 So team keep it clean in this episode, we're gonna take a look at two very different views when it comes to the Ravens and their Y receiver core. Yeah, this feels like a dream to take. Growth is such an essential part of anything that we do in life, especially when it comes to things that we invest our time in because you never wanna become too stagnant. And that's probably one of the biggest reasons why I use Skillshare. I'm always looking for ways to improve the quality of these videos. And Skillshare provides an entire catalog of ad-free classes, so I can do just that. Let me take you through it so I can show you just how simple it is. So you go to Skillshare, sign in, and search for the type of skill you're looking to work on or you can just search the specific creator's name. For me, I'm always looking to up the quality of the videos so I search MKBHD for Marcus Brown Lee's videos on how to do just that. 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Outside of those two though, it's... Anyway, first question came from my guy, Kevin S. And then we're gonna have another question that kind of views it in an opposite way from my guy, Gold Morano. But let's get into it first question from Kevin. He said, Aang, Raven, I told you Ravens didn't need to go out and get a number one wide receiver. I know you were saying it would be nice to get one, but I felt like it would have taken away from Duvenay and Bateman. See, my thing, and then he said, they need this year to develop. Now next year, they need to go after one in the draft or free agency, but the development of the wide receivers we have is a must this year. I get what you're saying, but my reasoning for them going out and getting somebody who was that guy right now was because of timing. Timing is of the essence. In my opinion, it wasn't, this year wasn't a year to be like, all right, you know what, now let's really take a deep dive into the development of our own wide receivers. Lamar is on the fifth year option. He's on the fifth year option. So I really didn't feel like, all right, now let's really see what these receivers got. And you could have still seen what the receivers had, even if you went out and got somebody who was like that, and that would have upped the quality of the wide receivers that much more. So imagine that, imagine what's happening right now if it happened that much more with other guys too. And then think, the wide receivers, it's only been Rashad Bateman and Devon Duvenay. It hasn't been anybody else. It hasn't been James Proshay. He's been hurt. So boom, you would have had somebody to take over in his absence. Tyler Wallace, Tyler Wallace hasn't really had much opportunity. He ain't really been out there too much. Demarcus Robinson. See, Demarcus Robinson, he's been doing his thing. He definitely had a big impacts, because in week one, he had this huge pass interference call that set up a touchdown in week two. He had a touchdown, I believe. And then in week three, did he have a touchdown? No, he didn't have a touchdown in week three. But we ain't expecting to be every single game making plays we wish it would be. I mean, Devon Duvenay had bitches to shout out to do. But if you would have gotten another guy, then you probably wouldn't have gotten Demarcus Robinson. But still, my thing was just about the quality and the timing of the quality because of Lamar. I just wanted his job and everybody else's job to be made that much easier. Now, again, the receivers were the top two and Demarcus Robinson too. They've been doing their thing for the most part. So I'm happy about it. I'm happy about it. I just wanna see it continue. And I think, especially we're really both, I'm about to say we're Rashad Bateman, but we just wanna see them evolve a bit more. I know, and of course, game by game, things are gonna change. So I ain't trippin' about the week three game because in week three, they hadn't had a catch. The receivers hadn't had a catch in a long time, like throughout the first half. I think they didn't have a catch until the second half. But I just, that was my biggest thing. More options for this offense, more options for Lamar Jackson to throw too. Because again, him being able to throw like this, this is no surprise, man. This is no shocker, it's no like big revelation. Oh my goodness, Lamar Jackson can throw the ball. No, we knew Lamar Jackson could throw the ball. Analysts and stuff try to tell you that he couldn't. But people that have watched him, they know that he can throw the ball. So that's old news. But I just, that was it. I just wanted his job to be made that much easier. Now, on the flip side, next question came from my guy, Gold Morano. He said, we still don't have that dude. In Graven, you watched the game and have now analyzed the performance at each position. Rashad Bateman went four for 59, but missed out on two critical passes that ended drives that had high probability of turning into scores. Yes, Harbaugh argued that his wide receiver didn't have full possession when the Patriot defender knocked the ball out of Bateman's hands. But I believe that he should have been able to hold on to the ball in that situation because he had both hands on the ball. Rashad had two hands on the ball in both situations. These are factors that enables opposing teams to creep back into games into the fourth quarter. Minus the Miss Qs, Bateman would have gone over 100 yards in New England. Yeah, he would have and it was, it was a, yeah, he didn't have full possession. And that was, it was a drop, kind of, yeah, it was a drop. It was a drop, knockout, but yeah, he should have caught that. Cause it wasn't like it was a ball that was too high. It wasn't like it was a ball that was too low. It hit him, it hit him right, right there. I ain't mean to hit the mic, my apologies. But yeah, it should have been a catch. But again, my thing with the receivers and just really players, cause Mark Andrews, he ain't a receiver, but if you're going to drop the ball, okay, cool, as long as you make it more plays, then you miss that. That's my biggest thing. Now, of course, in crucial situations, you don't want drop, I mean, you don't want drops at all really, but that's just something that, that's just something that you just don't want to see. Cause you don't want games to, like you talked about, you don't want teams to creep back into a game because of a crucial drop, or because of a drop period. Because those are chain moves, those are chunk plays, those are huge first downs, and then sometimes potential touchdowns. And then there was the, the, the deep pass up the right seam, where Lamar, he threw it and Rashal Bateman just missed it. And he could have dove for it and possibly got it. Maybe Lamar could have put like a, a hair less on it. But it looked like to me that was more Bateman than Lamar. But I kind of understand somebody said that was more Lamar than Bateman, but Bateman would have really like extended and said, I think he could have got that. But it's water under the bridge, but hopefully that water remains under the bridge. And they don't have too much of those missed. Cause I mean, you ain't going to hit every single pass. You ain't going to make every single catch. But plays like that, you just, you, you, you miss, when you miss out on them, you just, in games like the Patriots game, it obviously didn't change the impact. I mean, the outcome of the game, but those plays against a different team. And you miss on those plays, whether it's a miss throw, whether it's an exception, whether it's a drop, whether it's not extending yourself to make a catch, well, whatever it may be, those against even better teams, you can't miss out on that stuff cause it could change everything. But anyway, he said, we love Rashad and I suspect that he'll have a very bright future in the NFL. But would you agree that coming up empty at key moments has to diminish Lamar's trust in our budding wide receiver? At least a little. I don't think so. Simply because of what we were talking about earlier. If you're making more plays than you're missing, then I don't think that Lamar is going to be like, all right, well, I ain't going to this guy no more. Like for instance, again, with him and Miles Boykin, they were just never on the same page at all. So that's why it was tough for Miles Boykin because everything that he did, good or bad, it mattered so much more than it did with other receivers like with a Hollywood, with Sammy Watkins for a teeny, teeny bit because he got a lot less opportunities than other guys. And that was just really throughout his career with the Ravens. And since he got far less opportunities than other guys, then everything was emphasized that much more. So for somebody in that situation, if Miles made a big catch, it's like, okay, let's go. Okay, maybe Lamar might throw to him again, but if Miles made a big drop or there was a miscue or he ran the wrong route or something like that, then for somebody like that, I could see Lamar be like, uh, yeah, I'm not going to try it again. But for somebody like Hollywood, who had a couple of drops last year, last season, I know there's going to be somebody in the comments like, oh, it was more than a couple, buddy. But anyway, for Hollywood, Lamar kept going to him because he trusted him. He trusted him. And despite him having a drop here, there, even touchdown drops like in the Lions game and in the Chargers game and whatever other games too. I can't say the stealers because that was Tyler Huntley, but with Lamar and Hollywood, even with Hollywood, Lamar would still go right back to him. With Mark Andrews, we've seen it this year. With Mark Andrews, he's had drops, I think. I want to say every game, but Mark Andrews, what he does, what he's been doing this year, he'll have a drop in the first quarter and it'll be like, oh, come on, Mark, but then he will make up for it in a major way throughout the rest of the game. Lamar will keep on going back to him. So as far as the trust thing that you talked about, I think it all just depends on who it is. So that's it. And as long as they're making more plays than they're missing, that more passes are possibly being forced to Andrews due to that lack of full trust. Nah, I don't think so. We may not have seen the best that Bateman has to offer as of yet, but would you agree that contrary to what some fans may believe that Lamar still doesn't have that dude at Y Receiver One, that beast who could change the outcome of games with one catch? I think with Rashad Bateman, he could be developing into that. I can't say he's that right now, but I can't say he is slowly seemed to be developing into that. And it's going to take time. It's going to take time. I don't think Rashad Bateman has established himself. Oh, he is that guy at Y Receiver right now. He can be and he seems to be on his way. I don't think he's there yet, but he's definitely on the way. So it's just a matter of continue making plays. That's it. Keep making plays, keep stacking good games, keep stacking big plays. And again, and that would just, that'll make things much better for the Baltimore Ravens. And he could possibly, if he keeps stuff up, he could possibly end up being the first Ravens wide receiver to receive a first Ravens drafted wide receiver to receive a real second contract, a real one. Nobody ain't got no real one yet. Chris Moore, he was drafted by the Ravens, but then after his deal ran out, his rookie contract ran out, he got signed, re-signed to like a one year deal. But I mean like a real multi-year contractor. Well, it's early. He's only a year two, but as long as he keeps on trending up, then he could be well on his way. He said it's likely being underutilized. Will we only see Isaiah only be featured when Snoop is under center? Oh, no, no, no. We don't want to see no Snoop under center, unless it's a blowout, then okay, cool. But we don't want to see Snoop under center. But we're likely, they've been trying here and there, and all the pre-season hype are unlikely. I don't know, I think you gotta just settle down. And they gotta just find ways to get them involved. They had them, they threw him that shovel pass the other day. So that was cool. And then in the, was it the Dolphins game, where he called it like three passes? I think it was a Dolphins game. But I think his time will come eventually. But it's one of those things that slowly, but surely, like the pre-season had a lot of our expectation for likely like, oh, okay, yeah, let's go. Let's get it, baby. But it just ain't been there yet. See, and that's not comparing him to Miles Boy, even though they both were number 80. But I wonder, and I haven't really noticed it, so I can't really say for sure, but I wonder if some of the miscues between Lamar Jackson and Isaiah likely, some of the drops, I wonder if that may contribute to Lamar, maybe seeing Isaiah like they'd be like, oh, let me look somewhere else. But I don't know, I don't know. So I haven't seen a play where Isaiah likely is wide open and Lamar might look somewhere. I don't know. I think somebody mentioned that they may have seen it, but I meet myself, I don't know. He said, Devon Duvenay has made the most of few receiving opportunities. Based off of what he has shown, should he be getting more than two to three targets per game? I mean, yeah, you would certainly hope so. Because yeah, I like how you put that. He's made the most of his few receiving opportunities. Devon Duvenay been doing this thing. When the ball comes his way, especially those back of the end zone touchdown, oh man. Like in Devon Duvenay, it's like with him, he ain't been getting no crazy separation. Devon Duvenay, well, he would, that cornerback will be all over him, draped all over him, and then he'll still make the catch. So shout out to Duv. And then he said, in addition to getting the run game cooking, what's spreading passes more evenly between Bateman Duvenay, the markets Robinson, I almost said Devon de Robinson. I'm over here, Devon de Parker, and he haunted my mind. Anyway, what's spreading passes more evenly between Bateman Duvenay, the markets Robinson, I'd say likely Oliver, Boyle, Andrews, and Dobbins make the offense less predictable and keep defenses on their heels. What should we have two Irish receivers who have at least 10 receptions per game? It all just depends. I can't, yeah, you certainly want different guys. And the more guys involved, the better to keep defenses on their heels. But it all just depends on the game. If you got a wide receiver that's just doing his thing in the game, and he ain't being stopped, you don't stop giving it to him. If he keep making plays, you keep having him make plays. So it all just depends on the actual game. I can't say, oh, for every game, it gotta be this, this, this, all of them guys, but, cause it's gonna be, you gotta keep rolling with the hot hand, that's my point. And this feels like a dream. Oh, just what I made. You two team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like, automated, automated. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. Shout out to engraving.