Injury Struggles: What’s Next for Lamar Jackson & the Ravens?
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00:02 - The Ravens, I mean, it feels like,
00:04 you know, let's just copy and paste this story
00:07 forever and ever and ever.
00:09 Tell me if you've heard this one before.
00:11 The Ravens are banged up.
00:13 They got a soft tissue injury.
00:16 Stop the presses.
00:18 Rashad Bateman has a hamstring issue.
00:20 I've never heard this before.
00:22 I don't believe it.
00:23 Odell Beckham, also banged up.
00:25 I mean, it's like, I guess,
00:28 and Craig, I mean, you know me,
00:30 I love Lamar Jackson.
00:31 He is one of my favorite players in the NFL.
00:33 I was so ready to buy in.
00:35 And some of the Todd Monk and stuff has come true.
00:38 You know, they're playing way more 11 personnel
00:40 than they ever had before.
00:42 You know, the stat was that they've already surpassed
00:46 the 11 personnel snaps this season
00:49 that they had all of last season with Greg Roman
00:52 as the play caller.
00:53 And to be clear, they lost that Colts game
00:56 because of like a mental mistake
00:57 that the coaching staff and that the returner made.
00:59 Like it was like a protocol error.
01:01 They could have just ended the game
01:02 and then they messed it up.
01:03 Like, I'm not, I'm certainly not writing the obituary
01:07 of the Baltimore Ravens.
01:08 As of yet, I still think the better days are coming.
01:11 Justice Hill came back from this toe injury.
01:13 He returned to practice on Thursday.
01:15 So I think that is going to save us
01:18 from a week of watching Melvin freaking Gordon.
01:21 It just, it feels like no matter
01:22 where the Raven season starts,
01:24 it always ends up with needing Willie Snead
01:27 and Melvin Gordon to play by about week five.
01:30 It's so frustrating.
01:31 I don't know what the Raven strength
01:33 and conditioning team does, but all that being said,
01:36 Lamar, like him for a bounce back here.
01:39 Obviously you're starting Mark Andrews.
01:40 Obviously, well, maybe not obviously
01:42 you're starting Zay Flowers,
01:44 but I think you're starting Zay Flowers.
01:45 Only interesting thing I have to say about the Browns
01:48 is I'd like to see another week of the split
01:50 between Ford and Hunt.
01:52 I think Ford is a start.
01:54 I think Ford is a DFS play.
01:55 Starting Cooper, starting Elijah Moore,
01:57 starting David Njoku.
01:59 I also, I mean, I'm a Dorian Thompson, Robinson guy.
02:02 I liked him at UCLA.
02:03 I liked him as a prospect.
02:06 Kind of a hard start to make at a 40 and a half total
02:08 against the Ravens as your first NFL start,
02:11 if it does come down to that direction.
02:13 But honestly, Watson has been so brutal as a passer.
02:17 You know, the team has mostly been fine
02:19 and their defense has been disgusting.
02:21 It's basically been the best defense in the NFL
02:23 the first three weeks of the season.
02:25 But Watson has been brutal.
02:27 6.5 YPA, four touchdowns, two interceptions.
02:31 Like not really been good as a rusher either.
02:33 I mean, you know, like, I don't know.
02:35 I just would, it would be fun to see DTR play.
02:39 'Cause I also like don't like watching
02:40 Sean Watson play at this stage.
02:42 So I'm just kind of interested to see what happens here.
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