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Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mather show.

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So our lead this hour coming from the Charm City, it is a big week in the calendar.

It's the NFL draft, and there have been all kinds of whispers in hush tones about speculation and chatter that this team over there,

that team over there, and this team in the back are all going to make big splash moves.

Now, one of the teams that's been mentioned has been the Baltimore Ravens.

Now, state-sponsored NFL media and Fox Sports Radio's own, Bucky Brooks.

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He suggested very loudly that there's a plan in the works where the Ravens would pick Justin Fields from the Ohio State University.

Dot the I with a tentative plan to eventually move on from Lamar Jackson.

Now, John Harbaugh attempted to pour acid all over that speculation.

He didn't hear this.

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