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“In 1996, they arrived in Baltimore away from an angry Dawg Pound. They have been criticized by many people outside of their city ever since their inception. Despite 2 championships and many Hall of Famers they get little respect. They get called names such as Murderer, Running Back, Hypocrite, Overrated, Soft, and others. But even if they are disrespected more than any team in the NFL the goal is still the same. Win the Lombardi Trophy. No one outside of the 410 cares about them, yet they work harder every single day. These boys have a swagger, and like to be pushed no matter what. We as Marylanders call them…………………………….”
CHARM CITY BEASTS
The Unrivaled Themed Story of the Baltimore Ravens
(It’s Never Pretty, It’s Never Perfect, BUT IT IS US!)
(XXXV, XLVII)
(BIG TRUZZ)
(THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM)
Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, Zay Flowers, Justin Tucker, Marlon Humphrey, Kyle Hamilton, Roquan Smith, Odell Beckham Jr, Patrick Queen, John Harbaugh, Eric DeCosta, Ozzie Newsome, Todd Monken, Mike Macdonald, Sashi Brown, Steve Bisciotti, with the Raven Brothers, and the Salty Marylander/Narrator Michael Hession.
Season 3 Episode 20: Operation Extend Lamar
R-A-V-E-N-S RAVENS!
(Music Playing) Poe: Whistling (We wanna try something.) Edgar/Allan: Whistling (A-A-A-A ALL NIGHT!) Poe: Whistling (We wanna try something.) Edgar/Allan: Whistling (A-A-A-A ALL NIGHT!) Raven Bros: Whistling (We’re on the rise, but all the pundits don’t care. Ravens Nation is coming back with a bang. We wanna try something new. ALL NIGHT! We wanna try something new. ALL NIGHT!) Narrator: Ok, Raven Brothers! I see you guys are quoting a song written by the celebrity crush of Marlon Humphrey except you edited the words. Allan: Whistling (We thought that we did a Ravens version of that song just because our team is dawning a new identity) Narrator: Cool. I’m guessing that identity is a balanced attack with modern day flash and speed. Poe: Whistling (You bet it is buddy!) Narrator: I see that you have the backwards cap look Poe, plus the sunglasses. Edgar: Whistling (We all brought our shades out) Narrator: Cool, now that the Raven Brothers had one of their creative skits to open the show, we need to get into another Civil War brewing between the talking heads at ESPN and FS1 vs the talking heads from Baltimore in particular those on 98 Rock and 105.7 the Fan. And to the surprise of no one it’s related to the response of Odell Beckham Jr at his introductory press conference. He stated that there were no assurances of Planet LJ returning to the Boys in Purple. This led many outside of Baltimore to believe that Lamar was still waiting to be traded to the Colts or Commanders. But all the homers went out and said that there was no way that the Ravens would sign OBJ and not have their franchise QB return. The homers would be right, as mentioned in the previous episode Jackson, and Beckham had a facetime call after the signing and those two partied in Miami that night.
Once again the question was, does Lamar play on the franchise tag, or hold out? At the time we never knew. Luckily for LJ the outlier of his potential contract would be that of a QB that he is often compared to in the grand scheme of things. Jalen Hurts. There were questions on whether he would play out the last of his contract in Philadelphia. Well lets just say, that never had to be answered. Hurts was signed for 5 years at $255M, including $180M guaranteed. Every pundit in the media was begging for Eric DeCosta and Ozzie Newsome to match that contract signed by the Eagles. Luckily the Ravens had a couple of weeks before the draft to think about this. Although many wanted them to focus on Lamar, according to Sashi Brown that wasn’t on their minds until 3 days leading up to the draft. Baltimore had other things to focus on. Like signing a 15 year extension with M&T Bank to keep the name of the Ravens home stadium until 2037. Not to mention this year would be the 20th year that it would be named M&T Bank Stadium and 25th year of the stadium overall. Honestly it feels good that they reached an agreement to extend that lease. When you think of the skyline in Charm City you think of a few things, the Inner Harbor, Fort McHenry, and of course Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium. M&T, just like Camden Yards, is one of the better stadiums that was built in the 90s. Even though it’s overshadowed by some of the mega stadiums in the league the Bank is still one of the best places to watch an NFL game. And there’s no better atmosphere in the league when it comes to night games than the Almighty Blackout. Raven bros what do you think? Raven Brothers: Whistling (COOL! WE LOVE THE BANK!) Narrator: Just what I wanted to hear. I’m surprised the Salty Marylander hasn’t made any comments. Marylander: What’s up squad! Narrator: There he is. M&T’s lease got extended. Marylander: OH NICE! Love that place. Narrator: Agreed. As the draft is getting closer and closer, the focus has shifted to do the Ravens take another receiver? Or do they take a corner to pair with Marlon Humphrey? DeCosta made up his mind just 24 hours before selection time. If Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Zay Flowers was on the board, they would take them at 22. Once Lamar heard this, he made up his mind. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! (Source: Jackson, Ravens reached 5 year $260M extension) Everyone: OH! MY! GOD! Marylander: WE WERE NEVER DEAD TO BEGIN WITH!!! PAUSE.
Narrator: Put all the trade and hold out rumors on SOS ladies and gentlemen! Lamar Jackson is staying in Baltimore for the next half a decade! You may be wondering how did this happen right on Draft Day? As mentioned earlier, DeCosta claimed that they would take a receiver in the 1st Round to appease Planet LJ. Lamar in response went on Social Media and announced that he would be coming back to the Ravens. See for yourselves; “You know for the few months, it’s been a lot of he said she said. Lotta nail biting, lotta head scratching going on. Well for the next five years, there’s a lotta Flock going on. Let’s go baby! Let’s go. Let’s go. Can’t wait to get there, can’t wait to be there, can’t wait to light up M&T for the next five years man. Let’s get it.” Raven Brothers: Whistling (No days off, always ready to attack. No fear in my heart, Charm City on my back. Big boy, not little boy, you wanna get smacked. We coming for the ring, ain’t no turning back.) Edgar: Whistling (Not bad for a running back, hit the hole and cut it back.) Allan: Whistling (You don’t want none of that, cut you like a thundercat.) Poe: Whistling (Out the ground or through the air, you know what we’re doing here.) Raven Brothers: Whistling (Light em up, shoot the flares, got my shades you can stare.) (They were quoting a Ravens hype video in 2019 by FreeState Workshop. Never gets old) Narrator: Another song skit boys. I love the energy. Even better news, now that Lamar is locked up long term, the Ravens have the potential to land DeAndre Hopkins in a trade with the Arizona Cardinals. By the time they were on the board at 22, they had 3 options. They could either take Zay Flowers, or take Joey Porter Jr, or trade that pick to the Cardinals for D-Hop. DeCosta chose option 1. Because he knew that the Ravens track record of trading away their 1st Round picks blowing up in their face had to be on his mind, and Lamar wants someone he can work with for the next 4-5 years. They got that. Flowers may be considered another Marquise Brown type player, but then again he’s a more physical receiver than Hollywood was, and if he went to Alabama or Ohio State Flowers of Bouquet as he’s now known as by Ravens fans on Twitter would have been a much higher pick.
The rest of the draft was an example of Baltimore taking the best player available with nearly every pick. Think Trenton Simpson, who is probably the heir apparent to Patrick Queen. Tavius Robinson is a physical freak who will be used as depth for the pass rush. Not bad for not having a 2nd Round pick. (DeCosta said that he had a great 2nd Round pick, that was Roquan Smith) Now the question that the Ravens will face will be who is going to be the wingman to Marlo in the defensive backfield. It appears that they are leaning towards resigning Marcus Peters, or signing Rock Ya-Sin depending on what happens with Juiceman. Honestly it’s a relief that the Ravens got the Lamar deal done, and added talent around him. Now they will be trotting out Jackson, Dobbins, Edwards, Andrews, OBJ, Bateman, Flowers, Duvernay, Aglohor, and Likely on offense plus a rock solid O-Line. Don’t mention the Antonio Brown tweet of him signing with the Ravens, it’s not going to be approved by EDC, and Ozzie and its wishful thinking. As long as Scott Elliott isn’t Steve Saunders they should be in good shape. The anticipation for Training Camp has been kicked into high gear. Not to mention all the insufferable Marylanders have begun their chest pumping and bravado early this year. Thank the Orioles and their 19-9 start for that honor. (And with the addition of some cheap fireworks at Camden Yards) Like the defense being overshadowed, so are the Charm City Beasts. Marylander: WE GOTTA FEELING! RAVENS GOING TO DA SUPER BOWL! WE GOTTA FEELING! RAVENS GOING TO DA SUPER BOWL! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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