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Purple has a wide variety of mattresses from the original purple mattress to the Restore Hybrid Collection. It combines gel flex grid with coils and the Rejuvenate Lux collection, the height of luxury with over 112,000 to five star reviews to prove it. Visit purple.com to find the perfect purple for you and enter code podcast 10 to get 10% off. Raven's out on the practice field for training camp today. Adisa Isaac is finally out there. Deontae Hardy is out there. Our new wide receiver Russell Gage is out there, which makes it a perfect time to head out there with our guy, Jason Lockett for who is out there training camp. And Jason, thanks so much for giving us some of your valuable time. Let's start with this. Did they roll out the red carpet for you? Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out when it's going to the lengths to which the Ravens bent over backwards to welcome me, but let's just say it was beyond sufficient. And please never, ever, ever thank me for talking to you two. Jim Oakes. I do it badly and always from the bottom of my heart. Wow, you're you're a giver, man. He's tender, lock it for him. Again, right bone. Hey, well, I was on hold. I got to say this phone. If I were you, I would talk to Chuck box. I think you're third in all those promos. I think we need to mix the order up. I think sometimes it needs to say inside access with the bone and G. G and Jason lock and four. Get mixed up the order. I like it. I'm bummed down what I'm what I'm throwing out there. I'm picking up with your point. By the way, you don't need to be the caboose all the time. Jay, by the way, before we get to real stuff since we're talking nonsense, I realized something today while we had Buck Martinez on. We had Buck show Walter on yesterday. Buck Martinez today. I have now tasked bone with getting bucks the rest of the week. We're doing an impromptu Buck of Palooza. I'm trying, man. Wait, wait, I have Buck Williams number. Bucky Brooks, Buck Britain. Buck Britain. I just put out a request in Norfolk. Yes. Buck, Buck Garma, isn't the lead singer of Blue Oyster Cult? Buck Garma? I do not. I will take your word for it. I will take your list. I do not have his number. But he's he's working on it. Call calm. Maybe you can get to their management. Yeah. Well, Jason, it. Uncle Buck. Uncle Buck. Yeah, that's a great movie. We know that you love practice. We love being in practice. Anything catch your eye thus far. Yeah, I mean, I think what we've heard from, you know, are many guests who've called in from practice. The defense certainly is at times having its way with the offense. I, you know, I'm not positive of what I'm allowed to say and not allowed to say. Let's just say the composition of the first team offensive line is a little hard scrabble right now. And so they had an early goal line session. They had some other inside running sessions and they were, they weren't exactly. I would say holding their own. Derek Henry did busted inside zone run and cut it back. And, you know, he made some hay, but that was more of a deep red zone run. But the inside stuff, the short yardage stuff was was pretty one sided. You know, you know, look, the story here is they're down three first round. Directing, right? Like always not practicing, pavement's not practicing, Lindervom's not practicing. Lamar, the deep balls, you know, the nine right brows down the sidelines. Miss Connect would say, Henry ran a wheel route, took it up field, wide open, over through him. It's pretty kind of, I would say, scattershot. Lamar looks like a guy who's missed some time. It looks like a group up front that hasn't played together because it really hasn't. So those were sort of, I guess, you know, some of the highlights or the likes depending on your purview. We've talked a lot about Josh Johnson, Jason, as he looked as, as you'd expect him to look. Yeah, I'll be interested to see how much he plays Friday night. I would think a decent amount. I mean, I would imagine there's a decent chance that he's starting left tackle. Because again, I don't think Ronnie Stanley's going to do much. And my guess, Ken, and it would just be a guess, not even necessarily related to anything I may or may not have seen today. But my guess is big number 74 might get a chance to run with the ones there at left tackle. They've got, you know, some of their other younger offensive linemen seem to have their hands full manning, and a couple of other positions that I don't believe I'm out of liberty to disclose. So I am going to expect that we see a fair amount of them. And I'll be really interested to see the Eagles have a pretty deep defensive line group. And, you know, they've invested some draft capital in recent years. And I'd be interested to see if they send, let some of their big dogs hunt for a series or two. Because that will be quite a test for this group to have Reagan's offensive linemen. Jason, any one-on-ones jump out to you? I know a lot of people talked about Isaiah, likely Kyle Hamilton going at it a lot this camp. Any of those match ups jump out? Well, not really bone. You know, Steven, you know, on day flowers a few times is able to break things up. But again, those weren't super high percentage passes. I mean, it's eight flowers down the sideline with not a whole lot of room to spare. They haven't been many reps, one-on-one reps between O-linemen and D-linemen, which I really wanted to get a look. See there to haven't been any of those now that may be going on right now. I'm around the corner talking to you guys. But to this point, even though everybody's in full pads and helmets, we have not seen those guys engaging with each other. There were some seven on seven drills. Again, I'd say the defense by and large got the better of that. Anything downfield was either overthrown or broken up. And, you know, it was a lot of checkdowns when they did compete passes. Jason weeks ago, we did a segment on veteran wide receivers the team could bring in. Bone hit us with a deep cut Russell gauge at the time. Well, the Raven signed Russell gauge today missed all of last season with an injury, just your reaction to Russell gauge there. Yeah. I mean, look, is it a coincidence that he's here the day after Bateman goes down? Well, I'm guessing not. We'll see, you know, how we're dealing harps going to be about anything going on with Bateman or any of these other guys who are banged up. But he had a season where he had 800 receiving yards. Like a couple of years ago, four or five touchdowns with Tampa. He's a veteran guy. He's been in a bunch of systems. I think he's useful right now. I mean, look, watching them today. And again, it's not like I've been out here all the time. So maybe these guys were already doing a lot of stuff with some of the starters, but like, you know, Malik Cunningham, Tyeline Wallace, Devonta's Walker. Like those guys were getting some meaningful reps with the ones. So I don't know. I'll probably be barred from here from life. Huh? Have I already said too much about that? Watch your back. But yes, I mean, why not, right? You can never have too much depth. And at this point, even going into this first game. They might not want to have some of these kids playing a ton. Now, look, Russell Gage was involved in this practice. I don't know how close he would be to being able to play on Friday. But certainly wide receiver edge, you know, offensive line. Those are areas where they could certainly still strongly consider adding some guys who have at least played in this league, even if it's more of a journeyman than in that. Well, we also, one of the things I should have mentioned before, flags galore. Oh, flags galore. A lot of them holding a lot of them seemingly procedural. So again, it's a lot offensive line and running laps. I'll put it to you, Alan. Well, we opened the show with this, Jason. And you're talking about needing more on the edge, maybe more on the offensive line. And out of those two position groups, which group are you more confident in? Well, I don't know if I've expected this Ole injury bone. So it's hard for me to say. Right now. Oh, give me this. I think they need a tackle who's played in the league. Like, you know, I think they may be a tackle short. So again, these preceding games will go a long way to deciding that. And I, for me, edge has been the biggest issue with this team forever. So I can't put anything in front of eggs. Like, I think $5 million for Augba would have made all the sense in the world. I just, I don't think there's a lot there. Like, I've kept a pretty close eye on a job. Again, this is not a practice where they were doing a turn on one on one rep, where I'm watching, you know, this move, that move, the other. He did draw a, he did draw a holding penalty at one point. But, you know, he was only grounded a few times. Like, it doesn't look particularly fluid or confident right now. So, Ben, no one's not going to play in these games. No. I always, certainly not going to play. No. I mean, Ole, even if this is a nothing burger, he's definitely not playing Friday. So, yeah, I would not be surprised if, you know, they returned to practice on Sunday or Monday. Maybe there's some other veteran of some caliber added to the group of outside linebacker slash D linemen. Before I let you go, I got to get your reaction on all this brand and Iyuk stuff that's going on right now. What's your read? Like, the 49ers have come out and said they've got deals in place with the Browns and the Patriots. But he doesn't want to go to the, Iyuk does not want to go to the Browns or the Patriots. Where are we headed with this? Well, I think they put it all out there through their local media because they're calling this bluff, you know. They think that he really does want to still be there. And they think ultimately that he'll capitulate and cave. I think he's gone too far and he's got to just take the money somewhere and be done with it. He would much rather be in Washington or Pittsburgh. You know, people, again, connected to the 49ers, getting their information from the 49ers, would tell you that those ships have sailed. I would say, and then over till it's over. But if you were him, right, would you want to be in New England or Cleveland? If you cared at all about winning and you were part of an organization that's done nothing but compete for Super Bowl since you got there, but you also can't ever take any of it too. So I think ultimately money talks and he's just going to have to suck it up and go somewhere. But I know he would like to see a scenario where the commanders or the Steelers used to pot enough in terms of what they're willing to give up to try to get the 49ers to send them there. But again, I also think the 49ers are playing games here too. And they don't want to send them where he wants to be. So stay tuned. Jason Locken for he's out at one winning drive. Hopefully they don't kick him out for revealing all this information. But Jason, thank you for your time. Let me back in. I'm trying to walk back in right now, but it may be a lost call. We'll see you at around five o'clock. Traffic permitting. All right. Thanks, man. All right, Jeff. See you. Coming up next, all the young dudes in the Orioles, young dudes are hitting. Colton, Calzer, Gunnar, Henderson, Jackson, Holiday, Adley, Rotchman. Can we see this continuing? We'll discuss next year on the fan. Worried about letting someone else pick out the perfect avocado for your perfect and press them on the third date guacamole? Well, good thing Instacart shoppers are as picky as you are. They find ripe avocados like it's their guac on the line. They are milk expiration date detectives. 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That extends Cowser's hit streak to 16 games and it drives in a run. Some highlights from Colton Cowser, Gunnar Henderson, Jackson Holliday, Adley Rochman, Jackson Holliday, three straight multi hit games. Colton Cowser, now a 17 game hitting streak, Adley Rochman seemed to be unlocked by the triple on Saturday, had two hits and a sack fly on Sunday and Gunnar hit his first home run since July 14th on Sunday. Can these guys keep this thing going? Yeah, the O's had that extended stretch. I mean, what was it, a month of where just the offense and so many guys went ice cold during that stretch and it was ugly baseball offensively and we were just seeing some lackluster approaches from the plate. But boy, if they really turned it around can 77 runs scored over their last 12 games. So that's just under six and a half runs per game. Only one game in that stretch of 12 in which they didn't score four runs and it's even better with the six and a half runs per game because those are 49 and six this year when they score five runs or more and you just look over the past couple of weeks especially. So last 15 days, Santander, 938 OPS, Kouser over a thousand OPS, Jackson out a much shorter sample size, 1200 OPS, Gunnar Anderson's OPS of over close to 900 Cedric Mullins over 800. I mean, they, they're starting to get everyone going at the same time. And that's why, look, does it frustrate you sometimes when this offense can go through some runs where it's it they do feel like it can be a little feast or famine in terms of home runner bust, sure. But ultimately there's too much talent in this lineup one through nine for them to have been scuffling as hard as they were for as long as they were here. Here's the reality. Everybody slums during a baseball season. I explained this all the time. That's why nobody hits 500. Like the best hitters hit 300, they're out seven out of every 10 times. And fortunately, what's happened with the Orioles in July is that everybody slumpt at the same time. And so you had this situation where it was just an absolute scuffle, but quietly this Colton Kouser situation, he had three 29 in July, like, like, and that's where the hitting streak started. But three 29 OPS and nine 11, four of them runs 13 RBI stole a couple of bags. Like this is a guy. And then once he moved to the lead off role, it seemed to really get him going and he's even like, I was talking to Ben about this off the air. He works at bats differently in the lead off hole that he did when he was down the count. Like he's working counts deeper, falling off balls like because that's his job to sort of set the table. And even if he doesn't get on base, work some counts a little bit already in a quick sample size in August, sat in three 57, the OPS is 900. Like I've been impressed with him so much. Well, you walking too. Yeah. Back to last year, Ken, where even when he was struggling in that initial run, he was still taking a lot. He was almost too patient. Yeah. He was taking a ton of pitches. And now that's kind of lending to this lead off role and the powers way back. And, and, I mean, you just look at the lineup right sontan there has been an absolute stud since June Jackson holiday. It's only been a handful of games, but the bar was so low because prior to him getting called up, they were 29th and baseball in on base percentage out of their second basement. Gunnar Henderson, you know, he was scuffling, especially immediately following the all-star break. But now he's putting things together and Mullins and you mentioned Adley where even especially the last week or so where maybe he wasn't getting the hits, but it was heart contact. It was just right at guys and you expect that to turn. So now all of these guys and then we bring up any loyal men and so they just brought in if he not continuing to fight for nine pays or whatever it is, but if he can provide an impact in this lineup and then you already have an old hern who, you know, he's going to give you a professional app at every time he's up there. So now the tide is turning where, you know, going up against left hand and starting pitching, is that still maybe a bit of a question mark? Sure. I'll grant you that. But I have a hell of a lot more concern with the back end of the bullpen than this line up. I loved what I saw from Adley on Sunday because everything seemed to be hard content and he seemed to have a plan and he also seemed to be seeing the ball better. On June 27th, he was hitting 300. That batting average dropped 40 points in July. He's now batting 265 like it's, it was such a funk and everything seemed to be popped out or just missing completely. And it seems like that dump that triple over a big Christmas's head seemed to unlock him for sure. And I think what we saw, especially at the tail end of that stretch is we know how great plate discipline that Adley Rochman has. You saw him chase. Oh, yeah, he never swings at where I mean, that's where it gets to the mental aspect of the game. You're pressing, you're trying to break out of it. But yes, like you said, you hope that that triple it seemed to get him going. Coming up next here on the program, it's our weekly chat with Rita Hubbard. We'll talk Orioles. We'll talk. Raven will get her thoughts on Russell Gage and on that offensive line on the edge position on the O's starting to hit Rita joins us next here on the fan Orioles start a three game set in Toronto tonight, Raven's back on the practice field as training camp continues. It's a perfect time to talk to our friend Rita Hubbard and Rita, thank you as always for joining us. We appreciate it. Let's start with the newest Raven and this is one bone predicted a few like weeks ago when he's looking at deep cuts for wide receivers, but Russell Gage in the fold, any thoughts on Russell Gage? I mean, look, they could use some depth there, so I think the more the merrier in that situation. And I hope that people don't look too much into it because we know that like for sure, I've maybe got nicked up in and practice, I think yesterday, but to me, this is more about depth than anything. So, you know, you welcome that type of situation. You want as many guys as you can try to compete and see if you can put the best team on the field. So I like it. Rita, we put out a poll on Twitter today varying degrees of concern in the edge group and offensive line group. Which of those two do you have more confidence in? I'd say the edge group, but not by much, right? And I say this because the offensive line had three new people, three new parts involved. That's 60% of the line. So for me, it's a numbers thing, right? And I just think that you do have Calvin Lloyd back. So that's something that you have to look forward to. And then, you know, you do have the, what you think are the potential of away as well as a job, but for me, the offensive line, because there's so many new moving parts, I think to me, at least I know who the guys are over there, and I know, well, not necessarily a job, but we mainly know his college record because he hasn't really played many snaps in the NFL. I mean, away has so far had an outstanding camp it seems. We know what Calvin Lloyd can do. So I at least have some familiarity with what they have going on on the pass rush side. I'm not by any means saying that I'm okay with them. Like do I think that they could use some depth there? Sure. But I don't have if it comes down to those two groups, at least I know who those guys are. I mean, new players, a lot of young players that they got in the draft. So that's the part that I think that is the biggest question mark. We don't know what the transition for them will be like in the NFL. And that's something that we just have to watch out for. I'm talking to Rita Hubbard, it's inside access here on the fan reader. First preseason game is Friday. It's a hate watch for all of us, but what will you be looking at when you watch the game Friday? I mean, two things we just talked about, right? Like, you know, what is your offensive line looking like? It feels like they're moving some stuff around. I saw that Ben Cleveland was going to be taking some snaps at center, which baffled me because there's a right guard position available. So I mean, what is exactly that they're going to be doing on this offensive line? How they're going to go about doing that? I think I'm interested in. And of course, we could potentially help with the pass rush. That's going to be, you know, something that we could see or hopefully see from some young guys and some new guys as well. So for me, those are the two things, there's the question that you asked me, the two things I think that we should be concerned about the most in terms of, you know, what the young guys are going to be able to do because you've got to assume that the majority of the vets aren't going to play. If they do, they're not going to play a bunch of snaps anyway. So it's companies, young guys to get these reps in and see how they can contribute to their respective positions and how they can help the football team. We're speaking to Rita Hubbard, it's inside access on the fan. Rita, let's go to the EOS. We didn't talk to you last week. You were having a nice vacation, but your thoughts on the EOS trade deadline moves. I'm not necessarily moved. I think, so I did go on with Glenn last week and I told him, like, you know, I think that's a C minus. I probably just give it a C. I stand by that at this moment. I mean, you like what Jimenez has been able to do because they do need a righty. So that that's absolutely been something that they that they've needed, right? So far, what we've seen for Raj, I, yeah, one star, I know. And so it's hard to say, right? Because, I mean, coming in guys like Rogers, guys like Evelyn didn't have, like, the best resume, but we tried to give them some grace because of the teams that they came for. And obviously, Evelyn came from Tampa, which at the end of the day, I mean, just a year ago, Tampa was a contender of sorts. So it's not, you know, that far off, but the, the, the situation with the Marlins is a little bit different, right? So yes, it's only one start, but it wasn't a good one. So, you know, it's, you just, it's all playing itself out. I will say that Jimenez wanted us. And I, for now, I'd say, I think Evelyn was solid, particularly in his last start to have been good. So hopefully they can change my mind on this fee, but I think they did what we thought that they would do. They weren't going to do anything splashy. And to be quite honest, a lot of teams necessarily didn't, there were a lot of teams that were looking for pictures that, you know, essentially, guys weren't trying to give those guys up, not unless you were trying to get rid of the farm, your whole farm, and probably some other rights for those guys. So they did basically what we all thought that they would do, but also it's, it's pretty consistent of what we saw other teams do around the league from a pitching perspective. What do you think of Jackson Holiday the second time around? Love it, man. I mean, sometimes, you know, people need a reset. And this is my issue with people wanting him to come on the opening day roster, guys. Because I think sometimes we put pressure on these young players a little too prematurely. And it might affect, you know, their juju, their mojo or whatever, because now they're overthinking it, you know, not only do they want to be good, but then, you know, you've got the pressure of the media, you've got the pressure of the fans, his dad was showing up every game until he had a hit, you know, that's a lot, you know what I'm saying? So now he has an, he had an opportunity to go back, do a hard reset. He's already played on a major league level. Now he can come up and then he's a little bit more comfortable because, you know, he had already been up prior and it's not the same as when he got called up the first time with the hype and, you know, all the hoop fly about it. He was able to kind of, you know, slide in easily and he has less pressure on him in terms of what he's able to do. And it's to me worked out perfectly. We saw it would, you know, grace in last year when he struggled and he went down and came back up and he's been, you know, here ever since. And so I expect the same from Jackson holiday. I expect him to be a productive player because now the jitters and all have gotten out of the way and now he can just focus on simply just playing baseball. Rita, we talked probably a month or so ago at this point where you were saying that you were here and on the streets and maybe the O's were talking about, you know, contract negotiations with Anthony Santander wanting to extend him. Have you heard anything there? And also if you're Michael, I guess if you're a Ruby, would you look to extend Santander? I mean, to my understanding, the consensus was that they were, they would like to bring him back. I don't know if they started actually having a conversation about it, but that they were interested in bringing him back and I understand why. You know what I mean? He's a guy that's been on this team for four years and he's been down there for the back with the good. They could probably use a little bit more veteran guys on this team. I would love some time there to come back. I don't necessarily know how that fits into the future of their roster, but I honestly don't care. That's not my problem to figure out that's the Orioles problem because that's a good problem to have. As slow as a start that he had prior to June, since June, he's been on fire and you want to keep that type of guy around, particularly because he knows the clubhouse well. He knows these guys well and he's a contributor to what it is that they want to do not only in regular season in the long run. So I hope that that happens for sure because I'm a huge fan of Santander. Rita, you and Glenn tonight? Yes. Seven o'clock. So we'll be talking, of course, more Orioles, more Ravens getting ready for, you know, preseason ball. So tune in. Awesome. Rita, always great. Thanks so much. We'll chat next week. All right, guys. Take care. Hey, coming. I'm next. We went here from the people. 410-583-1057. We can talk Ravens. What are you looking forward to see Friday? And what do you think about the old line and the pass rush as we get closer to the start of the regular season, we can talk, hose, trade deadline in the rear view, Orioles in Toronto for a three game set, 49 games sprint against the Yanks. They're tied for first place. How are you feeling about your Orioles? 410-583-105-7. Also lineup is out. We'll get you that next here on the fan practice just wrapped up at one winning drive. Good news. Harb says that Rashad Bateman landed on the football yesterday. So nothing serious there. But Arthur Mallet, they said he's dealing with a knee injury. They don't know the severity yet. He did say it's not season ending, but I hate when a coach says that. Yeah. Whenever you hear not season ending in August, week one sounds unlikely from the hit description, but yes. I mean, we'll still let this play out, but yeah, that definitely sucks to hear because Arthur Mallet, man, he's been one of those big time standouts for the Ravens during training camp. When Eric DeCosta brought him in, but probably this time last year, you're wondering, hey, gosh, the Steelers didn't even want Arthur Mallet back with how their secondary was. But Mallet, I mean, he was really, really good for them out of that nickel corner position and as a blitzer as well. So hopefully he doesn't miss a ton of time. Adafai always sprained ankle. That's why he didn't practice today. 410-583-105-7. We would do one here from the people talking, Orioles and Ravens, Orioles lineup is out. Colton Calzer leading off in center field, Anthony Santondair betting second and right. Gunnar Henderson is a shortstop betting third, Rhyno Hearn, he's betting fourth and left field. Adley Rotchman is the catcher batting fifth, Rhyn Mountcastle first base, batting sixth, Eloy Jimenez, batting seventh at DH Jackson holidays, the second baseman, batting eighth, and Ramona Rias is the third baseman, batting ninth, no Kobe Mayo. So I immediately when I saw this lineup, I went and looked at that. The Orioles career stats against Chris Bassett. A lot of guys have some decent numbering numbers, including Ramona, who's three for four lifetime with a home run and two RBI's. Gunnar Henderson, four for seven lifetime, two home runs, five RBI's, Eloy Jimenez, five for 11 lifetime against Bassett, Colton Calzer, two for six. Adley Rotchman, three for nine, Rhyno Hearn, five for nine with a home run and four RBI's. Yeah, Chris Bassett, three starts against the Orioles as a member of the Blue Jays. It has not gone well for him at all. Just 13 innings. He's given up 17 runs, five homers. He's lost all three of those decisions. By the way, and Ben just said in my ear, Blue Jays have decent numbers against Grayson as well. So he bet the over. Okay. I mean, it's bloody, but glad he has an OPS of over a thousand against Grayson. By the way, Chase McDermott writes scapula stress reaction being placed on the injured list for going on at Norfolk. So we got, yeah, we got a lot of stuff. So a lot of stuff there, but Orioles do, as you mentioned, they hit Chris Bassett pretty good. Yeah, they hit Chris Bassett really well. So you're hoping that this offense, which has been red hot recently, again, it's 77 runs over its last 12 games. You hope that they can kind of continue tonight. And then Grayson, I mean, how's he going to do tonight against the Blue Jays? And you know, something that we're going to get into a little bit tomorrow is just the possibility where I feel like everyone's kind of assumed that, you know, Grayson would start game two in a playoff series and he very well may, but could sack have fun be that guy. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Grayson, Grayson's own pace still, I think wins to be the Orioles first 20 game winner since Mike Botaker in 1984, unbelievable. And the crazy thing and wins and losses record for a pitcher. We talk about that a lot. Corbin Burns. I mean, he's already tied his career high in wins. Yeah. Yeah. He never had a big one year. He once saw young the COVID year. So obviously it was a smaller sample size, but yeah, I just hope Arthur Mallet, like that does sound ominous when a coach says not sees an ending. Yeah. I mean, you're just hoping that he doesn't miss a ton of time. Now that being said, if you're looking for a silver lining, it's coming at the Ravens deepest position group, the cornerback position. And now this kind of begs the question, Marlon Humphrey, is he going to be forced inside during Arthur Mallet's absence and does that. We thought that was happening maybe anyway. Well, sure. I mean, with the, you would have had the opportunity to maybe ease Nate Wiggins in early on in the season in terms of playing outside corner. But you know, now does that kind of press Nate Wiggins into action more on the outside Marlon back in. Let's try to grab at least one phone call 4.1.05.83.1.05.7. Jay's in Baltimore. Jay, you're on the fan. Good evening, gentlemen. What's up? Um, what's the likelihood that we've cut Josh Johnson or he can move the third string? I know it's pretty neat going a lot. I mean, a bracket is going a lot in the session, but what's the likelihood of one of the other quarterback becoming the actual backup to the mall? The guys currently, yeah, appreciate it. The guys currently there, highly unlikely, Josh Johnson, if nothing changes when the roster is going to be the backup quarterback. Now could they after a week or two of seeing Josh Johnson, maybe seeing him in actual preseason games aside, they need to go outside and get somebody. We've been saying that for a while, bone, but leery or one of the other guys that is in camp, they're not taking this job. I would be shocked if someone currently on the roster takes the job. Now I'm not firmly convinced and you had it high in your six pack. Devin Leary, Emery, Jones, they're not taking the job. Be shocked and you had it high in your six pack yesterday, you know, backup quarterback in terms of competition. I'm not convinced that the backup quarterback is presently on the roster right now. And I think we're going to find out a lot in a, this first preseason game Friday and it seems like there's going to be kind of crappy weather in Baltimore, a lot of rain. So that's going to kind of muddy up things as well. But if he struggles the first preseason game, the second preseason game, you wonder how proactive Eric DeCosta would be because you go back to the Falcons and Jason brought up Taylor Heineke weeks ago, you would think that they're going to try hard to showcase him during the preseason to try and trade him, come cut down time. Yeah, he's third string down there and he's making no money. Yeah. He's making no money. Now that's something to look for, but nobody on the roster currently is taking Josh Johnson's job. Hey, coming up next, we'll continue to talk Orioles Dan Conley covers the O's and Major League Baseball for Sports Keita. 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