 They called me crazy for wanting the Ravens to invest more in wide receivers. They said I need to stop talking about it Why I keep repeating it? Why I keep bringing it up? I need to let it go This was one of the biggest reasons why I continued to bring it up Because the Ravens especially after last season the way that last season went with injuries That should have let the Ravens know like look We got to stay ready, so we ain't got to get ready. We need to be over prepared rather than under prepared My biggest thing and we talked about it You can go back to the videos and see him if you want to but one of my biggest issues and concerns going into this season Was at the wide receiver position and running back. I'm like be straight fullback. Obviously straight quarterback We obviously more than straight offensive line. I was like, we'll see but if healthy we should be straight Tight ends obviously straight Defensive line later. We go through all the positions. Whatever. I felt like we was only only come up. It's crazy. It was crazy my biggest question marks Were wide receiver and inside linebacker Those are my biggest question marks and then I wasn't sure about the past rush had a past rush would be And you know what's crazy? Guess where Ravens had the biggest question marks at throughout this season Yes, yes, but anyway First off well, I mean, I guess that was already first off cuz we've been talking already But I do feel for a shot Bateman. I really do because that sucks They're really really sucks big time because to have your career your professional career And well just to for it to start like this like you've How many games has he played has even played a full like 16 17 games yet? I Don't think so. I Don't think so. I don't remember though. But anyway, well, you know what? No, last year he played with like 1911 games something like that and then this year But anyway, don't even matter For his career to start in the NFL like this It's a tough blow and you feel for his mental Because that can mess with your mind man, and you can wonder like man, why me? What do I do to deserve this? What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? You can have all these crazy thoughts that go through your head or not even crazy thoughts We're just all these thoughts that go through your head. So hopefully Richard Bateman mentally he'll be straight, but um You feel for him because what's what's even crazier is that in college? He ain't no injuries like that He wasn't no like injury prone. Why receive anything like that? He was healthy Him is no games. The only time he like miss time was I think during the code when he sat out when he chose to sit out So he's been healthy. So for this this took like continuously happened to him on an NFL level it sucks but now the Ravens Tough business and it obviously ain't nothing against Rashad, but now like moving forward Ravens got a treated like You can't put all your eggs into his basket and I never thought that they should have and I continued to say before the season like Great, I would much rather them like Rashad's cool dudes who will see about him crochet. We don't know Tyler Wallace We don't know As like a they should go get somebody who's like that already who's a proven guy already They should go get that and add it to it So then you ain't got to go into this season with just all this unproven all these unproven guys But the Ravens they they stood still firm stood ten toes down And then they were like ah in a preseason when the markets Robinson got cut They're like, ah, I can't commit the markets Robinson. Come on come to Okay, the markets Robinson. I cool. We know he done burnt the Ravens a couple times. So Couldn't hurt But yeah, it just It wasn't enough man my opinion it should have been something better some higher quality or whatnot And now we're here We're here. I am that was one of my biggest gripes with the the Ravens this offseason was just Why they didn't do more for their offense for their receiving core for Lamar as a quarterback Because my comparison like me I got caught a car. That's my son and He's in school So for him with school I could provide him with like the bare necessities In order for cuz a lot of people always say oh Lamar is good enough. He got enough. You always have people say that they say oh, he got enough Maybe he's fine. He's fine. What he's got. You see his record, right? So he's fine. What he's got I Could give Carter the bare necessities just to ensure that he just got by in School that he passed in school and hey that could be fine for some people But that wouldn't be fine for me. I Want Carter in school not even just school but life in general, but in school I will want things to I want to put him in the best position possible to have as much success as he can possibly have So if I was to just give him the bare minimum I couldn't let that fly that wouldn't sit right with me because me as his father me as the one who is like responsible for his life I Got to set him up for success not for failure and and not for old. Let me just get back. Let me just squeak by no So I feel like with the Ravens John Hall ball Eric the costa Steven shoddy They are the the parents so to speak and Lamar would be the child and But they just giving him the bare minimum on office. I was talking to somebody some somebody yesterday I forgot who it was. They were like, oh, no, what look Lamar's had good defenses though He's had much better than average defenses for the most part. Obviously last year don't count last year because everybody was hurt They're like, oh Lamar's had really great defenses. A lot of other quarterbacks can't say that Is Lamar Jackson throwing to those defenses? It's market speed is lining up at wide receiver is Marlon Humphrey playing corner. Let me know unless I miss them They're not So it's just always such to me. It's just a strange argument me Cuz whenever you talk about old providing Lamar people's all what he's he's had great defenses Is that who he's handing the ball off to the backfield? Is that he was going to the no That's defense. That's not offense People always try to flip stuff Then we talk about why receive it. Oh, he got Mark Andrews. He sure does have Mark Andrews But Mark Andrews is a tight end. He's not a wide receiver. He's not I say likely is a tight end He's not a wide receiver. He used to be But he's not I hate having to go back, but we got to go back all this offseason My hope was that the Ravens would make a move for of significance at the wide receiver position They did not I wasn't shocked. So was disappointed then the trade deadline came and went same thing, but um, I Had a couple of reasons why I wanted them to make a significant move at the position One was for more quality depth quality and not even just depth of starters but if you got somebody of high quality then Your backups and second string guys and whatnot your number two number three guys They just got that much better because you added somebody of significance and that made Everybody who was there already that that pushed them down on a depth chart But you still get better quality because those people used to be up on a depth chart So if you got a true number one guy and Rashad Bateman got pushed to number two. Okay. Well, that's a pretty good number two I would say So it I but that wasn't even the only reason another huge reason that we continued to say We said what if What if and I hate having to play the what if game But we had to play it because last year was a what if and what happened? Yeah Because literally every single body got hurt Everybody got hurt So my thing was like alright remember 2021 remember what happened to literally every like every Ravens player pretty much I know it was a couple that made it through the whole year like Patrick Queen shout out to him Mark Andrews There was some other ones too, but anyway Most of the Ravens players they all got hurt So my thing was What if because you got so much depth at every single position Except inside linebacker and Wide receiver we said that a lot of times shout out to those of y'all that remember but anyway, even if you don't it's okay What happens if somebody goes down at either one of those positions Especially a wide receiver What happens now? We're here Now we're here And it's unfortunate because again, I feel for a sharp Bateman I feel for him because that's that's a tough blow But Raven should have been better prepared They should have been better prepared and then even for them to Go into the season with a lack of depth They did that Then the trade they aligned to go for all these weeks and Rashad Bateman was even hurt and for them to be sort of minimalists at the position when it came to making moves really and They went in so so now again I talked about this in the video where the right where it was official that the Ravens signed to Shawn Jackson I Talked about and we talked about in other videos, too. I hate I Mean, I obviously hope it works out But I hate the fact that the Ravens now And you could you can miss me with all that. Oh, no He's just gonna be a debt piece. He's only gonna be in for a couple play No, the Shawn Jackson is gonna be out there I can't guarantee you that when he does find when he does finally play He is going to be out there a lot it the first game it Not he probably gonna be out there a lot the first game too, but he is going to be out there a lot He's a veteran wide receiver and like a veteran veteran like Veteran veteran he 35 like yeah, he's a veteran veteran but What I I'm just disappointed in the Ravens with is the fact that They have to run now rely on a 35 year old wide receiver who was not even playing football didn't retire But was not even playing football It took an I am athlete interview For the Ravens to say oh come on to Shawn Jackson Took an I am athlete interview and I know some of y'all gonna say oh It wasn't cuz of that interview. Are you crazy? Look at the timing look at the timing And you go check out the Shawn Jackson videos look at the timing The Shawn Jackson made it made his comment rate Ravens two days later brought him in for a workout coincidence nah Not at all, but anyway, that's not even important now. They have to rely on a 35 year old the Shawn Jackson Devon do and now think about this too We always want people's jobs to be made easier. That's my thing I always I always said I took a call. I tell it to my wife. I Want y'all and obviously not everything's gonna be easy, but I want stuff to be easier for them so with um with the Shawn Jackson They bring a brought him in cool, but now they haven't do the name Now they haven't do the name Since the Ravens didn't prepare for this now that that much more attention will be on him I mean and I mean sometimes the Ravens they don't even be wanting to use them They like they flip-flop when they want to use do the name and when they do use do the name They have a lot of success when they don't use do anything like that. It's like, yeah, you know how it goes But now do when they he's gonna have a lot more attention placed on him And so that makes it tougher for him makes it tougher for everybody else too, but Ravens have to rely on the Shawn Jackson They have to all they get ready to eat. They have to rely on the Shawn Jackson They have to rely on Devon do they obviously and Pro Shae who's barely been out there Tyler Wallace who's barely been out there Mark Andrews who banged up Isaiah likely rookie even coming along though, but Isaiah likely so Hey, again, we hope it all works out But I just feel like Raven should have been much better prepared for this team keeping clean I love y'all. I appreciate y'all again feel bad for Bateman man feel really bad for Bateman So hopefully his mentors could be straight man. I love y'all y'all stay up y'all be good to each other Love y'all we out