JOHN HARBAUGH'S NEGATIVE IMPACT ON LAMAR JACKSON & THE RAVENS ISN'T OVER YET... | HERE'S WHY!

What you're about to hear about Lamar Jackson caught my attention immediately. Not because I believed it, but because of what ended up happening the very next day. >> Yeah, Decoy certainly was a hot name across the NFL last year when it came to coordinator openings. I thought for a long time he was not going to leave the Chicago Bears, not going to leave Ben Johnson. Someone who has uh was sort of plucked from obscurity by Ben Johnson, has been learning there, really liked the process of getting to know him and really getting into the playbook. And then this opportunity arose, right? And this is really a rare opportunity to coach an MVP. I was just in uh Cleveland. I was talking to head coach Todd Monk. Obviously spent a lot of years in Baltimore. The look, Lamar's talented, super talented. It is also a challenge reaching him, getting him engaged. It is something that Monka did exceptionally well, but for a lot of coaches, it it could be an uphill battle. Certainly seems like Deco Doyle has climbed that mountain, has gotten an engaged Lamar Jackson. If he is even just at the level that he was when Monkin first take over, you know, took over the the new coach and new schemes, just fully engaged like that, then this very, very talented Baltimore Ravens team can get the best of him. And the best of Lamar means this team is going to go a long long way. >> Can you believe that? So, coincidentally, a report comes out in the heat of training camp that says Lamar Jackson is difficult to get him engaged with the coaching staff. It's an uphill battle getting that accomplished. Oh, but he's an MVP and if everything goes well, this offense should be really good. That is one of the biggest backhanded compliments I've ever seen. And I I just wonder where this information coincidentally came from. Could it be somebody who's been here the last 18 years and they got kicked out this off season? I don't know. I can't definitively say yes or no. I'll let you be the judge of that. But one thing, another reason why we love Jesse Mentor so much and we haven't even seen this football team take a single snap yet is exactly how he responded. Listen to our new head coach. >> It drives me insane some of the stuff that people say I wanted to hear >> about this guy. when you see anything that says that he has there's trouble engaging and getting him engaged, >> what what do you think of that? >> Um, yeah, I don't I don't really buy into anything that's said about Lamar. Um, >> I like it. >> I think when you come in and you >> you know, I was here for when he was drafted. Um, >> he was a great player then. He was a great teammate. He was really engaging since I've walked in the door. Again, I'm not like I'm not listening to what h like, oh, this happened or whatever. It's a clean slate. >> Clean slate. Fresh start. >> He's been an unbelievable leader. He's was at almost every offseason day. >> He's making guys like repeat drills, you know, like he's just developing as a as a real leader. He's taken ownership of the team. >> I like it. >> Um, >> how do you engage? >> That's what I've seen. >> How do you engage with him knowing him as long as you've known him? How's he to coach? Again, it's it's it's relationships. So, that's what we've been talking about from jump. >> Knowing what's going on in his life, knowing what's going on uh on the field, off the field, uh giving him a platform to really be a leader, giving him the opportunity to take the team by the reigns, injecting, uh you know, some different ideas and philosophies to to again just help him continue to become the best version of himself. >> And um he's taken it and run with it. again, like I I it drives me insane some of the stuff that people say I wanted to hear >> about this guy. Uh he's unbelievable. There's nobody we'd rather have as the quarterback of the Baltimore R. >> Of course, I think there's might be some trouble because when you can't put somebody in a box in a category, it's like what there's so much discourse about where is he, what tier, what this, what that like beauty and brilliance is that you can't actually sort him anywhere. And that I think doesn't compute in the uh historic non-progressive math of NFL lore. >> And that's exactly how you shut down a narrative about your franchise quarterback. That's how you handle something like that. Jesse Mentor with flawless execution. Shutting down the report from Ian Rapaore and maybe somebody whose name rhymes with Tom Scarball. I don't know. But I love how Jesse Mentor handled it. And I appreciated Kate Adams, too, because she knew exactly what she wanted to ask and she asked it. She didn't dance around it. She referred to the report, "Oh, is it difficult getting Lamar engaged?" She used the same exact wording that Ian Rapaort used in his report where he tried to down Lamar and say that he was difficult to work with. Shout out to Jesse Minton. That's how you head coach. Everything that he's been doing this off seasonason so far, we've been talking about it. He's been handling things the right way. He's been saying all the right stuff. He's been making so many good moves. But this one right here, the way that not only he defended Lamar Jackson, but really, man, I hate all that stuff. I can't stand all it drives me crazy to hear stuff like that. the way he stood up for his quarterback amidst wherever the source of that Ian Rapaort report came from. We love it and that shows that he believes in Lamar Jackson. It shows that he really has the true best interest of this football team. But how did y'all feel about the way that Jesse Mentor handled that? And where do you really think that report from Ian Rapaort came from? Let me know in the comments section. 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New Cash App customers can earn $10 if they use code family10 in their profile at sign up and send $5 to a friend within 14 days. Terms apply. Now we at my favorite part of the videos where we feature your questions. Y'all know how to take part in it. First question came from a team keeper clean patron, my guy Omar. I appreciate you, my friend. He said, "Hey, engraving. I hope all is well with you and the family. Everything is cool." He said, "Uh, when I heard the reports about Lamar Jackson's engagement being a talking point, it really caught my attention. The best description I've heard of Lamar came from the most important person in the Ravens organization, Mr. Bashadi, when he described Lamar as non-confrontational. That [snorts] always made sense to me because Lamar has always seemed to be strictly business. I'm guessing here, but I wouldn't be surprised if Lamar has little interest in talking with coaches about what they did over the weekend or what hobbies they enjoy outside of football. If he prefers conversations centered on how can you help me become a better football player and help us win games, I can understand how someone who is used to building relationships differently might interpret that as a lack of engagement. But when it comes to football, it's obvious that Lamar is fully engaged. You don't become a three-time first team allpro and a two-time MVP by being disengaged. That right there, um, just with all Lamar Jackson's accolades, um, that shuts that before Jesse Mener even said a word, before he even responded, all Lamar Jackson's accolades that shuts down the whole disengage thing from jump. But with Jesse Mentor, him responding to it the way that he did, that shuts it down even more. But continuing, he said, "My question to you is, when you heard the word engagement, using those reports about Lamar, what did you think they were actually referring to? Did you take it as engagement with football, engagement with coaches on a personal level, or something else entirely?" As always, I appreciate your insight, my brother. No, I appreciate you, my friend. Now, um, I thought it was something else entirely. Um I whenever we hear something like that, whenever you oh Lamar's not engaged, when you think about somebody not being engaged, I would think of somebody who's just sitting there just they might be watching, but they ain't really paying attention. Uh and they're pre they're present. Well, they're there, but they're not present. Um and that could be in any type of situation. You think about somebody in school, a kid who's he's there for attendance, but he ain't paying attention to nothing that the teacher is saying. He just I'm here. So I just again I can't see a Lamar Jackson being like that. And even with um the the part where you talked about oh well maybe he don't want to have conversations about oh what' you do over this weekend or what's happening in his personal life. Even though Jesse Mentor he talked about that. He he talked about where having Lamar Jackson be engaged is he talked about having those relationships and he said talking about what's going on in the work life with the football stuff but also in their personal life too. So Jesse meant to let us know again relationships that's what he said from the very beginning that press he said it he said it's all about relationships and communication and he has been 20 toes down with continuing to do that. Um but I just I just thought it was a hit piece. I thought this was just one hopefully last hit piece from John Harbaugh in my opinion. In my opinion, I don't know for sure, but that that's where it seemed like it stemmed from whether it's John Harbaugh um whether it's Ty Mon cuz Ian Raort he did mention Ty Mon in there, but I think when he mentioned Ty Mon in there, it seemed like he was just that was sort of a segue to talk about how it could be hard for offensive coordinators to engage with Lamar Jackson. um because he talked about Declan Doyle like right after that. So I I I just think it was one last hit piece um from people from Hall's camp. That's again that's just my opinion. But I I don't think it was anything else and I don't even think it was true. Next question came from my guy Alonzo. He said it's been a long time since I sent a question. Hope you and your family are doing well. Hey, I appreciate you. But better late well not late but better long time than ever again. So there we go. He said, "Um, my question to you is, do you think we should just sign offensive coordinators to [laughter] to one-year deals to keep our offense from being predictable? Uh, would you take quality over consistency based on history since Lamar has been here?" That's an interesting question. Um, if we sign like offensive coordinators to one-year deals, then we would get a new offensive coordinator every year. So, that means Lamar Jackson would just win an MVP every single year. U, so that would be a good thing. But no, uh, with that, no, you you want consistency, but you also want to evolve. You you also want to grow. Um, you want to see things advance, and you want there to be progression with the offense. So, you don't to have progression in an offense. You don't need to hire offensive coordinator every single year. You don't need to hire a new one every single year. You can have the same offensive coordinator while you you're going to get new players. You're not going to have the same exact team every year. You're not going to have the same exact personnel, but that offensive coordinator after the first year, and hopefully they have a lot of success, but after that first year, you can be like, "All right, this what worked. Cool. This what we need to improve on. All right, we'll work on that some more. These some other areas that we can focus on, too, and other things that we can incorporate to this offense to make us even more diverse. So, you don't got to change offensive coordinators every year to keep things fresh. Uh, you can just add new wrinkles here and there." Next question came from former corner. He said, "What's up, team? Keep it clean." What up in Engravin? Former corner checking in. Regretfully, it has been many years since we have last interacted. Oh my goodness. Like a lot of people just popping up today. What's up? Did something special happen or y'all just getting back at the thing the thick of things in football season or what? Oh, maybe because we got a game tonight. I I think that might be why. Anyway, he said, um, so I'm thrilled and I'm not surprised to see all the success you have materialized and all the success still coming your way. Not only has the channel grown, but so has your family. They always love to hear you speak about them and see you you smiling and passionate about the Ravens. Oh man, I I appreciate that. I I I don't know. I thought that was going to go a different way. I thought you going to be talking about Ravens from Jump, but no, I appreciate that a lot, man. Thank you very very much. Um, thank you. Thank you. It's like and I want to I want to sound like no complaint. The channel has grown. It has grown for sure. It's not growing as much as I wanted to, but it it is still it's still doing its thing. Still holding it down. So, I I I appreciate that. So, thank you very very very very very very very much for for real. Uh he said, "Let's talk ball. I'm salivating over Adam Randall and I don't know if we are talking about him enough. The first thing that piqued my interest was Mr. Bashad's involvement. What does Big Steve see meriting the risk of publicity co-signing uh his first ever 174th overall pick? At 6'3" 234 pounds, Randle placed first amongst running backs and combine bench press with 26 reps. For reference, the king put up the same weight 22 times. Ooh, talking about Derek Hillary. He said the younger protege also ran a slightly faster 40 yard dash than his mentor displaying a rare combination of size, power, and speed. Yes. Um, when I watched, cuz y'all know I don't watch college football. So, when we drafted Adam Randall, I'm like, "Oh, who is this?" So, I looked him up, looked at games from him, and I saw to me, he he just looked faster than Derrick Henry. didn't look more powerful than him, but he Derrick Henry is a grown man. Like Adam Randall super super young, so he ain't developed his grown man strength yet, but he just he looked a lot quicker than Derrick Henry, but yeah, the size is there. So that potential is there, too. Not to necessarily be Derrick Henry, but to be Adam Randall. Uh he said, "When I turn on the film, I was floored to find out that he was a true receiver until his senior year of college, converting to running back and putting up 1,281 allpurpose yards and 13 touchdowns. I believe the flock should not take this lightly. Uh Randy runs downhill with power contact balance and long stride acceleration when he makes it to the second level. And most importantly, he comes with soft hands and route running ability. Yeah, that's where he's like a little glitch right there. He's going to be a little cheat code because if you got this guy who used to be a receiver, now he's a running back. So, you can move him around and do so much different stuff with him. He's an X factor. He said this can change some of the issues with predictability when certain personnel are on the field. Uh, with the king still at the throne, the young bull can benefit from the ability to thoroughly learn a position as well as make the NFL transition as all rookies are tasked with. Who better to teach a position and work ethic than the king? Baltimore Ravens.com reported on the first day of Ravens training camp, Randall ran through linebacker Jay Higgins on an inside run and later broke a run outside for a big game. The report specifically noted that when Randall plans his foot, he gets north quickly and runs with power. Oh, I didn't see that. I I didn't know that. So, I appreciate you letting me know it, too. Thank you. That's good to hear. Not for Jay Haggle. I know Jay Hagen gonna be fine, but All right, Randall, we see you, baby. And that's the thing with with these reports, it's tough because in [snorts] these battles, the one-on- ons, the seven on seven, 11 on 111s, when we hear about these big plays and stuff, it's tough because it's the team going against each other. So, you like, "Yes, yes, my guy made a play." But then on the flip side, you're like, "Oh, but he made it against one of our guys." So, it's tough cuz somebody got to win the rep and somebody got to lose the rep. So, that's where things get tricky. He said, "Uh, Randy seems to be transitioning well. Granted, it's only camp and I'm licking my chops waiting for the preseason. I think this could also extend the the life of Henry's career, similar to the dynamic we had for four years with Willis McGee and Ray Rice." Oh, that was fun times. We had some nice little one-two punches at running back. Willis McGee, Ray Rice, we had Ricky Williams, um, and Ray Rice. We had Ray Rice and not Bernard Pard. Oh my goodness. Bernard Pierce, was that his name? I think it was Bernard Pierce, but and he man, I used to like him a lot, man. He and I remember he he he jumped over somebody like he had just hurdled over somebody. I forgot when it was, but then after the Ravens, he just he disappeared. So, it's it's crazy. NFL like is it stands for not for long cuz it it was really not. Anyway, uh he said there's so much to be excited about within an organization of you. You and you've done such a great job of covering it. Thank you for all the dedication. God bless you, yours, and the whole team. Keep it clean fam. Hey, I appreciate that former corner. Thank you, man. Next question. Well, more so trying to hit unsin. It came from my guy Johny. He said, I take this question back. His original question was, correct me if I'm wrong, but Quest has looked like the better tight end so far. It seems like Hypnah has been kind of quiet at the practices. Even though these are fourth and fifth round picks, not first and third. Do you think we have another situation in which the better tight end was drafted later? So, he said, I take this question back. He said, I've been hearing his name buzzing. So, talking about Hypn uh since I hit send. So, hey, that's a beautiful thing cuz sometimes it it take a little bit to get some people, especially a rookie. Especially a rookie like everybody ain't going to be no Jacobe Lane. We going to talk about him later, but it's nice that our tight ends, they starting to get a little more active now. Next question came from my guy Warren Smith and I've seen the title of it and oh, that's tough. But hey, that's the business. That's why sometime you just you can't fall in love with the player too much. Well, you can, but you have the potential to get your heart broken with stuff like this. Anyway, he said, "Hello, my man. I hope you and the family are doing well and enjoying your summer. I saw some of your recent videos from your travels, which I think is refreshing to see." Oh, we [snorts] need it. We all need it. We got to get out of the element for a little bit. Get just switch things up. I appreciate you doing. Yeah. So, one thing that you and I have been in violent agreement over the years has been the desire to reunite with Clowny. I heard that he signed with the Texans, which is just crazy. I think they are in the top three teams to beat in the AFC, not just because of Clowny, but with all of the other additions that they made. Blankenship of Montgomery uh the old lineman Wyatt Celebrating Smith. I believe the others are the Broncos Bills and then there's a tie for the Ravens and the Patriots. This is purely based on roster construction. Why do you think we passed on clowny? We are essentially betting the farm on Mike Green and T Rob holding up the holding up offside uh of Trey Hendrickson. Do you believe the Ravens have done enough? We are essentially saying that Mentor and Weaver are the difference between stopping the Bills Texans and Patriots from being the other top excuse me from being the top seat. Do you agree? Is there any other move that you would have done? And take care. Much respect, Warren. I appreciate you, my guy. Um, I Yeah, I would have loved Clowny because it would have just given us that much more high quality depth. Like I I remember when the Browns, they first had Clowny in on a visit and on Twitter, I was like, I said, I I really don't like this. And then somebody said, "Oh man, what Clowney? He's old. He washed up. Like, what what what are you seeing Clown? Like, what would he even do?" I said, "Hold up. Ju just last year." here. I said, as a part-time player, I said he got eight or eight and a half of them things cuz he got eight and a half sacks. Again, he's a part-time guy for the Cowboys. Eight eight and a half sacks. So, it's like he come to the Ravens and now we got Jesse M. So, it's like why not? But, um I think they're really just betting on their own guys. I think Nami Madabk being back is a big part of that. I know him and Clownley don't play the same position at all, but I think yeah, just with Jesse Mentor with Anthony Weaver, I know like Jada had brought up uh in a video yesterday with Anthony Weaver being a big difference maker with him just uh helping transform this defensive line uh with Jesse Mentor and his scheme just transforming the whole defense. I I think that they are banking on Yeah. Trey Hendrickson, Mike Green has really stepped up in the second year. They talked about him this offseason, how when they watched film on him last year, he was so close to getting so many more sacks and just closing stuff up and just him invol him evolving as a player. I know the previous question a couple of questions ago, it talked about uh what if the Ravens, they hired a new offensive coordinator every year just to keep the offense fresh so it' be new, it wouldn't be predictable. Um but we talked about how it's important that if you have the same offensive coordinator, that offensive coordinator continue to help the team grow. So with a Mike Green, um the reason that I even bring that up is because now with Mike Green, what I viewed him as last year and just as a player was just strictly a pass rusher, not a run stopper, not an edge setter, just strictly a pass rusher. But the Ravens, they are evolving him. They taking him to the next level because they've been talking about this offseason how Mike Green, he been setting the edge. So that's run defense. Uh and he's been just holding his own with that. So that that's the beauty of evolvement just to continue to to to harness in on what somebody does really good but then take them to a whole another level. So as far as the the Ravens with them not going after Javian Clowney, I just really think it was one of those things where they counting on their own guys, but really this coaching staff to make a huge difference with this entire defense, especially the pass rush. >> [music] >> The flock flies to [singing] the wise. It's a wonderful thing. Look what vision and commitment is and some discipline [music] brings. When eight becomes one, [singing] the moon swings and the flock sings for another ring. Man, we tuning [music] in. Engraving vids in that scene tonight. Team keep it clean. Hold it down the spot to ignite a name [music] in the lights. The north star ain't feeling far when you run that north every year. That's just setting the point. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music]