Ep101 Free Agency Fireworks, AI Breakthroughs, and ‘From the Crib’ Trivia Throwdown

In this jam-packed installment of the From the Crib Podcast, hosts Phillie Cash, K, and E break down the latest NFL free agency bombshells—from potential quarterback shake-ups to powerhouse wide receiver signings—and examine how each move could reshape the upcoming season. They also talk Ravens football, discussing Lamar Jackson’s evolving offense, new additions like DeAndre Hopkins, and the ongoing quest to build a championship roster in Baltimore. Beyond the gridiron, the crew dives into the world of AI, exploring how cutting-edge tools are revolutionizing music production, web development, and more. Throw in a high-stakes trivia segment—plus plenty of laughs and friendly jabs—and you’ve got an episode that’s as entertaining as it is insightful. Brought to you by NearStream, providing the latest audio tech to keep your podcasting game on point!

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@thereal_PhillieCash (00:00)
Welcome family. Another episode of From the Crib podcast joined by K and E. This episode of From the Crib podcast is brought to you by NearStream. Latest audio tech equipment. Go get it. Keeping us all connected. And if you're just starting out in the podcast space, I recommend NearStream. I'm actually using one of their mics tonight. How you fellas doing tonight?

@efoster___ (00:23)
we good, man, we good. Let's giddy. Let's get started. Brand new show, man. We about to be lit.

@KedrickFosterTech (00:24)
Good man, good. Ready to get started.

@thereal_PhillieCash (00:29)
Alright, let's get it fellas. So it's been a busy couple weeks with free agency. So with some of the key pickups that you guys, you know, been taking note of or that you feel a team or player that's going to make the biggest splash at their new location.

@KedrickFosterTech (00:44)
I'm feeling like I ain't really liking that DK to the Steelers man. They gonna have two bullies at receiver. I mean, only thing that's saving everybody else right now is they don't have a quarterback. So we'll see what plays out with this Aaron Rodgers situation but.

@thereal_PhillieCash (00:52)
Ooh, yeah.

@efoster___ (01:04)
Yeah, so holo they didn't they didn't they didn't they'd let Russell go right

@KedrickFosterTech (01:07)
We have free agent, I think, right?

@thereal_PhillieCash (01:09)
Yeah, and I think they awaiting a decision from Aaron Rodgers. I believe they inquiring about his services being in Pittsburgh. that's kind of holding up the process of when they're going to make a final decision. And then you also had Justin Fields signed with the Jets earlier. So, you know, he's not going to be option for them as well. So it's definitely looking looking like it's the up between that.

@KedrickFosterTech (01:31)
Yeah, mean, you got to think

they also lost their running back. So, you know, they might be in the process of changing their whole team identity to be a pass happy team. So I don't know if they don't get the quarterback, then it won't really matter. But if they get a competent quarterback in there, it's going to be some exciting matchups this season.

@thereal_PhillieCash (01:51)
Yeah, and if you get Aaron Rodgers in that division in the north, that's a powerhouse quarterback division at that point. Not to say he's still playing his best ball. That's where the test's gonna be, because them older quarterbacks in that bully ball type of division, definitely gonna be tough.

@efoster___ (01:52)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (02:00)
I don't know, he built for that kind of football though?

@efoster___ (02:11)
I'm liking Devontae Adams to the Rams though. I think that was a great pick up. Now you got Pooka Nakua, then Devontae Adams, and you still got that quarterback at the helm. So it's going to be a pass happy offense. It's going to be exciting to watch them play. I think that's going to be a great parlay team to watch.

@thereal_PhillieCash (02:29)
One of the free agency pickups that kinda shocked me but not really was Sam Darnold to the Seahawks. After the season that Geno Smith had, to go all in on Sam Darnold was kinda, you know, I know what the new with...

The old DC for the Ravens being their head coach and then Pete Carroll getting out of there, they probably bringing in a whole new wave of players. But I kind of was like, wasn't a 100 % fan of that move.

@efoster___ (02:58)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (02:59)
That's

one of the moves that I don't care about because they not going to be a team that's going to be in contention. So it's kind of like, who cares? Like those types of teams might as well just go ahead and try to find a young talent and build them. But they're one of those teams that's like at the halfway point and they don't know if they want to rebuild or if they want to still try to win.

@efoster___ (03:06)
Mmm. Yeah.

Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (03:22)
Obviously by that move, they think they're going to win. So it's one of those who cares type of moves really. I don't think they're going to make no noise.

@efoster___ (03:26)
Not what's saying Donald. Not what's saying Donald.

Yo.

@thereal_PhillieCash (03:31)
And that adds salt to the wound. Sam Donnell and no DK? No Tyler Lockett?

@efoster___ (03:35)
They got Koopa Cup. They got

Koopa Cup.

Yeah, but I'm just saying yo Sam Dono they ain't really Sam Dono fooled me last season. He had us believing that he had the Vikings on the right track that he kind of resumed he revitalized his career. But then when it came down to those last couple games, he kind of folded. He folded. He kind of started to show his true colors at that point. So I'm like, do I trust him or do I trust him to be a impact for the Seahawks? I don't think so.

@thereal_PhillieCash (03:38)
Hmm.

@efoster___ (04:02)
I think he just good make up. He'll hold him down for a year until they can go in a draft and find somebody or get somebody in a draft and hold it down for a year while they study underneath him. I don't think he a long term, soft to the Seahawks and shit. He fooled me last year.

@KedrickFosterTech (04:18)
Yeah, I mean, on that same terms, just today, the Ravensign, Cooper, Rush is their backup quarterback. y'all think about that move?

@efoster___ (04:27)
coming onto me.

@thereal_PhillieCash (04:28)
I'm

not sure what they see right there, but you know our backup quarterback has been Josh Johnson. You know, he bounced from franchise to franchise. I'm thinking that they must see something. They must see something. I don't know if Josh Johnson is calling it a career or they just wanted to bring in more, some quality quarterbacks to get those reps with the receivers in the preseason. It could be one of those type of moves, especially with

@KedrickFosterTech (04:35)
All

@thereal_PhillieCash (04:54)
that revamp of those, receiver, you know, the new receivers coming in, so.

@KedrickFosterTech (04:59)
Yeah, but you gotta, yeah, I think the Ravens are a championship contending team. So when you're looking at their backup quarterback, you're looking at, you want to have somebody that in a pinch, if Lamar has to miss a game or two, that can come in and win you a game. So is Cooper Rush that guy that can come in and win a game for you? I mean, we do have Derek Henry. So, I mean, you always can lean on that. And we, like I said, we do have some.

@efoster___ (05:13)
that can keep it going. Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (05:26)
the most capable receiver court that the Ravens have ever had in their history. So I don't know. feel like there's not, this is not a spot where you want to have a rookie quarterback. So I understand it did draft a quarterback last year and obviously they weren't really happy with him. So, I mean, I guess, but I mean, has to be, they gave him two year deal, six mil. So I would have thought you could have got somebody with a little bit more game experience, but.

@efoster___ (05:29)
Hey, yo.

Yeah,

I didn't see a lot from him. That's why I said I don't know what that means. Obviously they got people who get paid big money to recruit these guys and make it make sense in their office. me personally as a fan, I haven't seen anything from Cooper for us to be like, yeah, that's a great pick. Shit. I feel like we got, I feel like the talent in the draft, we could even do that because I feel like there's a lot of good quarterbacks coming out that are valuable options for a lot of teams. But.

@thereal_PhillieCash (06:16)
Sure.

@KedrickFosterTech (06:18)
The only thing with

the rookie quarterback is they gonna need somebody that's has game experience. You don't want that Lamar go down and have your rookie come in their first NFL snaps and you need to.

@efoster___ (06:29)
But these rookies different now.

These rookies different now though. These rookies coming with five years in college now. Like look at Bo Nicks. Bo Nicks played what, six years in college? That's crazy. And came in and like these quarterbacks coming in well, like well ran, like you know what saying? They got like three seasons all like maybe like, I say like 60 games under that belt for some reason. And then you got people like Shador that Shador coming out in the draft.

@KedrickFosterTech (06:32)
Yeah, I mean everybody ain't gonna be J. Peter Daniels though. Yeah.

Yeah.

@efoster___ (06:54)
played every game in Little League High School and played every college game. So you got people, you got some players coming out of that. Got a lot of game, seen a lot of football. I think they're ready to come in and do something right away. We seen multiple, multiple quarterbacks do it last year. You see what Jayden Downews did. Like you wouldn't even know he was a rookie until you look on the paper.

@thereal_PhillieCash (07:12)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (07:15)
I mean, and,

and low key, if you look at Kayla Williams stats, they right there with Jada Daniels, nobody really talked about Kayla Williams last year.

@efoster___ (07:20)
Right there. He coming in there putting numbers up. So I feel like

@thereal_PhillieCash (07:22)
Yeah!

@efoster___ (07:27)
you can start your franchise with a dude from the draft now. Because these dudes are coming in way more mature, especially with the NIL, all that stuff going on. So these guys coming in ready.

@KedrickFosterTech (07:37)
Yeah.

Well, before we get off the Ravens though, let's talk about the hot, like what, what, what dynamic you think that's going to bring to the, to the Ravens passing game.

@efoster___ (07:41)
Yeah.

I feel like, I mean, we ain't gonna know until we see him in the off season and see him put that work in. But I feel like he got a whole off season under his belt. know, he started with the Titans last year, ended up with the Chiefs. So we didn't really get to see him as much as we want to. Trust me, he was on a couple of my parlies and he hit at all. like, but like he was on there and I felt like he could have gotten in there and made some plays, but he'll catch like two, three passes, but that's like a limited off season.

@thereal_PhillieCash (07:59)
Yeah.

You

@KedrickFosterTech (08:05)
You

@efoster___ (08:12)
But I feel like he get a whole off season with the Ravens, especially with Lamar. And they already got a relationship. I think it'd be good. I feel like you gotta pick your poison.

@KedrickFosterTech (08:18)
I mean, you gotta think about,

gotta think about most of time he's going to be matched up with the third corner. So.

@efoster___ (08:23)
Third, the third corner for sure.

@thereal_PhillieCash (08:24)
Yeah,

yeah, and to your point, to your point, off season, you got Derek Henry, you got Zay Flowers, you got Rashad Bateman coming back with the two-headed beast,

@efoster___ (08:29)
All season, yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (08:37)
But yeah, to your point, man, he went for 51 receptions and four touchdowns last season with the Chiefs and between the Chiefs and the Titans last season. So I'm feeling like if he can either duplicate those numbers, that's a serviceable receiver to the Ravens in my opinion, because like you're saying, we already know it's like Ravens are like second chance you for some of those.

@efoster___ (08:44)
Mm-hmm.

@KedrickFosterTech (08:55)
That's gonna be hard.

@thereal_PhillieCash (09:02)
30 plus receivers and you got like guys that was like people don't really mention this a lot but you had Jacobi the year before dropped two punts in crucial situations came back won the Super Bowl with us then you have Antquam Bolden one of those guys that came and he Revitalized his career a little bit with the Ravens and got some extra time in the league as well as dark Mason later in his career was come back and was pretty serviceable and I think that dog

D hop he he's a he's one of those guys like for years we looked at it was like he's playing Raven football He's playing winning ball. So I'm excited. I'm I think I'm being back with D hand is gonna be it's gonna be a good thing

@efoster___ (09:39)
Yeah.

Yeah, and I think you gotta think about the Arthurfield stuff too. You gotta think about him just being a vet leader in that room. mean, Zay coming on his third year, then you got...

@KedrickFosterTech (09:54)
You got

Zay, you got Bateman, got Walker. Walker, they're expecting a lot of things from Walker too.

@efoster___ (09:56)
beat me. Yeah.

Yeah, so

putting that type of voice in that veteran, in that receiver room is things that you're not gonna see on the stat sheet. So I think that's a great pickup. I think that's a great veteran pickup. And then I feel like he still gets you, I mean, let's look at the stats from last year when he was with the Titans, he caught 15 balls with 173 yards, 11.5 average. He had a 23 yard catch, that was as long as with the Titans and he had one touchdown. Then he went to the Chiefs mid season.

had 41 receptions, 437 yards and four touchdowns. I feel like, yeah, I feel like if he had more targets, he'd put numbers up. That's what he, he, he almost could have been through, had a thousand yards if he started with him.

@thereal_PhillieCash (10:39)
So what's the, like, what's the high, what's the high-low that y'all think in terms of... We're gonna wrap up the D-Hop, but I just had one last little question. Like, what's the high... What's the higher or lower than 50 receptions this season for D-Hop?

@efoster___ (10:45)
They sleep, they sleep, they sleep.

@KedrickFosterTech (10:52)
I say low, I I say right around 45, 50.

@efoster___ (10:54)
I said, Lord.

@thereal_PhillieCash (10:58)
BOTCHU E!

@efoster___ (10:59)
He'd be low 50. There's too many receivers to go around.

@KedrickFosterTech (11:03)
If he if he gets over 50 or 60 catches that means something went wrong. Somebody got hurt.

@efoster___ (11:08)
Yeah. He's saying you're pretty catches.

@thereal_PhillieCash (11:09)
yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (11:10)
Now, to be fair though, he has the opportunity though to have like 50 catches, but he also could have like seven, eight touchdowns too off those 50 catches.

@thereal_PhillieCash (11:21)
Yeah, and that's the one thing I think D hop is gonna enhance Lamar's game because even watching some of the footage from him playing with the Chiefs that guy gets open like fast so it's data help with Lamar Jackson's efficiency in terms of being able to get that snap and then make his first read and deliver whereas though You know you seen like Bateman if you seen like half of Bateman touchdowns was on those like second chance

I'm scrambling, I'm making people miss, then I throw a ball downfield. But I think for the immediate, he's like the quick slant master. I don't know if you remember a couple years ago when he was with the Texans and he was the first down king of just getting off on that first move and making something happen. So that's definitely gonna be something exciting to watch this season.

@KedrickFosterTech (11:48)
scramble here.

@efoster___ (11:51)
Mm.

Do.

@KedrickFosterTech (12:08)
Yeah,

@efoster___ (12:08)
Yeah, definitely out of 50.

@KedrickFosterTech (12:08)
think about, think about, yeah, think about Ravens in the red zone. Let's say like first in 10 from like the 10, I don't want to say it's too close. Let's say like from the 10, the obvious passing situation. in that situation, like who, who do you pay attention to? Is it Mark Andrews? Is it Likely? Is it Zay? Like who you paying attention to down in the red zone?

can't double everybody. some, it's mostly everybody gonna have a one-on-one situation other than maybe one person.

@efoster___ (12:34)
You can't double everybody.

@KedrickFosterTech (12:41)
Who you you doubling that situation you still want? I mean do you still double? Andrews or?

@thereal_PhillieCash (12:41)
I agree.

@efoster___ (12:46)
Mmm.

@thereal_PhillieCash (12:48)
And that's gonna be the tough part because you know down the red zone the Ravens like to do that like have a lot of motions like so you motion in a Zay flowers across the formation then you gotta worry about the seams with Mark Andrews heading down the seams like doing either a post route and then that's not even including if you got the personnel out there because you're gonna have to stack the box with D-Hen you know so it's like you gotta pick your poison you know

@efoster___ (13:13)
I mean, you gotta go

off the history. You gotta go off the history so you double Andrews just because history says that that's our number one target in the red zone. And then second option that you look at Zay, you gotta think somebody who can make space in small areas. That's like a China out. could be all those things that you gotta worry about Zay for. But then yeah, just, then you gotta worry about Derek Henry. That's the person that's gonna set all that shit up at the end of the day. That you gotta.

They already anticipating running Mark, or Doug Henry down your throat in school. So you really don't have really an option to do anything which makes the Ravens like that difficult to stop.

@KedrickFosterTech (13:50)
And you gotta think

this is before the draft. This is before the draft.

@efoster___ (13:53)
before the draft. We already know who's gonna be our

outcomin', we already know who's gonna be our big splash of dudes.

@KedrickFosterTech (13:59)
I mean, a lot of rumors going around and looking at Ashton Gentry.

@thereal_PhillieCash (14:03)
can't add another running back to that mix would be something scary.

@KedrickFosterTech (14:05)
That'd be crazy.

@efoster___ (14:06)
What number we pick? What number the Ravens pick?

@KedrickFosterTech (14:08)
27.

@efoster___ (14:09)
then gente gonna fall that low.

@KedrickFosterTech (14:11)
mean, it's a possibility. don't draft running backs high like that no more.

@efoster___ (14:14)
That'd be something, this.

@thereal_PhillieCash (14:15)
I can't see him dropping out the top 10.

@efoster___ (14:18)
in Russia or the whole, nah, he'll drop out of the top 10. You got D-ends and got D-ends in top 10, you got the receivers, and you got obviously the quarterbacks that's, you know, that take up two of those slots. But yeah, I think we're gonna make a big splash.

@KedrickFosterTech (14:19)
Oh, I think you've got the top 10. This is a of things to call it a vex.

@thereal_PhillieCash (14:32)
So speaking of how know how dynamic the Ravens is with their their run in their game. Let's switch gears and talk about the recent viral decision made by Southwest Airport to not to not I ain't gonna say not actually I'm gonna say to start charging people for check bags. Now how you think I want to hear what you have to say about that because that's different.

@KedrickFosterTech (14:46)
Hmm

That's the thing though. That's the only reason I even use self-waves.

@efoster___ (15:03)
Right.

@KedrickFosterTech (15:04)
So now, it's, it's a fair game now. Like I don't, I don't understand whoever's in charge. I know they probably must be in need of money, obviously, but, but that was like, that's the reason people use Southwest. Like it's not like their planes are any better. It's not like their customer service is any better. It's not like their tickets is any cheaper.

@efoster___ (15:12)
This is money, definitely money.

@thereal_PhillieCash (15:17)
Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, and,

@KedrickFosterTech (15:25)
Nobody, nobody

likes to go and have to fight for your seat when you go in the plane. So it's like the only thing is I know I can bring my two free bags. I don't have to worry about any additional charges. And now that that's gone away, like why even fly Southwest now?

@thereal_PhillieCash (15:39)
But this is where I think it's going to be another one of those situations where a corporation kind of going to win this one. And the reason why I say that is because you know, you got your short term, right? So short term, yeah, you lose your customer loyalty. A lot of people not really going buy into, you know, paying for bags initially, right? But they in the industry of transportation, the industry that, you know, is a necessity for all of us. You see,

the boom with Lyft and the Uber. So it's not like we can just be like, we can boycott because it's always going to be somebody that's going to need to travel. You know what saying? And I think long-term is going to end up being like, we're going to look at Southwest as one of those luxury brand airports. you know, that's going to be a symbol of, cause you know how once you start separating from the heaven, have nots is kind of like, you got a Southwest flight, man. And I feel like,

@efoster___ (16:12)
I'll go see you.

you

@thereal_PhillieCash (16:34)
that in a couple years that's going to be like a sign of like, right, you traveling luxury by traveling Southwest. But short term, yes, I think it's going to tarnish the customer appreciation form.

@efoster___ (16:45)
do you say?

@KedrickFosterTech (16:47)
Ain't nothing luxury.

Ain't nothing ever gonna be luxury about no flying south west. Nothing. Like think about it. If you go to south west right now, their prices are not the cheapest. Their planes are not the most comfortable. You gotta go on and fight for your seat when you get on the plane. Like there's nothing luxury about it. I'm telling you.

@thereal_PhillieCash (17:04)
Yeah.

But you know

they did away with that as well. They did away with that as well. They used to be open seating, now they took that away as well.

@KedrickFosterTech (17:14)
And now you're going to have to pay for your seat too. So that's an extra cost. So really, the benefit of, what's the difference between that and spirit now?

@efoster___ (17:17)
hell no.

Nothing.

@thereal_PhillieCash (17:23)
Well, I think spirit well, that's I'm saying. That's that's what's going to keep them going because you know that demand is not going to change So people gonna have to go from a to b. It's not like spirit is going to be flying more planes out

@KedrickFosterTech (17:34)
Yeah, but now there's plenty of different airlines

too. So now instead of booking my flight through Southwest, I can book my flight through Spirit.

@thereal_PhillieCash (17:42)
Yeah, but let's say if them flights are full and that's your only option because think about it people pay for convenience So at the point where you know, you're gonna have the emergencies or you got like these things

@KedrickFosterTech (17:49)
I mean, yeah, of course. If there's no other flights

available, then yeah. But if there's another flight available, which nine times out of 10, there's been a hundred times I went and took a flight somewhere and I could have got a Spirit flight for half of what I'm just paying on Southwest. But I went with Southwest just because I'm familiar with Southwest. I know I'm bad, it's going to be free. And I know what to expect when I fly with them.

@thereal_PhillieCash (18:09)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (18:16)
But now I'm paying for bags, I might as well start looking around at these other airlines and actually start comparing prices. Because you know, there's a lot of times I could have probably, not even probably, I know I could have got a cheaper flight with another company, but I was like, I know I don't have to worry about the hassle of my bags. I can take my two bags, I can throw them out, have to carry one of plane with me, I'm good. Now this is stuff you got to think about. So it's like.

@efoster___ (18:22)
Yep.

@thereal_PhillieCash (18:36)
Yeah.

@efoster___ (18:38)
Mm-hmm.

@KedrickFosterTech (18:41)
All right, well, I got worried about my bag and baggage situation. Now I might as well actually look at what's going to be the most affordable now because it's that convenience of not worrying about it is gone.

@efoster___ (18:48)
Yeah, cause it's all across the board.

@thereal_PhillieCash (18:52)
Did they I didn't check it out but did they settle on a rate four per bag or the or cause I know over time it seemed like them check bags get smaller and smaller.

@KedrickFosterTech (19:01)
So I didn't see that, but I know right now the current rate is $25 per bag if you go over the two bags. But I'm gonna assume it's gonna be probably close to what the other airlines charge, which is like around $50 a bag, $60 a bag.

@efoster___ (19:16)
$50.

@thereal_PhillieCash (19:19)
You might have to layer up and wear three clothes on your back.

@efoster___ (19:23)
Yeah, people ain't traveling like that no more. It's a money thing, for sure.

@KedrickFosterTech (19:23)
Yes,

Yeah, hopefully, hopefully the consumers, you know, make their displeasure known and stop flying Southwest and eventually they may have to reverse that idea because they losing too much money. Because like I said, that was really their, their perk in the industry. That was what made them different than any other airline. So now you got to come with something. Now you got to have, now you got to get planes with some bigger seats or you got to, you got to do something to differentiate yourself from the other airline.

now so

@thereal_PhillieCash (19:53)
And that's what it's going to come down to because you know how it is, man. That's why I'm interested to see how this play out because you know, for consumers, have this like, it's some written law, we have to stick together on certain things. And that's why I'm interested because that's why I feel like, you know, because it was a couple of weeks ago, we were supposed to boycott all these different organizations and companies that was getting rid of their EDIs and stuff like that. But people still shopping at these places and

you know, us, for like, for the airlines, it's always going to be people that need to travel. So it's not like somebody going to say, I'm not going to go see, go home to see my sick parent or sick spouse, or I'm not going to take a vacation because their prices went up. It's always going to be a consumer willing to pay that upper thing. they going to, and being that if they still get those clients based on a demand,

It's still going to be interesting how that play out if enough people don't stand together with the changes.

@KedrickFosterTech (20:51)
Yeah,

that boycott thing was kind of crazy to me because I didn't hear about it till like the day before. And it was like, the craziest thing I saw was somebody say, let me hurry up and go to the store and shop today because I can't shop there tomorrow. I was like, that's kind of defeat the purpose of giving me your money. But I mean, I get it. I mean, I get it.

@thereal_PhillieCash (21:08)
Defeat the purpose, right?

@efoster___ (21:12)
Damn. Yo, let me, let's switch it up a little bit. Y'all ready?

@thereal_PhillieCash (21:16)
Yes, sir.

@KedrickFosterTech (21:16)
You're

good.

@efoster___ (21:16)
Alright, so this is from the Cribs, from the Cribs Trivia, sponsored by Gody. Alright, so I'm gonna ask both of y'all five questions, both of y'all five questions a piece, right? So, the person who got the most correct, they win the gold of the day. Who wanna go first?

@KedrickFosterTech (21:34)
I go first.

@efoster___ (21:34)
Alright, so the topic this week is NFL. Alright, let's go. Which NFL team has won the most Super Bowl titles?

@KedrickFosterTech (21:45)
Is it the Steelers

@efoster___ (21:46)
This is a two part question.

@KedrickFosterTech (21:47)
All right.

It was the second part.

@efoster___ (21:49)
No, no,

that's it's two teams. They tied.

@KedrickFosterTech (21:52)
the Steelers and the Cowboys.

@efoster___ (21:54)
That is incorrect. The correct answer is the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots.

@KedrickFosterTech (21:58)
Welcome.

@efoster___ (21:59)
Alright, question number two.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:00)
Alright, I got this.

@efoster___ (22:02)
Who holds the record for the most career passing yards in the NFL history? This is your own U-Field.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:03)
Go to the day

I'ma go with...

Dan Marino.

@efoster___ (22:12)
That is incorrect. Correct answer is Tom Brady.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:15)
Ooh, how did I miss that?

@efoster___ (22:16)
Alright, is it on UK?

@KedrickFosterTech (22:18)
Alright.

@efoster___ (22:18)
Which player has the most career rushing yards in the NFL? You gotta know this.

@KedrickFosterTech (22:23)
real? They're Smith,

@efoster___ (22:25)
Korea.

That is correct.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:27)
Ooh, I gotta step my game up. I wanna step my game up.

@efoster___ (22:29)
Alright, what year was the Super Bowl first played? I know you're dumbass.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:34)
Ooh, NFL been around for about, what Super Bowl was this?

Alright.

@efoster___ (22:40)
That's incorrect the right answer is 1967

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:41)
1970 1979

@KedrickFosterTech (22:46)
I can't add that quickly.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:51)
That close!

Close!

@efoster___ (22:53)
Which team drafted Brett Farr in 1991?

@KedrickFosterTech (22:56)
Atlanta Falcons.

@efoster___ (22:57)
That is correct.

@thereal_PhillieCash (22:58)
Come on man! Come on! I can

get easy ones bro! Yo! How you gonna get the youngest the hard questions? You giving the oldest these easy ass questions? I wasn't even doing it yet!

@efoster___ (23:04)
Alright, here you go.

I'm just going there. I'm not picking them.

Here you go. All right. Who was the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft?

Come on, that ain't that hard. I ain't, yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:22)
I'm gonna go with...

@efoster___ (23:24)
Like a social shit.

@KedrickFosterTech (23:25)
Google it.

@efoster___ (23:25)
You

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:26)
Dang, you said 23?

@efoster___ (23:27)
It was 2-0.

Yeah, nigga.

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:30)
Alright, can I get the position?

@efoster___ (23:32)
Hell no, you got five seconds Who was the who was the first overall pick in? 2023 they go to is

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:36)
That's crazy!

was that that was actually, my God for the Panthers, the QB for the Panthers, Bryce Young.

I'm gonna show you some of my hair!

Yo, you just see me

@KedrickFosterTech (23:52)
Thank

@efoster___ (23:52)
they like it.

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:53)
Yo, what the heck? Yo,

@KedrickFosterTech (23:53)
hold up.

@thereal_PhillieCash (23:56)
you didn't see nothing happen, bro.

@KedrickFosterTech (23:57)
Pella di Panca

is brand spicing them.

@efoster___ (23:59)
All

here you go

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:01)
What's that, 1-up?

@efoster___ (24:01)
Listen,

this is 1-2-1. All right, okay. Which NFL team is known as America's team? That is correct.

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:04)
okay.

@KedrickFosterTech (24:11)
I had a cowboys.

@efoster___ (24:13)
Alright, here you go. Who holds the record for most career touchdown receptions? Phil.

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:19)
Come on man, that's Jerry Rice.

@efoster___ (24:21)
That is correct.

So, we three two.

Alright, here you go, Whisk. No, this is the second one to last.

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:24)
That's right.

@KedrickFosterTech (24:25)
This is the last question, right?

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:27)
This question four.

@efoster___ (24:28)
Phil

got to get his last one right and you got to get this wrong in the tie.

You get this right, you are the winner for the first ever from the crib trivia sponsored by Gody. Who was the youngest QB to win a Superbowl?

@KedrickFosterTech (24:44)
I'm gonna have to go and pack my homes.

@efoster___ (24:46)
That is incorrect. It's Ben Raffensperger.

@thereal_PhillieCash (24:47)
Let's go! Let's go!

You're in it.

@efoster___ (24:53)
All right, Phil, is the answer. You get this right, you can tie. And then the first ever from the creative trivia sponsored by Goldie ends in a tie.

which city hosted the most Super Bowl games as of 2024.

@thereal_PhillieCash (25:10)
Hmm.

New Orleans

in the Superdome.

@efoster___ (25:12)
You are wrong.

The right answer is Miami. So the first ever winner of the From the Crib Trivia, from the From the Crib Trivia sponsored by Goldie is K.

@thereal_PhillieCash (25:17)
Hold on, hold on, that was question four!

No, that was it. That was number that was number four. That was question four.

@KedrickFosterTech (25:23)
That's

@efoster___ (25:26)
She mean that was number four?

No, y'all both answer five questions. I asked five questions each. You got three wrong, he got two wrong.

@KedrickFosterTech (25:35)
You lose, sir.

@thereal_PhillieCash (25:35)
y'all should have gave me

you need to let you need to let me pass cuz he talked my old Pat Mahomes was the youngest quarterback I had got that right you know what saying that's my error that's my error

@KedrickFosterTech (25:43)
It wasn't your question, so it don't matter.

@efoster___ (25:44)
It wasn't,

it wasn't a goal.

@thereal_PhillieCash (25:46)
It's alright, the computer was low in the day. But I'm coming back for the title next time. Don't worry about it. I ain't never lose it to somebody drinking Crystal Light.

@efoster___ (25:52)
But I got, no, can

redeem yourself. You're be able to redeem yourself with our next segment. This next segment is specifically for you.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:02)
Ooh, let's get it.

@efoster___ (26:03)
You ready to do a donor?

Do I do it now?

@KedrickFosterTech (26:05)
Yeah, let's get it.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:05)
I mean we could,

yeah let's get it, that's why, why not?

@efoster___ (26:07)
Alright, here we go.

Next, let's get into our next segment. We're gonna call it, in the Blank.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:12)
Let's get it.

@KedrickFosterTech (26:12)
You

@efoster___ (26:13)
So

here you go. All right, Phil, these questions are all for you. It's called, Phil in the Blank. P-H-I-L in the Blank.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:18)
Let's get it.

That's right.

@efoster___ (26:21)
All right, here we go. I'm a, claim you a real Ravens fan. So I'm just going, I'm gonna ask you five Raven questions. Five Raven questions, I'm even gonna give you multiple choice.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:32)
Alright, I like that, I like that, I like that.

@efoster___ (26:33)
So this is how

you can redeem yourself. All right, here we go. The Baltimore Ravens won their first Super Bowl in blank season. A, 1998, B, 2000, C, 2002, D, 2004.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:49)
Come on man, it's 2000.

@efoster___ (26:50)
That is correct.

@thereal_PhillieCash (26:51)
Come on, let's go. I need some easy questions like what is America's team? Come on, man. Come on, man. I want a recount. Come on. Hey fam, hey fam, put in the chat, do I deserve a recount on that Go E trivia, man? Come on, chat. Come on, come on with me.

@efoster___ (27:07)
Here we go question number two Ray Lewis one of the most iconic Ravens players played which position? A quarterback B linebacker C running back D wide receiver

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:21)
Middle linebacker. Not giving him more extra with that, they thought he was undecided when coming out, man. Ended up being a goat.

@KedrickFosterTech (27:27)
All right, these questions are too easy.

@efoster___ (27:29)
Alright,

cuz I gotta give... Yeah these... Well... I got... This is for Deamon, so...

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:33)
Hey,

you got what's America's get? Come on,

@efoster___ (27:36)
In 2012 season the Ravens won their second Super Bowl by defeating the blank.

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:42)
Come on man, San Francisco man.

@efoster___ (27:44)
All right, here we go. That is correct. The Raven team colors are purple, black, and...

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:50)
GOAT

@efoster___ (27:51)
That is incorrect.

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:51)
Yellow.

@KedrickFosterTech (27:52)
you

@efoster___ (27:53)
The correct answer is

@thereal_PhillieCash (27:54)
I wouldn't have got that.

@KedrickFosterTech (27:55)
Didn't get it.

@efoster___ (27:55)
That's correct. You didn't get that shit.

Alright last question and you should just This is still bad because you should have got all these right The Ravens play their home games at blank

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:09)
&T Bank Stadium.

@efoster___ (28:10)
That is correct, see me at the back. And that is, that is fill in the blank. I started, I had to go easy on him the first one because.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:12)
I even give you this.

@KedrickFosterTech (28:17)
That was

too easy.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:19)
Yeah,

why y'all give me a supplemental? I got a second place trophy when my man's got the answer who's America's team, man. We need to, hey, chat, y'all gonna have to, we gonna have to recount that one.

@efoster___ (28:27)
Yo, you got the

Raven's colors wrong. How is that shit too easy? This nigga said gold.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:32)
I was thinking like the Steeler fans that mistake yellow for gold. That was on me.

@efoster___ (28:35)
Niggas have

purple, black, and gold.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:38)
I mean, that's another color.

@efoster___ (28:40)
But yeah, we can get to our next segment though.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:41)
Alright, what we on next? You want to introduce the topic, Key? Okay, I Key.

@KedrickFosterTech (28:46)
You can't talk. See what else we got? We did the, let me check the Did the.

@efoster___ (28:52)
What music y'all listening to right now?

@KedrickFosterTech (28:54)
that's a good, that's a good segue. I'm listening to AI music right now.

@efoster___ (28:58)
Crazy. You'll listen to niggas that don't exist.

@thereal_PhillieCash (28:59)
Mmm.

@KedrickFosterTech (29:04)
So when Phil was over here yesterday, I gave him a glimpse at this new AI called Manu. And this is Manus. I'm sorry. It's called Manus. And you know, like, are you familiar with chat GPT?

So like this is, I remember when ChatGPT came out and I was like, yeah, this is like Google on steroids. This is crazy. Well, this new menu is like ChatGPT on steroids. difference, and I showed this to Phil too. I was using it a little bit earlier today, but this AI can actually do stuff.

So like you could tell it to do something and it will go and interact with other websites. It will interact with other programs. Like it actually can create, create stuff. like when I, yesterday I told it, find me everything that you can find about Phil from Baltimore. And they went and they pulled up his college page. It pulled up his max prep page.

Like it poured out all these different sources and it pretty much formulated me a report on everything it found about you. And that was like, and that was like the light version of it. So today I told it to make me a web based video game. And it went and coded it. It went and created the website. made them, it coded the code for the game. Like it did all of that. And then it gave me a file to doubt.

@efoster___ (30:04)
Damn.

That's crazy.

@thereal_PhillieCash (30:22)
Jeez.

@KedrickFosterTech (30:28)
a file to download and to gain work and everything. So it was like, it's crazy what it can do. like, it gained work.

@efoster___ (30:33)
Hello, she mean the game work.

They

@thereal_PhillieCash (30:36)
What type of game do create though?

@KedrickFosterTech (30:38)
So I made it a game to, it's like a web-based game. So the premise of the game is you build in a PC, So the premise of the game is you load up a fake web page that looks like Best Buy, right? And then it has the list of all the different computer parts. Like, let's say for instance, the processor, the video card, the motherboard.

And it might be like five different versions of each component. And you start off with a thousand dollars. So your goal is to build the most powerful PC within that budget. So like you actually own the website and you shop for the parts. And like every time you click a part, goes into your cart. And then at the end, you go to check out and then it'll like formally like the power of your PC based off the parts you pick.

and then it'll give you like a score. So like it made all of that. It made the website, made the website look like Best Buy, made a little leaderboard. So like once you start, put your name in, then it'll calculate your score at the end and put your name on the leaderboard, like all of that.

@thereal_PhillieCash (31:26)
Hey.

So,

in, so in a sense, it's kind of testing, it's kind of like, calculating your knowledge at the same time. So it kind of can serve as like a learning game. Like you learning about like computers and then putting parts together to kind of formulate your own. That's kind of, that's dope.

@KedrickFosterTech (31:48)
Yeah, so again, that was...

Yeah. So the premise about it was to learn how to build a computer because it'll also, and I didn't even tell it to do this part of it, but it also like, if you pick a part that's not compatible with the other part, it'll tell you it's like, that month, that processor is not compatible with this motherboard. When you're doing it, then it'll get you like a little menu. Like when you shopping for motherboard, you need to look at this and it tell you like what you need to look for when you shop and to make sure it's compatible and all that.

@thereal_PhillieCash (32:21)
That's crazy.

And then so it's doing it's doing actual research on the pricing of the different items and everything. So it's kind of giving you like a live simulation of like, if I want to go and build a computer, I could go and do this thing. That's tight. That's cool. That's dope.

@KedrickFosterTech (32:23)
And then we.

Yeah.

@efoster___ (32:35)
as well.

@KedrickFosterTech (32:36)
Yeah, and it

made the whole thing and then just down, gave me a file to download. I clicked on the file, it opened up the web page and everything was working.

@thereal_PhillieCash (32:43)
What made it choose that topic, per se? Did you write that in a prompt? You wanted to create a knowledge-based computer building game, or you just kind let it do its own thing?

@efoster___ (32:44)
That's wild

@KedrickFosterTech (32:54)
Yeah, so that's what I wrote.

That's what I wrote in the prompt. Let see if I can find the actual prompt I gave it.

I'm I can find it. basically what I told is make a game and I just told it with the premise of the game was I told him the name of it. And that's the funny part too. So like when I the first time it spit out something. So let me go back. I told it I wanted to make a game based off of building PCs. You start off with a set budget. It should be entertainment, entertaining and educational.

should be teaching people how to build PCs, but I want to make it into a game and make it engaging for kids. And I like, you get, I told them you start off with a thousand dollars. And this is another thing I added. I told it to start off with a thousand dollars and you supposed to try to get all these parts within the budget to do the game. When it made the game, it actually gave it three different tiers. like, you know how normally if you play a game, you can play on hard, medium or expert difficulty.

@efoster___ (33:47)
Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (33:47)
Right.

@KedrickFosterTech (33:48)
Well, they created one that says like, I forgot how they worded it, but it's like point performance, regular and low power. So like you can build three different types of computer. One, you start with $1,500 is I guess the easy one. You can start with a thousand dollars, which is the harder one. And then another one, you start with $500. So it's like three, it created three different difficulties of the game. was so crazy about it is when they first, the first one that it spit out didn't work.

@thereal_PhillieCash (34:07)
Alright.

@KedrickFosterTech (34:15)
So like I would click on it, like the website was me, but when I would go, I would pick all the components. But when I hit, um, calculate score at the end, it wasn't, it wasn't doing anything. was like, damn, this shit ain't working. I was still impressed, but I was like, damn, this shit ain't working. I went back to the thing. I was like, yeah, everything works. But when I click calculate, it's not working. They was like, okay, let me go back and fix it. So it went back in the joint, did something else.

@efoster___ (34:39)
Damn.

@KedrickFosterTech (34:40)
And gave me another file to download. I clicked that and then it started working again. Then I went back and said, make this website look like Best Buy. So then they went in and reconfigured the website, the UI of the website to make it look like Best Buy website. I was like, yo, this shit is crazy. It's crazy.

@thereal_PhillieCash (34:43)
And then it'll work.

That's amazing, bro. That's amazing.

@efoster___ (34:56)
That AI shit going crazy.

@thereal_PhillieCash (34:58)
Nah, for real.

@KedrickFosterTech (34:58)
Yeah.

So, so yes, it's definitely going to get crazy. So, and of course, I let Phil, we was messing with the AI music generator yesterday. It is, man, it's crazy. It can, it could really do some, some, some good compositions.

@thereal_PhillieCash (35:15)
for sure. I'm really impressed with the beats that it can generate as well, as well as lyrics. like realistically, you could probably create a whole original playlist off of that giant, which is really impressive.

@KedrickFosterTech (35:30)
And that's why I was saying, like, you got to think if you are up becoming an artist right now, like, you really have no excuse. Like, you really can just go ahead and get unlimited beats to make your own music at this point.

@efoster___ (35:41)
as well.

@thereal_PhillieCash (35:41)
What you think about that E? You got A out rappers man.

@efoster___ (35:43)
I I know, yeah, we not even

gotta compete with the niggas, even real. So it's like, I don't know, think, I don't don't think that's good for the, just being an artist in general, because you would never be able to outwork an AI. What I do feel like I think that's kind of going overboard is,

They putting rappers, they're just a voice. You can actually put AI in somebody's voice and then they can create an actual verse from Tupac and Biggie and Jay-Z. Any rapper you want that make it seem like they real songs. I feel like we running into a real dangerous place if that becomes even better as the years go when you can't really tell if the rapper's or if it's AI.

@KedrickFosterTech (36:18)
Yeah.

@efoster___ (36:30)
And I feel like you get into a real dangerous place when you start messing around with that. Because then if you a type of rapper where you ain't really doing, you can't knock out 16 songs, 16 songs a day. Shit, you can throw that AI on there and you don't gotta do nothing. You can just work harder. I mean, work smarter and not harder. But that's like insulting to the craft though, if you're an artist and you ain't really making your own music. But hey, people out here just trying to get a bag, yo. I feel like I could see people doing that shit.

@KedrickFosterTech (36:34)
Yeah, sure.

@thereal_PhillieCash (36:57)
No, but like speaking of the bag, it was a conversation a few years back with AI, especially with with the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, right with the whole thing that happened with Paul Walker. They was talking about how how they can start putting them in like actors contracts, like if they want to if they're like list like their name and likeness. So let's say

@KedrickFosterTech (36:57)
health.

@efoster___ (37:09)
Yeah.

their lightness.

@thereal_PhillieCash (37:21)
You know, if something were to happen to like a Morgan Freeman or something like that, is it okay to still use his voice and likeness to create docu like, you know, that narrator style of work to go for generations. And like you said, a lot of people was kind of trying to secure that bag. we're stopping him from being like, I want this in my contract. When I sign off and it, my kids, kids, if you using my, my likeness, then that, that incomes could come to my family. So.

@efoster___ (37:50)
Mm-hmm.

@thereal_PhillieCash (37:50)
It's definitely

interesting in the way that that can happen. That's the same even with artists, you know, like if they can sign off, if they like what, if the family likes what the person is putting down after they are gone and they sign off on it, then that possibly could be a happening. You know, that could be something that happens, you know.

@efoster___ (37:56)
Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I feel like

@KedrickFosterTech (38:10)
Yeah,

@efoster___ (38:10)
the wrong.

@KedrickFosterTech (38:10)
but like, I think like there's probably, and of course there's no way to confirm this, but I'm pretty sure there's a song right now that's on the radio where something was generated through AI, either the beat or something, some aspect of the instrumental or something was generated with AI, if not voice itself. I'm sure that's something already being profited.

@efoster___ (38:24)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Yep.

yeah.

used

@thereal_PhillieCash (38:37)
Right, right.

@efoster___ (38:37)
even i feel like even just making radio versions i feel like you could use ai like if you if you got a explicit song i feel like you can run it through ai and just take all the curse words out i feel like that would be a simple way you could use it

@thereal_PhillieCash (38:50)
and clean it up, yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (38:51)
I can

almost guarantee you it's being used for that. Just like, just for example, like I remember back, I guess when was that when we started rapping in 2000, like how hard it was to find instrumentals. Now I can take any song and make it an instrumental. I could take any song off the radio and run it through AI and completely remove the vocals. So it's like easy.

@efoster___ (39:05)
Yeah.

Easy.

@thereal_PhillieCash (39:11)
And

that's a question I have though, is technically like is auto tune, is that a type of AI that's correcting people to be on note? Is that considered an AI software?

@KedrickFosterTech (39:24)
I mean, it could be because it's pretty much altering. It's taking your input and automatically altering into the right key. So that was like a really early version, a really early version of AI.

@efoster___ (39:25)
Could be. Your voice.

@thereal_PhillieCash (39:32)
Hmm, so it's already in it. It's already in it.

@efoster___ (39:37)
Yeah, and it's taken away from, I know a lot of rappers using like the auto-tune mics now, so that, so that record, cause most of their records are auto-tune and they using them in lot of performances so they can sound like the record. If you listen to half of the rappers you be hearing they use auto-tune and they ain't have an auto-tune mic, you won't even know they was rapping on stage.

@thereal_PhillieCash (39:54)
And that's where the only thing I could probably see where AI won't be able to outwork an artist is in the performance space. Because at the end of the day, we want to... Like you ever heard a song and then you went and watched the video and was like, this is not what I imagined the music video looking like. That's kinda like, you know, that's something that we need, like humans will always want to need is that interaction. So...

@efoster___ (40:03)
in the performance space.

Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (40:19)
Let's say if an AI drop a bomb album, how do they exploit their revenue after the audio, after the file? How do you surface this beyond the file? So that's just the...

@efoster___ (40:28)
Yeah.

Mm.

@KedrickFosterTech (40:32)
AI music

videos. That's going to be the next thing. Then you're going to have the Tesla robots out doing performances. Like it's going to be crazy. I'm telling you, it's going to be crazy. the thing is, I think a lot of people are hesitant to get involved with it, but I feel like if you don't get involved with it, you're going to get left behind. So you have to be able to utilize it somehow. still, at the end of the day,

@efoster___ (40:40)
you

Yeah

@KedrickFosterTech (40:57)
creativity and being a real person is going to anyway. But if you can, if you can take that AI to enhance what you already got going on, then you, those are going to be the people that's going to really get the bag in the next couple of years. So if you, I say, you are a great singer, but you're not a songwriter, you're going to use AI to write your lyrics for you and you go and perform it. Those are the people that's going to be able to pump out a lot more content.

@efoster___ (41:21)
Yeah. Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (41:26)
than the people

that's going to all these different people to get them to produce songs for them or do whatever. If you be able to utilize that AI to your advantage, those are going to be the people that's getting that bag.

@efoster___ (41:37)
No, for sure. I can see that.

@thereal_PhillieCash (41:38)
for sure.

@KedrickFosterTech (41:39)
And that's in every industry, not even just music.

@efoster___ (41:42)
I mean you still gotta have an in-person element to it. Which I think like, like if you even think about Lil Wayne and Kenny LaMarr for the Super Bowl, like we all know Lil Wayne is like legendary, right? And you know most of his songs are like auto tuned, high pitched, but that, how that transformed over to like a stage performance for a Super Bowl, it doesn't, it's not compatible to that.

@thereal_PhillieCash (41:43)
Yeah.

@efoster___ (42:05)
Yeah Lil Wayne is a good rapper but his performance is still going to be the thing that's going be the attraction for most of the audience. If you can't perform live then all that stuff you going to do AI and all that stuff you doing post production ain't going to fly when you try to make it real bad because most artists make that real money on the road. So I feel like...

@KedrickFosterTech (42:24)
Yeah, you got to think

about like who are the artists that like that blew up the most and it's the ones that they can perform. Like think about Beyonce, right? She's talented, but I don't think nobody's to say she's the best singer they ever heard. But she can perform. You look at the King and Michael Jackson was probably is one of the best singers you ever heard and he could perform.

@efoster___ (42:38)
She a good performer though. Yup.

@thereal_PhillieCash (42:41)
Right, right.

The goat.

@efoster___ (42:48)
And you can perform. That's what makes them.

@KedrickFosterTech (42:50)
that's what made him like what he was. like, it's still going to have, you still want to have to have a talent to be able to of course, blow up. But like, again, you're using those other little smart enhancements to, you know, help you along the way. Don't hurt.

@efoster___ (42:52)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (43:06)
That's a good segue into something I wanted to talk about with you guys is, do you think, y'all just brought up some generational talents, right? Do you think with how time is right now that we will ever see those generational type talents just based on how the different, even in sports and entertainment, everything is saturated with the money aspect where you don't see

like athletes or performers working as diligently and as hard as those those Mike Tyson's and those Michael Jackson's and those Beyonce's of that era because you know you can see it now and even in boxing it's like you pick and choose who you want to fight back then you know Muhammad Ali will fight anybody and everybody or Mike Tyson will fight anybody and everybody despite their record do you guys see that same thing happen in like a generational time?

@KedrickFosterTech (43:57)
Yeah, absolutely. You know

why? Because these kids is different, These kids are different. Like you have to think even the thing about it in athletics, man, these kids is these kids is getting at it from a young agent and just in general, like on a broader scale, you just look at how evolution works. Like these is you have to just think about like LeBron James, right? He was born for basketball.

@efoster___ (44:01)
yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (44:21)
There's going to be an, in another 20 years, there's going to be another kid born to make LeBron James look like a mop. So it's like, well, maybe not, not a mop, but you know what I'm saying? Like you look at

@thereal_PhillieCash (44:30)
I don't wanna say a mop.

@efoster___ (44:34)
I mean, you're

going to start getting those comparisons again. Like, you got LeBron Jordan, somebody's to be like, LeBron and whoever next, whoever next, they're going be, I think you better be LeBron. You'll start having those debates. think you're going to have, you see it every 10 years, you see it every 20, you see it generation talent.

@thereal_PhillieCash (44:42)
Colby and all.

@KedrickFosterTech (44:53)
Yeah,

it evolved, not to speak badly of any old legendary athletes, but there's some athletes that I look at that they call, like, the greats. They probably couldn't even play right now. Just because the people are so much more athletic now and it's just different game, especially like in basketball. Like, you see some of the people that played back in the 70s or 60s or whatever, they wouldn't even be in the league right now.

@efoster___ (45:17)
Yeah.

Hell no. It can't cross the fuck up right now.

@thereal_PhillieCash (45:23)
I think it's difficult to see it because like I was saying, it's like once they get that money or once they accomplish it, it's hard for them to keep chasing. Like you even see it in college sports. Like what's the difference between a college kid deciding to stay in college for an extra year with an NIL and then they already making millions at certain of those higher D1 schools?

What's going to motivate them to compete, to continue to compete at that level when they make it to the NFL? You know?

@efoster___ (45:54)
Hold up, hold

up, before you even go there, when you say like, yo, it's athletes that played back in the day, that could have played right now, if you, when you play, how long ago did you play college, college ball field, I college lacrosse?

@thereal_PhillieCash (46:10)
2015, so 10 years, I've been out the game.

@efoster___ (46:12)
So do you feel like if you went back to play with the lacrosse dudes now, you feel like you hang with them or you feel like you're back when I was playing?

@KedrickFosterTech (46:22)
No, it ain't that it ain't gonna happen in 10 years. I'm talking about like I'm talking about like you mean like now

@efoster___ (46:24)
Shit.

Like, do you feel like if you was to play back in the longest, let's say high school, because everybody been out of high school for almost 15 years now, right? So like, if you go back and play, if you could go back with your skillset when you was in high school, do you feel like the high school kids now, was, can, will wash you? That's 15 years ago. Things changed in 15 years. Do you feel like they will wash you?

@KedrickFosterTech (46:49)
No, I'm-

@thereal_PhillieCash (46:50)
You saying with my abilities in high school, whether I can be able to

@efoster___ (46:52)
With your known abilities

in high school, your 16 year old self go back and play with these good dudes?

@thereal_PhillieCash (46:59)
I would say yes. And one thing I will say, that's a loaded question in a sense. Cause I feel as though they are introduced to the game at an earlier age, so they might be more fundamentally sound, but their mentality can be broken. If that makes sense. Like the newer kids today have a certain way that they play where we played a little bit more physical.

I don't know if they'll be able to, their skill is elevated but their mentality might not be as tough. If that makes sense.

@efoster___ (47:28)
So what's

helping you in the game, your mentality or your skill?

@thereal_PhillieCash (47:32)
your mentality man, cause if in the situation where you in a physical dog fight and game are you gonna be mental enough to overcome these adversities? And that's kind of what I worry about with some of the new generation and because if I'm getting millions, if I, to go back to the analogy of a college kid making millions, what is gonna continue to push their want opposed to

When they go to the NFL which is going to be a pool of those guys, know I'm saying what's going to pull but to chase them to that greatness and and Yeah

@efoster___ (48:05)
...majority.

@KedrickFosterTech (48:07)
No,

you want to know what it really is. And I think Deion Sanders got it down. What's really going to determine a player's trajectory in the league and in college is if they got that dog. That's what it is. Some kids got it. Some kids don't. Like you could have all the talent in the world, but you ain't got that dog. And it ain't.

@efoster___ (48:19)
and

You gotta have a why.

He be looking for kids with a why. He said earlier, he said earlier in his coaching when he went to Jackson State and then started coaching for Colorado, I when he went to Colorado it hit the main news about how when he looks for a defensive end, he looking for a single mother, dad, on food. I get it, I get it.

@KedrickFosterTech (48:46)
single parent, yeah. And he got flack for that, but I feel it. I

get it. I get it.

@efoster___ (48:53)
It's like, yo, you

gotta have a reason why you even putting yourself through this mental, physical regimen just to get yourself out your situation. But then you're looking at the kid that live across town, nice neighborhood, suburbs, do they have that same dog that a guy from the inner city on welfare or whatever on section eight, is they gonna play as hard as them?

So it is a mentality thing, but I think that's the discussion that you hear from a lot of old basketball players, a lot of old football players. They all be like, you can barely touch them. They flopping. It's all about mentality for them, but they never speak about the physical aspect. You can be, what if you are not as aggressive, but why would you have to? You could just fly right by somebody.

@thereal_PhillieCash (49:28)
So you

Exactly. So that's my that was you kind of answer my question if I can go back and play in that high school that's will be my mentality of a dog and like you saying

@efoster___ (49:50)
Nigga, can you play with

the niggas though? just wanna ask you. I mean, you can play, but would you be like that nigga though?

@thereal_PhillieCash (49:53)
can play, I can play with you.

That would be that dog bro, I'll be that dog. Just saying. But that's a good... No, but that's a...

@efoster___ (50:00)
All right, I feel you. I feel you.

@KedrickFosterTech (50:02)
I mean, that's why, that's

why it's even more special when you have, like, just think about Shador, right? It's even more special when you get a player like Shador that probably ain't never wanted for nothing in his life, if I had to guess. But he still put, he still put, I mean, of course, look at who his father is, but he's still putting that work and he's still progressing. He's still lining up every, every play and play. Like,

That's rare. You ain't going to see a lot of people that come from where he come from. They got that type of work ethic. So that's why I like it's rare. Like, you, you know, you see, you see players, you know, if they got that dog, like you just, you just know how watch them, how they play. Like I watched, I watched Lamar Jackson play like, yeah, he's like the most athletic quarterback. get it. But he got that dog. Like you, you tell, he care. He care about winning the game.

@efoster___ (50:38)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (50:52)
all these in the game. Like that's why I mean, of course he owned my team, but that's why I would root for him if he wasn't even on the rave.

@efoster___ (50:58)
Yo, that's funny, yo, because I was looking at, I was watching the pivot, shout out the pivot. I was watching the episode with Anthony Mackie, The new Captain America, Black Captain America, And he said a quote and said that, he said, success is not earned, it's given. And he made me think about that. was like, is that a thing? Because I thought about that even thinking back in

@thereal_PhillieCash (50:59)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (51:07)
Mm-hmm.

given right? Yes, I did.

@efoster___ (51:23)
Damn, my camera died.

But, yeah, but it's the raw camera though.

@thereal_PhillieCash (51:25)
you bet.

@efoster___ (51:27)
Hold on, go ahead.

@thereal_PhillieCash (51:28)
Yeah, but with that said though, how you feel about that though? Do you feel like hard work is? I don't want to say it's melon void. I don't want to it's a waste of time to work hard because you, I think at the end of the day you have to. I can't, I don't fully understand. I don't fully, I ain't going to say a hundred percent agree with that situation, with that statement.

@efoster___ (51:28)
Go ahead.

@KedrickFosterTech (51:41)
doesn't know

I

understand exactly what he's The thing is, there's always going to be somebody in a position to put you on, But like, let's just say, for instance, you to put you, let's say you are one of the people that's in a position to put somebody on whatever the situation is, you got to end with an NFL team, you're an act, you are a producer for a movie or whatever it is. But you in a position to put somebody on and you got to select from a pool of kids, right?

You're to pick the person you see putting that work in. That's what I'm saying. You got to put the work in. You still got to that work ethic. But you got to push yourself in the position to where when somebody give you that opportunity, then you're ready to capitalize on it. And that's pretty much what he's saying. Nobody can really put their self on, but they can put their position.

@thereal_PhillieCash (52:19)
Right.

@KedrickFosterTech (52:42)
They put their self in a position to get put on.

@thereal_PhillieCash (52:44)
Yeah, but that don't mean that you don't work hard. You know what saying? Like get what he's saying. Like, of course, you're doing, of course, if you go into an interview and you got multiple candidates, right? It's going to be on paper. Cause I feel like he's talking from the point of view of that particular industry in terms of where that's an industry where

@KedrickFosterTech (52:50)
No, I'm saying you gotta work on it. You got to.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

@thereal_PhillieCash (53:07)
If you have a good likeness, they'll deal with you. You know what saying? Whereas though, it's certain fields that your work will rise to the top regardless. You know what saying? Like in acting, they use, mean, in that space, and when they do like certain things like typecasting and casting for a particular role, you gotta check certain boxes, you know? So if it's a guy that might not have his dialogue down, or it's a guy that might not

@KedrickFosterTech (53:29)
I mean.

@thereal_PhillieCash (53:35)
be big enough to play a superhero they'll the needle a little bit to get the guy to fit the mold of what they looking for but in a situation where we talking about like a sport or something where your performance really matter I believe working hard is the way you get selected for those certain things

@efoster___ (53:55)
But that's...

@KedrickFosterTech (53:55)
Yeah, what is the

same thing? They are working hard with somebody got to put you on the team. You can't put yourself on a team.

@efoster___ (54:01)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (54:02)
I think that's he said. I think the other thing you got to work hard regardless, but it's always somebody else that's going to take you and take you from this level and put you on this level.

@thereal_PhillieCash (54:02)
but it-

@efoster___ (54:11)
Yeah, you gotta be, you gotta be, I was back to my point that I was about to make about that statement about being, success being given and not earned. I have like a mixed feeling about that because I think about when I got offered a scholarship, right? So if like, people don't know like I to Rhode Island, URI.

right in Kingston, Rhode Island. And when I was in for me to even get that opportunity, the coach came to one of our practices. Mind you, I never even heard of URI. Never seen the coach, never talked to him, not a day in my life. I just seen him come to the practice. I just seen somebody on the side wearing blue. Didn't know who he's coming to see, right? And so I'm just practicing high energy, running, trying to lead the laps.

Try to be the front of the line always want to execute the plays just trying to make my best play, right? So all that being said he ended up coming to our house Coming to our house, right and He told us that he's gonna be there certain time I was trying to he ended up he ended up seeing me on the corner Me of me walking up to a lucky seven up the street from our house I was trying to grab something to drink real quick before you got there

and he was coming down York Road and he saw me on the corner like walking across the street. He was like, Ellis? Like he his like, he like in a beat up ass car like Ellis? I was like, yeah. He was like, oh man, it's Coach Navaja from Rhode Island, man. I'm just, I was just trying to find your house. I said, oh shit. So he ended up pulling down the street. I go back in the house and he didn't meet mom and dad or whatever. And he was just basically telling us like all the statistics of somebody who go D1 and then the numbers of D1 players that go to NFL and then the stats of.

NFL if you make to the NFL the average people stay in the league and a number got smaller and smaller and smaller, right? so What I'm saying is he told me when he was sitting on the couch is like hey, I didn't even come to see you but the way you practice Made me say Who's that guy? Who's that guy just based off me powers practicing and that led for me to get picked to get a full

ride to go to URI. So I say that in the sense of like that was in a sense given an opportunity it wasn't like technically earned but it was like I was given it. It could have been any 50 other other guys that was in the at practice running sprint just like I was but he picked me to have that opportunity to go to school. So it's like

@thereal_PhillieCash (56:35)
Right.

@efoster___ (56:36)
So it's like, and you've been in those locker, you've been in the locker room on our last game, bro. And you look around like when the coach be like, it's a lot of y'all last game. This is a lot of y'all last game. And it's crazy to think, bro, you 16, 17 years old and you telling like 16 year old, 17 year old people like you might not play football ever again.

@thereal_PhillieCash (56:43)
yeah, like go and play after this.

again after oh after my do you started playing probably at five between five eight years old and you all you know is that you you be 17 and you they tell you this some of y'all last game ever yeah that's gonna be the last time y'all put a helmet in the shoulder pads on

@KedrickFosterTech (56:58)
That's it.

@efoster___ (57:04)
Yo, my yo, what's up?

What?

And at that age, that's all you know. That's all you know, bro. So I can only imagine, there's so many people who was not picked, bro. There's so many people who was not picked.

@thereal_PhillieCash (57:23)
But you made a valid point though is what you're doing when nobody else is watching and that's hard work so to say like he was gonna come out there and pick you if you didn't want to lead the lines in the drills and stuff like that it's a it's like saying I don't have to work hard because it's always gonna be a decision maker but at the end of the day that's what we live and that's the point of reason why we compete that's part of the reason I go to the weight room that's part of the reason

@efoster___ (57:38)
Right.

@thereal_PhillieCash (57:53)
that I learn, try to go and gain knowledge on certain things because what's going to set you aside and make you elite? Now, it's not too many people that I've met in life that said, man, I did everything I could and I still didn't get the opportunity. Even though all opportunities, because it's only just like in sports, it's only one ball, one thing to go around. So you got to seize that opportunity. And when that opportunity comes, did you prepare yourself enough to seize it?

awesome.

@efoster___ (58:22)
You don't think it's people that did all they can, did the best they can and don't get the opportunity still?

@thereal_PhillieCash (58:26)
Yeah, but that's part of the reason different people different that's part of the reason they do background checks. That's part of the reason sometimes they hire private investigators and stuff like that when they are offering these big contracts because even though they might have worked hard and they might have elite talent mentally are they character guys? How many guys we known growing up where we was at that was talented?

@KedrickFosterTech (58:26)
Please.

@thereal_PhillieCash (58:52)
that didn't make it best on that, just because of attitude or that situation. You know what I'm saying? And we play with some talented players, bro, like some talented guys that we was like, man, that man might go to the league, but based on his situation and sometimes his temperament may have been his character, them guys didn't get those opportunities. So yeah, it's a multifaceted process and factors, but to say it hard work.

@efoster___ (58:56)
N***a woah woah yeah. Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (58:59)
I mean, just...

@thereal_PhillieCash (59:18)
Is it to say you could show up and just get picked like as if this like they pickin random chickens? That's not that that's the reality

@efoster___ (59:25)
But that's what he was saying though. That's what he was saying though.

He was saying that that shit happens.

@KedrickFosterTech (59:29)
I mean, gotta think of this thing about on a low level. Y'all talking about like sports athletes and all that. Just think about it on a low level with just like a random job interview. Do you think when you go to a general interview, they always pick the best person? They don't. And that one job can change that one job can change the whole trajectory of your whole life. But you didn't get picked or you did get picked. Like sometimes it's just for one, you gotta put yourself in a position, but

@thereal_PhillieCash (59:29)
Yeah, that's a-

Not at all.

@KedrickFosterTech (59:54)
You can put yourself in the position and still don't get picked.

@thereal_PhillieCash (59:57)
Right, but that's where adversity comes man. That's the adversity.

@efoster___ (59:57)
Right, right.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:00:00)
Yeah. Like I said, if you,

again, if you, if you are a hardworking type of person and you put yourself in that position and you don't get picked, you already got the mentality. All right, I'm going to keep working hard and I'm going to be ready for my next opportunity. So, I mean, that's all it is. Eventually, if you are hardworking, you're going to, you might not get picked when you think you should get picked, but at the end of the day, you want to be somewhere you're supposed to be at.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:00:22)
Right.

Nah, 100%. And that's why I feel like hard work is gonna rise to the top end, regardless of how we view it. And that's kinda what I characterized the reason why I love sports is there's a correlation between sports and life, right? Like, know, we just watched it this past off season with the Ravens and Mark Andrews dropping those footballs that we felt

could have been the deciding factor of them making it to the next game. And regardless, he got to come back next season and put that helmet on and battle that adversity until he can overcome it. So that's kind of what the analogy of life is. Like if you work hard and you don't get that opportunity, you can't just stop working hard and be like, I didn't get that one opportunity and didn't give up. It's just like, you just got to keep fighting through it.

@efoster___ (1:01:00)
you

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:01:17)
But that was an interesting take from Mackie on the pivot.

@efoster___ (1:01:24)
What you say?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:01:25)
No, I said that was a pretty good interview on the pivot from Anthony Mackie, for sure.

@efoster___ (1:01:33)
Yeah, for sure.

So y'all wanna...

You want to close it out Phil?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:01:35)
sure. Well thank you fam for joining the... from the queer park.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:01:36)
We hit win.

@efoster___ (1:01:36)
So you'll be.

Hello, did you say cat?

@KedrickFosterTech (1:01:39)
Nah, I'm about to say we ain't had enough and we missed it.

@efoster___ (1:01:41)
I don't think we talked about Kirk Cousins.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:01:43)
I'm glad it got rated.

the book.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:01:45)
Oh did put him standing. They missed the deadline for him. They was going to make him make a move with Kirk Cousins but they still got him on the active roster. I mean not the active roster, yes the active roster for the Falcons. So it looks like he might be standing after some public stuff came out about him not communicating with the organization that he had injuries prior to him signing last year.

And it looks like after his performance from the 2024 season that they are going to move forward with Michael Penick Jr. as the starter and a lot of that cap is tied up into Kirk Cousins contract currently.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:02:23)
So are they gonna be able to get out from under it or they're just gonna have to eat it? Because at that point, you just might as keep them as the backup.

@efoster___ (1:02:29)
Yeah, think he's sitting on, he collecting 10 million. 10 million just to sit there on bench.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:02:30)
Right. That's expensive backup.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:02:34)
I mean, 10 million is not really that much in the grand scheme of things. There's been backup quarterbacks that need more than that.

@efoster___ (1:02:40)
Yeah, I don't know what that's about.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:02:42)
Yeah, so it's gonna be a interesting take on that but with those it's interesting it's crazy enough that because this goes back even to I Also, want to matter of fact we could pivot real quick. We won't pivot real quick Do you feel like? Like those historical contracts kind of shakes up the league like

I'm gonna give you example like what the Browns constantly do like overpaying for these players. Even the Redskins. I remember back when the Redskins gave Albert Haynes worth that $100 million contract. And then you seen what just happened in Cleveland with Miles Garrett. They retained a Miles Garrett for a significant amount of their cap. Do you think these different deals where these organizations

Invest so much into the players to just to keep them on the roster really impacts like the grand scheme of things in terms of contract negotiation

@efoster___ (1:03:37)
That's bad ownership.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:03:37)
It's not in the

grand scheme of things because it's just particular ownership. What normally happens is when those outliers happens and the other GMs say, we're not going to be like them. Let me just look at what happened with the Lamar Jackson contract situation. They were trying to get that Deshaun Jackson, I mean Deshaun Watson money and they held firm, they held firm. And the thing that kind of tipped the favor.

@efoster___ (1:03:43)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:04:04)
Of the Ravens was when Jalen Hurts signed and they saw Jalen Hurts didn't get the same deal that Deshaun Watson got. And they said, okay, well, the league is not going that way. That's, that was just one bad contract from one franchise and the rest of the league is not going that way. And literally like the next day Lamar Jackson was signed when they saw that. So it was pretty much just waiting out to see, of course, the next, whenever that type of contract happens.

@efoster___ (1:04:17)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:04:30)
The next team is going to, I the next player is going to be like, Oh, I'm trying to get that same kind of, I'm trying to get that same deal. But you know, that's the job of the, that's the job of the, the GM to make sure it doesn't become a trend in that, that contract is just an outlier of one bad franchise. And it seems like the Browns are always that franchise.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:04:34)
Right.

GMs? Yeah.

@efoster___ (1:04:50)
doing bad deals.

Yup, not for sure.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:04:54)
Even

and it's going to be a while before they be able to write the ship because we see in even with Washington they will they will have a history of like overpaying players that doesn't last long on their rosters and it's now that they under new leadership and ownership you could kind of see the tides change in there. So it's definitely going to take a little bit for the Cleveland to kind of see some results based on some of those deals they've been making over the past couple years.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:05:23)
You got that. Look, this this time. Look, this ties into our prior conversation, right? We were talking about working hard, getting the right opportunities and all of that. Look at some of the GMs for some of these teams. And there's no way you cannot tell me that these GMs are in place because somebody knew they know somebody that got an opportunity. They weren't the most qualified for the position. They just know they know people when somebody gave them an opportunity like in.

@efoster___ (1:05:46)
Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:05:47)
Yeah.

@efoster___ (1:05:51)
the

Giants.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:05:52)
It happens all the time, suppose. Look at the GM for the Dallas Mavericks. It happens all the time where these people are in the right circles. They're around people with money. They, my little cousin, give him a job. These billionaires is giving these jobs that we think are the top of the line jobs, but to them it's just like, yeah, give him that job. And they're not qualified to do the job. And those are the franchises that are

@efoster___ (1:06:12)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:06:19)
Continually at the bottom of the league, the Browns, I mean look at what the commanders were doing for however long until they got some competent leadership.

@efoster___ (1:06:28)
Yeah, it ain't going shit.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:06:30)
Yeah,

and that's it's funny because even when I sit and watch like look at free agency You can see a lot of frustration even with like some of the Raven fans, but you know the ravers is never Throwing money around like like that. Like you said prior to to Beginning the conversation they they made they even had Lamar Jackson going out there and see Shop for and see if you could get a better deal elsewhere and we'll match it or

Or else you know and that's kind of the franchise. That's kind of why I'm That's even feeds into a reason why I'm more of a Raven fan because how they conduct their business and and Even though we as as Raven fans we want them to make those splash like oh we got to go get Darius Slayer Let's go get DK, but you see what happens when these organizations make these these splash exactly

@efoster___ (1:07:08)
business.

Throw everything in the bucket. Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:07:26)
And then you see in December

and January, they know where to be found.

@efoster___ (1:07:30)
Yep, yep.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:07:31)
Yeah, I mean, the Ravens, they prioritize the draft and that's how you build a team. Now, again, like I said, every once in while, I've never seen the Ravens sign the biggest free agent for any particular year, but they make a lot of those under the radar signings. They were like, oh yeah, that was a nice pick. They don't make the splash signings, but they will every so often make one of those free agent signings.

They'll like might be a bigger name player or at the trade deadline, they'll make a deal for, you know, a in man in terms like a 85 to 90 rated player. So like they'll they'll do that every so often, but like they never make those big splash for like a 90s, 95. Yeah, like that's just they may not spending that type of money, especially if it's not a player they drafted.

@efoster___ (1:08:16)
Franchise changing franchise changing player

Yeah.

Yeah. Like that would have been like Odell Beckham five years ago, we got him. That would have been like a big splash, big market guy leaving the Giants, coming to the Ravens. That would be like a idea of like a change our organization type of pick. We built from the draft.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:08:38)
Like if you had to go back

in the Ravens history, who would you say is like the biggest free agent signing that there was like close to their prime?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:08:47)
I would have to go probably D-Hen.

@efoster___ (1:08:50)
Nah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:08:50)
It's not too many before that.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:08:52)
I mean, I'm saying like close to that prime though.

@efoster___ (1:08:54)
That prime doesn't make a difference. I mean, I can only kind of throw like not in this prime, but it was supposed to be a big impact that is going to control the success of the team. I say Steve McNair just because he was on the quarterback and we drew, we brought him on to be our quarterback. So that's like, that's the top of the, that's the person that's going to make us go. That's a big free agent pick. Cause you now you basing your success off this quarterback. I say,

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:08:55)
Close to that, bro.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:09:06)
Yeah

@efoster___ (1:09:21)
It's T-Meganair.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:09:21)
Yeah, he was and he actually fare well He he fare well here and but it is interesting that we always get those like and if you go we we have a list of Some pretty good players that was in their prime at one point like we

@KedrickFosterTech (1:09:24)
He did real good there.

@efoster___ (1:09:26)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:09:37)
Hey, don't know

which one of y'all told me the story about, I think it was either y'all or one of y'all homeboys who saw Anquan Bowden when he got signed or at the mall.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:09:44)
yes, yes, yes, yes. We

@efoster___ (1:09:46)
Goose hug.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:09:46)
was at

Towson Mall. It was me and Twon. Me and Twon, was riding up on the escalator and we see Air Kwan Bowden. It's like probably the same week he signed. And Twon was like, yo, shit, that's Air Kwan Bowden, He was like, yo, excuse me, you Air Kwan Bowden? Were you happy coming to the Ravers? He said, yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:09:49)
That's it.

@efoster___ (1:09:50)
Web.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:10:08)
And that was it. But it was so kind of awkward because he was like, yo, you had quambo? And we were like riding on the escalator like behind him. we like, but it was cool though, because he was up at Tulsa Ball. But it was funny when he first had got signed here.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:10:23)
Yeah. Cause that was like,

that was probably one of the biggest sign-ins even though he was, I want to say he was in his prime, but he was close. He was close to it. was.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:10:31)
He was close

to it. I was I would give him that he was close to it cuz we you remember we did get Some guys that didn't pan out as well like like Lee Evans He was one of them guys he came but he wasn't totally on his prime He had a pretty good season and and and Buffalo before that drop in the in the postseason We get we end up getting days. We got days for a little bit We got the Sean Watson that was kind of well after his prom and then we got

@efoster___ (1:10:34)
Yeah.

Fuck.

Nigga what?

@KedrickFosterTech (1:10:53)
Well, he was definitely out of his problem. Yeah, he was definitely out of his

@efoster___ (1:10:53)
Diz don't count, Diz don't count, Diz don't count.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:10:57)
problem.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:10:58)
We remember we had got Devon Hester for a little bit. We had got

@efoster___ (1:11:02)
They don't count either.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:11:03)
out of his prime.

I Shannon Schutt was by close to his prime.

@efoster___ (1:11:06)
Shannon Sharpe, the closest. Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:11:08)
Yeah, Shannon shop was

getting close to his prom.

@efoster___ (1:11:10)
Who's the most impactful though?

@KedrickFosterTech (1:11:12)
Creating signing?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:11:13)
I would have to go with Odell. Just because the lore around it. Like when Lamar said, bring me Odell or bring me D-Hop, he kind of sealed the deal for us for the franchise. That's a big sign in.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:11:15)
Yeah, okay.

Only reason I would say oh yeah, only reason I would say oh

Yeah, I think that

helped the sound of them all,

@efoster___ (1:11:33)
I I

say Jacobi Jones.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:11:34)
Yeah, yeah.

@efoster___ (1:11:35)
Without Jacoby

Jones, we don't win that Super Bowl. I said most impactful. It gotta be Jacoby Jones, bro.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:11:36)
I wanna see the biggest... yeah, for sure.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:11:40)
or impactful. Yeah. Yeah. Superbowl. Yeah. But yeah, you know, the super I'm

going to say aside from the Superbowl because you could even put Shannon Sharp in that category of that can't be touched because once you can, once you help with the Superbowl that can't be touched. But if I had to go a tier down, I would say like, like the Odell, I would even go Steve Smith. He probably, he played a big part of like really maintaining the identity. Like he was the identity of the Ravens. Like he played

Raven football at receiver like a dog you feel me but

@efoster___ (1:12:09)
Yeah,

was nice to see at the receiving squad, I mean on the receiving squad. But I just think like, if you just think about that Super Bowl run, that Broncos game when Jacoby catch that ball, the dude jumped too early, he catch that ball, we score, fourth. And then he run the back, he run the kick return back after Beyonce performed, the lights go out. You gotta think like, that dude had a run, one of the best, best playoff runs.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:12:23)
Mm-hmm.

kick off.

@efoster___ (1:12:34)
and probably even history, I think.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:12:36)
Yeah, between him and Flaco.

@efoster___ (1:12:38)
Yeah, RIP. It's Kobe John.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:12:40)
Yeah, that was a crazy ride. I'll tell you the story. It was so funny. And I was at Ray Rice football camp. of I want see if we can get him on the show. But I was at this football camp and it'd be funny because you'd be thinking about how I would be, I don't know how I would be if I was in the NFL. But it'd be funny though, because he'd still be looking at his own stats. I mean, looking at his old highlights and was showing the kids like, man, I was like that.

I was like that, look, look, look, look at this. And showing highlights on his phone to kids that he know. Kids that he know, this was crazy. I was like, that shit's crazy. That shit was funny though.

@efoster___ (1:13:12)
That's crazy.

That's crazy.

Yeah, man. Like, bro, like it's crazy that we...

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:18)
That

4-4-29, man. That play ain't happen. We ain't win this game,

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:13:22)
Yeah, if that

play ain't happen-

What do call it? Skittle Dittle Ray Rice up the middle.

@efoster___ (1:13:25)
Yeah, that shit was crazy.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:26)
That play don't happen. definitely don't win the Super Bowl. So we don't even make the playoffs.

@efoster___ (1:13:32)
Yeah, was a of big plays that happened that year. Nah, for sure.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:35)
Last of happiness season.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:13:37)
Yeah,

cuz you know, you got Tori Smith. I believe we had Dennis Pitta and Ed Dixon at that point in time, tight ends.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:44)
year.

@efoster___ (1:13:44)
You can't forget

about Rob Woodson either. Can't forget about.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:46)
Yeah, he was definitely

a big, he was definitely a big sign.

@efoster___ (1:13:48)
Yeah, the way he impacted that secondary on that Stephers Super Bowl run, crazy.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:13:53)
Yeah, was, I mean, of course, that was like the best defense ever.

@efoster___ (1:13:59)
Yeah, the best,

yeah. Yeah, that shit was crazy. Bro, I...

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:14:00)
Ever play, ever assemble in the sense, top three. And

@KedrickFosterTech (1:14:04)
I

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:14:04)
that

@KedrickFosterTech (1:14:04)
the Wings dogs get a bit sick.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:14:05)
goes to your point, how well-ran the Ravens are. It's a lot like, you add these kind of like pieces to where majority of their starters are homegrown. Like even when like you had LaDarius Webb and you had Jimmy Smith for that second Super Bowl and you had Gary Baxter and these guys was like, you know.

@efoster___ (1:14:24)
Trish McCallister.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:14:24)
But that's what, that's

what I was saying. Like that's what would be the difference between the Ravens and the Browns. Like they'll have key pieces on their team that were third, fourth round picks where if you're the Browns, those spots on your team is free agents you had to bring in and spend money on. So you don't have that, that debt. You lose a couple of players on your team you done with. So that's, that's the important to be able to.

@efoster___ (1:14:47)
Yeah. Nah, for sure.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:14:48)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:14:49)
draft one and then develop and then develop players to be able to even like look at look at Keaton Mitchell like Keaton Mitchell barely had an impact this season but just think about how he's going to look next year a whole year removed from surgery and no probably even going to be thinking about him he's going to be really poised to have a breakout season next year

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:14:50)
Draft well, yeah.

Yeah.

Even even just as Hill. Just as Hill. I mean the line, the names go on if you think about it. Are Darius Washington like these guys stepped up and was like very instrumental in the runs. Even though we didn't make it to the ultimate goal, but those pieces of like even likely who would have thought likely would be where he was. Who would think Mark Andrews and Mark and nobody talks about this enough. Mark Andrews was the second Titan drafted that year.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:15:12)
Yeah.

@efoster___ (1:15:24)
Yeah.

from Coastal Carolina.

Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:15:39)
Alright.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:15:39)
Hay

and Hearst was the first one. So that goes the show.

@efoster___ (1:15:41)
Yep. Crazy.

Crazy. And I think that's the main piece that a lot of organizations miss is they don't have identity. Because like you were stating before, like, yo, he played like a Raven. He played like he was supposed to be on the Ravens. Like, who the Browns play like? What's the Browns identity? What's the, you know what saying? What's the, you know what saying? Like the Steelers, they always make this find a way in the playoffs because they have an identity.

They actually are known for something or a way of play. A lot of teams that never are good, they don't have that. They don't have.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:16:13)
You think it's

a coincidence that the sailors are starting to get out of these former ravines? They know. They know. They know.

@efoster___ (1:16:19)
Exactly. Yeah, exactly.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:16:22)
Yeah, they

started a pipeline. They started a pipeline. But one thing I will get to steal his credit for, man, they know how to find them receivers. I don't know who their receiver scout is, but he find them.

@efoster___ (1:16:25)
Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And

he picked the same type. unruly dogs, don't give a fuck. Like me, like some pre-Madonnas but just nasty. Like that's what they like, yo. And that's what I'm saying though. They pick a specific person, specific player, which you can't go wrong with, bro. Like I feel like they knew AB was gonna act like that eventually. They knew. They knew.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:16:34)
is.

Mm-hmm.

@efoster___ (1:16:56)
They kept his ass until they couldn't contain his ass no more. But they like that shit. Look at Tomlin,

@KedrickFosterTech (1:17:01)
It's gonna be the same.

It's gonna be the same. What was the name? It's gonna be same with Pickens. No, I don't think, I don't think PK kind of really like that, but Pickens for sure.

@efoster___ (1:17:05)
Yeah, with DK. Pickers and DK, bro, they're be...

DK a bully bro.

DK a bully bro. Yo, he know he bigger than everybody.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:17:13)
You know, I'm talking about

having a bad personality as far as being a teammate, being a hothead.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:17:21)
yeah, just think those guys are physical. know, they play aggressive style of football and that's gonna be tough to stop because even on run plays they get act.

@efoster___ (1:17:25)
Yeah.

Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:17:33)
Yeah, so they, I feel like that pickup was specifically for the Ravens because that's not a good matchup for Wiggins. Either one of them is not a good matchup for Wiggins.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:17:42)
This is true. I mean Marlo could get physical with these guys.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:17:45)
Marlo can get with

them. And that's why I think they definitely need to pick up another corner. They need another corner.

@efoster___ (1:17:50)
corner.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:17:51)
Yeah,

yeah. Did you see B. Steve got signed for the Jets for a nice deal?

@KedrickFosterTech (1:17:55)
He got money.

He got his money. He he he lost himself a lot of money this season, though, because after last season, if he was a free agent after last season, he would have probably doubled the money he got this year. But.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:18:06)
Yeah, but I

think he warned even though he had a difficult season this past season He warned that bro Because it's not it's not likely that because you know the best ability is availability in the NFL and him playing as many snaps as he did I don't remember him really going out too many times for injury. He's gonna be a good matchup He's gonna be a good parent with sauce sauce. You feel me?

@KedrickFosterTech (1:18:26)
Yeah, I think you-

@efoster___ (1:18:31)
Yeah.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:18:32)
I think,

think if he can, first of all, you gotta think he hasn't been playing corner for that long. He was a running back in college. So you gotta give him some time to develop. Like, and you gotta notice he never really gets beat. He just has a problem finding the ball. Yeah. He don't turn around. The ball is in the air. So like if he can fix that.

@efoster___ (1:18:43)
He just don't, he can't get his head around. He can't get his head around. Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:18:49)
Yeah. One thing I will say,

he definitely a good, he a good tackler. That's one thing I appreciated about him. When they did them wide receiver screens, they don't get very far. He, yeah, he tackles and he tackles by himself. Like in open field, he'll make those, those clutch tackles on third. Now them passes 10 yards and beyond. Little spotty. But third downs.

@efoster___ (1:18:58)
He was coming up feeling you.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:19:10)
And that's something that, and now, now don't get me wrong.

He did a decent job of it in spots, but Wiggins is not going to be that guy. They'll be coming up and making a bunch of tackles. He will, but you can see one time he did it and got himself hurt. So like you gotta be, you gotta, and they're going to try to attack that. So we need another physical, and I think another thing is.

@efoster___ (1:19:21)
He will though.

Yeah.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:19:26)
Yeah, he messed his shoulder up,

@KedrickFosterTech (1:19:34)
keep Marlin in the slot. He is a beast in the slot. I think that's where he do his best work. So if you can get another outside corner where you can keep Marlin in the slot, then I think you got you got something. And of course they talk about any another safety to now because I don't think they're going to keep a Darius.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:19:50)
Yeah, and I think you need another safety because that adds another dynamic to the defense by freeing up Hamilton by not having him high. Yeah, he's good to take away them deep balls, but he does a lot of damage around the line of scrimmage. And I think that's what they was aiming towards when they started the season out with Marcus Williams and Eddie Jackson.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:20:09)
Yeah, but you see, you see

when he finally made the switch to put them deep, the defense kind of turned around, but at the same time, it kind of limited him from being able to be in that playmaker because he is so like, so if they can find some safeties to play that deep, that deep coverage and allow Hamilton to be that playmaker. Yeah, then.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:20:21)
Yeah the blitz, big sex.

@efoster___ (1:20:21)
Yeah. Yeah.

free them up.

Yeah.

Yeah, they played him

a lot of scrimmage a lot, but he's a dog there too. But yeah, we could free him up where he could roam a little bit more. Because I feel like his instincts is one of his highest top skillset. I feel like he played the ball, he got nose for the ball. Yeah, if we could free him up a little bit, that'd be perfect.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:20:47)
I mean,

just think about the other thing. Look at the draft where they drafted Hamilton and Lindemann both in the first round. Like, knocked that draft out the park. Like, you got like the two cornerstones of your offense and defense in one draft.

@efoster___ (1:20:58)
Yeah.

Pro bowlers

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:21:02)
Yeah, yeah, but don't

@efoster___ (1:21:03)
That's like that's

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:21:05)
sleep on TJ Tampa and Bo Braids. They in their second year, they're going to have another season where they could probably put some stuff together on film and get into that secondary rotation as well.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:21:16)
I've

been hearing a lot of talk about TJ Tampa, but haven't been really able to get on the field that much. So, at both berets, in the preseason, he was making a lot of plays. But of course, like, he kind of, he was kind of far down on the depth chart, so he didn't get too many snaps on defense. I know he did a lot of special teams this year, but yeah, this is going to be a big off season for him.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:21:22)
Yeah

@efoster___ (1:21:23)
Yo

Where's school he from?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:21:37)
He from the University of Maryland.

@efoster___ (1:21:39)
Okay. Yeah. Yo, that's like Linda Balm and Joe Hamkin, like the new version of the argument in Ray Lewis.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:21:45)
Yeah, you gotta make sure they keep them.

@efoster___ (1:21:47)
I feel like we'll keep.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:21:48)
Nah, they got it. And that's one thing that I'm hoping will change a little bit with the Ravens off the field talk is like, I would much rather get that extension done before the deadline.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:22:00)
They talking about to try and get that done this year before the season start both of them

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:22:00)
with Kyle Hamilton.

Yeah, they gotta lock them guys in.

@efoster___ (1:22:05)
You want a rabbit fill?

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:22:06)
But that's it? Yeah, absolutely. Let's do it.

@efoster___ (1:22:08)
And you gotta hit him with the subscribe shit too.

@thereal_PhillieCash (1:22:11)
Alright. Well, thanks for joining us for another episode of From the Quid podcast brought to you by... NierStreams. I gotta start over. I ain't gonna put that part in there. Alright.

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@efoster___ (1:22:36)
Thanks.

@KedrickFosterTech (1:22:37)
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