this fits.
So typical Ravens, do your due diligence, get the right guy no matter what the initial blowback might be. But hey, fans should be happy. Greg Ramm is gone.
SPEAKER_03
Jamie, you gave us some thoughts on the hire in an article. Just a quick hits there.
SPEAKER_02
Yeah, just some weird parallels to a few years back when the Ravens hired Mark Tressman. There was a lot of lauding of that hire. There was a lot of pundits and former players that said, oh, it's a perfect fit.
And this guy does this. And Mark Tressman's a quarterback whisperer and all these things. And we know that tenure was a flop at best and ended after 18 months.
Both guys, both Monk and Tressman veteran coaches hired at around the same age. We know Harbaugh has a pension for he likes to hire these veterans. He doesn't like to go with the young, up and coming type guy.
With that said, you know, I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on top Monk, but he said all the right things in the press conference. You wouldn't look at his track record, what he's been able to do with different personnel and how he's been able to get the most out of. I mean, Baker Mayfield had his best season under Monk.
He was able to take a walk on a Georgia and have him be two time national champion. So there's something there. I think this is the best compromise between what some fans lament as a Harbaugh move and the move that was best for the team to make.
I think this is a nice compromise because Harbaugh got an established veteran to add to his staff, but he's a guy that seems like he's very adaptable and very much a player's coach. So I think we got a good one, but we'll see.
SPEAKER_03
Ravens currently have the 22nd overall selection in the draft based on the mocks you're seeing to date and that draft position you currently interest you the most, Jamie?
SPEAKER_02
A couple of wide receivers. It's intriguing when you look at Zay flowers, but his measurables as far as size are a little bit more on the... He's kind of like a bigger Hollywood Brown, but he's a good route runner, good hands. The kid from Ohio State, God, I've got to butcher his last name.
Is it in Jigba? Is that how we pronounce it?
SPEAKER_01
It's Jackson Smith in Jigba, yeah.
SPEAKER_02
In Jigba, yeah. A little bit bigger, but we always talk about wide receivers and how they work you wide receiver struggle, but when you heard Munkin talking about spacing in the passing game, and it makes you wonder if a work you wide receiver will develop faster if they're in a system that allows them to thrive. So it's either wide receiver or the other intriguing name I saw.
This might be a little bit of a reach, but I've seen him climbing up some of the charts. The charts is the kid Deontay Banks with a quarterback from Maryland. He's starting to come up some of the draft boards.
He's some place to have him in the mid fifties, but then I actually stall him mock to the Ravens a couple of times 22 depending on where you look. It might be a little bit of a reach at this point, but I think he's intriguing. 6-2 place physical, you know, press man type corner, which fits well in the system.
And we could definitely use a high end, you know, high upside corner.
SPEAKER_03
Mike, how about you? I know you're always looking high to the draft.
SPEAKER_01
Jackson Smith and jig was the guy for me. I think he's a position in need. He's a great talent, and he figures to be on the board at that time or thereabouts.
That's kind of their trifecta where, you know, it's a team fit. It's a team, it's a team position fit team philosophy fit, and he should be there. So that would be like the perfect storm.
The other guy I thought about today that Ravens fans would, I'm sure, hate, but it would be a typical Ravens mood, be Luca Van Ness, the defensive end from Iowa. And he's a guy who I feel like has he is a Raven. He's going to have really good size, get after the pass or set the edge particularly in the run.
I know that Claes Campbell said during Super Bowl week he's going to return, but he would be like that, that he would make that seamless transition from Campbell, I think. Ravens really value those guys. Say it again, AFC North, you got to win, you know, in any division, you win your division first, particularly in AFC North, Nick Chubb, Najee Harris, Joe Mixon.
You got to stop the run. And he's a guy that should be there. Not my first choice, but I would be very happy with that they got him.
SPEAKER_03
For football focus had Patrick Queen as the Ravens most improved player. Mike, does he have any future in Baltimore after the Riquand deal?
SPEAKER_01
I think this is going to be a big year for him. And that's a polite way of saying that I'm leaning against that because you have obviously Roquan is unbelievable talent and thank you Chicago for some reason, but thank you Chicago. So they have him, they have Malik Harrison, they have Josh Bynes, you know, they have all these guys that they've tried to, even after Daryl Smith and CJ Mosie that find that go to guy, well they have Roquan.
Well, now they also need someone else. And Patrick Queen's been playing well. And I think so far he set himself up well for the future.
But this is the year he needs to cement it to make sure though that he can get his next deal but also give the Ravens faith. Okay, we can trust him. So to answer your question, I'm going to say yes, but it's about a 60 40 yes.
SPEAKER_03
I think all the analytical types would lose their mind if the Ravens spent more of their cap capital on another inside linebacker but what's your take?
SPEAKER_02
It would be like trying to it's like 2000 all over again we're going to you know put everything in the middle of the defense. I mean, really, if they do move on from Lamar Jackson, and you decide you want to build the team in a different way and the Ravens have constantly tried to build a defense. Maybe Patrick Queen does have a future here because then all of a sudden cap dollars can be allocated differently.
I'm not espousing they do that per se. I've been not nearly as critical of Patrick Queen as many others have been. I've actually really pulled for the kid because I think he you know he came in a tough situation.
He was 20. He you know it was COVID year. So things were odd you know training camp wasn't normal it took him a little while to get acclimated and and the popular notion is that he started playing well and rope on Smith got here.
That's really not true. He was playing well about for about three, four games before rope on God here. So it's nice to have both of them but I think that's a luxury that you just can't afford to have you just can't pay to inside linebackers I mean what would you have to give Queen at least at least 15 million a year, if not more to extend them and like I just can't.
I can't see them doing that it just doesn't make a ton of sense unless of course they go all defense and they give them all to Tyler Huntley this year or something goofy like that.
SPEAKER_03
Our technical issues seem to have improved so we're not going to end on a question of Patrick Queen we're going to run back to Lamar Jackson because this is Lamar Jackson all the time. Mike I believe you mentioned the idea of Houston. I know after I met out on the board several times that would be probably my preference if you were able to trade him could you get up to that number two overall selection that you would have either Alabama right now.
I don't know I draw blank it's too late for me but you know Stroud young there with the second pick which I would feel good about not the idea of expecting them to come in and be overly productive but I believe you could probably in their rookie year get somewhere between 25th overall up to 15th overall league average production at quarterback, which would be between that and their salary and what you could reinvest the rest of the roster I think you could be pretty competitive in year one and year two you would expect to take a leap. If that's not possible then you'd want to trade Jackson for the best package available and then then I would probably target Jordan love with Green Bay with the idea believing that Rogers is not walking away from his contract and the money over to him and thinking that love would be available. That would be my preference.
If we'll see what the Ravens do they are kind of back into a corner. That's where we were kind of talking before the technical issues came in and just kind of wrap up on that. You guys can't you know it's a bleak picture a little bit if you don't find an extension because then you're looking the rest of the off season of just kind of twiddling your thumbs and thinking where are we as a franchise and what are we doing.
Maybe he does maybe he doesn't but you're both kind of on board with the idea though. I think resolution is what you want as quickly as possible right. I think the frustration for us as Ravens fans and otherwise is that we're looking at this and we're realizing there might not be resolution anytime soon so I'll let you guys get final thoughts just overall Jamie go ahead.
SPEAKER_02
To sum up the stuff we talked about it's it's everything hinges on the more Jackson and I think before when the season when this past season started and they didn't have a resolution. I said this several times was this is going to be the biggest off season in Ravens history and this is going to decide the direction of the franchise for the next you know five to seven years because it's either going to be they're going to move forward with Jackson and try to put a championship together with him with that basically no one else in the league believe they could do it because everybody else in the league passed on the Mar Jackson when they had an opportunity to draft him. So, until we get to a resolution there.
Everything is ground to a halt and unfortunately anything you want to bring up just doesn't matter because they don't know how much cap space are going to have. And they don't know what direction they're going to go with the guy under center and that's pretty important. So, until that's resolved, we're just in a holding pattern like wrap us up for the night.
SPEAKER_01
At the end of the day the Ravens fans should be optimistic because either you'll have more Jackson, or you're going to trade them for ransom. And the matter is that something is something I think they need to prepare for if they haven't done so already and I kind of teased it a few months ago now feel like each week is getting increasing popularity. The Ravens were all talk about they don't draft receivers well or they only draft defense or primarily draft defense, but like their track record is indisputably at the top of the league in terms of drafting overall quality.
So, you have to think if they get multiple firsts in a couple seconds and maybe a third is Jamie alluded to and potentially even a player. There's no way they won't hit on at least a few of those. So, it will be a restart of sorts.
But not only do you get that fresh start new offensive coordinator. You get a huge massive cap savings. On the other side, they get a mar under contract whether it's franchise and sign or or just a straight extension and surpass the tag all together which would be great.
But and then they get the whole thing that was so on all the summarize I think it's coming to a head soon. And I think that in a couple months and I just think that by week one will be in good shape and ready to go to challenge for division championship and that is really the best you can have for.
SPEAKER_03
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