00:00Ed, how much do you think the Durham-Smythe injury will impact the Ravens offense?
00:05A lot right now because, I mean, you know how I feel about letting Ricard walk.
00:10Yes.
00:11I think that's why I live with you.
00:13Yeah.
00:13I mean, losing him was a tremendous blow, and I think you see it in the running game
00:17because the offensive line can't get any push, and Ricard was kicking people's asses in front of the way.
00:21Think about it.
00:22He had a 330-pound fullback with a 260-pound running back.
00:25That was a great tandem.
00:27They don't have that anymore.
00:27They bring in Smythe for a blocking tight end because the other guys are not blockers, and now he's out.
00:32So it's going to impact the running game terribly.
00:35So you have the greatest mesh point in the NFL, Jeremy, interrupted because Lamar's out,
00:40and you have a guy who also impacts the running game because he's out.
00:44I know Derek Henry's not living his best life this week.
00:48Yeah.
00:49I mean, look, we've already talked about how many times it feels like he's been hitting the backfield.
00:53If he gets that head of steam, good luck.
00:55Because I think if he gets a chance to start moving forward, I think he's falling forward,
01:00even if he's, you know, even hit behind the line of scrimmage.
01:03But we've seen too many times now, and we had the discussion with Ken McKusick of how much better he
01:07was in Tennessee
01:08on short-yardage situations than he's been here, and it just sounds weird.
01:11Because I don't think he's a bad short-yardage runner, but at some point,
01:15the rubber meets the road with running backs getting older.
01:17But he's not showing signs of slowing down because clearly when he gets outside,
01:22you see him take off.
01:23So, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of issues, wholesale issues,
01:26with the offensive line in this team as far as run blocking goes.
01:28I mean, there's a lot of issues.
01:28I mean, there's a lot of issues.
