Where has the unique Ngaque been? How does Steelers losing to the Washington football team impact the Ravens? Are you concerned at all for Lamar Jackson's development under this current coaching staff? These and many, many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. Don't get mad, it's just what it is. It's what it is. Yeah, we talkin' sport shot, I think gravin' me. You too, Tiki. YouTube team, Keep It Clean, what's goin' on, it's Ingraven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. This is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to, based off of any NFL team, and we answer it in a video just like this. Now if you want an opportunity to be part of NFL Questions from subscribers, just send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com and we'll answer your question in a video just like this. 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Next question came from my guy Bert. He said, what's up Ingraven? Keep up the good analysis. Hey, appreciate it man. He said, isn't me that just noticed how quiet Ngaque is? I thought he was this stud. Am I missing something? He doesn't appear to be a mean, aggressive type of guy shaking my head. Well, Yannick and Ngaque, Yannick and Ngaque had to fix that. While he hasn't been showing up on the stats sheet, he has been getting pressure. So he's there, he just hasn't been finishing too much. Now he did get a sack and a force fumble in the Titans game and he's been getting very close. He's been getting close, but his thing, it didn't help him that the Ravens defense started getting really depleted. And I think somebody made a point, they made a good point. They were like, Yannick, I forgot who it was. Things are my guys showing, but I forgot who it was. They say, Yannick hasn't really been able to play with this full Ravens defense. He hasn't been able to play with a full healthy Ravens defense. No excuses though, no excuses at all. But as they start to get guys back and get healthier and get team keeping clean, then he should continue to do even better. And again, he is not good in run defense. Run defense is not, it's not his thing. It's a big yikes right there. He is more just a pass rushing specialist. So if they can put these opponents in more situations like that, where he could become more or be in his element as a pass rusher, then he'll continue to have success. But I think a lot of people get caught up in the numbers since he's not getting all these sacks and oh man, he must be sorry or something. No, that's not the case. Cause like I said, he's been getting pressure. So hopefully he can start finishing a little bit more and hopefully the Ravens as a whole can start finishing a lot more. He literally just sent it to me at 849 AM. I'm recording this at 849 AM. He said, do you think the Steelers losing opens up a spot for the Ravens? No, not at all. Them losing doesn't do anything for the Ravens whatsoever. Because I mean, the only thing he could possibly do, they are 11 and one. If they lost their next four and the Ravens, they won all of their games, then both of them would be 11 and five. But we know Steelers ain't losing the next four.  So no, them losing doesn't do anything for the Ravens. Next question, also about the Steelers came from my boy, Harry A. He said, and Graven, hope all is well with you, man. Then that the Ravens take care of business on Tuesday, as I assume you'll be reading this days after the fact. Hopefully they will, but today is actually Tuesday. And it's like I said, it's 850 now. The last question came at 849. It's 850 now, AM. And the game will be on in about 11 hours. So, whew, that's game day. Anyway, he said, watching the Steelers lose to Washington was nothing short of spectacular. But immediately after the game, I realized something that I have since heard nobody else talk about, assuming that our Ravens are able to win out. And yes, I know that is a big if. We actually had a question from Subscribing Video that we put out today, about 20 minutes ago. And the title question was, can the Ravens run the table and win the rest of the games this season? But anyway, he said, let's assume this happens. With the Browns win against Tennessee last week, even with our potential head to head win against the Browns, they will likely end up with a higher seed than be more if we made the playoffs. This is because of their easy remaining schedule, where the only threat is Pittsburgh in week 17, who will sit their starters because they can afford to drop a game and still keep the one seed over KC due to specific tiebreakers. I checked the simulator, but wait. Hold up, I don't... Oh, okay, wait a minute. But with the unexpected Steelers lost Monday, they have no choice but to play their starters in week 17 to fight for that number one seed. Do you think this Steelers loss gives us a much better chance to pass Cleveland for a higher seed? How much do you think the Steelers loss impacts the Ravens? See now, when you put it like that, with that, their loss doesn't... I guess, you know what? I guess it does kind of help the Ravens possibly. It's not a guarantee though. It all depends on what Chiefs do for the rest of the season and what Steelers do for the rest of the season because those two are gonna be watching each other so closely. Because again, it's only one seed. I mean, well, it's obviously only one seed. It's only one bye week and Steelers won it, Chiefs won it. So they are fighting to get it. So they are gonna be going all out for the rest of the season and both of them. The pressure is on. The pressure is on. But I mean, worst case scenario for one of those two teams, oh, whoa, we got the two seed. But they gotta keep playing. They ain't got no bye week. Like if you don't get the number one seed, then you gotta keep playing for the rest of the year. You have no bye weeks, you have no breaks. So everybody, and that's everybody. That's why that one seed is just so majestic. It's just such a beautiful thing because there can only be one. So this definitely, it helps the Ravens in that possible last week game against the Browns. And I mean, bottom line, Ravens obviously they gotta take care of their own. And they've put themselves in this situation that they gotta worry about what happens with other teams. And I know some people was like, oh man, Ravens don't need any help. Yes, they do. Yes, they certainly do. Now they're gonna get help regardless because a lot of the teams that we need help from they end up playing each other.  But, so Ravens are gonna get help. But it first starts with the Cowboys game. I am very nervous about this Cowboys game. I'm very nervous about the Browns game. The only game that I'm not nervous about for the Ravens is the Jaguars game and the Bengals game. Besides that, I'm nervous about every other game because we play the Cowboys who are still fighting for something. We play the Browns who are definitely fighting to keep something. And we also play the Giants who got new life and they are fighting for something. Jaguars, they want that number two pick. They really want the number one pick but Jets said, uh-uh, nope. We send in eight people on this blitz when the game is on the line. And then they fired Greg Williams because he did the, no, you just fired Greg Williams because Adam Gates, when it looked like he's trying to keep his job. But, so yeah, Steelers losing. That does help the Ravens a tiny, tiny bit because it does put more pressure on the Steelers to continue to play well and take care of the rest of their opponents. But the biggest thing that it really does for the Ravens is when they face the Browns. There's when the Steelers play the Browns on week 17. But I don't really think it does too much for them. I really don't. Chiefs could help now. Chiefs, if Chiefs could beat the Dolphins because they play them, that could help them. The Dolphins could just start losing, but we'll see. Next question came from a guy, Isaac. He said, ain't Raven, I pray everything is good with the family. I appreciate you, man. He said, I wanted to ask, do you think the Ravens need a new wide receiver coach to develop Ravens receivers? Because the wide receiver issue is very bad. And he said, thank you. And he said, also, do you think the Steelers are overrated? And he sent that actually before the Steelers in Washington football game. Now, real quick with the Steelers, I do not think they're overrated, but they were not some crazy dominant 11-0 team. They were 11-0 and not a 11-1. So they still have a great record, but they were not dominant. They were undefeated and they still got an amazing record, but they weren't out here just dominating every single team that they played anything like that. So while I don't think they were overrated, I do not think they were just some crazy powerhouse, anything like that. And as far as the wide receiver coach, I think that, I don't even think a wide receiver coach would do it. I really think the only thing that would really help the Ravens offensively just with everything would just be to not necessarily pull the plug on everything, but I think it would have to start from the top. I really do. I think it would have to start from the top because you can bring in all the coaches that you want. You can bring in all the offensive coordinators that you want, but as far as the head coach, your head coach has a certain type of mentality. He's not an offensive coach. He's not a defensive coach. Even though I know some people be like, oh, well, he coached the defensive backs with Philly. No, he did for a little bit, but he was a special teams guy. And we see that with the Ravens. The Ravens are John Harbaugh. They are John Harbaugh because again, you see they will be all these inconsistencies with offense and they always have been. Then you can see sometimes they will even be inconsistencies with the defense, but the one thing that never fails ever is special teams. Why? Because he's a special teams coach.  But that's what the team is gonna be. Their strength is gonna be special teams. That's always gonna be their strength. And there's gonna continue to be inconsistencies on offense and defense and whatnot until the Ravens, well, defense, if Wink is there, they're gonna hold it down. But until, as long as Harbaugh's still there, I don't really expect anything to really change. I don't think a wide receiver coach would do anything. I don't think a new offensive coordinator, I think our offensive coordinators can only do so much because he's still gotta answer to Harbaugh. Harbaugh makes the final decision, he makes the final call, he's the head coach. So I don't really think a wide receiver would do much. Next question came from my guy Marcel. He said, I think the problem of our offense is having our passing players no longer match our running plays. And two, our play calling is centered around Lamar Jackson running and not getting our wide receivers and tight ends open. When I think we should have done it the other way around using Lamar running as a bonus, making it harder for a defense to key in on him. Yeah, I see that too. They focus the offense around Lamar's athleticism instead of Lamar's arm. So, but at the same time, when you saw RG3 getting in and of course, when you have a first string and a second string and even a third string quarterback, you wanna have guys that are similar to each other because if one guy goes down, then you can still run your offense the same way. But I remember with RG3, before that game against the Steelers, I was thinking, okay, maybe they may change up the offense a little bit. Nope, it was the exact same. Then when Trace got in, I was thinking, oh, okay, I ain't even know what to expect with Trace. But it was the exact same. You could tell that Greg Roman was calling the plays and nothing changed. And not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it just, it is what it is at this point, man. But yeah, I do think that Lamar's running should be a bonus and yeah, you can throw any little design runs here and there, but it does seem like Raven's kind of rely on that. And we'll see what happens in this Cowboys game. I think somebody, I forgot who said it, man. But somebody was like, with Lamar, cause I know it's a lot of Raven's fans that were like, oh man, we don't think Lamar should play because he hasn't practiced this week. It ain't like the playbook is changing. It ain't like he gotta learn a new playbook or anything like that.  He ain't played in a long time. He ain't been taking no hits. He ain't got that football contact in a long time. So he shouldn't play, he shouldn't start. And it hasn't been finalized that Lamar is starting, but he's expected to. But one person said that with Lamar, they actually feel like it's a good thing that he hasn't practiced with the team because Greg Roman and them, they're gonna have to call a lot of stuff on the fly. And they may not be doing just the same old, same old stuff. They may have to really mix it up. So hopefully that's the case, but we'll see, cause I sure ain't sleeping on the Cowboys, man. I sure ain't sleeping on the Cowboys. I know y'all gonna see this video after that game already happened. So hopefully, hopefully the Ravens take care of business. Oh my goodness, they better take care of business. Plus it's gonna be a long night. And plus, you know, Steelers fans, they waiting boy. Oh, them Steelers fans waiting because they lost to Washington last night.  So we'll see how it all goes. And he said, yeah, they should use Lamar's running as a bonus, making it harder for defenses to key in on them. I think this will help our passing game out a lot. It's not that we don't have the wide receivers and tight ends, it's more of how we've been using them. If you look at how KC uses their wide receivers and tight ends, they make it harder for you to bump them at the line. I love to hear your point on this. Okay. And he said, hope you and the fam doing good, bro. Appreciate it. Yeah, they, now I don't think, I don't think the Ravens have the best personnel, but they also don't make the most of them. They don't use them correctly. They don't use them how they should. They don't maximize them. And that's a big problem with the Ravens. They don't maximize the talent that they do have. They may not have the best of the best, but if you don't have the best of the best, then you make do with what you got and you maximize what you have. So, and again, this is the same thing I was saying earlier. You can get a new this, you can get a new that, you can get a new that, but as long as you have the same head coach, it's probably gonna be the same thing. It is. And I've been thinking about that recently a lot, because it's just his philosophy. That's how he runs things. That's how his show is and that's how it's gonna be. Because we've seen it year in, year out, time after time. This team is a reflection of its leader. It's ultimate leader. It's ultimate leader is not Lamar Jackson. It's ultimate leader is not Calais Campbell. It's ultimate leader is not any of the players. It's the head coach. So, with Kansas City, that's why I just love how they run their show over there. And I mean, they got the best quarterback in the game right now, Patrick Mahon. So that definitely helps a lot. But with them, they are so dangerous because they have so many valuable weapons and they use everybody. Everybody's a problem. Everybody's a threat. But then it's like, and this same thing happens in Madden too. I know if y'all play Madden and y'all be playing the Chiefs is frustrating because it's the same in real life. You could have everything covered up and you could be like, okay, let's go. We got everything covered.  They don't design runs for him. And of course he's not the same athletically as Lamar Jackson, we know that. But it's like, you could have everything sold up, everything locked up. Then Mahon's a take off. And it's like, oh my goodness, we gotta deal with him too. So it's almost like it's this unfair advantage. But with the Ravens, they do so much that involves Lamar running. And you would expect that to an extent, but they do so much around it instead of using his arm. So it's unfortunate. Next question came from Dez. I don't know if this is Dez, Brian. Anyway, he said, hey, Raven hasn't been going. I've been watching the channel for about three years now. And today I would like to talk about Hollywood and Lamar. I appreciate that. Thank you for watching. He said, but first Hollywood, there's a lot of people saying he's a bust, which he is not. And anyway, I know a lot of people get caught up in a moment that, and of course the tweet, the tweet was what set the world on fire. But then seeing all these other receivers from his draft class do their thing. But Hollywood seems like he's been a little bit behind a lot of them. And it's been a full mix of reasons. But anyway, let's get to the question. He said, a lot of people saying he's a bust and comparing him to a lot of what wide receivers that were in his draft class, like AJ Brown and DK Metcalf. But if you look at who their quarterbacks are and see who Hollywood quarterback is, there's a huge difference. You have two good quarterbacks that have been in the NFL for a long time. Then you have Lamar, who is still developing in his young. But when I see Chargers rookie Herbert, he's out here balling, and he has more passing yards than Lamar. It's crazy, because this Herbert didn't even start the whole season. I get a little concerned about how the Ravens are developing him. Could this be a yikes, or shouldn't be as concerned about it? It is. I talked about this on the podcast, on the most recent episode of the Team Keeping Clean podcast. So y'all can check that out when you get a chance. But it can be a little worrisome about the Ravens and Lamar Jackson and how he'll develop under the Ravens, under this current staff, because they have not been the best at developing quarterbacks. Yeah, they did have Joe Fleco, but you saw how things were with him. Joe Fleco, it was always a rollercoaster. It was always up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down. Just keep swimming, that's how it looks. But anyway, it was so much inconsistencies. There was so many inconsistencies. And they went through offensive coordinator, after offensive coordinator, after offensive coordinator, and it was the same stuff, same stuff. So then you bring in Lamar, and it's only been about two years, but with Lamar, so far it's been two offensive coordinators. Next year it'll be another one, but there's just, it's been sort of the same thing, where it's been the inconsistencies. And some games like he'll be on, and then other games he will be off, and it'll just be like, man, what's going on? What's going on? And even, of course, when you compared last season to this season, it's like, whoa. And you see that a lot of the offense has changed. They went from a lot of three tight end sets, and now they only kept two tight ends. And then just, it's just been the running has been inconsistent. Of course, the offensive line play dropped off with Marciana, but still. We still had a lot of guys that could have filled in that role, not be a Marciana, but could have been like, suffice for now, but it's like, and again, like we said earlier, it starts at the top with this, man. It starts at the top. So yeah, I am concerned about Lamar's long-term development under this current staff. I am concerned about it. So, and he said, also, do you think if Hollywood was on, oh, and that was another thing I talked about in the podcast that like if Lamar was on, I imagine Lamar, if he was drafted to a different team, like if he got drafted to the Browns or the Jets or something, how would Lamar be there? And I feel like if it was the Jets, he could only do so much. I feel like with the Browns, it all depends on the coaching staff. But then I said, but if he was on the Chiefs, I feel like, obviously, if they didn't have my home, but I feel like he would be light years ahead of where he is right now. Light years. Just because of they have an offensive-minded staff. They got to Andy Reid, they got to be into me, they got that. So he would be like, ooh, it would be scary, scary. But anyway, he said, also, do you think if Hollywood was on the Seahawks, Saints, Chiefs, Titans, Browns, Colts, et cetera, what'd he do good on those teams? Cause look at who their quarterbacks are. Now, when you mention those teams, it, quarterbacks, obviously got a lot to do with it, but I don't even think that'll be it. But Seahawks, Saints, Chiefs, yes, yes, yes. Titans, I think he'd be all right there. Browns, yeah, he could do some things there. Colts, maybe. Hopefully, Fila Rivers could hit him on some short passes because Fila Rivers ain't got the arm no more. But those teams are much more offensive-minded than the Ravens are. So Hollywood, he would definitely do his thing there, especially the Seahawks or the Saints, ooh, and Chiefs, ooh, them first three that you named alone.  Especially, I think that obviously the Chiefs would be the biggest one, where Hollywood would just, he would kill it, man. He was on the Chiefs, ooh, with DK McAv, somebody walk, it's Hollywood Brown, ooh, my good Travis Kelsey. It wouldn't be fair, man. Next question came from my boy, Anthony L. He said, Trace McSawley for the backup QB moving forward? For an offense that was moving in neutral, Trace came in and hit full acceleration. I don't know about full acceleration, now he did get that nice pass to Hollywood and whatnot. But let's not act like Trace Trace was all that. Like, oh man, he was amazing. No, it was a nice spark, though, it was a nice, and I think that with Ravens fans, especially that night against the Steelers, we were just waiting on something. We were just hoping for something, we were just sitting there waiting, and I think a lot of people, they made bigger of what Trace did on the field than what it was. He did his thing there, but he also, he almost didn't do his thing, too. And I know almost doesn't count, but he did come closer throwing two interceptions. And if the Steelers, if those cornerbacks, since those cornerbacks have the same hands as the Steelers wide receivers, that's why they ended up dropping them. But Trace, yeah, I do think he definitely, I mean, and the Ravens, they made it official when they put RG3 on Endure Reserve that Trace is the backup moving forward. So I would expect, I didn't expect RG3 to come back after this year anyway, but I think everything is pretty much set in stone now that they're gonna roll with Trace. And also, don't forget about Tyler Hully now, too. Don't forget about him, but I think they, it's pretty established that they're gonna roll with Lamar and Trace as their number one and number two quarterbacks. The last question on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers came from my boy, Richard L. He said, if and only if the Ravens don't make the Super Bowl this year, then is it time for the Ravens to stop with Roman's simple offense, put Lamar under center and develop him more traditionally where most of his runs are when the field opens up due to coverage or when he rolls out and has easy yards ahead of him. Wasn't Lamar pretty much in pro style offense in college and taking Snaps in under center? If so, seems like he was successful there. Excuse me, thank you. Yeah, I think if regardless if the Ravens, if they win or not, if they win the Super Bowl or not, then I think they should move on from Greg Roman. That the ship has sailed, it has run its course, but at the same time, like we talked about earlier, man, even if they move on from Greg Roman, I would still be concerned for most of the offensive whoever will come as an offensive coordinator with this staff because you still have the same head coach. And we've seen it.  We've only seen two. And I mean, we've seen really like one and a half because Marty was the offensive coordinator with Joe Flacco. Lamar was obviously under them too, but they had to change things in the middle of the season. So while that counts, it kind of doesn't count it, anyway. So Lamar's had Marty for half a season, had Greg Roman for a full two seasons, well as long as Greg Roman makes it through the rest of the season. But he will have had, there won't have been much change with that, but the head coach will be the same. And again, it's been the same complaints from the Ravens as his fans with the inconsistencies from the offense. Last year was just, I guess that was just an anomaly. Again, Greg Roman's first seasons, you know, that's when he goes out there and kills it, but it's just a concern, man. It's going to continue to be a concern. And yeah, like we talked about earlier, I do feel like they should let Lamar, well still you gotta let Lamar be Lamar, let him do his thing, but trust his arm. Let him do his thing with his arm. And like the previous question said too, I'm just concerned for his development under this staff. Very concerned for his development, man, because we've seen it. Obviously not with a quarterback like Lamar Jackson, but we've seen it. And it's just been a big yikes. So we just gotta obviously hold for the best. I don't know, man. Because I do feel like they, they should run some more traditional offenses and stuff, but you could still mix it in with some non-traditional stuff as well. You don't have to necessarily change, you don't have to change who Lamar is, but just use his arm more, stop relying so much on his legs. Use his arm, let that boy throw that ball, man. Let that boy throw that ball. Also, you could also run a ball too with your running backs and stuff, but it's just a lot of inconsistencies with these Ravens, man. Just a lot of inconsistencies with the Ravens. I mean, I think that has been their identity this year. I know Greg Roman said they want to forge a new identity. They didn't forge a new identity. They steal the same old Ravens and that is inconsistent this year. That's what it's been, inconsistent. So we'll see what happens. And it's like, what do you want? Me, I never want the Ravens to lose. I never want them to lose, but I know a concern for some people. I think it was my guy Harry that said it. He said that with the Ravens, my guy Harry Hollan, I think, he said with the Ravens, it's like they could win and get into the playoffs, but then at the same time, we probably wouldn't get a lot of the changes that we want to happen as far as the staff. So we may still be stuck in, and especially depending on what they do or what they don't do in the playoffs, we still may be stuck in at Limbo for at least another year if they get to the playoffs and they do the same stuff. So, but of course, I don't want them to lose, but I know some people like, man, they need to just tank the season so they can make changes that'll put more pressure on them to make changes. If they not tank the rest of the season, but if they lose or whatever, then if they don't get to the playoffs, then more changes will come. So, I don't even know, man, but it is what it is. Appreciate y'all. Woodass women fighting Ravens. Shout out to the Ravens.


Dedicated to the strength of the nation proudly we hail hail starring Dale Evans in troubled waters United States Army and United States Air Force presentation And now here is our producer the well-known Hollywood showman CP McGregor. Thank you Thank you very much and greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen Welcome to your theater of stars. We're the most outstanding talent and stars of the motion picture screen Join us in plays. We know you'll enjoy Our star is lovely vivacious Dale Evans and the title of our story an exciting tale of the West Troubled waters. We'll have the curtain for act one in just a moment, but first here is your announcer with this message Young men the Army Medical Department offers you a future now the Medical Service Corps has openings for optometrists civil chemical and sanitary engineers and men trained in the sciences allied to medicine if you have a degree You may be able to qualify for a commission and the career opportunities it provides pay Alliances and retirement benefits are attractive to see if you can qualify write the surgeon general Department of the Army Washington 25 DC now once again our producer the curtain rises on act one of troubled waters Starring Dale Evans a Sally Barrett In the riotous blood-painted history of the Pekas country of Texas There was a great sprawling range of alternate lush grass and badlands Across which the longhorns moved in straggling lines or gathered in clumps and browsed On their flanks was the iron seared mark of the flying bee The bee was for Barrett for Dan Barrett and his Raven crest sparkling. I daughter Sally Sally and her father were Texans real Texans Many years before Sally's forbearers with courage and foresight had won this land and had held it On the flying bee ranch. There was lots of land, but very little water and that is the measure of this story water One evening Sally alone in the ranch house heard the thunder of hooks and the horse came streaking into the yard It was her father old Dan on his black stallion challenge The stallion was lathered almost white, but there was red in old Dan's eye Well, then what is it what's the matter with you why you've near-run challenge to death. I know I have Wait on Sally wait on can't you hurry up your con son farm and come here and get this horse This is my legs can get me there.  Okay, mr. Dan come on boy. Thank you boy. You're done, right? Well, pop look at me I'm a looking Sally.  What's happened come on inside and I'll tell you what happened I've never seen you look like this before Sally set. Will you all right? Sally I reckon you know the Swades The Swades here the sneak and coyote and bush whacking water poison and Swades. It's them again. Is it? What are they done? Why don't you ask what they ain't done? They killed your granddad poor of them bush whacked him shot him in the back One night when me and your ma was coming back from Slawson in the rig They set some rattles in the road to scare the horses. They scared them.  Oh Pop Sally we're Barrett's you understand this grazing ground out here is Barrett grazing ground We want it. We fought for it We're gonna keep it the water hole again pop.  Gallons of crude oil all over it a scum so thick it's thinking that no cow critter could or would stick its muzzle in Sally They've been trying to steal that water and hole for long before I can remember What are you gonna do pop?   Maybe not Maybe not Sally But I can sure die a try-in The door opened to calm yellow gleam of the lamp light fell out and through it walked Dan Barrett There were two guns strapped to his sides What is it Sally come here? All right.  Easy girl. Hey Yes, mr. Dan if I ain't back before morning or if walk-along comes mojian back with an empty saddle right for the Marshal You come back pop. Do you hear me? You come back? I'll do my down just Sally. Take care of yourself girl Tell me nothing miss Sally Betcha to bits against the busted spray row your dad's going gunning for the Swades Yeah, I don't know of any argument that would stop him Curly did you hear what that darn fool Papa mine said to me? He said for me to take care of myself All Dan Barrett his lips set in a grim line rides out into the night Cutting his horse across the arroyo to the smoky Ridge Road the road which leads to the bar X 40 in the ranch house of the Swades all Dan doesn't know it But this encounter is to be without the element of surprise the Swades to our veterans of range warfare As old Dan rides down the cleft of smoky Ridge a figure rises in the shadow of a boulder and Starlight glints blue along the rifle barrel Somebody come around inside there everybody's dead the direction covered with a shotgun, mr.  I've got your dad out here, and he's hurt He's hurt bad. I did not just say so. I thought I said to get a lantern. We don't need the lantern We ain't got time. Let's get him inside. Ain't you got any emails in this place? Listen, I'm just as strong as any we've got around here. Come on. Let's leave him out of this saddle Oh, how I got him up there. Maybe we can get him down the same way without killing him dead And now you take his shoulders and I take his weight on the hips. Oh, right We've got to gentle him the reckon he's lost a lot of blood what happened. I don't rightly know Found him laying face down in smoky Ridge There's like he's been shot in the back. How do you feel pop? Might poorly Sally I'm riding right now for the doctor ma'am. I'll get him here before you can bat your eyes twice Thanks very much. The name's Lance Lance sterling. I've seen you ma'am Pop here's there anything I can get you is there anything I can do for you. Yes, Sally There is something you can do for me If you would what is it pop? Just keep saying to yourself So that you'll never forget it The Barrett's one this land They fought for it And they're gonna keep it They're gonna keep it Sally Even if it means fighting on until doomsday.  I will Like you said I'm a Barrett You can just rest easy in your mind now pop You can go to sleep Because briefly from our story troubled waters starring Dale Evans to bring you an important message from our government a Career in aviation offers you the opportunity to follow your aims and ambitions in a wide variety of interesting and exciting assignments Both flying and non-flying careers are open to you if you can qualify and are selected for training When you've completed training you'll receive your reserved commission as a second lieutenant And you'll have the opportunity to earn that regular commission while on active duty Then comes important assignments in the field of your choice as a member of the Air Force team Here's your chance to step up to a career with a future as an officer executive in the United States Air Force See how you can fit into this picture find out about the age educational and physical standards You must meet to qualify get all the facts today at your nearest US Army and US Air Force recruiting station Remember you're sure to find your choice of careers in the United States Air Force The curtain rises on act 2 of troubled waters starring Dale Evans as Sally Barrett Many years ago in the fabulous Pekas country of Texas life was as cheap as land and Water was the great treasure for which they both sought Men killed and were killed in the relentless conquest of cool waters and muddy sinkholes Water was life's blood and when the droughts came Man and cattle and land became parched and dried away into the badlands On the flying bee ranch which lay between Smoky Ridge and the never-never of badlands Sally's father old Dan had been shot shot in the back by one of the suede clan in a century-old feud over water Sally sat beside him as he lay propped up by pillows in his big oak bed She saw his lips sat in a thin straight line in the nation great face And in her face flooded little look that only fear can bring fear for the safety and life of her father Fetch me my clothes Sally and then see if we can help me to get up here pop you a to get not you ain't getting one foot out Of that bed now listen the Barrett's ain't all darn fools I reckon I got a little like a sense even if you ain't Sally did you hear me?  They ain't gonna kill me so they made a fair beginning Pop give them the water hole Give it to them and be done with it a whole ocean of water ain't worth your life What does my life mean against seven thousand head of cattle and saving this range? Well, what about the Swades range their cattle have to drink water to pop I reckon they do But they ain't drinking water on this side of the flying bee French line Oh, I ain't got any more use for the Swades than you have They're low down and they're conniving but they ain't got no water for their critters nor their range either Pop listen, why couldn't we share that water hole with them? Why couldn't you deal with them? I'll deal with them Sally And I've only got one thing I'll share with them and that's the wrong end of a 45 It's them or us Sally It's always has been Your granddad tried sharing water with them, but they didn't want sharing they wanted it all That's why they bushwhacked him Maybe you're right about me not getting up yet I reckon I'm gonna need all the strength I can get before I go after them I'll stay down Sally Until I'm fit and then I Aimed to ride again Well, I reckon he's just about like the old saying the flesh is weak with the spirit strong You know, I had to argue him out of getting up and going out gunning for them Swades again Fuse been going on for quite a spell in it most a century You're riding anywhere in particular Miss Barry. You just right Well, I was aiming to ride over to the water hole to see how bad it is Mind if I ride along with it. I'd be right pleased. That is if you haven't anything else to do My matter of plum fact, I ain't got nothing to do at all. You're new in these parts. Ain't you mr. Sterling? Well, some I reckon I'd be obliged if you'd call me Lance Calling me mr. Sterling makes me turn around to see who you're talking to all right Lance By the way, I didn't thank you for what you did for pop. Oh shucks I reckon he and I just about owe his life to you Nothing man. I just riding along when I see him laying there I I just up and did what any other hombre would have done, but you never did get to where you were going. Did you? Yep, I reckon I did where no where That's where I was going That's why I'm mighty grateful for you. Let me put up at the bunkhouse for a spell Are you looking for a job Lance? Maybe it's the right kind of a job. Oh What do you figure is the right kind of a job? Well, I guess mostly swapping Swapping what almost anything I guess but mostly holes in the ground in particular holes in the ground Yep, there's a heap of difference in holes in the ground miss Barry some are better than others There's something like horses. Oh, you're a good one for talking riddles. Ain't you ain't no riddle about a hole in the ground Now you take that water and hole there of yours. Oh boy. Yeah Now I wouldn't trade much for a hole in the ground for that Sure isn't missing. That's the work of the Swades. That's how come pop got himself shot. Yeah, I know Miss Barrett that water and hole ain't much fit for cattle. Is it nor for anything else? It might be fit for swapping. What are you talking about Lance fit for swapping? Well this morning I took a ride over to the bar X 40 the Swades. Yeah, told him I was looking for a job They didn't have none, but I'll tell you what they did have what they had a well digging rig going to rack and ruin in their backyard Yes, I know they've been drilling all over their property for years trying to strike water But I reckon there just ain't no water to strike water Well ma'am you see seeing that rig sitting there started me to think about what about how you and your dad could put an end to your fuel of the Swades How? Swapping Swapping what holds on the ground? They've got a well digging rig they ain't using and you got a water hole you can't use Might be you could swap this one for a hole in the ground they'd dig for you where you tell them to Mr. Sterling you sound plumb loco.  Your pops in bed any but he ain't likely be doing much snooping around for spell Now you could do the swapping and forget to tell him about it Do I look crazy mr.  He ain't found out about it yet Hasn't he ain't likely to for spell that is unless you tell don't you worry about me telling him What do you keep getting handfuls of dirt from the borehole and looking at it? Just looking to see what's in the hole. What else could there be but dirt just plain dirt. Hello, Swade We're down 78 feet miss Barrett our deal only calls for a hundred you know Yes, I know mr. Swade, and I reckon you know the deal don't call for us to strike no water Miss Barrett knows the deal Swade you just keep on drilling. Okay Sterling haven't your own way But let me just remind you miss Barrett this little deal We're making is fair legal and binding And if your par ever comes charging out on account of what you're doing He's gonna find the water hole fenced in and own the borax 40 range In trespasses are going to get themselves shot How did you know I reckon it was only a little bit of knowing a lot of keep my fingers crossed But you knew something Lance you talk so sure my talking with something like whistling past the graveyard You see Sally.  I'd be right obliged if you would Looking like I do all covered with oil and mud miss Barrett just doesn't seem to fit no ways But you started to say something. Oh, yeah. Yeah, well you see for quite a spell I've been messing around the oil country northeast. I've been dogging for them geology hombres so long I sort of caught on some myself Then I took the first good look of smoky Ridge over there. I said myself now that there is oil shale I ain't never seen oil shale The outcroppers like a hundred others I've seen Then I got to figuring about the water hole. It was causing all the fuss And the more I figured and looked and the more I was plumb certain that Jim Swade was telling the truth when he said He didn't pour no oil on it. It was seeping in from underneath that You mean from the earth? Yep That could only mean one thing was shallow basin But there was no way to find out for sure without drilling that had to be done without letting nobody get wise or they'd been a stampede My luck held Sally. I reckon now you and your dad are out of the cattle business and well plumb up to your ears and oil You've got yourselves the first gusher in Pekas County. Oh, Lance. I'm so concerned happy I could just bust I feel like singing and shouting all at the same time Then why don't you make nobody here except me and the cows? You know Lance, I just think I will That was a mighty pretty hippie Sally. I never heard one quite like it. Thank you lads. I was Where are you going? Right where oh Nowhere I reckon same place I was riding before From the way you talk anybody think you owned a bill of sale on that place of nowhere, maybe I do Lance You wouldn't want to do some more swapping. Would you swapping? Swapping what maybe swapping your bill of sale on nowhere from my bill of sale on somewhere Maybe Our star Dale Evans will return for a curtain call after this timely message from Wendell Niles Choose the career that offers all five the U.S. Army offers you these five keys to a successful future One the right job for you Scientific aptitude test determine the right job for you to continuous training in your job Specialized training and educational courses prepare you for advancement in your field three planned advancement under the Army's advancement plan your skill and efficiency will assure periodic promotions for lifetime security You as an army man are guaranteed regular pay and liberal retirement benefits in sickness your medical care is provided without cost And your regular pay continues five travel and recreation in the army You will enjoy the finest recreational facilities and opportunities for worldwide travel Remember you have 30 days vacation with pay each year Yes, choose the career that offers all five Get full details at your nearest army and Air Force recruiting station Now once again our star and our producer Dale I'm very happy that you could take time out from a busy picture schedule at Republic Studios to join us in our theater But since you have just completed your 28th picture with Roy Rogers It's easy to see where most of your time goes Well, we also do a little work in radio now and then quite a little work your weekly Roy Rogers show But seriously Dale, what's all this excitement out at Republic these days? It's over one of our new pictures CP call the Golden Stallion that sounds like a story of a Palomino It's more than that This is trigger junior and he makes his bow to the whole world trigger junior imagine that all CP He's wonderful. We just love him to death and he's really brilliant too. Well naturally look at trigger He could be a great hit in the circus. Just will you see him? Don't worry. I'll see the Golden Stallion twice Your picture I'm glad to see that you're playing more of the real Western girl instead of the shelter type Well, I like it better at least I think it's more natural. I am from Texas. He remembers How could we forget that's one good reason? I like doing a Texas story with you Of course, there was nothing wrong in portraying a city girl and some of my former pictures with Roy But I just didn't feel quite natural You know how it is I like to ride more and I don't like to be treated like a well I might break fragile like I just want the frilly type. They first made me You get my boat right now as the real Western girl the Queen of the West and believe me Royalty was never better fitted for the part. Well, thank you, sir. McGregor. Pardon us, sir Now tell me who's starring with you next week and I'll just saddle up and ride along our star next week Dale and ladies and gentlemen Will be the popular radio and screen actor Jeff Chandler Jeff provides a vivid portrayal in a dramatic story a story of an agnostic who finds his own soul While telling others that it does not exist. Oh, that sounds wonderful, and we'll be listening. Goodbye. See you. Bye. Bye, Dale Be sure to join us next week ladies and gentlemen when Jeff Chandler stars in a dramatic story Once to every man until then thanks for listening and cheerio from Hollywood Which arranges fully appearance of all stars in this program Script was by Kimberl S. Sant with the music of Eddie Dunstead Program is transcribed in Hollywood for a lease at this time Wendell Niles speaking


You know, sometimes that helps speed up the process. I talked to two contractors that graduated, did the same thing. Okay. All right. Now, so that's a piece to another point. So you actually spoke to 8A graduates before you got into the program. Exactly. When I was working with the nonprofits and just working from the state and local level, I knew of two 8A contractors that were successful. So, you know, I talked to them about the program and, you know, just trying to get some information and, you know, sometimes you get information that you want to hear and sometimes you get information that you don't want to hear. So they just basically told me what the program was about, the do's and the don'ts. And, you know, they told me it was a great program, but your work history really speaks for you. He said, one job, one bad job can change, you know, many things. So it's best to put your best foot forward, give them the best possible job you can, be competitive, and at the same time, you know, take care of your customer's needs, you know, you may have to do a little extra, you may have to, you know, go the extra mile, but it's going to pay off. And that theory worked for me, you know, I try to stay competitive. I try to give them the best, you know, I give them what they're looking for. And then I try to give them a little beyond. And at the end of the day, it'll definitely help you while you're in the program, and contracting officers, they communicate. So, you know, good news travels, bad news travels faster. So just putting the best foot forward and meeting your customer needs is key. Can you give me an example of where you've gone beyond the contract? Well, I had a pavement project in Hartford. And we completed the pavement, it was a pavement and concrete project. And I was actually running a job myself.  So the mulch was all dried up, it was weedy, it was, it was just, it really took away from my pavement job. You know, it wasn't in the contract, but I removed the mulch. I got all the weeds out. I put in new mulch and I landscaped it and made it look nice. And the contracting officer, as well as the person that was in charge of the project, he was so impressed.  And to this day, he has definitely ramped up tremendously. And it's just things, small things like that, that really sets your business apart from other businesses. I am. Yeah, that's a great example of it. And it pays. How many fold? Right. We've probably done six contracts after that consistent. By the time we finished one, there was always one in the queue. Are you interested in this? Are you interested in that? But the work we did, I must say, in that scenario, the concrete was designed to be done in two different pours. And the job was kind of complicated because you can only work on the weekend. You couldn't work Monday through Friday. We get there at light Friday and we work till noon time on Sunday. It was all after hours. So we had a pour and the pour was designed to be completed in two Saturdays. Do half this Saturday, half this Saturday. So my subcontract came to me and said, Hey, Brian, I want to pour it all today. So I said, you can do it, but you're going to own it. He said, I'll own it. So we had that discussion Friday. We set up the pour on Saturday. So they poured the concrete on Saturday. And at the end of the day, it was hotter than they expected. And the concrete cured super fast. And the product just came out. It was unacceptable. So we met that Monday and we discussed what are our options. So the person in charge gave us time to go over with my subcontractor to see what direction we're going to go. So I listened to my subcontract and I'm like, that's unacceptable. I said, we're going to have to pull this thing out and we're going to have to pour it again. And he said, okay, so I went to my inspector and I said, Hey, we're going to pull it out and we're going to pour it again. He said, Brian, that's the right answer. And just by us doing that, it allowed the opportunity for us to show that, you know, we're going to stick to what we're, when it costs money, we're still going to hold up to our contract.