00:00As soon as we get to this, let me follow through.
00:02A story by Jason La Confora.
00:06Ravens are going to...
00:07I'm a Red Wing writer, by the way.
00:08That's right.
00:09Ravens are going to end up dealing a cornerback, maybe two.
00:13I'm going to read in part from what he wrote earlier today.
00:18Ravens general manager Eric DaCosta is a few weeks away
00:21from being hard at work trying to trade a few cornerbacks.
00:25At the very least, he'll be listening
00:27and thinking about multiple moves
00:29with Baltimore perhaps having simply too many competent ones
00:33that will not fit on the 53-man roster
00:35at a position in which most teams have a need.
00:38The story goes on later to say,
00:40young veterans like TJ Tampa with size and wingspan
00:44to really make an impact in Minter's quarter's coverage heavy scheme
00:48looked the part as a top corner in the preseason drubbing of the Eagles,
00:52sticking on receivers and breaking on the ball.
00:54The Ravens have let it be known that they think
00:57Tampa has real trade value.
00:59Could he help them secure a really interesting pass catcher
01:03who is stuck in a numbers game on some other roster?
01:08The story goes on to say,
01:09undrafted nickel corner Kaion Martin
01:11looks like the part of someone who can make plays in the slot.
01:15Minter said of Martin,
01:16he plays with a chip on his shoulder
01:18and he's got a knack for making plays.
01:20That's all he does is he keeps doing it.
01:23He makes plays in practice, games, his numbers called,
01:26and you love to see that from guys.
01:29Moving Marlon Humphrey's contract is virtually impossible.
01:32$19.25 million locked up in it.
01:35And so it might be one of these second tier guys
01:38who have been impressive this offseason
01:41that could be available.
01:42And they wrote for an interest.
01:45What Jason LaConfora wrote was for an interesting pass catcher.
01:49He didn't make the comment
01:53that they were,
01:54he did make the comment that they wouldn't be
01:56as particularly interested
01:59in draft picks.
02:00They will want somebody who can help them
02:02at a position of need now.
02:06Is there,
02:06is there a move to be made here?
02:10Well, it's interesting
02:11because you talk about a need
02:13that they perceive
02:14or at least LaConfora perceives,
02:16which is wide receiver.
02:17That's a lion's strength.
02:18Dan Campbell has said
02:19that this might be the strongest
02:20wide receiver room he's ever had.
02:22You look at what people perceive
02:24to be the lion's weakness,
02:25which is the secondary.
02:26And here's LaConfora writing about
02:28how it's a surplus in Baltimore.
02:30These two teams seem like
02:31they should meet up
02:32and talk to each other,
02:33have DaCosta talk to Brad Holmes
02:35or vice versa
02:36and try to work something out.
02:39I think it's interesting
02:40because this is a team
02:42in Baltimore
02:42that just spent two draft picks
02:44on wide receivers.
02:47So maybe the early returns
02:49and they don't like what they see
02:50out of,
02:52out of the Jacoby Lane
02:55from USC
02:56or Elijah Surratt from Indiana.
02:58Indiana, you know,
02:58but those were two
03:00pretty highly thought of receivers,
03:01two big receivers as well.
03:03But nonetheless,
03:04if guys are available,
03:06you're the lions.
03:06You've got to be listening
03:07or you've got to be,
03:08you know,
03:09making this call happen.
03:11And I'm sure Brad Holmes
03:12is working phones around the league
03:13to try to improve his team
03:14in any way he can.
03:15TJ Tampa is
03:17a bigger
03:19defense back,
03:20six foot one,
03:20about 200 pounds.
03:21But like you said,
03:22he's got the length
03:23that is impressive.
03:25He's entering his third year.
03:27And the other guy
03:27that mentioned Keon Martin
03:29is undersized at 5'9",
03:31170.
03:32Do the lions already have
03:33a couple of those guys?
03:34Do they want to add
03:35another undersized guy?
03:36I love that these guys
03:37are willing
03:38to help out
03:39in the run game,
03:41but
03:41at some point
03:42I feel like you need
03:43to get some size.
03:44I'd be interested.
03:45I certainly would be interested
03:47and it sounds like
03:48either one of these guys
03:49might be an upgrade
03:49over what they have
03:50with their depth chart
03:51at the corner.
03:52So I thought
03:53it was interesting
03:54to marry this story
03:55with what
03:56Colton Pouncey wrote today
03:58in The Athletic
03:58regarding the 53-man
04:00roster decisions.
04:01Everybody does this
04:02like once a week
04:04they put together
04:05their current
04:0653-man roster
04:07decision
04:08as some players
04:09get let go
04:10or get hurt
04:10or have definitive
04:11performances one way
04:13or another.
04:14And Colton Pouncey
04:16keeps five wide receivers.
04:17The starters,
04:19Amonra,
04:19Jamison,
04:20and Isaac Tesla.
04:21The reserves,
04:22Greg Dortch
04:23and Dominic Lovett.
04:25Cutting,
04:25Tay Martin,
04:26Tariq Bach,
04:27Cedric Wilson Jr.,
04:28Malik Cunningham,
04:28Tom Kennedy
04:29and Lucky Jackson.
04:31But here's what he writes.
04:32Campbell loves
04:33the depth in this room,
04:34but does he love it enough
04:36to roster six receivers?
04:38St. Brown,
04:39Williams,
04:39Tesla and
04:40Dortch are locks.
04:42Lovett can serve
04:42the purpose
04:43as an upside receiver
04:44with returnability
04:45behind Dortch
04:46and rookie
04:46Kendrick Law's injury
04:47makes it easier
04:48to justify.
04:49There's ongoing
04:50competition for the
04:51number six spot
04:52should the Lions
04:53choose to roster six.
04:54In the end,
04:55I think there could be
04:56room for one more,
04:57but there hasn't been
04:57enough separation
04:58as of yet.
04:59My money would be
05:00on Tay Martin.
05:02Campbell raved about him
05:03Saturday morning,
05:03particularly what he can add
05:04on special teams,
05:05but he has to keep
05:07stacking days.
05:10Okay,
05:10if you're Baltimore,
05:11you're asking for
05:12Isaac Tesla,
05:13right?
05:14Yeah.
05:15You're young,
05:17up and coming wide
05:18receiver who isn't
05:19one of your top two
05:20for one of their
05:21corners that isn't
05:22one of their top two.
05:26I mean,
05:26I really wish Tesla
05:27had caught every pass
05:28thrown to him
05:29on Saturday on
05:29last week.
05:30He didn't.
05:31Apparently,
05:32he made it up for it.
05:32Yep.
05:33There's a lot of talk
05:34about how he's done
05:35some other things
05:35and that's fine,
05:36but at the end of the
05:37day,
05:39you know,
05:39having good film,
05:41the Ravens aren't
05:42privy to what he does
05:43in practice.
05:44I mean,
05:44I guess they could see
05:45the highlight that was
05:45out there on social
05:46media like everybody
05:47else,
05:47but I'm sure they'd
05:48rather see him do it
05:50in a game.
05:51But Scott,
05:52would you move
05:53on from Isaac Tesla
05:55for,
05:55let's say,
05:56a TJ Tampa?
05:57Would the Ravens do
05:57it?
05:58Would the Lions do it?
05:59I probably wouldn't.
06:01I think Tesla
06:02is really highly
06:03regarded being
06:04that number three
06:04guy.
06:06The only way I would
06:07is if your evaluation
06:08says that one of
06:09these guys that
06:09Baltimore has
06:10is somebody who
06:11could step in
06:12and perhaps start
06:13for you.
06:13That's what Tesla
06:14is.
06:15He's going to be
06:15on the field
06:15plenty this year
06:16in a three
06:17receiver set.
06:18So I'm less
06:20reluctant.
06:21I'm more reluctant,
06:22I should say,
06:22to trade Tesla
06:23for something like
06:24that.
06:25However,
06:25they have a number
06:26of wide receivers
06:27in their camp
06:28that maybe it makes
06:29sense for Baltimore
06:30to take a chance,
06:31take a flyer on
06:32Tariq Black
06:32or one of
06:34these other
06:34receivers,
06:35Tay Martin.
06:35These guys,
06:36these are big guys,
06:37six foot three.
06:38But those two
06:38are journeymen.
06:40I mean,
06:40you're not going
06:41to get anything
06:42for them.
06:43What's that?
06:44You're not going
06:44to get anything
06:45for Tariq Black
06:45or Tay Martin.
06:46Probably not,
06:47but I mean,
06:47are they going
06:48to get a ton
06:48for their guys
06:49either?
06:49I mean,
06:50I don't know.
06:50This is Lock
06:52and Ford
06:52putting it out
06:53there saying
06:53that they've
06:54got a surplus
06:54of defensive backs.
06:56You know how
06:57I feel about
06:57defensive backs?
06:58I don't think
06:58you can have
06:59enough healthy
06:59defensive backs
07:00because of the
07:00attrition of the
07:01position.
07:03And similarly,
07:04it kind of goes
07:04also with wide
07:05receivers.
07:06Guys get hurt
07:06all the time.
07:07I mean,
07:07Jameson Williams
07:08is out for the
07:08next day or so
07:10with a shoulder
07:10issue.
07:11They say it's
07:12not a big deal,
07:12but hopefully
07:14it's not a big
07:15deal.
07:15But I'm reluctant
07:18to trade roster
07:19guys as opposed
07:22to a draft pick.
07:23Yeah,
07:24and if Baltimore
07:24wants a roster
07:25guy,
07:26I would imagine
07:29Tesla would be
07:30a starting point
07:31that that might
07:31get done.
07:32I don't know
07:32how Baltimore
07:32feels about him.
07:33There's a player
07:34you could be
07:34using that they
07:35just don't like.
07:36Right,
07:36and you don't
07:36know how Detroit
07:37feels about
07:37ball.
07:37About TJ Tampa
07:38or anybody else
07:40they have to
07:40shop around.
07:41Kang,
07:41I want your
07:42two cents
07:42coming up
07:42since you're
07:43the one
07:43that drafted
07:44Tesla.
07:45I just called
07:46it and say
07:46I wanted it
07:47necessarily.
07:48It's Carson
07:49Anderson,
07:4997.1.
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