The Ravens Just Put The ENTIRE NFL ON NOTICE After They Pulled THIS Off!

When you look at Jesse Minter, you probably think, "Oh, man, he's such a stand-up guy. He's so nice." Well, let me tell you one thing. He is not. This man is evil. Look at what he did in the preseason. >> Minter had the best defensive play call of preseason week one. Just watch what he dials up here. This is a third and seven and the Eagles come out with this bunch formation to the field. And this is Minter right as he calls this play. >> Pause right there. Do you see the time in the preseason game, an exhibition a game that doesn't even count. This is third quarter in a game full of backups. And this is what this man, Jesse Minter, is deploying? Let's finish the rest. >> And just look at him licking his chops. The Ravens tipped this linebacker blitzing pre-snap during the cadence and show a weak rotation with the safety creeping up to replace in the field safety rotating to the middle. And you'll see right here, it gets the QB to change the protection to a half slide to account for the blitz. Then at the very last second, they flip the look completely. That initial linebacker that influenced the protection change is going to bluff back into coverage. The replacement safety rotates to the middle of the field post-snap creating a strong rotation with the field safety buzzing underneath. You get an A-gap slant from Peoples which opens up the B-gap blitz for the opposite linebacker. And to top it all off, they overload that B-gap sending the nickel Keion Martin soaring in who gets home for the sack. Minter influenced that protection change, disguised [clears throat] the coverage with a late rotation, and his guys perfectly timed up and executed this blitz. This was a phenomenal play by the Ravens defense in a defensive play calling masterclass by Jesse Minter. >> So, if you enjoyed that breakdown, my guy Chris Cooper _nfl has plenty more and he does an amazing job of breaking down plays for the Baltimore Ravens, but he covers the entire NFL as a whole. So, y'all make sure y'all follow him on every single social media platform. Now, back to this bully, Jesse Minter, because that's the best way to describe him. This man is literally in a preseason game with his backups against a backup quarterback trying to send all these disguises and coverages and confuse the Eagles quarterbacks. It's Jesse, what are you doing? It's supposed to be vanilla. It's supposed to be super basic. But this man said, "I don't care about none of that. I'm sending it anyway." So, if we saw what Jesse Minter did in that preseason game, week one of the preseason, imagine what he's going to be sending at Daniel Jones and them Colts. But then it gets even better because Jesse Minter, he's a first-time head coach. Declan Doyle, he's a first-time offensive coordinator. In this game, they were playing with a bunch of backups and rookies. A lot of these guys didn't have any NFL experience whatsoever. This was their very first game. And the Baltimore Ravens had 1 2 3 total penalties. So, these guys were playing some amazingly disciplined football. That says so much in itself. When you compare the preseason from last year to this year, think about this. And I'm not trying to take a shot at John Harbaugh, but John Harbaugh was in his what, 18th year with this football franchise. Todd Monken was in his third year. Zach Orr was in his second year. And when we look at how the backups performed last preseason versus this first game with brand new everything, brand new regime, it's night and day. So, all the stuff that we heard about the way that Jesse Minter has been running this show, the way that he's been coaching, how he focuses so much on discipline, it's all real. And before we get back to the video, I got to give a special shout out to today's sponsor, Courtyard. If you're already into sports cards or you thought about getting into collecting, then you need to check them out. Courtyard let you open packs, buy, collect, and sell cards all right from your phone. The really cool part is that your physical cards are securely stored in your insured vault where you can instantly trade them without having to package and ship them every single time they change hands. Then, whenever you're ready, you can redeem the exact physical card and have it shipped right to your door. Plus, if you open a pack and you decide, "Ah, this isn't for me." You can sell it back instantly. 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Even when asked, 'Lamar, do you want to go for it?' his odds were slim to none. I could go on and on, but you know the gist of this. Lamar didn't stop playing but refused to be damaged because they saw his potential. There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people when they won't even jump puddles for you." Ooh, my guy, Thomas, starting us OFF LIKE THAT. WHOA. UM, so yeah, with with John Harbaugh, I wouldn't say >> [sighs and gasps] >> but man, cuz we've had this question come up before. This comment sort of the like the sabotage. Because my thing would be like, all right. Because we saw that the the the way that the Ravens ran their show, we saw that the the the way that the Ravens did and did not sort of build around Lamar Jackson. We saw some areas they did good, some areas they did just unacceptable. Um but overall, I would say they did I would say they did a poor job overall um with truly building around Lamar Jackson. Really like truly getting the best out of him and really just out of the whole football team. I think it was a lot of years that were wasted uh trying to do things their way, sort of that old school way, and not really I I I feel like the the previous coaching staff never truly was all in on Lamar Jackson. It shows the way they play the games. It shows the way that they hired and and didn't fire offensive coordinators. Uh it shows the way that they brought in and didn't bring in certain personnel. It it shows the way that what they truly invested in when it came to Lamar Jackson as Ravens starting quarterback. And even when you think about the whole contract thing, that had to get so ugly it seemed like they weren't even all the way bought in on him when it came to give him his contract. When it came to give him his bread. It was a fight for him to get that. And he had done a lot more than a whole lot of other quarterbacks. But a lot of those other quarterbacks, oh it was no question when it was time for them to get paid. Oh, here's your contract. Oh, boom. There you go. Uh oh yeah, you up? Okay, yeah, we'll take care of that. But with Lamar, he had to fight for it. Like really fight for it. So, that's why another one of the million reasons why so many of us are excited for this new regime. But another thing that I think of whenever we we think about sabotage, and I would think of it back then in real time too. I'm like like why would the Ravens, even if we just talking about John Harbaugh specifically, why would he sabotage Lamar Jackson? Because ultimately, that will fall on him, right? Well, yes and no. Uh what while it would diminish the team's success and I would think that he wouldn't want to do that because I feel like he just you would have to be another level of petty to be willing to sabotage the team that you're running to the point where you like no, we we ain't going to mess with no Super Bowl. We ain't getting no Super Bowl. Like you would really that would have to and while we do know John Harbaugh could be petty. I just I don't think that he was trying to necessarily not get the Ravens to win a Super Bowl. I just think that he just wanted it to be done his way and he wanted to be he wanted to prove that it was his way that was causing the Ravens to win and he didn't want people to be like oh no, it's all Lamar or anything like that. That's what I think it was because what we said about John Harbaugh a lot of times, when John Harbaugh was right, hey, he was right. But I also feel like when John Harbaugh was wrong, he still felt like he was right. Um so there was so many times and there's a lot of different examples that we could give where John Harbaugh just it was his way or no way and he really wanted to show the Ravens, really the NFL world that his way could get it done and I think that's why we saw some we didn't hear anything like from the two back and forth, but I feel like we saw the back and forth with a Lamar Jackson and a John Harbaugh. I I think that John Harbaugh wanted to let it be known and and he wanted to really reiterate it over and over, hey, this is my team. I'm running the show. Lamar, it's not you. So I go back to the 2021 and 2022 when Lamar he he technically he didn't finish those seasons and he had those injuries and so many players had commented on that, oh he can come back from those injuries. I think that was really internal warfare with the Baltimore Ravens. Just my opinion. Just my own thoughts. I don't know nothing. Don't know nobody. Ain't got no no no sources, no connects, but I think it was internal warfare between Lamar Jackson and John Harbaugh, Lamar Jackson, this front office. I I just think that they were going back and forth. And I think, this is me, I think that Lamar's like, "You know what? All right. No, y'all ain't trying to pay cuz that's when contract started. That's when the contract talk is started. And I think he was like, "You know what? Y'all ain't trying to pay me? Well, you know what? I Yeah, I I am hurt. I'm technically hurt. I got an injury. So, you know what? No. Y'all figure this out." So, I think John Harbaugh was like, "All right, cool. We got it." So, whether it was Tyler Huntley or other backups that have been there uh from time to time, John Harbaugh tried with the backups, and obviously, it didn't work. This team, like I know people say one man doesn't make a team because one man does not make a team. It's a team effort. That's why it's called a team. And this is not a single player game. But Lamar Jackson, when he's in the lineup, oh, everything is a million times better. Everything. Offense, defense, everything. He's out of the lineup, everything changes for the worse. Just like that. And I know people say, "Oh, well, yeah, you can say that about a lot of starting quarterbacks." And you could. Well, with Ravens, it's like ooh, it's like the the whole roster just changes because Lamar Jackson, the the way he impacts every single player on this roster, not just the offense, but every single player on this roster, it couldn't go unnoticed. But now, again, everything is peaceful, everything is all love. Now, we got Jesse Minter. No more back and forth, no more war, uh no more stirring the water, like you said. Uh now, we got a head coach who seems to have a really good relationship with Lamar, and just not just with Lamar, just with the entire team. And everybody is making it like it's really a breath of fresh air. That's why I really, really appreciated uh somebody who truly loved John Harbaugh a lot. At At it seemed that way, but Marlon Humphrey. When he was on the lounge, when he was giving his comments about John Harbaugh and Jesse Minter, the back and forth he was letting me know he said, "Hey, I love John Harbaugh. That's my guy." And we always knew that John Harbaugh is Marlon Humphrey's guy. And if he isn't, maybe someone else is, but they always seemed like they were super cool, super close. But even Marlon Humphrey, he talked about John Harbaugh's coaching style. Some stuff that he did do, some stuff that he really didn't do. Some stuff that he might not have specialized in that's a little opposite of Jesse Minter. And it's just a contrast, man. It's just a a big contrast between the two. And again, we haven't even Well, actually now we've seen a snap of his football. We've seen a lot of snaps of his football in preseason and week one. And the fact that he went crazy go crazy like that. Rookie head coach going crazy like that in preseason and week one with what I'm just again, you got to imagine imagine what's on the way to come. Next question came from my guy John B. He said, "QB3." He said, "What's up in Grave? What's up Team Keep It Clean? What's up, John?" He said, "So, I just got done watching a video about Anthony Brown and Austin Reed and him competing with Skylar Thompson for QB3." Well, Joe Flacco now cuz Skylar Thompson he's on IR. He said, "My question is, are they anything like Lamar and Snoop?" Well, Joe Flacco, no. He didn't show anything like Lamar or Snoop. Um he was doing his thing though. He he was certainly doing his thing. Now, I know we don't even want to get to no conversation about no QB3. Cuz like we said before, if it if it's coming down to QB3, then your season is is pretty much over. So, we don't even want to think about that, but I wonder if things are truly different now to where obviously if your starting quarterback on a team, if they went down, then you want to have somebody that can try to replicate what they did to the best of their ability. That's why Ravens brought back Tyler Huntley. We know he's not Lamar Jackson, he's Tyler Huntley, but he is one of the closest things as a backup quarterback that somebody could be to Lamar Jackson. He's still again, he's not Lamar Jackson. He's not. But, he's closer than a lot of other quarterbacks, a lot of other backup quarterbacks in the league. So, they brought him back. But, with Josh Johnson, I know it was just one preseason game, but seeing the success that he was and I it's it's tough to say cuz it was preseason. So, I get it. But, seeing the success that he was having, how he was moving the ball, the Ravens offense was moving the ball, they were spreading it around and whatnot, I wonder if this system, this Decklin Doyle system, is a system that will be a lot more quarterback friendly and not just friendly when it comes to quarterbacks that can run. So, it is like with the previous system, if you couldn't run, you were doomed. You were done. That was it. That was the And that's why Cooper Rush did not have success as Ravens starting quarterback because he was not a mobile quarterback. But, it's it's just with that one preseason game. And again, it's preseason, it's the backup, so so I I I can't like fully say it with a million percent confidence, but I hope that that does end up being true. But, continuing, he said, "Two quarterbacks that can make something happen out of nothing. I'm asking because last year we realized unfortunately a few games in that old dude. I forgot his name. That's how irrelevant he was for us. And he was not the quarterback that we needed." Oh my goodness. So, he's He sound like he's talking about Cooper Rush, I think. Anyway, he said, "And we had got rid of Snoop for no reason. If they are not, why not try to find someone for the QB3 position that does fit our QB play style where we don't have to drastically change how we run the offense. Why not go after Anthony Richardson? He wants out of Indianapolis and that would be a very good competition for the QB2 spot, even though I still think Snoop would win it." Um I I I I can't see Anthony Richardson winning our QB2 spot with the Ravens. Um I don't even see him being a quarterback on the Ravens. Reason being, if he was cut, if he was released, then I could see him being QB3. Um but for for them to trade for him, no, his contract, no. They they wouldn't. They have to They have to bring on a former first-round draft pick's contract. And I He wasn't drafted low in the first round. He was drafted somewhere, I think, in the top Was it the top 15? I forget exactly what spot he was in. But he was drafted high and Ravens would have to take on that contract. Even if they declined the fifth-year option and all that, they would still have to take on that first-round draft pick contract. And I don't think they want to do that for a QB3, especially. Um so if he was to be released, then yeah, but as far as the contract he's on, no. Um and then to and then for him to come in with 2 weeks left in the preseason and to surpass Snoop, I I just I I wouldn't see that happening at all. Anyway, he said, "But uh he's mobile and he's athletic. He fits the mold of what all one and two already do. So it's not too drastic of a transition for our offensive line. Uh the scramble drills for my wide receivers, the game plan can still be similar. What are your thoughts?" Yeah, it's possible that he could come in and get acclimated and whatnot, but to surpass Snoop, no. And again, they said that they don't want to trade him. They said he's they're not going to trade him. To me, that just says, "Oh yeah, we we just want a little more on an offer and we'll trade him." Cuz I I don't think I don't think I don't think they see nothing in Anthony Richardson, man. I think the coach been done with Anthony Richardson. Um but I Yeah, him being a Baltimore Raven, I I just don't think it's going to happen at all. Next question just came from my guy Jarvo. He said, "Football is officially back for the Ravens. I can't lie, I felt weird not seeing John Harbaugh on the sideline, but watching what the next flight Ravens made me forget about John quickly. You know what's crazy? Leading up until this game, uh for months, I was saying the same exact thing that it was going to feel weird not seeing Harbaugh on the Ravens sideline. But honestly, it didn't feel weird at all. Um and I didn't even realize Not that I didn't realize he wasn't there but it just didn't I didn't even think about like oh man yeah that's not John Harbaugh on the sideline it's just it was just I guess cuz we've been talking about him so much and we've been hearing about him so much we've been seeing him in the press conference and everything that we just got accustomed to Jesse Minter being the Ravens head coach. But anyway he said really wanted to keep the Eagles scoreless but proud of what the defense showed tonight. Zion Young looked great and explosive but my standouts were T.J. Tampa and Kenyan Martin. >> [snorts] >> Yeah and them boys they were going the distance man. He said defense I saw no confusion no missed tackles. That part right there. That's what we highlighting earlier. This is a brand new coaching staff. Bunch of rookies out there inexperienced guys got what what the guys are second year third year but not starters. And nobody looked confused. Nobody looked lost. And like you like you I'm glad you brought up the no missed tackles too. That was a big deal too. And again you could expect that from backups missed tackles. He said no big plays given up and most importantly rarely gave up on third downs. Offense left points on the board with that missed kick and interception but yeah but but overall they played good. Reading and Fa'anunu played well and will be interesting to see who gets that QB3 spot. Lane showed enough for me Hibner played well and also Serratt outside of that fumble. O-line gave the QBs time in the pocket and Vanga was a boulder out there and protected his QB. I hate that Westry didn't get no time at receiver. The battle for RB4 will be interesting because Randall was outplayed by Talbott and McMillan in my opinion. Okay that's a take right there. I think um That's a take. I know their average per carries were more Randall obviously got the touchdown. Uh but they they had more they were they had more limited snaps well they had less snaps than him. Um Outplayed I don't think like outplayed by far. Um Mhm. That's a tough one. I I don't know. That's a tough one. He said only injury was Jay Higgins. Uh hopefully it's the last for the entire season. Uh coaching staff reflected well on the field and can tell all the players are all in. The players played with discipline. And see that seems to be the common word, discipline. Uh and was locked in all phases. Defense played fast and rarely missed a tackle. Uh if the backups are playing like this, I can't wait to see the starters. And there we go. Yeah. He said last thing is Loop needs to be better and maybe I'm saying that cuz Tuck spoiled me, but Loop needs to make his kicks. Yeah. And that's what we just got to hope that things just improve. The things get better. Things are not an issue uh when it comes to Tyler Loo. Uh he also said, "Do you agree with Tom Brady when he made the comment on players sitting out during the preseason?" This was his statement. "Preseason, regular season, I never wanted to be taken off the field. Practice makes perfect. Too many people looking for easy ways out these days. When you're a football player in this football season, your job is to play football." And Javo saying, "In my opinion, I do think starters should play at least a few series to get the rust off and to build the chemistry. Practice and preseason are two different types of conditions because they hit during practices. I understand injuries, but it's part of football. Josh, Patrick, Joe, and others have played, so I hope we see our starters at least one preseason game." You know what's crazy is that I I don't disagree with that at all. I would love to see the starters play just a little bit, even just a little bit because and I was for sure We still got two games left. I know Jesse Menede said he said Lamar wasn't going to play week one, but I think he said that Lamar not playing like at all in a preseason, but I I don't remember for sure. But anyway, um going into this preseason with a new coaching staff, I was for sure like we talked about it before that I think and thought that our starters would definitely play some in the preseason, especially with it being a brand new coaching staff. But obviously that week one game, we didn't see them. We'll see what happens in week two uh and week three. But yeah, I I I I I wouldn't mind if they played some in the preseason. I know they still going to go out there and do their thing regular season, whether they play or not. But yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing them play just a little bit in the preseason. Just give us a little taste and also give them some some live action before week one. But he also said, "Please tell me you saw 77 blocking for the Giants. He was letting the third stringers get by him. Is it just me or do you think it's ironic that our players are coming back from injury quicker than in the John era?" I I I wouldn't say that. I would say with it well yeah, with with Daniel Faalele. Ooh, that is Oof, but that's a whole thing in itself. As far as the injuries though, um that started to improve a couple years ago when they hired Adrian Dixon from the Tennessee Titans. And he was a specialist in proper recovery for the players. Um that was one of my favorite Harbaugh hires that he ever did because that changed so much with when it came to injuries with the Baltimore Ravens. So, them and and he's still with the team now to this day. So, that was a great keep by them. He he was somebody that I was worried that might go with John Harbaugh, but he stayed. So, that's something that the Ravens started working on uh several years back and it's just been great hire. So, yeah. But we saw with Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins, it looked crazy especially when Nate Wiggins looked scary, but he's obviously back which has been great. He said, "A hot take I have is that I think Peoples might get cut." That is a hot take. Wow. He said he was not impactful Saturday night and played the entire game and we are heavy at that position. Two players outplayed him and that was rookie Bennie uh and uh Odafe Owusu-Ajiga, but maybe Peoples will bounce back next game. Yeah, we're going to see. We're going to see. That's a That That is a hot take right there, man. He said, "Love what I saw from the linebacker Deluca, but I need to see my guy Oweh at that defensive tackle position." Well, yeah, Deluca was everywhere, flying everywhere. I I love what I saw from him, too. And now with Jay Higgins, he get the concussion. Hopefully it ain't no long-term thing. Hopefully we'll see him probably maybe practicing with the Vikings this week, but hopefully he'll be back at least by next week. So, we'll see. He said, "Um I need to see my guy Oweh at the defensive tackle position. He's 6'6" at 370, so he can be our young Calais. Uh the way I saw the receivers were getting open with a simple play calling from Saturday, I can only imagine how our true playbook will open up so many opportunities for Lamar to feed everyone." Yeah. That was a Mhm, it's a very encouraging sign uh from Saturday offense. He said, "Do you think Likely will be Lamar's new safety blanket like Isaiah Likely was?" I don't know. I could hope so, though. Cuz I mean, he he's he's he's 6'4". That's 6'4". And he just be bringing that energy, too, man. Like straight up, man. So, that chem- Hey, I want to see that chemistry run. I want to see that chemistry. I want to see them two on the field together. Will we see them preseason? Will we have to wait till week one? We'll see. But, he could. He could. That That's a lot to put on the the shoulders of a rookie. So, I'm not necessarily At least not At least early on. Um cuz I know it's a lot of times been Mark Andrews, and hopefully he can still do his thing. There's Likely, too. So, he he Likely could be another one. But, he could. He could. I know a lot of people comparing him and his role to that of Isaiah Likely's in the past for the Ravens. So, let's hope that Lamar has a couple of safety blankets. Let's hope Let's hope that all the receivers are safety blankets for Lamar, and he could trust every last one of them. Next question came from my guy Sleepy. He said, "I can't lie. I was ecstatic you ending the show with my question and comment of the Steelers suck a couple of weeks ago. Again, thank you, my guy, but I'm here for much different thing this time. Oh, no, I appreciate you even sending it, man. He said, 'I know what this guy has meant to our franchise, but in my eyes, Mark Andrews hasn't been the same since the Buffalo game for whatever reason. But, the facts are the facts. How off base would it be if he could hold his own in blocking, we moved Jacoby Lane to tight end?'" No, don't Don't move James Cook to play in the tight end. Don't move. Let Let Let him Let him be a receiver. You want to line him up He ain't got the frame for a tight end. Well, there's Darren Waller though, so you know what? I can't say that, but No, I'm I'm I ain't I ain't changing his position, man. I ain't I ain't changing his position. I'm leaving him at receiver. If you want to move him around, do that, but let him stay at receiver. Don't Don't have him put on that weight, that tight end weight. Um just let him stay where he is. Anyway, he said, "This in my eyes would have tremendous upside. Mismatches against the defense and it would allow Linderbaum to see the field more without taking spots from the other receivers. He kind of puts me in the mind of a Darren Waller." Oh, I should have kept reading. >> [laughter] >> He said, "He kind of puts me in the mind of a Darren Waller without the early issues. Really need your thoughts. Hope you and the family is well. Uh keep doing great work and as always, the Steelers suck." And make sure you got that one in again. Um No, I I I would just leave him as is. I wouldn't change his position. Uh you can still continue to give him work. You can give him different looks. You can give him different opportunities uh as a wide receiver. Just because he is a wide receiver doesn't mean you can't line him up literally wherever because you can do that. Um so and if he's taking snaps from people, in my opinion, then that would mean he would be earning those snaps from people. Because he's a rookie. He's a third-round pick. So if he's going to get on the field and take snaps from somebody, whether it be fellow rookie Elijah Salaam, whether it be second-year receiver Izaiah Likely, James Proche, whether it be uh third-year receiver Tylan Wallace, whether it be 1 2 3 4 5 sixth-year receiver Rashod Bateman. I I had to count it out loud because I forgot how long he's been in the league for, so my apologies on that. But if he's taking snaps from somebody, that means he earned it. But let let's not do the position change, but let's still give him plenty of opportunity. So that does it for today's video. I hope you all enjoyed it cuz we know watching Jessie mentor be a insane crazy mastermind. We ain't never going to get tired of that at all. And one more time just a quick reminder, make sure you follow my guy Chris Cooper _nfl on Instagram, on YouTube, on TikTok, on Twitter, on all of that stuff because his breakdowns are literally flawless. So shout out to him. 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