00:00But joining us now from Fresh Tank Sports, he's our friend, he's our colleague, part of our family, part of
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00:08So on the Window Nation guest hotline, let's welcome back to the show Cordell Woodland.
00:12Cordell, first of all, good morning.
00:15Hey, good morning, guys. How's it going?
00:16All right. Let's start with the Orioles first.
00:18And, you know, you wake up and, you know, you figure everything's cool injury-wise.
00:22And then Kittredge has the shoulder inflammation.
00:24He's probably going to miss opening day, which means he's going to start the year on the IEL.
00:29And we've talked, Cordell, a thousand times about what the Orioles need to do to solidify the team.
00:34And still trying to get that bullpen situated was one of them.
00:38Now they lose a key piece.
00:40So what's all Mike Elias going to do to, you know, rectify that problem?
00:44Or maybe are they comfortable with some of the in-house options, at least for now?
00:48It's only March 4th.
00:50Yeah, I mean, I think it's obviously a big blow.
00:54You know, Kittredge was brought back to be kind of one of the focal points of a bullpen.
00:59And that they had to spend a lot of this offseason trying to piece back together.
01:03And he was one of those guys that you thought would be one of the reliable pieces that you wouldn't
01:09have to worry about.
01:10So, yeah, it does shuffle the cards a little bit.
01:13I am curious to see how it impacts them going into the start of the season and how long he'll
01:18even be out.
01:18We don't even know that just yet.
01:20But you never really like to hear about shoulder problems with pitchers.
01:26It is going to be a blow.
01:29I'm curious to see who steps up.
01:31Tyler Wells is a guy that comes to mind when you talk about some of those middle relief arms.
01:36He'll be a guy that I think is going to kind of make his home in the bullpen as the
01:41season goes on.
01:42So, maybe it won't be as big of a blow going forward.
01:45But, again, I think it really depends on how long he'll be out.
01:48All right, Cordell.
01:50Monday, legal tampering.
01:52All the deals will be done on Monday.
01:54Who gets done Sunday night by midnight for the Ravens?
01:59What deals get done?
02:00Does a Lindenbaum deal get done?
02:02Does a Stout deal get done?
02:04Who gets done?
02:07I still believe Stout gets a deal at some point.
02:12I don't think they want to go back into the market of having to deal with finding a punter and
02:17all that type of stuff.
02:18I think they want to keep that, especially, you know, going into next year with Loop and wanting to keep
02:26as much familiarity around him as possible, I would imagine.
02:30Stout is a part of that orchestration.
02:33So, I mean, look, he had a really good year.
02:35His best year as a pro to this point.
02:37So, I think he'd be one that's probably one of the easier ones to get done.
02:42Maybe Kohler is another one that potentially gets done.
02:47I'm curious to see how they go about that one.
02:49Other than that, I don't really see them spending a lot of money to keep a lot of their pending
02:57free agents.
02:58Tyler Lindenbaum, obviously, they want to.
03:01But I just don't get the sense.
03:02Like, if it wasn't about him getting more than what they're offering, he would have signed already.
03:09So, the fact that we're still here leaves me to believe that he is fully prepared to test the market.
03:17And I think that the market is going to take him away.
03:21It's going to wash him away.
03:23You let an offensive lineman, especially at that age, and he's entering his prime into the open market.
03:29Teams are going to throw money at him that the Ravens aren't going to do right now.
03:33So, I think he's as good as gone.
03:36So, yeah, I don't really see them doing any other deals outside of possibly the Stout and maybe Kohler.
03:42The only thing with Stout, Cordell, like, if you're Stout's agent and he's just been at the Combine, whoever Stout's
03:49agent is,
03:50and Chris Horton, Harbs, you know, and the Giants punter kind of stinks, you know.
03:57So, I think if you were the agent, you know, Harbs and them have probably, and Chris Horton has probably
04:03already touched base with him and say,
04:05hey, you know, don't sign.
04:08So, I could see, you know, one where he's going to get paid more than they thought he was two
04:17months ago.
04:19No doubt.
04:20I mean, I couldn't agree more.
04:23I could definitely see that happening.
04:24I mean, they have so much competition for their own players now.
04:28Maybe competition for certain guys that they wouldn't have competition for under usual circumstances.
04:34But when you have Harbs and so many guys with their coaching staff go to these different places,
04:41you're going to have to fight them off to keep some of your own guys.
04:46So, yeah, you know, it does create a market that maybe wouldn't have been there had you not moved on
04:51from Harbs.
04:52So, yeah, it will be interesting.
04:53And, look, Stout had a really good year.
04:56I mean, he will warrant some looks from some people.
05:00So, I don't know how far you should be prepared to go to keep him.
05:06But I would imagine they want to keep him.
05:08You know, I think they want to keep him.
05:09But I just don't know how far they're willing to go to make sure that that happens.
05:13Now, Cordell, we'll give you a scenario.
05:16We talked about it earlier.
05:19If you could get Crosby for one and a three, you know, and trade for him or go get Hendrickson
05:29and then you could still keep your 14th pick and go get people, what would you prefer to do?
05:39Uh, I'm probably going to get Crosby, to be honest with you.
05:43I'm all for swinging for the fences.
05:45Let's get crazy.
05:48If it's all about getting to the Super Bowl and, you know, getting over the hump,
05:54you've already made drastic changes to your organization moving on from Harbs,
05:58and I didn't have a problem with that.
06:00There's been all these rumblings about Crosby.
06:03Everybody wants Crosby.
06:04Go get him then.
06:05Go get him.
06:06Pay the tab.
06:07You're not getting a premier player for nothing.
06:10And look, let's be honest.
06:12I mean, their first round picks haven't always been hits.
06:17I think the thing about Crosby, I'm all for getting the short thing.
06:21I'm all for getting the short thing.
06:23And they've been trying to fix their pass rush for a while now.
06:27I think Crosby is a known commodity.
06:30I think you know exactly what you're getting out of this guy.
06:33I think you know the impact that he's going to make on your defense.
06:37You can't tell me that getting Max Crosby doesn't elevate their defense.
06:42And look, Trey Henderson could too, but probably not to the level that Max Crosby is.
06:48I know Trey Henderson led the league in sacks a couple of years ago.
06:52I'm a guy that you miss a year in the league.
06:56That means a lot to me.
06:58And he wasn't able to get back to that production issue.
07:02He's missed a lot of time.
07:03He's dealt with injuries.
07:04Crosby has dealt with some injuries too.
07:06But I believe in Max Crosby more than I do Trey Henderson at this stage in his career.
07:10Where draft picks, I'm not a guy that feels like you have to keep all your picks.
07:18Like if you can get an elite player for elite draft capital, it's a win-win for me.
07:24So yeah, I would make the trade for Max Crosby and I wouldn't lose.
07:27No sleep over it.
07:29No, Cordell.
07:30All right.
07:30Let's say at pick 14, what would you prefer that they take at 14 if they go that route?
07:38Yeah, I'm still best player available.
07:41I'm always going to be best player available in the first round.
07:45We've seen teams try to draft for need.
07:47And the problem is, in the case of the Ravens, when your needs, I guess outside of pass rusher,
07:53when your needs aren't the elite positions, and I don't mean to make it out to seem like
08:01offensive line isn't important.
08:03It obviously is.
08:04We've seen the Super Bowl winners.
08:06As we understand they're built from the inside out, you have to build up in the trenches if
08:11you're going to win.
08:11I stand by that.
08:12But individually, position-wise, I'm not just reaching for a guard because I need one.
08:20I'm not just drafting a center at 14 because I need one.
08:25So I'm going to get whatever guy that I feel like is highest on my board at that time that
08:31I feel like can be an instant impact to my team.
08:33And I really don't care what position that is, to be honest with you.
08:37If you're a team like the Ravens, you want to make sure whoever you add is somebody that
08:43you can plug and start right away.
08:45That's really all I care about.
08:47So if it's receiver, make sure that that's somebody that can come and elevate your offense
08:51right away.
08:52If it's a pass rusher, somebody that you don't have to slow walk and hold their hand and
08:58only give them 5% of the snaps to start the season, no, put them out there.
09:02Somebody that you're ready to play right away.
09:04That's really all I care about.
09:06Make sure you go get an impact guy at 14.
09:09I mean, last time they were at 14, they drafted Kyle Hamilton.
09:11That worked out pretty well.
09:13And they didn't necessarily need a safety, so we thought, at that time.
09:17So I'm all for going and getting the guy that you feel like is the best on the board.
09:22Yeah, that was a pick that was criticized by a lot of people.
09:25Kyle Hamilton back at 14.
09:27Cordell, when's the next Fresh Take Sports?
09:30We'll be back tomorrow night.
09:32We're back to our 6-8 time slot, so that'll be cool.
09:36So we'll talk a lot about, obviously, spring training, what's going on down there.
09:41You talked about Kittredge.
09:42We got Alonzo already showing the leadership yesterday.
09:46That was cool to see.
09:48And we'll start to get prepared for the start of the new league year,
09:52try to start brainstorming on some pending Ravens off-season moves as well.
09:56And you can explain to us how we can show up at one winning drive once a month
10:00when there's nothing going on out there.
10:02He's Cordell Woodley.
10:03Fresh Take Sports Cordell.
10:05We appreciate the time, as always.
10:06And we'll catch up with you soon.
10:08That's right.
10:09We won't even get in the gate.
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