 We've reached the period of time in the offseason where we're in prediction mode. How many touchdowns is this quarterback going to throw for? How many interceptions? How many rush yards is this back going to get? How many receiving yards is this wide receiver or tight end going to catch? What's going to happen? How many games is your team going to win and so on and so forth? The predictions, as y'all know, they go super, super crazy. And it's fun because it's always nice to look back and be like, oh yeah, I was right about that. Or in my case, oh man, I was wrong about that. And Bleacher Report, be our great iron. They are no different because I was scrolling on Instagram this morning. And this was a post that they did about 2022 breakout candidates. And of course, the headline was Trevor Lawrence. Number one overall pick from a year ago from the Jacksonville Jaguars. And they, of course, they got a couple of receivers. They spent some crazy money on them and they really reset that receiver market. But hey, Jacksonville with their team, with the situation that they're in and the lack of success that they've had. If you want people to come, you are going to have to pay extra money. You're going to have to pay more than the average. You're going to have to pay more than what the market is saying. So with them giving out the crazy contracts, initially it was a surprise. But then when you think about it, it's like, oh, okay, I get white. Now, another person that they had as a breakout candidate will be 49ers quarterback, Trey Lance. And with Trey Lance, he's expected to be the starting quarterback. We, of course, keep hearing all these rumors about Jimmy Garoppolo and where he could possibly be traded to. But it's been dry. It's been real dry. It's been real dry on Jimmy Garoppolo. It's been real dry on Baker Mayfield. It's like, and these dudes just sitting there like, man, nobody wants me. And I think with the situation that both of those quarterbacks, and I think is a lot has to do with that salary. Jimmy Garoppolo, Garoppolo, why do I keep calling him Garoppolo? Whose name is Garoppolo? Oh, Mike Garoppolo, the reporter. But Jimmy Garoppolo, he, I think he would get paid like 22 meals, something like that. But if 49ers cut him, I believe there is either no or a very, very minimal amount of dead money. So they can cut him, get out of the deal, and they would gain like 20-something meal in cap space. So we feel like it's just a matter of time, but they seem to be waiting this out till somebody takes the bait on a trade or whatnot. And I'm sure like, I think they would take something really low for Jimmy Garoppolo just to get him off the team so they can move forward with Trey Lance. And that'll be that. I don't see him being on the team, just sitting there being a $20 million backup. But hey, we'll see. Another candidate, Dolphins wide receiver Jalen Waddle. Oh yeah, Ravens fans, they know about him. We remember him from last year, and at that Ravens Dolphins game, he showed himself. But now I can see why they have him listed as a breakout candidate because of his, one of his newest teammates, that being Tyreek Hill. And you got two receivers with crazy speed on the field. At the same time, you know Tyreek Hill is going to be getting a lot of attention. And with him getting all that attention, Jalen Waddle, it should put him in more favorable situations and more favorable matchups. So I can definitely see why he would be a candidate for breaking out. Another one. It's a good one. It's an interesting one right here. Broncos wide receiver, Jerry Judy. South Florida zone, by the way. And with him, I think the reason why they have him as a breakout candidate is not because the situation changed. They added another receiver. They added another, no, it's because they added a quarterback. And they added a legitimate quarterback with Russell Wilson, who's going to get Jerry Judy that ball. They made a serious upgrade at the QB position. And when you make a serious upgrade at the QB position, it affects everybody on that offense. And then of course, it affects the defense too. Because if you're quarterbacking your offense and moving the ball to scoring points, then that makes it easier for the defense. And Broncos, they already had a good defense. But now if you could have a good offense too, they could be one of those sleeper teams in the AFC. So we'll see what happens with that. Another one. Cowboys running back, Tony Pollard. Now, this is an interesting one because you know with Ezekiel Elliott, they paid him a lot of money. A lot of people feel like they shouldn't have paid him all that money. A lot of people feel like they definitely regret paying him all that money. But hey, it happened. And he was one of the better backs in the league and he was doing his thing. Ezekiel Elliott was. Injuries kind of slowed him down and then Tony Pollard, he's been speeding up. So a lot of people feel like he could break out. And he's been looking good for the Cowboys last couple of years. There's some people say, hey, he's better than Ezek. I've heard that a lot from people. So I can see why they would have him listed as a breakout candidate. Another guy. Chargers cornerback, Asante Samuel Jr. And I think the biggest reason that they may have him as a breakout candidate, obviously you got there when James behind you. But and they just signed the cornerback from the Patriots, who I wish we could have signed, but I understand it is big money right there. JC Jackson, there we go. JC Jackson, who catch like a million picks a season. So with him quarterbacks, they like, man, if we throw to his side, he's going to end up picking us off. So let's throw to the other side. So this will give Asante Samuel Jr. a chance to really evolve and emerge. And another thing that goes in his favor, Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa. Same field, same time, same team. Yeah, that's trouble. Even though Khalil Mack over the past couple of years, he's been a little down. He was hurt too in a little brief period of time. But still, Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa. We've seen it before where some players, it'll be like, man, this player is starting to fall off a little bit, but sometimes they just on the wrong team. Sometimes all people need is a fresh start and they just feel rejuvenated. Jets, wide receiver, Elijah Moore. And I think he could be a breakout candidate because maybe Joe Flacco starts. No, I'm just playing. But another guy that they had on here that a lot of us are pretty familiar with, Raven's wide receiver, Rashad Bateman. They have him as a breakout candidate for the 2022 season. And I think if you ask really any Ravens fan, like really think about it, if you ask any Ravens fan, who's a breakout candidate for the Baltimore Ravens this year? I feel like 99% of them would also say Rashad Bateman. Why? Because of opportunity. Opportunity is probably the biggest thing right here. Hollywood Brown got traded to the Cardinals. So now Rashad Bateman, he elevates to sort of that number one receiver role. He of course has to take it and make it happen and earn it. But that's what the expectation is that he becomes Lamar Jackson's number one receiver. And I know a lot of people say, oh no, no, Lamar Jackson's number one receiver is the Titan Mark Andrews. But we're talking about the receiver position. The Ravens, they showed last year how much they loved Rashad Bateman and how much they really valued Rashad Bateman. Now there were times throughout the season when the way that they showed how much they valued him and got a little murky because I remember in his very first game, very first game, because he had missed the first five, six games with injury. He came back in his very first game. And like I told y'all recently before, I didn't think that he was going to play a bunch of snails. I thought maybe like, oh, 50, 60%. But no, he was out there a lot. Very first game, him and Lamar Jackson had chemistry. They had him out there like the whole game. But then a couple of games later, I remember the Dolphins game and it was so confusing. It was frustrating. Rashad Bateman and Lamar Jackson, they won the sideline, frustrated. But in that Dolphins game, it's like, man, Hollywood is struggling. Sammy Watkins struggling. Why we, where's Rashad Bateman at? And he was on the sideline. He was healthy, nothing wrong. Standing up, walking around. We saw that number 12 pacing because we sat, where we sat at that game, it was on the Raven sideline. Not on the sideline, but on their side of the field. And we kept seeing Rashad Bateman going back and forth, back and forth. I'm like, why is he not on the field? Especially when you're playing with an injured Sammy Watkins. So hopefully Ravens this year, they will right a lot of their wrongs. Because that's, yeah, that's stuff like that is unacceptable. And then in that same game, guess what happened when they start throwing Rashad Bateman the ball? When they start having him on the field, and Lamar is throwing on the ball. Oh, oh, he was moving that thing. Oh, oh, he was making plays happen. Oh yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, I remember. So with Rashad Bateman, but now with, with there being no Hollywood, with there being no Sammy Watkins, that really, and with them having not drafted a wide receiver that really elevates him. It puts him in a real good position to be a breakout candidate. And I don't think any Ravens fans will be like, Oh no, Rashad Bateman, he wouldn't be breaking. No, everybody would agree. Everybody would expect it. And last year, I think Rashad Bateman had about a little over 500 yards. And but this, the thing with Rashad Bateman that you got to remember, he only played in, I think, 12 games. He had 500 yards, but a lot of those games will not play with Lamar Jackson. So I'm going to play with Tyler Huntley. There was a little bit of Josh Johnson in there, but a lot of it was not with Lamar Jackson. So that's something to think about too. And that's something to consider when you talk about Rashad Bateman being a breakout candidate. And why it just makes so much sense. Ravens upgraded their offensive line. That would lead to more and better and more quality protection for one Lamar Jackson to where it could give him more quality and better time to make his throws. A lot of times last year, Lamar Jackson had to make those on the run. Had to make those while some of the pocket was collapsing. Just had to make a lot of Superman stuff happen. But now we hope that the Superman stuff ends up being far and few. We hope that that offensive line could do its thing. And what that offensive line does, it helps out Mark Andrews. And if it helps Mark Andrews, you know there's going to be a lot of attention on him. He could have Rashad Bateman too. So Mark Andrews, the attention that he draws, it could end up freeing up Rashad Bateman a bit. But then what if teams are taking out Mark Andrews and Rashad Bateman? What if they double in both of them? Who's going to be that guy to step up? Well, that's a whole nother conversation. But I can understand why Rashad Bateman is looking like he is going to break out this year. Because if I had to pick somebody to break out this year from the Ravens, especially on offense, it would be him all day. All day. So, B.R. Great iron. This is one of the better posts that y'all had recently. Where the Ravens were involved at least. Because I remember last week, we went over one of the posts where they were talking about trading Marcus Peters to the Colts. Yuck. Gross. That's so disgusting. So disgusting. But in that same post, they talked about trading Chuck Clark to the Cowboys, trading Nick Boyle to the Giants in exchange for Kenny Galladay. And, oh, and the Ravens trading for Scotty Miller. So anyway, this was a much better post from y'all, which I appreciate it. I love y'all team. Keep it clean. I appreciate y'all so much. Thank you for everything that y'all do. We out.