We are just over 24 hours away from the first round of this year's NFL Draft, where 32 young men's lives will change forever. Now, you have the opportunity to change one person's life at a time over 40 different ways. And that's by going to KentuckyCobbler.com and choosing your flavor, you know what actually your flavor is because you're not gonna be able to go there and just choose one and be done with it. You have over 40 flavors to choose from of different types of cobbler in literally the perfect size bottle.  While you're watching the NFL Draft tomorrow, you need to be drafting different kinds of cobblers to give to you and your family. So make sure you get on that and I'm gonna get on this episode of NFL Questions from Soaps. First question came from Mr. X and he said, do the Ravens overvalue the draft? I've always wondered and compared within myself the two signing approaches, AKA the Ravens approach and the Rams approach. The draft, as exciting as it is, it's kind of like rolling a dice with a pro bowler, a contributor, a Hall of Famer and a bust all in place. You can get any one of those. If you look at old drafts, the number of pro bowlers often range from five to 30 considering all seven rounds. While we could still get a quality starter, wouldn't it be better to trade for a short thing rather than bargain for a stud who could keep up not being one? Love your videos, keep up the great work. Hashtag Ravens flock. And the question was, do the Ravens overvalue the draft? I think sometimes they can overvalue draft picks and a lot of times that can end up being quantity over quality. Now I know their big saying is the more shot attempts you take, the more chances you have to score, the more chances you have to hit on somebody that really ends up being a difference maker in the NFL and they really end up doing their thing. But I would just, I would much rather than like a scenario that when I was on my guy, Kevin O. Ostrich of his podcast, Lockton Ravens, we were talking about it where somebody asked him, would you rather the Ravens stay with their 10 picks or would you rather them trade up and just have six picks and six high quality picks? Like six picks in like the first three rounds. And I would take that all day because one, they have a higher chance of making a roster. Two, the investment from the Ravens is gonna be there a lot more. And then three, they'll have a much higher chance of being high impact, high quality guys that can be difference makers on this team. So I would love if the Ravens take that approach. And I think that I'm hoping that they will this draft. And I think that they will because I just don't see any scenario where they use all 10 picks. I just don't see that happening. We've heard the rumor that they've called up about trading up. So we'll see if that comes to fruition. But I just think there's no way that they're gonna end up using all 10 picks. I just, I don't see it. And he also asks, this is a weird draft. The good thing is that our weaknesses are the strength of this draft. Cornerback defensive end, defensive tackle, offensive line. And we're picking early, which is great. But the issue is that our strengths are the weaknesses of this draft. QB, tight end, running back, which means players in our needs list are taken first. These mock drafts confuse me. Some have Kyle Hamilton at 13. Others have him at three. I recently saw a Berserk mock draft which had Hutchinson going seventh and Iquanu coming to the Ravens at 14. Like, come on. Hey, it's draft time, so you never know. You really never know. This thing could literally go any which way. He said, I saw a video in which you chose Jordan Davis for the Ravens among four players who could practically be available at 14. He said, let's make it interesting. This is the drafts. Weird things happen. Question, the best players who could be available are KT, Hamilton, Stingley, Jordan Davis. Oh, and Jameson. What Jameson was, okay. Whom would you play for the best to be available at 14? Oh, and he said, here's some help. You could do a mock draft of your own. First and second round only, maybe even first. We really need a reasonable mock with reasonable picks for once. I trust you, bro. Sorry, it's a little too late for me to do that now. But, who would I take out of those guys? Oh man. Jameson, where you're sitting there would be very tempting for me because y'all know how I feel about the Y receivers, man. I just want somebody that's gonna help take us over the top, man. So that would like Stingley, that'd be tempting. That Liz Frank injury. I mean, we got Hollywood recovered now. We got Hollywood in the building. So, his Liz Frank is good now. Hamilton, possible generational talent at safety. And then Tiberto, a possible generational talent as a pass rusher. And he could really help a lot. Then still got Jordan Davis there too. That's tough. Any, many, many more. Probably, for me, out of these, would probably be between Tiberto and Williams. And then after that, Stingley and Jordan Davis and then Hamilton. And it's like, man, this is such a hard question because I literally would not be mad at any of these picks going to the Ravens. I wouldn't be mad at any one of them at all, but to have to choose out of those, that's a lot of pressure. Next question came from Lynetta. She said, Aang Raven, how are you and the family doing? We're doing really good. I hope you're doing even better. Should I have a few questions? To follow up on the last email I sent about our boy Miles Boykin, I'm happy to see that he gets to go to a team that will use him. But not just Miles, I would really like to see everyone get a chance to show what they have to do. Like Tyson Williams, Justice Hill, Josh Oliver and Jaylen Ferguson, just to name a few. I would like to see them more next season if they are there. Now, see, that's very tricky because of depth because of the starters and just because of opportunity. Like with somebody like Tyson Williams, I thought last year was gonna be his opportunity to where he really got to show his stuff a lot, especially since everybody got hurt, but they gave him a couple chances and they were like, you know what, you're done. So that was unfortunate. Somebody like Justice Hill, if everybody's healthy he's not gonna get many opportunities, maybe late in games if there's blowout games which we do hope for. But that's where he would really get his real opportunity and then on special teams too. So he wouldn't really, because we have a JK Dobbins, a Gus Edwards, Justice Hill is not really gonna get that much opportunity. As far as Josh Oliver, same thing. He got two guys in front of him. Obviously, Mark Andrews is the guy for the Ravens at Titan and Nick Boyle, he's out on a field a lot too as a blocker and as a pass catch a little bit here and there too. So Josh Oliver, he wouldn't really see the field like that. Just like last year, he didn't really see the field like that. And I think that contributed to him just really not being able to really get into a rhythm. But again, it's a good problem to have at the Titan position, especially if you got to Mark Andrews as your guy. And then Jaylen Ferguson, ooh, that's a really tricky one, man. I'm hoping that with Jaylen Ferguson, if he's still on a team this year, that the scheme change will be everything for him. And he can really be that defensive end, sort of get a little better at setting the edge and just get more consistent, man. So I hope the best for Jaylen Ferguson, especially if he's gonna remain with the Ravens. So we'll see. She said, why the Ravens have any money to spend on multiple players? Why don't they or do they? I think you meant why don't they? Ravens are very close to the cap. They're always around it. Of course, they could maneuver and manipulate this thing if they really wanted to, but that's not really the route that they like to take. So with that being said, they, yeah, they're very close. So if they really want somebody, they can make it happen. But it's about, if that person really wants the Ravens too, it's gotta go both ways. But there has to really be significant interest. And I'm sure they're gonna do some more things to clear up some more space, whether that's given Marcus Peters an extension. That's one that we kind of been waiting for, but hasn't happened yet. And maybe the Ravens are like one of those people who, they like, we know what we can do as far as the Marcus Peters thing, but let's try to maximize everything this way first before we even touch Marcus Peters deal. So, and then I still think, depending on when they draft the cornerback, we gonna see, man, but I'm just wondering why this Marcus Peters thing hasn't happened yet. But maybe they're just trying to exhaust all other options before they get to giving him an extension. So, she also said, do you think that Greg Roman will make it through the whole season this season? I'm wondering, what do you think? Thanks for all that you're doing. I appreciate you. Hey, I appreciate you, Lynetta. Now, as far as Greg Roman, is he gonna make it through this whole season? Oh man, I, I, if he does, that could be a good thing. Cause that would mean Ravens offense was doing a good job or it could mean they just get him by. But if he doesn't, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. Cause that mean, that could mean that the Ravens like really decided to hold him accountable.  What no excuses to be given to anybody, none, no excuses. Provide everybody with what they need. Give them what they can do to possibly be the best at their job, whatever their job may be, and let the chips fall where they will. So, I'm hoping with Greg Roman, hey, if he's given everything that he needs to succeed and he doesn't succeed with this offense, and again, everything's not on him. The players, they still gotta play the game. He can call the best players in the world, but if the players don't execute the right way, then it could fail. But I just really hope that, I hope it doesn't fail, obviously. Hopefully that vault is unlocked, but I just wanna see everybody do good, man. Straight up, that's all we want every year, especially on offense, especially with just what we have on offense and the potential of what we could possibly add after the draft on offense. We just wanna see everybody do well. But if I had to just answer the question, do I think Greg Roman's gonna make it through the whole year? No.  What I mean? You to take, keep it clean. 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And yeah, a lot of our questions will finally get answered, which we have been waiting on for so long. Ain't no more mock drafts no more. You can throw all the mock drafts away. So it'll be time for the real thing. So let's get into these last questions before the draft tomorrow. That's running, man. Speaking of mock drafts, the next question came from my guy, Stone. He said, hey, what's up? Been great. I hope the family is doing great and enjoying the off season. This is my final and favorite mock draft I've done so far. Getting the ad rushing, why receiving the first two rounds and addressing all the other needs throughout the later rounds. Let me know how you feel about this one. So let me see. Oh, so he went up to picks overall pick seven. So he traded with the Giants pick 14 and a third round and a fourth round pick to move all the way up to seven. No problem with that at all. He got a cave on tibetal. Okay, cool. Nice. Next, he traded with the Jets. He traded, he received the Jets, the pick overall 35. So what's that 33, 34, 35, the third overall pick in the second round. He received that in a third round pick as well. And he gave the Jets the Raven second round pick, their sixth round pick from this year and a second round pick from next year. And he took George Pickens. Y'all know, y'all know I'm on board with that. So the draft is done for me. I'm done.  But anyway, he also got in round three, Brian Asamoa, a linebacker, in round, oh, in round three, he doubled down at wide receiving. He took Romeo doob. So I don't know anything about him, but hey, I trust you because you got them first two right. In round three, he also got a tackle, Kellen Deich, around four. He got a defensive lineman, Matthew Butler, in round four, he also got a cornerback. Oh, Kobe Bryant, I've been hearing a lot about him. Round four, he also got a tight end jig from Maryland. Been hearing a lot about him too. And then round four, he also got another cornerback, Josh Joby. So he doubled down. And then, oh, in round seven, he got another cornerback, Joshua Williams. So yeah, you put in a lot of work for this one and you definitely addressed cornerback a lot. All in Rams approach, but in the draft. Next question came from my boy, Steven Kay. He said, without ripping my head off, can I ask something? With a lot of holes to fill, I wanted to see what would happen if you traded all of our future picks for picks in this year's draft and all in Rams approach, but within the draft. Wow, you said all of our future picks for picks in this year's draft. That's a lot of rookies. That's a whole lot of rookies. You really think that many rookies, they gonna be able to come in and really take this team over? Let's hear it out.  Anyway, he said, I know these aren't proven players. Okay, see, I should've just kept reading. I know these aren't proven players, but I just feel like this mock gave so much quality over quantity. Probably 10 starters. It's a gamble whether you draft them this year or the next. And next year you could keep trading future picks like 20, 25 picks to get them for next year's draft. Now, rinse and repeat. I know this is unrealistic, but look at the whole. I honestly feel if we had our team in these players, no way we wouldn't destroy everyone. And again, if we got all these players, we fill in the holes which we all know can't be filled in one draft. We get Lyman, a weapon. Vintage Ravens defense, Lamar is happy. This is how my draft went. 16th pick overall, Devin Lloyd. 17, Jordan Davis. 18, Tyler Lindenbaum. 19, Trevor Penning. 25, Traylon Burks. 30, Arnold Abicti. The big tie. I don't know how to say that last name. 45, Leo Chanel. 48, Cam Taylor Britt. 53, Marcus Jones. 66, Greg Dolkich. 74, Fadarian Mathis. 97, Zach Tom. And 114, Kobe Bryant. He said, would our defense not be what it used to be? Would our offense not be insane? Would this not hold us off for two years of drafting? I mean, if we traded all our picks for next year, then yeah, it would hold us off. He said, this even got us depth. Again, the Costa, I'm sure it would do it better if we went all in and did this. I just wanted to see the take of this kind of method. I just want to know your thoughts on this concept. And he said, in this draft with some of the trades that he made, he traded away Chuck Clark, Tyus Bowser and Duvenay during this mock. No force trades either. Woof. So he got us a lot of picks and a lot of players. Wow. Yeah, this is a lot. Definitely some heavy impact guys right from the jump. Devon Lloyd, that would definitely help us that linebacker give us a linebacker of the future. And the president, Jordan Davis, interior pressure, Lindenbaum, a player, a center pinning, trailing Birx all around type of wide receiver. You hit on a lot of stuff here, but like you did say, it's not realistic. And you know Ravens, they ain't going all in with the draft picks like that. Next question came from my guy Noah. He said, ain't Raven hope you and the people around you doing well? Got a short question, but one I would like to get your thoughts on. If you could pick a couple of players in the later rounds, which players would you see as hidden gyms in this draft class? And although this is a tricky job, even in the earlier rounds, I'm hoping the Ravens can find other hidden superstars with their many fourth round picks, such as previous Mark Andrews or Orlando Brown Jr. Keep up the great work and let's hope the Ravens can come back with a vengeance. So hidden superstars. Ooh, see, this is where I would be a little bit worried. If the Ravens felt like they could get a sort of quote unquote hidden superstar in the later rounds. I just, and when I think about superstars, I think about, you think about your quarterbacks, you think about wide receivers, maybe tight ends. You think about weapons in my opinion.  If it's a superstar on defense, I would trust them later rounds. Okay, cool. Will it be a superstar? You never know. But as far as playmakers on offense, that would worry me. That would worry me because I would just be scared that they would be, if they got somebody in the later rounds and they started talking and superstars talking in the later rounds, I just don't feel like the investment would be there from the Ravens in. I just don't feel like it would be there. And their middle round selections haven't really been the best so far. Hopefully it starts to improve a bit. But I just, for the Ravens and superstar, I'm thinking on offense that I just, I don't know if I would trust them right now to go get a superstar in the later rounds. I don't, and what I mean when I say that is as far as the blossoming and the development of whatever particular player I just, I don't think I would trust it. Next question came from the gold at one eight. He said, what would you say our record for the upcoming season will be and how far will we make it into the playoffs? Any personal accolades for players or coaches? And finally, who's your breakout player for each side of the ball? Love the Viz and keep up the great work. And shout out to you and shout out to the mock draft that you sent me with the presentation and all that too. We appreciate it. So our record for the upcoming season, if everybody's staying healthy was 17 games. I'd say like, if everybody's staying healthy, maybe like 13 and four or yeah, like 13 and four, 12 and five, I would say around there, if everybody stays healthy, how far do we make it into the playoffs? Oh man, this is the one right here. If everybody stays healthy, and then see everybody could be healthy, but then you need a lot more than that to the playoffs. Oh, it would just depend so much on where this offense is, the direction of the offense. So I'll say at least to the divisional round, hopefully at least ASC championship, hopefully. Obviously, hopefully winning the Super Bowl, but realistic expectations right now before the draft, before they draft, whoever they're gonna pick. I would say at least to the divisional round right now. And yeah, if everybody's healthy, I'd say at least to the divisional round. Hopefully they go further. And again, the team's still not done being constructed yet, but that's what I'm saying for right now. Any personal accolades for players or coaches? I think Hollywood will go over 1300, Andrews, he go over 1100. I think Bateman, he could get a stack too. And if you like Lamar, he could throw for like, throw for like 4,200, maybe 4,400, maybe even 4,500, just to be able to have things off. If they gonna be throwing like they were throwing last year for a little point in time, then a year. But you know, they still gonna be running the ball a lot too. J.K. Dobbins, him getting over a stack. Gus Edwards, they could both get over a stack. There's a lot of numbers I'm over here throwing out in there. He said, and finally, who's your breakout player for each side of the ball? Oh, breakout player. Defensive side of the ball, maybe a die-fail way. He started to break out last year, but he has some inconsistencies last year. So I'd say maybe a die-fail way. Offensive side of the ball, probably Bateman. Next question came from my guy Dominic. He said, hey man, hope everything's good. It's you and the family. I've been thinking this upcoming draft is maybe like the first one where we are really up in the air about this 14th pick. I agree. It's just so many ways we could go. Me personally, I think the Ravens have a couple of players on their draft ball where they think are worth the 14th pick. I think the Ravens at 14th pick all just depends on how the ball falls. What do you think? Of course, for sure. That's the biggest thing it depends on how the ball falls. Cause they could have some guys that end up dropping that they didn't expect. They could have some guys that end up getting picked early that they didn't expect. He said, I think one of the players that doesn't get a lot of talk is Jermaine Johnson to the Ravens. I've been hearing that a lot. Maybe we've been listening to two different sets of people but I've been hearing Jermaine Johnson to the Ravens a whole lot. He said, I know we need to get young on the interior but we still have a couple of unknowns at the edge position in Ferguson and Hayes and how Tyus would be when he comes back. I think adding to our edge rushes with a second year away and first year Johnson will make us much better. What do you think? Oh, for certain, that'd be a nice move. But we also need interior pressure too. So yeah, they still, they brought back Kaleas' cam but they signed Michael Pierce. He still had Matt Obique going in his third year. So hopefully, oh, that could be another candidate for breakout players. So hopefully he would be. So yeah, I mean, I wouldn't be mad if they got him but they just, they need more pressure from the interior as well. Obviously exterior as well. You need to get pressure from all over but I think interior would just make such a big difference for everybody. So Jermaine Johnson, but I've been hearing about that a lot and I know a lot of y'all have too. Being unique. Next question came from my guy Phil Monty. He said, I ain't graven, hope all is well. Oh, everything is great. I see that left tackle could be something we figure out and I think one option would be someone who won't be on their team soon. Although he was injured last year, I believe this guy could be an interesting pick and even a trade piece if he doesn't work out with us. What do you think of, oh, Mackay Bekton from the Jets. Ooh, I just read something about that at that some people don't think he'll ever play for the Jets again. Oh man, big boy and if he's healthy, oh yeah. But I just think the Ravens, I think for them to get somebody like that. Man, that'd be something right there. I don't see it happening though, not for the Ravens. Now if, ooh, they're not gonna just cut them. They're not just gonna straight up cut them. They will definitely trade them, try to get some assets for them. How much years does he have left on his deal, man? Let me see. As a player, no problem, no problem at all. But yes, yeah, I looked him up. That's the first thing. Many in NFL believe Mackay Bekton would ever put on a Jets jersey again. He came out in 2020, so 2020, 2021. So he has two years left on his rookie deal and then he still has a fifth year option. Ooh, okay, so that would put them in line for, 2025 will be in this fifth year? Yeah, 2020, 2021, two, three. Oh, four would be the fifth year, can't count. So yeah, I would be down for it. I would be down for it. Then you'd be loaded on an offensive line because think about it, you have Ronnie Stanley, you got Morgan Moses, and Morgan Moses would probably be looking at Mackay Bekton like, you part of the reason why I wasn't a starter last year. But anyway, you, oh, yeah, I would like that. I would like that, I'm glad you brought that up. Cash for Cinco. Next question came from a boy, Josh. He said, hey, what's up, engraving, how you doing? I hope you and the family are good. It's been a little minute since I sent in a question. So I was thinking because I've seen stuff about Daniel Jones and the other people getting their fifth year option picked up, I was wondering because I remember when EDC said he was gonna pick up Hollywood's fifth year option. So my question is, do you think we'll be picking up Hollywood's fifth year option? I will pick it up because he's been progressing every year and looking better every year. I just saw a stat today saying that Hollywood's route running win rate is 48%, which is eighth best in the NFL. 91 completions, which was 12th best and he had 1,000 yards, which he was like the most recent receiver since I think Mike Wallace. Hopefully we will and we'll do videos. Can't wait to see what this channel has in stake for the future. I can see you being on his level as Jeff. Much thanks for everything. I know about all that part, but thank you, man. It's weird. Like we've been hearing more and more and more about different players options, fifth year options getting picked up from that draft class, but still haven't heard about Hollywood's yet. And with the deadline is next week, is it May 2nd? It's early, early next week. I forgot exactly when. But Ravens, they usually do the fifth year like last minute. So we just gotta wait it out. We gotta wait it out. Man, I just, I'm thinking about the draft and thinking about just possibilities that I don't wanna think about. So we'll just see how it goes. Question came from my guy, Jonas. He said, hey man, Ravens fan from Belgium here. Oh, what's up, man? Love watching videos and especially your balanced opinions which you aren't too proud to chance from time to time. Keep up the good work. Appreciate it, Jonas. My question is the following. Do you think JK Dobbins or Marcus Peters could be a candidate for comeback player of the year? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. But even more so Lamar Jackson. But anyway, he said both of them are in a very different stage of their career. But I feel Peters is the kind of player who has that special fighter mentality. Oh, you know he does. You know he does, man. Dobbins in my opinion was gonna have a great season before that injury took him out. Yeah, he was gonna have an increased roll, more touches. So you know he would have done his thing. Well, I don't know behind that offensive line but he would have done it anyway. Dobbins in my opinion was gonna have a great year before the season ending injury took him out. But if he can bounce back and we get some online help in the draft he could have a big year as well, right? Who do you think will be back stronger? Or do you have another Ravens player that was injured who you think will have a bigger impact? Love to hear your opinion. Have a great day and God bless. Yeah, so come back player of the year. I mean Lamar, why not? Next question came from my boy Michael C. He said, in Graven, hope you and the fam are doing well. Just wanted to let you know that you are my number one Ravens insider slash channel on YouTube and it's great to see how big you've grown. Oh yeah, I have put on a lot of weight over time but yeah, I appreciate it. First time, long time. Just wanted to know your opinion and how it stands on why are the Ravens always strapped for cap every year since 2001. How can all these other teams pay top dollar money for a quarterback, top money for a receiver and a couple players on defense and even the other line, the offensive line and still be competitive. I've looked at it over the years and where all our money is allocated and it just does not make sense to me how we cannot afford to pay anybody and how we are always hurting and always in this position that we have to penny pinch. Hope this wasn't too long and let me know your thoughts. With that, it's tricky because with the Ravens, yeah, we always hear how they have such a limited amount of cap space but the one thing about the Ravens, they don't normally pay outside free agents a lot of money but a lot of times with their own free agents, they will pay them significant money.  So they will have guys on their own roster that they drafted that they'll pay so they don't like giving out a lot of outside money. They like giving their money to their homegrown guys so I think that's a big part of it and they don't like doing the whole sort of all-in approach to cash-over-cap approach, that's not their style. It really never has been. Y'all know I wish they would do it a little bit more but it's not to be expected. Next question came from my guy, Makai. He said, I wanted to ask about your thoughts on the Orlando Brown trade. A year later, I think it worked out for us. One, because we got away and two, because it hindered what Kansas City could do. We did get Adafi away and he's been good and I think he can be a very, very good player but I just don't think the Ravens ever addressed replacing him, replacing Orlando Brown Jr. properly. That's it. Anyway, he said, if I told you a year ago that with the Chiefs trading for Orlando Brown that they would be able to re-sign, they would not be able to re-sign Honey Badger and they had to trade Tyreek Hill, I think most fans will see that as a win for not just the Ravens but the rest of the NFL. We're gonna see how they do though, man. It's gonna be very interesting. I'm so excited to see the Chiefs play without Tyreek Hill and I'm super excited, even more excited to see the Dolphins play with Tyreek Hill. I just wanna see how they do that, man. I wanna see how they just, yeah, I just wanna see it, man. He said that one last thing, I hear people say that if we had Orlando Brown Jr. then Lamar wouldn't have gotten hurt against the Browns. I highly disagree. Lamar got hurt from the Blitzing linebacker coming from the right side of the line. Brown would have had no impact on that play. Also, people say that our O-line and team would have been better if we kept him but me personally, I would rather have five years of Chief Adafi away than just one year of Orlando Brown. Keep up the good work. Well, would Orlando Brown, had you had him, the offensive line, the quality of it would have been better? And I mean, that's one of those things that we just never know. As far as the play with the Browns and stuff with Jock, Indra, and Lamar, it was just one of those things that if Orlando Brown Jr. was there, who knows what could have happened? But he's definitely made the offensive line a lot better and it's very important that the Ravens, and they did sign Morgan Moses so that was nice. So that's an upgrade over Alejandro, but they also got to look at long-term options at right tackle, and then left tackle too because Ronnie Stanley's status, you just never know. Next question came from a guy called, he said, hey there man, big Howdy from Texas. Oh, shout out to Texas, man. Everybody from Texas would be so nice, man. Everybody that I know from Texas, they'd be super, super, super nice, man. But anyway, he said, hope you and the family are doing well. I don't know if I believe too much in Patrick McCary as our center and honestly, I think the Ravens are better off just addressing their D-Line issues and free agency just so they know what they're getting from past performances. So with that being said, I really do believe it is in our best interest to go after someone like Tyler Lindenbaum in the draft. Just want to hit your perspective on that, Team Keeper Clean, stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. All right, oh, Lindenbaum. Well, this would be a very interesting one. If they, Ravens don't usually take centers early. So that would be something. If they did get him, I don't see that 14. Maybe if they traded back and got like two first round picks, they got them late, maybe. But I don't see that 14. Cause for them, that would be the Ravens really going against the Ravens green. Because who, they got Bradley Bozeman and they ain't even playing that center initially. They ain't even played them at center in this last year. But they got Bradley Bozeman in, what was he, a fifth or sixth round pick, something like that. They got Matt Scurra, he was late, Patrick McCary, he was undrafted. Ryan Jensen, he was a late round pick too. I think, what was he, a fourth round pick? I don't even remember, but definitely wasn't first, second, or third. So I just don't see it happening. Is it too soon? Next question came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, happy draft week. You continue to do an outstanding job of delivering Ravens updates, offering a perspective and keeping his fans interested and engaged. Please don't ever be discouraged by the words of those who show inability to keep it clean. Appreciate it, man. Unfortunately, despite the advantages that social media can provide its users, it also has become a platform for dark-minded people to become internet bullies and a megaphone for people to spew hatred and mal-content. Fortunately, they do not control the thoughts of people like you and me. That is a very, very good point. Cause yeah, something that we always say social media, it is a gift and it's a curse. But again, one of the best features, block. Question, is it crazy to believe that EDC is already entering his fourth season, his fourth off season in the GMC and his fourth opportunity to build a better offense around Le Mar? Most of us like and respect the Costa. One, for not leaving when other organizations attempted to steal him from us during Ozzie's reign and for his overall love for the Ravens organization. It's true. Cause we would always hear every year, oh, this team want to interview Eric the Costa.  He said, when I started thinking about grading EDC's performance so far, it sparks concerns. When I look at what he has done, I asked the question, has he done anything to improve the team? Bateman looks like he could be a superstar in the making, but drafting him was a no-brainer. He also signed Marcus Peters, but is the team better since EDC took the helm? Dare I say no. Is it too soon in Raven to start holding EDC accountable for being ineffective in his management of the roster and confusion on what to do about Greg Roman? Has the time come to place a spotlight on him if he continues to fail to complete a significant free agent signing or draft the future Hall of Famer? As the elite teams and the AFC continue to improve with the big time trades, free agency pickups and great drafting, EDC has been unable to sign a top 10 receiving talent or a linebacker to free agency and has not drafted particularly well in his tenor. Am I right about this or am I over analyzing? I don't think you're over analyzing because that's part of the job. Just being critical about the job, what has happened, it's a results driven league as we all know and as we've all heard before. And it's about what have you done? What have you accomplished? And yeah, I know I talked about it in a previous episode of questions from Sub where one of my guys, he was talking about how him and his dad, think of my guy Harry about him and his dad, they Ravens fans and they were comparing Ozzie and EDC. And EDC is super early. Like Ozzie was doing the thing for so long, EDC just started. But it's about what you've done, what you've accomplished. So has he done this bad, terrible job? No, could he have done a lot better? Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. And I think as far as the draft, his job around the draft, I just got to get more impactful players, man. We got to get more from his draft and he's been getting better every year but it's still some room for improvement. And as far as the roster building is getting a top wide receiver, oh man, don't get me started on that one. And I feel like with, as far as the trades, we know Eric DeCasse is more aggressive than the Ozzie Newsome. But the trades that he's done, the biggest trades that he's done has been for fifth round picks, fifth round pick for Marcus Peters, fifth round pick for Calais Campbell. And a lot of the other trades for other top players and whatnot, they didn't go through, they didn't go through. And that's whether Ravens didn't wanna give something else up or they just, cause we hear a lot of almost stuff. And again, is Eric DeCasse a bad GM? No, not a bad GM, but there's definitely some room for improvement and that's fine. He said, if DeCasse has another draft on par with the past three and continues to be incapable of signing the type of significant talent that will help Le Mans have the type of season that will catapult him and this team to the next level, should we start calling for our beloved GM's head? If the Ravens don't become better as a whole, could it be time to move on or am I being too critical too soon? I don't necessarily think you're being too critical too soon, but time to move on. Nah, I don't think so yet. Nah, it's too early for that. I don't think so yet. But I'm hoping that things can improve now, you mentioned, about if he continues to be incapable of signing the type of significant talent that will help Le Mans have the type of season that will catapult him. It just always, I always get reminded of Josh Allen. And Josh Allen, everybody was like, man, this guy here, he got a big on, but is he really anything special? This guy, wow, he's not really doing anything significant. Big on, but what's there? Like he's inaccurate, he's a lot of overthrows. Need to put a little touch on the ball, and ooh, man. They got him Stephan Diggs, took Josh Allen from here to there. So, that's another one of the reasons that I would love for the Ravens to really get that guy that you could add to a Hollywood, you could add to a Bateman to just help take them over the top. So, but is it too soon to be critical? No, is it too soon to be calling for Eric Dacasa's head? No, I don't think so. Oh, no, I answered that wrong. I meant, yes, I do think it is too soon to be calling for Eric Dacasa's head. Next question came from my boy Steven. He said, what's up in Raven? First off, wanna thank you, and for all you do, know for real, my guy gave yourself a pat on the back. I've been following this channel since the beginning of last off season, so I guess it's like a one-year friend anniversary. Subscriber anniversary or something in that ballpark. I appreciate it, happy anniversary. And he said, may your family be blessed for all the time and the effort you yourself put in making others day better.  LOL, boy, you ain't lying, man. Anytime something happen with the Ravens or anything with whatever, all these mess, hey, what's the video, what's the video, what's the video? But it's all good, man. He said, I got a couple of questions, so I'm gonna try to make it quick. Ooh, this ain't really looking like it's quick. But anyway, he said, what do you think of Trent McDuffie? I love Trent McDuffie. He reminds me, I always say, he reminds me of Marcus Peters, man. Remind me of a little Marcus Peters, man. So if the Ravens got him, I wouldn't be mad, not one bit. But he said, I think he's a mix of Marlon and Marcus when it comes to the footwork. Being physical and tight, man to man, reminds me so much of Marlon and oh yeah, he don't miss, he don't mind fruit punching that thing out of there. But what's crazy, as soon as the ball touches his hands, he turns directly into Marcus Peters. That's the one. I think he's a gymnast, Draft. And I do like Sauce, don't get me wrong, but I rather the Ravens not be the team where Sauce has to adapt or enhance his game. It's just not their strength. And plus, Sauce is coming off an unbelievable college career, not giving up a single touchdown. It's gonna take some adapting for Sauce. And with Stingley, I just don't wanna end up in an Anthony, Avery, Tavon Young, or even Elliot with banking on a talent of a player from freshman tape. I'm sorry, it's not enough to bank on. Ooh. So what are your thoughts on all three of those guys? Also, who is your favorite receiver in this draft? Whether they are day one or day two guys. Seeing your influence on Bateman, and I wanna see if you can nail another one. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Hey, that was my guy, man. Yeah, I would be down for McDuffie all day. Stingley, yeah, as long as he's healthy, that'd be straight, too. And Sauce, I won, cause Sauce not really an inside corner like that. So I wonder if they got Sauce, you know he's gonna play, but would they kick Marlon to the inside for him? Or would he just be like sort of on the bench? Cause would they put Brandon Stevens on the inside? Or would they have Brandon Stevens playing on the outside and Marlon on the inside? Like what would they do? So I'm just, I wonder about that. And that's really what any corner. Cause we had the same conversation about any corner that they possibly brought in. Favorite receiver though, for me, Pickens, Williams, Williams, James and Williams. Maybe Gary Wilson, but Pickens number one for me. That's my favorite one. All right, he said number two, with so many returning this year from injury, name two players off of faith and big trust who you have the most trust in to bounce back and have the best season. So he said, to me, it's Juice Man and JK. Mine will be two players, Lamar Jackson and JK Dobbins. Especially cause JK has been through this injury before. Marcus Peters is another one. Like you just know just by how, just the attitude he got, he ain't gonna have no bad season. Like he gonna bounce back in the big, as long as he stays healthy, he gonna bounce back, man. And Marlon Humphrey, I'm very confident in him bouncing back to because he should have Marcus Peters on the other side and he'll have more help around him. Ooh, Marlon Humphrey, ooh, they was all on him last year, boy. He has some highs, but he had a lot of lows too, boy.  Marlon Humphrey just got straight up doled, went doled. So with him getting his boys back and then the Ravens, of course, adding some more people in there, that should help him out a whole lot.  And JK, I'm only going off his rookie year when the Ravens planned on having to rotate him back by committee type system. By the end of the year, everyone knew who our lead back was. That's big to me, shows work ethic, dedication and determination to not only get on the field, but stay on the field. Two backs, well three, if you count Justice Hill, he really emerged as the top back on a team that had three experienced backs returning on a team. And he said, pray you and the fam, stay safe. So yeah, I could definitely see JK Dobbins being a bounce back. Got Ravens like, since they had so many people injured, they got so many people that could bounce back. And we really hope all of them do. Next question came from my boy YPC. He said, ain't Raven, I just wanted to let you know how I can see the Ravens address the draft with their first pick. So here it goes. I can see the Ravens draft in Jordan Davis because the Ravens have five guys, shout out to the Burgers on a defensive line coming off an injury like at OA with the shoulder injury.  Michael Pierce, Tyus Bowser with Achilles. And with Jordan Davis, his ability to make everybody's job easier can help those guys during the season, where they don't have to do much and risk another injury. I don't see Ravens going into the draft with the best play available mentality. What I mean by that is drafting a safety or center inside lineback or a wide receiving the first round because the past three years, Ravens drafted positions that they needed to address that were top concerns like Hollywood, Patrick Queen and Bateman and also a doubt fair way. I can see if the Ravens acquire another defensive tackle past Russian this year's draft. Anyway, wanted to know your thoughts on this. So, with their first pick, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think they definitely go in defense and it just depends on how it falls, whether it's the interior defensive lineman and the edge guy or a cornerback. Next question came from my guy, Rave Kingdom. He said, I ain't Raven. Shout out to you and the fam. Top ball as well. I feel like James Proshay, Duvenay, Wallace, Brown and Bateman are a young core with development and focusing on. I don't think we need to add another young wide receiver to focus on. To fix everyone's mouth, watering, urge to get a wide receiver, how about this? Let's sign Julio and bring in Derz Bryant. They almost reminded me of when we added Anquan Boulder and Jacobi Jones to bring veteranship and experience around the young core we had. Then let's use the draft to sign Jordan Davis and address defensive depth. Last time we did this, we won a Super Bowl. Your thoughts? I mean, we just brought in Derz Bryant in 2020. We ain't even sniff a Super Bowl. Derz Bryant would be a no. Julio, I wouldn't mind if they brought in Julio, but as long as they signed it, I mean, they drafted a young wide receiver too. Early. Think I'm bringing Julio, all right, cool, whatever. I ain't got no problem with it, but you got to draft another wide receiver early in a big dog wide receiver, man. Not just, oh, the third, fourth, fifth round, no, no, no. First or second round, you got to get one, then if you don't bring in Julio. Potential moves that would make us better. Next question came from Terry. He said, what's up in Graven? Hope you and the family are good and staying safe and living life. Wanted to ask you, if it's okay if I get your opinion for things, I would like the Ravens to do to officially make us a Super Bowl contending team. And if you would like to change some stuff up with what I said, please do. First, we trained Lamar Jackson to draft Malik Willis. He said, okay, let me stop. And sorry, this is long. He was just trolling. But he said, but first, we re-signed Justin Houston, give us a great experience and more depth at the edge position. I'd rather do David and Clowney. First change right there, but let me let you keep going. He said, second, we getting an already established wide receiver in the league that can be healthy and it's a big body wide receiver to me. It don't matter if we get a wide receiver one or go big body in a draft, we need to address the wide receiver room. Hollywood is our oldest wide receiver. Shaw Bateman is our tallest wide receiver. And our room is full of small body receivers if we add another great playmaker and is a huge optional third downs. And there's a 50-50 catcher. And that makes Hollywood and Bateman and Mark Andrews jobs better. Even Lamar, we legit love it. I love it. I would change nothing about that. Love that one. As far as the draft, I wouldn't mind if we stayed at 14 and drafted Jordan Davis for interior pressure, but I would like to see us trade up for rounds one or two. And I say a team we should target and trade are the Packers. And with that first or second round pick, we get Jaylen Petrie from Baylor, a guy who can play outside and inside and is a physical tackler and great in force and turnovers. And then we get our guy pickings. And in later rounds, we address tackle center and linebacker. This draft is filled with talent in rounds one through five. And the Ravens have a great history of developing centers in later rounds like Ryan Jensen and Bradley Baldwin. Hey, we were just talking about that a little bit ago. He said, also we can go Jaylen Ramsey knowledge and say that the team keeping clean version, which is for get them picks. That's less neat. He said, I would like to get your opinion. If there's anything that you were doing in scenario, then what are the moves other than that? Stay safe and trust. This was fun, man. I like it. I like it. Cause you ain't playing, man. You like, the Y-R-E-C-O-P-O was my favorite. Yeah. Like I said, the only thing I would change, Jadavian Clown, he's still sitting there. He posted up. I know there's been all that talk about him possibly going back to the Browns. Yeah, cool. Coming to the Ravens, man. Next question came from my guy, Bullet A-Tracks. He said, what's good and Raven love the videos? I think the answer we've been looking for in this draft, George Pickens is the perfect player for the Ravens. Done. We should end the video right here. We got one more question over. Let's just keep going. He said, he is the big body outside wide receiver of the marking throw the jump ball to my favorite part. Isn't his play, is his attitude? Yes, I agree. Like his on field attitude is aggressive, which I think the offense needs a little more. In college, he was picking fights with dudes and got up and people's faces after big play. The only problem is he's going very early in a second, which we don't have a pick there. If I were the Ravens, I would trade either pick 14 for possibly two later first rounders and use one on Pickens or package pick 45 with another round pick to take Pickens. We need this dude. What are your thoughts? He's been my favorite guy. He's been my favorite guy. So I'm right there with you. I got no argument, no rebuttal. I'm with you on this all day. Next question came from my guy, Phil. He said, I've heard and read some reports saying that Vegas is willing to trade Darren Waller who wants a new contract, even though he still has two years left on his current contract. We need another catching tight end to take some of the workload off Andrews. What are your thoughts? Oh man. I did see something the day that said that they are absolutely not trading him at all. I did see that thing about him possibly going to the Packers and I was like, whoa. Then I saw something today that said that he ain't going nowhere. So we'll see. We'll see, cause things could change like that. Now, I would love it. I would love it. But how much is he getting paid? Forget the money though. Mark Andrews and Darren Waller. If they were to get those two, you're not going to hear me talking about a receiver anymore because that's like having another tall, big body frame, 50-50 receiver right there. That's it. And they both got good speed. They can both run, oh my goodness. I would love it. I would love if they got Darren Waller. We know it's not going to happen. But I would love it so much. I would love it for the Ravens. I would love it for Darren Waller. Sort of a redemption story like I'm back. I'm back and better than ever. And I would love it for Lamar. I would love it for the Ravens. I would love it for Greg Roman. I would just love it. But it's not going to happen. And the last question on this, I know this was a lengthy episode of questions from subs. It came from my guy Chase. He said, yet another mock draft. And this is going to be the last mock draft that we do on here. And that's it. That's it. Probably the next time I see y'all after this video, unless something ends up happening before the draft and you know what the NFL usually it does. But next time I plan on seeing y'all after this video will be for the live stream during the first round. So, but you know, again, NFL probably is crazy. So something's gonna go down. He said, I ain't graven. Hope you're in the family and pookie included of course. And all the team keep it clean on doing well. I've been playing with mock drafts a lot lately and I have been a very firm believer that the Ravens don't need to draft the receiver early. In fact, most of my drafts have no receiver until round four at the earliest. Well, you might as well keep them then. So I think the Ravens have some playmakers on the roster that they just need to utilize. Okay, that's fair. I have been prioritizing defense showing up the line corner and edge usually picking up a wide receiver with either pick 100 or 119. However, making some trades in my most recent draft I think I found a way to make us both happy as you've been emphasizing quality over quantity. The trades I made give us one first three seconds. Oh, two thirds and four fourths. Oh, I love it. Still 10 picks, but none lower than the first round. So, oh, you mean none lower than the fourth round. So without further ado, here's my draft along with a description of each player provided by PFF. All right, a trade with the Saints. Give them pick 14 for pick 1949, 98 and a second round from next year. Okay, so you give them pick 14 for a lot and you only move them down five spots. He said 19, you draft Travis Jones, defensive lineman. Trade with the Jets to receive 35 and 38 in exchange for 49, 76, 141 and 196 in the second round from New Orleans. And then at 35, you draft David Ajabo, edge guy. And hopefully we'll see how his recovery goes. I feel like we should still take a risk. When he's healthy, I think he'll be a steal. All right, pick 38, George Pickens. All right, draft done, draft done. But anyway, if pick 45, Jaylen Petrie, 98, I'm sure I'm saying his last name wrong. But anyway, you all pick 98, D'Angelo Malone, edge guy. Pick 100, Damari Mathis, cornerback. Pick 110, Matthew Butler, defensive line. Pick 110, Kellen Deisch, tackle. Pick 128, Rashal White, a running back. Oh, pick 139, Matt Willetsko, a tackle. Just wanna get your opinion on my draft if you have the time and interest. Of course, you have me at 38, 38, I'm good to go, man. I'll pack it up, I'm done. You got George Pickens, oh, I'm straight now, man. And he said Jones was the bright spot on Connecticut's roster this season at six foot five, 333 pounds. He's a monstrous space, eating nose tackle, but he can be a little bit more than that. He's racked up 25 pressures and 21 run stops on the season and played well at the senior bowl. Ajabo has only played 26 career snaps before 2021, but, oh, excuse me, yeah, he played only 26 career snaps before 2021, but he made his presence felt in a big way this season, earning an 86.9 pass rushing grade on 300 pass Russian snaps giving his physical tools. The Michigan product is still only scratching the surface of his potential. Sounds like Ajabo. Pickens towards ACL last spring and only came back for Georgia in the last game of the regular season. He was a potential wide receiver, won after a massive freshman year, but never built upon it. Petrie was a massive reason for the Bears defensive success in 2021. He led all defensive backs with 47 stops on the season while playing slot corner in Dave Aranda's defense. Malone is a one-trick sub-package Russia who can bring some juice to any NFL teams past rush. He racked up 180 pressures in his career at Western Kentucky. Mathis is an explosive and physical cornerback. He may even be too physical after telling 17 penalties across the past six. So he fit right in with the Ravens then. Butler is an ascending three technique who can disrupt both the passing and running games. His 76.7 overall grade this past season was a career high by a good margin. Deisch was one of the highest-graded Power Five tackles in the country this past season and didn't lose much in pass protection as he allowed multiple pressures only once in 2021 and gave up all of seven in total. White has some of the best natural talent with the ball in his hands in this draft class. It's why he scored 20 times and broke 52 tackles on 225 collegiate carries. He just needs to reign in his freelancing style. And well, that's goes developmental traits are as good as you'll see in this tackle class with a seven-foot-one wingspan. Oh, so ain't nobody getting past it. All you gotta do is go like, there ain't nobody getting past it. With a seven-foot wingspan and nimble feet, he's the Project NFL Teams One. So thank you for this. Thank you for this mock draft to close out. This episode, the question from subscribers, which is the very last one before the draft. I appreciate it. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you to everybody that sent in questions. Thank you to everybody that has been a part of question from subscribers, just leading up to the draft. And of course, everybody's gonna be a part of it afterwards too. Please, after the draft, be patient because obviously Raven's gonna be drafting a lot of guys so he's gonna have a lot to talk about. So please be patient with the questions as you are already, y'all. Y'all are already super patient. I don't really see nobody complaining. Oh, where's my question? Why hasn't it been answered? I don't really see nobody on that. So I appreciate y'all for being like that. So yeah, man, that's that. I am tired. It has been a very, very busy week. It's been a very crazy week. It's been like nonstop, but to actually take this moment to like really pause and just take a break and just be done, it's a beautiful thing for me. But I appreciate all you guys' support. I appreciate all you guys' questions. Thank you. Go tell a friend and family member about the channel. So they'll tell somebody at the barber shop, tell somebody that you work with. Whether they're Raven's fan or not, tell them come through because you already know they're more than welcome. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. We out and I will see you for the live stream during the draft, even though like I said before, you know, with the NFL, crazy stuff always happens even before the draft. So I'll probably end up seeing y'all before the draft because the NFL don't ever stop, but we out.


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Welcome to Thursday Tea. My name is Leanne Calderwood and I'm a LinkedIn and personal branding trainer out of Kelowna, BC, Canada. Now Thursday Tea is finally, finally coming back after a very long hiatus. Life started to get busy and so I had to take a break from bringing you some of the best and brightest brands in the hospitality industry. But it wasn't too long ago I thought, you know, I need to start taking my own advice when it comes to creating content. And so now I'm happy to bring these personalities back to you and show you some of the decisions that people are making to elevate their brand to create impact and influence with their ideal community. Now if you're interested in how I come about with my content creation, I am hosting a content creation workshop on April 20th.  And so that's what I've done to bring back Thursday Tea with you. And to start the rebound of Thursday Tea, there is no other than the person that I'm bringing to you today. So yeah, I sat with this person about a year ago at Teta-Tet in Ottawa and we started talking about how he came to his role over at his organization. And it wasn't that standard canned response. It was something that fascinated me to the core. And so I'm excited for you to hear his story. And so without further ado, I would love to introduce to you my good friend, Ted Robinson with Tourism Kingston. Ted, thank you so much for sharing your story with us here today. Hi, Leigh Ann. Thank you. This is great. I'm so excited about this. I haven't done anything like this before so this is exciting. Well that's okay. You don't have to do anything. So I'm going to be monitoring the chat if any questions come in. Because this is the first one back, let's be perfectly honest, Ted. I don't think we're going to have a lot of people throwing us a whole bunch of questions. But the beauty of doing these things is, and if I can put my content hat on for a second, is it gives both you and I an opportunity to use this content in our content moving forward. So there's a lot of good things that will hopefully come out of this conversation, including some sound bites that you can use in your personal branding content. And that's what I want to talk about first, Ted. You've been with Tourism Kingston for a while now and if you could take us back to that conversation that you and I had last April about how you came around to this amazing role at Tourism Kingston, I would love for you to share your branding story with us. Sure. It was actually almost exactly a year ago right now because it was the first week of April. And we were in Ottawa for Destination Direct and we had 15 minutes together. My director was there, Allison. And I remember you asking me the question and I just sort of started in because I'd only been with Tourism Kingston at that point for what I started in November and that was April. So it was not even six months. And I was brand new to the job and honestly didn't really know what I was doing at that point other than talking to people. But I, for a long time, I've been a believer in, I call it the universe. Other people call it, you know, your gut, your instinct, whatever it is, but I've always tried to follow what my instinct was telling me, where the universe was guiding me. And I've only lived in this area in this part of Ontario for not quite five years. I moved here in October of 2018 and I didn't have a job and I didn't know anybody. It was just, I took a flyer. I knew that this is where I wanted to be. And my background, I'd worked for longer than I care to think about, 28 years actually in the wine and spirit trade. And I kind of had a brand there. I didn't really know about personal branding until I started talking to you. And sort of in retrospect, I guess my brand was, I was that wine guy, or more to the point that Aussie wine guy. I'm not Australian, but I worked for Australian companies primarily. And that was my brand. But it really wasn't about me, it was about what I did. And so I came to understand, you know, this part of Ontario through a fundraising event that I do, I ride my bike every year from Toronto to Montreal to fundraiser for three different aid service organizations. And I just fell in love with this part of the world. And so in 2018, I decided it was time to take a flyer. I wanted to leave Toronto and I came here. And I, my timing couldn't have been worse, actually, as it turned out with COVID right around the corner. But I knew when I got here that the way that I was going to find some work to do was through volunteering and through getting involved in community activities and community events. So I applied for a short term gig as the festival director for Kingston Pride as a member of the queer community. I thought, well, this is, this is fantastic. This is somewhere where I can, I can do some work that is really meaningful to me. And it was a paid position. And so that helped a bit. And it also just exposed me to a whole bunch of organizations and allowed me to meet people who I was confident were going to allow me to move to the next level, whatever that was, and I didn't know. And, and I also volunteered with the local HIV aid service organization that I fundraise for through my bike rally. Ended up on the board of directors there. And I'm now actually the board chair at that organization.  I was, I was asked by our executive director and our director of marketing and comms to join the volunteer marketing committee. And that was fantastic because that's a committee of about 20 people from all different sectors of the tourism industry here in Kingston. And we're a very tourism driven city. And lo and behold, a little bit, just about a year later, I started talking to them about coming to work here and ended up as the first business events person with Tourism Kingston, trying to bring meetings and conferences to town. So that's, that's kind of the quick and dirty. Well, and you know, but what I love about this story, because I've now heard it a few times is it's just not the typical response, right? And you've talked a lot about the things that brought you to this position. And it was through your passion and through your volunteerism. And I think there's a misnomer out there that personal branding is all about creating content and people lose sight of the fact that you don't actually don't even need to be a content creator to have impact and influence with your personal brand. And so I think the volunteer piece and tapping into your passions is the perfect way to tapping into your personal brand and seeing who you impact and influence with it.  And the flip side of that is what it's allowed me to do here in my work at Tourism Kingston is I've been able to help us as an organization. I'm certainly not solely responsible for it, but I think I've added some value in that we're developing a reputation as far as our equity, diversity and inclusion work. And that's allowing us to, for example, Tourism Kingston is now a rainbow registered organization with the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which is a fantastic organization that supports business in the queer community. And as a result of all of that, they will be hosting their first ever event outside of Toronto in Kingston this June. So we're bringing, you know, that's kind of the flip side of what I just talked about a minute ago. It's now coming back around from the other angle. Well, and that's how it should work, right? It is we should be able to exercise our strengths, especially when we're passionate about something. And in your case, it's passionate passion for your community and for creating awareness and inclusivity, etc. And when you can align that with your organizational goals, man, that's a powerful one to punch, right? Because now not only is it Ted, but it's also the voice of Tourism Kingston. And so when people talk to me about branding and they're like, yeah, well, we've got our organizational brand and I don't want to do anything, you know, in conflict with the brand, it's a legitimate question and it's a legitimate concern. But what if there was incredible alignment? Like, what if you can find that thing that puts both Ted and Kingston on a stage for something that creates like real impact, you know, in the community? And you guys have done that. And we continue to do it, you know, like I'm constantly seeing ways that all of the things that I love are intersecting with the work that I love and creating some benefit in the community at large, like this organization where I'm in the board chair, it's called Trellis and we're up the local HIV AIDS service service organization in Kingston. We also operate what's called the integrated care hub, which is a which is a low barrier access facility to support people who are unhoused, people who are substance users, marginalized people in our community. And I've been able to bring that together with my work at Tourism Kingston, the support that TK gives the the passions that I have. And it results in things like a fundraiser we did in Confederation Park, the main the main park in downtown Kingston, right by the water, where we did a drag show last last August on our break night on this bike rally that I do. And we had five drag performers on a stage in the park on a Tuesday evening, we attracted about 850 people to the event, including families, tons of kids, and we raised almost four thousand dollars that went directly to Trellis, and that was sponsored by Tourism Kingston, as part of everything that we do here. That is so brilliant and so powerful. And I'm just like, and I know I've heard that story before, but it like, how many more things of Ted can we now kind of slam into these activities that you got are creating and you have such a supportive organization, which I think is key to anyone who is trying to create a brand as an entrepreneur, entrepreneur being someone who stands for what they believe in as well, but they work within an organization and your organization has such an incredible value system that it's allowed you to operate as an entrepreneur very successfully. And I love that. So true. And, and, you know, we're well, last year at the, at the Tourism Industry Association of Canada awards, Tourism Kingston was recognized as employer of the year. And I, for one, was like, yeah, absolutely. Tourism Kingston should be employer of the year because of how the organization supports, in my case, you know, what I do outside of work. And it just, it just makes me want to be here even that much more. So it does all work together. I love it. You know, I do want to bring you back to a point that you said at the beginning of our show here. Oh, I do want to mention Vicki's comment about Tourism Kingston is killing it on the creative and, and you guys are, and, and I think they found the perfect talent fit with you, the wine guy. We need to do, we do need to talk about that more, Vicki Zappa, like, how do the three of us get together and go wine drinking? Thanks, Vicki. I love that. I love that. That's great. Let's do that, Vicks. You mentioned something at the beginning of our time together, that number one, thank you, because you said that you didn't realize you had a personal brand until you met me. But let's focus on the first part of that statement. You didn't realize you had a personal brand. What, what does that mean? Or at least what was that transition? Like how did, what made you realize that what you were doing was a brand? As soon as I realized that entering into conversations with people that I, they came on side, not like, it was the whole package of things that was getting people inside when I started talking to them about who I am and what I do.  And, and what they're asking me is what do I do for work? And, and I purposely lead with the things that I do that aren't work.  And, but it's not the totality of who I am or what I do. And I think it just, it just crystallized in my conversations with you that this wasn't who I am and how I come across to people is not specifically because I work at Tourism Kingston or I volunteer at Trellis or I ride my bike to, to Montreal or when I can't ride my bike to Montreal, I do distance swimming to support the organization. Like those, those things are each individual, but when you bundle that all together, then that's something bigger than each of those individual parts, you know, if I'm making sense with that. Absolutely you are. That's, that's, that's what I was hoping that you would say, because I think when people start to get intentional about their brand, they think about how they're going to put and you use the word, how they're going to put the package together and there is some intentionality around that. But the package for you and I hope for, for others who are doing it with their brands, it's very authentic. You're not bringing anything in that doesn't resonate Ted Robinson, right? Like that is who you are true to the core. And, you know, when people decide what they want to include in the brand, they can decide things that they can shelve for a while, but they shouldn't be bringing anything in that's not real and not authentic to who it is they are. And the example I had for my own world is for a long, long, long time I shelved the fact that I'm a raging introvert and because I'm, because of the industry we're in Ted, you know, like it wasn't easy being an introvert in an industry that literally brings people together. Like I couldn't be, you know, more of a dichotomy with the work that I do, but I shelved it because I needed to be the extrovert like the meetings industry needed everyone to be. And it was, you know, at a time in my brand it's like no this isn't working again. Like I can't pretend to be an extrovert even in my brand and so I had to pull that off the shelf and start to talk openly about being an introvert and you may decide, Ted, at some point to do the same thing, that there's a time and a season for some of the things that make up who you are. But when you're replacing those things make sure you're replacing it with something that's still as authentic and genuine to who it is that you are. And it could be new passions that pop up in your world. Who knows, you might be a gardener. You might become a Kingston gardener and then it'll be like Ted the gardener. And so that'll be a lot of fun to watch, by the way.  So Ted the weed puller and the wine guy, the wine guy and weed puller. We're set, we're set for a summer vacation for sure. So Ted, tell me a little bit about tourism or rather the challenges that you may have seen when you were building a brand. And I know that yours was very organic. It wasn't something that you intentionally set out to do. And I'm on the other end of the spectrum. I was very intentional about my footwork. But has your brand came about and even in conversations, especially around diversity, were there challenges that you were running into or obstacles that you had to overcome?   And it took me a long time to feel comfortable speaking as a openly as I'm speaking to you and everybody who's watching and listening right now. That didn't come easily. I didn't come out until I was 31 years old. And, you know, so that was probably the single biggest part of it because that's a key part of everything that I built. Like that's what all of this grew out of was me connecting with that, with my community. And I didn't connect with my community until it was 2008. And I'll quickly tell you the story. That was my former partner. I call him my husband. His name is David. And he lives in Montreal now. But when he and I split up in 2008, we resolved to stay friends and we resolved to stay best friends. And about four months after he had moved out of the home that we shared together, he was training for this bike rally event that I do. And he got hit by a van. And he suffered a really, really horrible injury. He broke his femur and he suffered a significant brain injury. And I made a commitment to him because I knew that he wasn't going to be able to do the ride. And he's never done it since. But I made a commitment that at least we could complete his fundraising for the event and he would have that accomplishment. And that was my introduction to sort of the broader queer community in Toronto. But specifically to the world of supporting people living with HIV. And everything else has grown out of that. That's how I came to be here. So that connection with community getting over that obstacle that I had here and here for all those years was the key element that allowed me to just get on with it. And that allowed me to authentically build something. You know, what I love about what you just said is it wasn't even an external obstacle. It was something that you had here and you had here. And I have to wonder and I suffered the exact same thing. And I have to wonder how many of us it's we're our own worst enemies when it comes to projecting who we are authentically. And whether it's fear of judgment or friends and families and what they think of us. We all have that. And so it's really hard for us to break out of it. But and then you did and then look at all the opportunities and you're right. Looking back, if that didn't happen then that went to happen and so on and so forth. And here you are. And that's why I led with saying that I've learned over time to trust my instinct and go with I call it the universe.  But I just I follow the universe. An energy there. And if I can tap into that and if I open my heart and I open my mind to it, it's going to take me where I'm supposed to go. Yeah. And I have this. I actually have my own definition of faith that I believe in that is not religious at all. And it actually came from a from a guy who ever tell her who who was the father of the hydrogen bomb. You don't get much more anti-religion and creating something like that. Yeah. But his definition of faith is brilliant because what he said is when you come to the end of all the light that you know and you're staring off into the darkness of the unknown. One of two things will happen when you take that leap into the darkness. You will either find something solid on which to stand or you will be taught how to fly. Wow. And I think of that every day when I start to get uncertain about things. And it just helps me to tap into that confidence that I've built and that understanding that if I listen, I'll get I'll get led where I'm supposed to go. Wow. I needed to hear that today. Thank you. It's been one of those weeks where I've been in the darkness. So thank you for bringing that light into my into my week. Oh my gosh. That's I hope everyone else heard that. Maybe I should type that one in the comments for people to revisit later on. Thank you. I appreciate that. So so Ted, now we're kind of here and we're in 2023. We're starting to do some in-person networking again, which has been amazing. But how has that changed your brand as well? Or has it? Maybe it hasn't at all. You know what? It's it's allowed me it's allowed me to meet people like you which has led me to be able to have conversations like this where I'm not sure how many people are tuned in right now, but but it is our own little form of broadcasting. So I guess if anything, that those in-person activities and meeting people like Lynn Chasson, who I know is on there. I saw a comment from Lynn earlier and some of my colleagues, I know Lexi's here, but it's allowed me to tell my story and just talk about what I'm doing here and who we are as an organization. So if anything, it's helped things grow and create awareness about who we are and I guess who I am. I'm I'm I'm a bit of a ham.  I'm actually an introvert. I really yeah, there was a session. Yeah, there was a session at one of the conferences that that happened in the last year. And I can't remember the presenter, but she she we did a test. There was 20 questions. And depending on how you answered them, like zero was an extreme extrovert and 20 was an extreme introvert. And I scored 17.  I am. I am. Except like most introverts, if I have a purpose and if I'm if I'm holding a microphone, I'm in my happy place because I'm in control, right? I'm talking about what I want to talk about. Amen. Amen. So so it wasn't then my session that you went to because I'm starting to do sessions on introversion, extroversion. I don't have a fancy scale, but now I'm thinking I should create one. The misnomer that people have about introverts, like public speaking, which words are actually quite thinking. Oh, my broadcast is cutting it. Yeah, a little bit. It's a little bit of a hiccup. You're back. Yeah, that's interesting. Well, anyway. OK, so it's maybe it's on my end, but I've got my hardwire in, but that is the misnomer about introverts is that we don't like public speaking or we don't like being in front of the camera or we don't like holding a microphone. And that's not an introverted extroverted definer at all. That's quite actually independent of both personality types. There's a lot of extroverts that would never get in front of the camera, right? So, you know, you can't you can't really do that. So so I'm glad. Well, and you do bring an interesting point, you know, being on this show today. I mean, it's not a big show, but it is a show nonetheless. And that's a branding opportunity, right? Like that's something that you could potentially put out for other opportunities to say, hey, I did a LinkedIn live with Leanne, can I do one with you as well? And that kind of builds your brand going forward, which does bring me to my next question, Ted. What do you see for your brand here in 2023?  People are surprised sometimes when I tell them, well, a city of, we're only 135,000 people, but Kingston is so well known across the country. And in some cases, across borders, but we are small. So what I'm trying to do is integrate the different components of the work that I do here to create greater community in Kingston, greater understanding amongst the different groups I work with, essentially to support the work that I do at Trellis. I really have a place like helping to support marginalized communities and people who don't have the advantages that I have lived my life with. That's a big part of what I do. And I feel really, really confident that I'm going to be able to make a difference in this community by doing that. And I keep my focus very local because I know that's where I can make, I know I can make a difference. I, you know, I, grand ambitions can be great, but sometimes they don't lead to grand results. So if I keep my ambitions reasonable, I know I can achieve results. Look at you dropping all of the truth bombs today. Like that is so true, so true. Very timely for me this week. So thank you. Thank you for that. Ted, is there anything else that you'd like to share with me or with the community watching about what you see for your brand or even encouragement for people who are embarking on creating a personal brand and just aren't sure of the next step? Authenticity is, it's what I've learned from you is that in building a personal brand, it has to come from a place of authenticity. You can't invent it.  And you've helped me, like that's reinforced for me what I knew intuitively. I just never had anybody else say it to me. So I've learned that from you and it's key because if it's not part of who you are, if it's not in your DNA, people will know. People will know. And I see that in, you know, in sort of in brands of things that we buy and in the brands that people create about themselves. If it's not real, it's not going to work. So true. They get found out very, very quickly and then, yeah, and then it all falls apart. I heard it once said once, it's not fake it till you make it. It's you face it until you ace it. And for personal branding, I think that's a that's a very powerful quote because it's authentic and you are putting yourself out there. You're facing it even in its raw and unfiltered format. And then you just get better at it. You just keep getting better and you keep tweaking things here and there, pulling things off the shelf, putting things back on the shelf. But it's never fake. It's always you're facing it and you're trying new challenges. I can't thank you enough for doing this challenge with me today. My very first back in action LinkedIn live video. So thank you, Ted, for being my first guest. This was so long overdue. I'm so glad that we had the chance to have this conversation. Ted, where can people get a hold of you if they want to talk about Kingston? They can. I'm getting much better about responding to messages on LinkedIn. I've never been a really big user of social media. So I'm starting to use LinkedIn a lot more and absolutely by email. It's pretty easy. It's Ted at TourismKingston.com. And I just have to say this because I believe it, but it's also where I work. But this city is amazing and I would love to talk to anybody about it and ideally show them this really fantastic part of the world. I'm looking out the window at one of the beautiful buildings here and the Magnolia tree that I think is going to be in bloom pretty soon. And I can't wait to talk to people about it. We live in a blessed part of the world. Well, I know I'm one of those people that needs to talk to you and we will do that offline, Ted, I'm sure. Again, thank you for spending your time with me. Thank you for sharing your story. Friends, if you need to get a hold of Ted, it is Ted at TourismKingston.com. Or find Ted and I on LinkedIn and send us a quick direct message about this show or about anyone that you would like to see on a future edition of The LinkedIn Live. Thank you again, Ted. I'm wishing you an incredible restful, hopefully Easter weekend, whatever your rest looks like. And thanks again for sharing your story. Thank you. Thanks for joining us all for everyone. Have a great weekend. Bye for now.


So, as you can see by the thumbnail, we have a lot to cover. And the thought bubble that's coming out of LaTroof that says MOB, MOC, and MOP stands for Money Over Children and Money Over Principle. Shout out to my brother Stacy again. Come to find out the recently viral clip of Joe Smith and his wife. Their argument about him finding out she's an OnlyFans model was staged. And it was staged, apparently, by the same dude who recently interviewed the Cheesecake people. Now, when I saw the Cheesecake interview, I thought, number one, this is a terrible interview. He's not a good conversationalist. They both seem weird. But I didn't think maybe this was all staged. I know some people suspected it, but I tried to not assume the worst. But come to find out, Kevin Wesley is LaTroof's brother. Now, if you guys don't know the truth, he gained a lot of fame on Facebook a few years back for his viral skits. Skits usually centering around infidelity, what people didn't realize is the woman that he was doing the skits with was his wife. But they played on this common trope and got a lot of followers and made a whole lot of money. Apparently the truth and mistletroof divorced. Apparently there was some domestic violence on her part. Apparently their marriage, their glittery marriage was a facade, which isn't surprising. But before I get to this Joe Smith situation, we have to continue to address how social media has turned us into gestures and more specifically black men. Unfortunately, we spend a lot of time talking about all the negative aspects as seen online that our women display. We don't spend enough time talking about how we, black men, very often stage and the pun is very intended, these acts. And not just in staging scenarios like these dudes do, but also creating platforms for toxic and problematic people. For instance, if you look at sexy red people like Sukiyana, a lot of their management, a lot of the people who quote unquote put them on. A lot of the DJs who keep their music spinning, a lot of their fan base is full of black men. So brothers, if we expect to correct any of the nonsense that we see from our women in our community, we have to return to gatekeeping.  We have to return to prioritizing integrity over money. But in this case, in many cases like it, it's all about the Benjamins. Now, apparently Joe Smith already knew his wife was on OnlyFans. They played on it for the purpose of the, I suppose it's skit, but I think it's still worth the conversation. A lot of what I've been talking about is how very often a lot of men seek out problematic women. They deeply desire to play Captain Save a Ho.  And your child brain tells you that if only she had a good man, she would be better. And you try to be that good man for the younger version of your mom or the younger version of your aunties. And later on, when things go wrong, you want to look for sympathy. But it also brings up another case study that I did about Zion Williamson and I talked about how contrary to popular belief, athletes don't have the kind of ribs that you think they do. Like I said in that video, to become a professional athlete at the top of your game, like Joe Smith was, he was a first overall pick. You have to dedicate your life to the sport and very often it means sacrificing your social life. So these cues, the experience it's necessary to navigate women, sometimes it's lost on these guys. And very often it's because they never actually have to use it because women throw themselves at six foot five athletes.  And maybe it's they want to save them, but maybe it's some fetish. They just get off on women like that. Some of these rich dudes are swingers. Some of these rich dudes are avid visitors of sex clubs. They go with their wife, you can have my wife, I'll take yours. Some of them get off on the fact that, oh, my wife is desirable to other men. Other men want to have sex with my wife and that does something for me. Sometimes it does something for me to watch. So I'm not going to go too deep into that because, hey, if that's your lifestyle, it is what it is. But what I will say is for the young dudes listening, in the great words of J. Cole. You have to realize that most people do not change. You have to make peace with whoever they have shown you that they are.  And social media is a great place to figure that out. She's not going to change after you put a ring on it, bro. You just offered her the ultimate validation for her behavior. So later down the line, when she says to you, you knew who I was before you met me. You can't get mad.  I walked her down the aisle in the whole night and she don't respect me. And very often when you investigate, she didn't respect you before any of that. And you just offered her the ultimate validation. So what reason would she have to now respect you? It's kind of like giving a shitty employee a raise and expecting them to work harder. With that said, let's talk about how to properly vet a woman before you engage in a relationship.  And I would even say before you choose to take her on a date, whether the cheesecake or a coffee shop, you need to approach it as if you were a hiring manager. If you're seeking a job, first you apply for the job you send in your resume and that resume not only has a list of your skills, but it also has a list of your history. And as a hiring manager, you have to ask yourself, how is this person's skills and experiences transferable to the job that they're applying for? If we're building out some software product and this person has worked for Facebook in the past and they've built out a software product, yes, this would be a very, very good addition to the team.  Her past matters. And I know in this current world, we act like it doesn't. Body count doesn't matter, who her ex-boyfriends were doesn't matter. But I would tell you to pay attention to two things, her past relationships and her relations. And what I mean by that is her relations are going to tell you kind of the stalk that she comes from. So her mother, her father, her sisters, her brothers, what kind of people is she used to being around? Because more than likely that is the kind of person that she is going to be deep down. And eventually whatever facade she has grown accustomed to using the mask herself will fall.  That's real. Similarly, if you want to know how a woman is going to act when she's married, look at her mom, look at her aunties. Does she come from an environment where people are used to being together? People are used to working through conflict? Or does she come from an environment where people are used to reality television and doing their best impressions of reality television? The other R is relationships. Back to the hiring manager analogy, where has she worked before? And why did she work there? And that's not to say that all her boyfriend should be great people or all the friends that she has are successful. But that's to say, what kind of environments does she seek out? Because ultimately that's what it is, right? We're born into certain families. And then our friends are the family that we choose. I would say the same for our girlfriends and our boyfriends. So what kind of individual does she seek out? And what kind of individual seeks her out? Are her friends chaotic? She's probably chaotic. Are her friends hoes? She's probably a hoe. Are her friends unsuccessful? She's probably unsuccessful. OGs will tell you your net worth is typically the average of your five closest friends. So what kind of men does she seek out? What kind of men does she entertain? And I know often women will say that when you're attractive, you attract everybody. That's absolutely true. When you're attractive, you attract everybody. But who you choose to entertain is an indictment on your character.  One of two things is happening. Either she seeks and a part of her craves that type of personality, or she is an incredibly terrible judge of character, which ultimately means she's irresponsible. And an irresponsible woman is not a woman you want to build with. Some other telltale signs, her appearance. I hear people say, oh, she's a lot, or I'm a lot. Typically, you can see that. Women who are a lot. They tend to be a lot in their presentation. Their aesthetic is not simplistic. Their clothes are not minimalistic. They don't really take care of themselves like they should.  Nowadays, you see the nose rings, and the waist beads, and the belly ring, and all kinds of stuff just to adorn herself. Typically, in my experience, that's a telltale sign that she's a lot. That's a telltale sign that she craves attention. That's also a telltale sign that she gets bored quickly. Primarily with herself. So how do you think that's going to play out for you? Also, her conversation. Is she interesting and inquisitive, or is she dry and self-absorbed? And that's what pisses me off sometimes when I hear some of these stories about women that were taken on dates and something happened. Like, when y'all were texting, when you guys were on the phone, what was her conversation like that validated you spending your time, energy, and then your money on this woman? Because for me, if we're going on a date, it's because we had a conversation and told me, maybe there's something additional for us to talk about, for us to potentially collaborate on. And for me, I'm going straight to either a walk or a coffee date, very low expectations and very low pressure. Because ultimately, we need to figure out if we even like being in each other's presence.  If a woman is talking like that, or coffee dates, I'm too good for coffee dates, that's another tell-tale sign that she's a bad hire. And if you choose to move forward, you get what you get, brother. Pay attention to her space. If you guys' interaction graduates to you going over to her place or even you picking her up, pay attention to where she chose to live. And obviously, that doesn't mean she has to be rich or whatever the case may be, but pay attention to, number one, the environment that she chooses to live or that she's forced to live, maybe you guys are teenagers or whatever the case may be. And juxtapose that with her personality. Is she a rose that grew from concrete or is she just another rock? And you have to be honest in your assessment of that. And more than anything, pay attention to her actual inner space, whether it's her apartment, her dorm room, her house. Where does she feel comfortable in? Is her space chaotic, unkempt, dirty stuff all over the place? Crumbs here and there, dust here and there. Because not only is that a reflection of her mind and her mental state more often than not, it's also a reflection of what you guys' house is gonna look like if your relationship progresses. Because right now, assuming she doesn't have children, her responsibilities are low. So if she can't keep her room looking good, her apartment looking good, her house looking good, add some kids to the mix and see what happens. And very often, if her space isn't tidy, her body isn't either. You might smell something if you know what I'm saying, that you might not like. I would say lastly, look at her social media.  Is this a woman who spends a whole lot of time trying to grow her following and her exposure? And I'm gonna go ahead and tell y'all right now, I wouldn't date any entertainers. Entertainers tend to be very interesting people. That's what I would say. And I think Will Smith and Jada Pinkett are good examples of that. At the core, they're theater kids. At the core, they tend to be kids who are so neglected, just like Kirk Franklin's story, that they overcompensate for that by seeking external validation from strangers. And that's why my social media following matters. And the number of likes that I get matters. So I would proceed with caution when it comes to entertainers. Obviously strippers, only fans, models, bartenders, bottle girls, hairdressers, nurses. I could make a list, but I would say those are off limits, especially the ones that are overt sex workers. But ultimately, fellas, I hope what I have demonstrated with this channel is how to actually listen to women. I hope I've demonstrated how to talk to women. I hope I've demonstrated how to actively listen to what they say and what they don't say. And I hope I've demonstrated how to actually let them speak because very often people will tell on themselves and you get to decide what you're willing to and what you're not willing to tolerate. Because again, the world will not show you any sympathy as a man. So you must be diligent and pragmatic as if you were a hiring manager.