 Every single year each NFL team goes through the same cycle after the Super Bowl is free agency where you add a bunch of new players to your team But then there's the NFL draft and with the NFL draft It can have a lot of hype surrounding it especially around first-round picks around a lot of other picks as well But with Zay flowers, there had been a lot of hype surrounding Zay flowers to the Baltimore Ravens Exactly how he could impact the Baltimore Ravens what he could do for this team and just how good he could be in Ravens offense when I watch film on Zay flowers when they first drafted and I said, oh man He reminded me of Antonio Brown And he also was moving around a lot in the backfield and I was thinking man They can really use this guy in a lot of different ways they can move them inside have them outside They could do several things with Zay flowers in offense. He can be a true weapon but then There was a lot of hype surrounding Because you start hearing about Zay flowers in Minicamp and OTAs and there was even a report that came out that said Zay flowers was looking like the best wide receiver in Minicamp and I was thinking oh, okay Well, that's good. That's a that's a great thing because it got to start somewhere But is that a little too much hype for Zay flowers like let's let's chill out now because Odell Beckham, Jr He's coming back. He hasn't played football in a year. So he ain't gonna be going that hard Richard Bateman, he's still dealing with his injury. So he can't really be doing much right now So Zay flowers looking like the best rookie in Minicamp and OTAs and all that is that really saying too much? But then fast forward we go to win a Raven star practice and again, and they really start training camp and Directly from the Baltimore Ravens, you kept hearing about oh man, Zay flowers looking good They flowers looking great Zay flowers made this play that play, but then I'm thinking hold on No, no, wait a minute. It's from the Baltimore Raven So they're not gonna really keep it all the way real about their own player because they're not gonna talk about a player Struggling they ain't gonna want to put that out there They're only gonna want to put out positive stuff about the player not always the real stuff about the player and I get it It's their business. So I was like, okay, cool, but then the beat reporters the beat writers The ones that cover the Ravens who don't work for the Ravens the way they talked about Zay flowers They said all the same stuff. They just continued to talk about how Zay flowers may play after play after play after play after play And I was like, ooh, okay now. So then Preseason rolled around we had heard all this hype about Zay flowers from minicam from OTAs and from the beginning of training camp But then preseason rolled around and what happened in that game against the Eagles Zay flowers Even though I think he only had like one carry for a couple of yards We saw how good he can be and we saw his impact from jump from jump While on that on even on that carry on that carry that he had for a couple of yards that first offender Where'd he go? Zay flowers made a miss But then the way that Zay flowers just frustrated those cornerbacks got the drew the illegal hands to the face penalty Drew the the defensive holding penalty Zay flowers was doing his thing So I'm like, okay, so we don't seen him on every level just be good. And I don't say great yet But he pushing it for rookie So then after that the joint practices came along and you think all right Raven's done They they they've been practicing alone. They've been practicing against each other And maybe with Zay flowers, maybe his own teammates They don't want to go as hard because that's their teammate and they want him to be successful So maybe they may be they may have been taking it easy on No there because when the Ravens went against the commanders, which they still doing at this time Zay flowers was still doing his thing So Zay flowers has consistently continued to make plays and has consistently cooked everybody Everybody that they put in his way listen to what Marlon Humphrey had to say about Zay Honestly the worst part about playing football And we be running Try to guard him Now when you watch that clip even though Marlon Humphrey he had a little jokingness about him He wasn't playing because Marlon Humphrey doesn't have to just say that about anybody especially a rookie wide receiver But it's real. It's real. We've heard about Zay flowers. We heard about him Shaking Roquan Smith We heard about Zay flowers cooking different Ravens corners and whatnot and Zay flowers He seems so hungry He seemed like he really wants it and really wants to get this job Done and wants to be a big part of everything that the Ravens do on offense and by the way things are starting out He certainly will be Zay flowers can be so dangerous man So dangerous something that Lamar Jackson has continued to emphasize and talk about Especially this offseason. I don't remember him speaking about it this much in previous off seasons But this offseason especially he's continued to talk about yak yards after the catch That is Zay flowers Specialty that's what he will be doing all day every day Zay flowers in open field like Zay flowers in open field Reminds me of Lamar Jackson in open field, especially if it's one-on-one Yeah, you could you could forget about it. You can forget about it because ain't nobody in the open field Catching Lamar Jackson tackling Lamar Jackson bringing Lamar Jackson down with Zay flowers. It's just as bad because the man is so crazily shifty it doesn't make any sense how shifty he is and Lamar Jackson he gave him the nickname the joystick the joystick and Zay flowers like oh, yeah that's that's that was actually my big brother's nickname too, so I just carry it on and Just thinking about when I really think about it think about it now We've talked about this before but you really got to think about it. Oh They'll beckham junior Who with him? He's been looking better and better. We will see clips and stuff for him Throughout training camp and whatnot Ravens would show different stuff. Oh, okay. They go there. All right now, okay But then when we watch the the practice when we watched it live Against the Washington Commanders is all okay. Oh, they go over there. Oh, all right now. There he goes And then when you think about Rashal Bateman, even though he hasn't been practicing in four yet We remember what he did and just in the connection that him and Lamar had I would never forget I remember his rookie year his rookie year He had missed a chunk of time and then when he came back I was thinking oh man. Well, I Can't realistically expect Him and Lamar to really have a connection like that and then I get it as cool because he hasn't been playing in a while So I Respected but no from jump from jump from the very first game Every catch that Rashal Bateman was making it turning to a first down and him and Lamar had good chemistry And then we saw at the beginning of the last year before Rashal Bateman got hurt. We saw that chemistry continue So Lamar Jackson, he's has a chemistry with Odell Beckham, Jr. Lamar Jackson He has a chemistry with Rashal Bateman, but who makes this offense even more dangerous Is that he's having a connection with Zay flowers as well and we didn't even talk about Mark Andrews yet Oh Get hyped please buy into the hype because I'm I'm buying into the Zay flowers hype now man And this this could be such a beautiful thing and then you saw how happy Lamar Jackson was when KJ got back, you know, I didn't mess up his name That's what Lamar calls him. He calls J K Dobbins KJ. You saw how happy he was when he got back and now he is back So just imagine like really really just sit down Sit down because standing up you may not be able to think straight. You might be crazy like me But just sit down and think about the possibilities of this Baltimore Ravens offense Being healthy being that full go because we've seen Ravens offenses of the past and they haven't been equipped like this offense of the current and a lot of them have went off a lot of Them have done well a lot of them when the when the rankings they come out in the top five top 10 They do good in scoring and all that but think of think about this offense With these weapons with these players think about it because When you really think about it They they could definitely be one of the best in the league for sure top 10. Yeah, they could be Top five. Yeah, they should be Top three. Yeah, they would be if as long as they all stay healthy