 Why rookie wide receiver Rashad Bateman is in the perfect situation with the Baltimore Ravens. Should Greg Roman be on the hot seat? An improvement that the Ravens need to make this year that nobody's really talking about. These and many more on this episode of NFL Questions from subscribers. Don't get mad, it's just what it is. Yeah, we talkin' sport shot, I think Graven being the truth. YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on? I'm saying Graven here with another video and another episode of Questions from Subbs, which is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any player. Team, coach, whatever. And we answer in a video like this. If you would like to be part of NFL Questions from subscribers, you can send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com or for the patrons, you can send it directly on Patreon. Appreciate y'all. Shout out to all the Team Keep It Clean patrons, by the way. Love y'all. Thank you for supporting the channel. Thank you all for supporting the channel. Thank you all for all the questions that you send. We can't answer them all. And I appreciate the fact that y'all are so patient that we can't answer them all. We can't answer them right away because we get a lot. And on top of doing a question from subscribers, we of course do a lot of other videos as well. So question from subscribers, we get it in when we can. So thank you all for being so patient with the process because it is a process. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Like today is June 12th. It is Saturday, 812 a.m. on June 12th. When are you going to see this episode? No clue because I got episodes that we've done a little while ago and y'all still haven't even seen them till this day. But anyway, thank you and trust the process. Let's get into it. First question came from my guy Antonio. He said, do you think Miles Boykin should switch position to tight end so he can make the roster? No, I do not. He is not going to switch to tight end. They could use him in some different patterns, but no, he's not going to switch to tight end for him to make the roster. I think he's going to make the roster as a wide receiver, especially since they love his blocking. But now that they have an opportunity again to get him more involved in the passing game. But for him to switch to tight end, no, not going to happen. They already got like 23 tight ends on the roster. I mean, Adam Miles Boykin and tight end will make it 24. So no. Next question came from Taj. He said, bro, where's Duvenay? What is his role going to be on this year's team? I love him at the three wideout. Duvenay, I think he'll be the primary returner. And that could be definitely kick return, but maybe even punt return as well. Because we remember when James Proshay, he was originally the punt returner. But then after they added Yanike and Gokwe and toward the end of the season, the numbers game just forced James Proshay to be on the inactive list. So I could see Devon Duvenay having that role. I could also see Devon Duvenay doing a lot of damage out of the slot this year. Maybe they really incorporate him there a lot more. Maybe he alternates roles with like Hollywood Brown, because I'm sure they're going to have Hollywood moving around on the outside and also in the slot too. So Devon Duvenay, he's going to have his role for sure. I mean, because he even had it last year. And when you think about it, last year was the C19 season. It was the pandemic season. And he still had a role, even though he didn't have an offseason. So with an offseason, with the added coaching staff, with the new plays put in place that I expect, I think Devon Duvenay gets significant snaps. Next question came from a guy in the room. He said, yo, Engraven, it's been a minute since I've done one of these, but you know, man, I want to mission vibes. I feel you, man. That's how it be sometimes. He said, anyway, let's get to it. Bateman has walked into the perfect scenario with the Ravens. And here's why. For years, the Ravens have lacked the ability to develop young, to develop young wide receiver talent. For years, they relied on veterans who had been there and done that to carry the workload. And that has led to younger talent falling prey to the system. A system that doesn't take the time and effort to develop a position that is vital to any team success. We've puzzled season after season why we can't develop a position that's vital to any team success. I wonder the same question until I kept thinking about our HR, Human Resources Department. HR lacked the capability to hire quality wide receiver coaches who can teach route concepts and footwork positioning and more. I believe the old cliche goes, you can rely, oh, you can only go as far as talent can take you. And the past receiver coaches lack the talent to teach a group of guys that we felt in the past could be a strong position instead of a weakness. I feel the Ravens were too scared under Ozzie Newsome's management to develop receivers because he knew they would have to spend time, effort, and a whole lot of money that requires to pay top end guys over 34 mil a year. However, that has changed under the new GM Eric DeCosta. He understood this principle and went out and hired Keith Williams and T. Martin, who are both quality receiver coaches who talk the best receivers in the game. Devante Adams, Cheetah, even Sammy Watkins, route concepts, how to set up a defender, and positioning. Bateman can finally be what we all have been clamoring for the development of our wide receivers and more importantly, a go get it receiver and Bateman is the answer. Sammy Watkins can take Bateman underneath his wing and teach him a thing or two, not to mention he will have Keith and T to help groom him into a true number one without even putting a ton of pressure on him. Bateman will be the two this year once Sammy leaves after this year, even if they don't extend him. Bateman would have learned everything from a veteran receiver and he would be able to ease his way into the number one. And that my friend is how Bateman has walked into the perfect scenario. I know this is lengthy, but it's been worse than this. Am I right? Anyway, love the channel. Keep pushing for that 100k. Can't wait to be there. And as my old friend Arnold Schwarzenegger would say, hasta la vista baby, we out. PS, we can finally say that these are not the same old ravens. All right, that's it. I'm out. So saying it's the perfect scenario for Rashad Bateman. Now we talked about that over the years and that had actually been one of my gripes too. If y'all remember, I remember when we drafted Hollywood and Miles Boykin and I was like, you know what, because I just wanted there to be a change with the Baltimore Ravens. And I was even willing to for the season to be a struggle. And I remember talking about that, either going into 2019 or going into 2020, I think maybe even a blend of both, that I was willing to go into the season young just so we could really turn that corner at the wide receiver position and really develop our own because out of all the drafts, out of all the years, even though Ravens ain't really been around that long, but for their entire existence, they just have not been able to, through all the drafts and what now they have not been able to draft and develop wide receivers in a good way. Just has been a struggle there. And it's like, man, like, is it something with scouting? Is it something with coaching? Is it something with just the way that this team operates? What would it be? And I told y'all what I feel like it is. I feel like it's just because the Ravens, they always in win now mode. And when they're in win now mode, it's like, okay, we ready to win right here right now. So we don't want to take the time to develop these young guys. They bring in veterans who, like he said, been there, done that. And guys that don't need to be coached up so much don't need to be developed because they already developed because Ravens have been so competitive. So it's been a gift and a curse all at the same time. Now with Rashad Bateman, he comes into the team where, yeah, they are still very young. And he looks to have a significant role on this Ravens roster. Him being a first round draft pick, him being a receiver, you know, the Ravens, they needed to up the quality of their wide receivers. But they more importantly need to upgrade the quality of their just the development of those young wide receivers, the coaching, the passing game, and just the depth of the passing game. And to really invest in the coaches like they did, it says a lot about the direction that they're trying to go. Now, of course, there was still the interest in Julio, there was still the interest in Juju, there was still the interest in TY Hilton, there was still the interest in Kenny Galladay. And then last year, there was still the interest in Adam Thielen, there was still the interest in Deandre Hopkins. So there was still that interest interest to get that guy, have been there, done that guy. But with the guys that they've been interested in, it's been guys who, well, TY Hilton, he's I guess he's the oldest one out of the bunch and Adam Thielen, he's up there too. But the majority of the guys that were in Julio's up there too, but Julio's a different up there. He's like up there in age, but he's up there and quite way up there in quality over all the mother guys, except Deandre Hopkins. But it seems as if the veterans over the past two year or a year and a half or whatever that Eric Acosta has been going after have been higher quality guys than what Ozzy Newsom will go after because Ozzy Newsom will get. And it was cool guys, we liked guys that we were rocking with. But again, as Ravens fans, we were conditioned to think a certain way. We're conditioned to, especially at the wide receiver position, because of what the team has done over the years, we're conditioned to think and be like, oh, oh, this veteran guy, oh, we need to wait for the cap cuts. We need to wait for the cap cuts to get our guy at wide receiver because this veteran, he'll be fine. It's older guy. Yeah, he only got like two years left in it, maybe one, but it'll be where it'll work out for us. We're conditioned to bargain shop. We're conditioned to go with that cheap option. And enough times cheap options get cheap results. So now Eric Acosta, he went for the more expensive option. Now he has not closed, not one deal yet on those options. So this, this has to be it. This has to work yourself out with Rashad Bateman. So that does add some pressure to Rashad Bateman, but Sammy Watkins can help take that off. Hollywood can help take that off. And then Rashad Bateman, if he can come in here and perform, he can help take pressure off of them too. So it is. And again, like you mentioned with the coaching, the coaching with Martins and with Martin and Williams, that can make a big difference too. And that can really help everybody as well. So this was some good perspective as you all, when you do bring it, because you don't bring it that much. But when you do bring it, it's always fine in the room because like you said, it's been a while, it's been a little while, but I appreciate you sending this question in all of its length too. Appreciate you. And speaking of the passing game, next question came from my guy Terrell B. He said, what's going on in Graven? Hope all is well. Everything is great. He said, after watching your videos, it all turns back to developing our own wide receivers. After looking at the free agency wide receivers that the Ravens did not sign, even though they attempted to. With all new wide receivers coaches who I believe wanted to start a camp for receivers that's entering the drafts, I believe they are working on developing our receivers while developing other receivers. That's why they are stacking the wide receiver room. Do you believe this will actually be another offense created that no one has ever seen? And what I mean by that to clarify is that Papa Dot and I watched an interview with another good college coach. I forget his name. He said he was happy for our two new coaches and smiled and stated that they had planned a developmental camp to help potential draft picks. I got to research some more. Hey, if that's the case, more power to Martin and Williams, to T. Martin and Keith Williams. That would be pretty cool. But yeah, this offense is not far away from really like being crazy good. And the passing game is the thing that that's the only part that they're lacking it. It's the only place that they're lacking it. If they make a significant improvements in the passing game, not even necessarily yards, but improvements in the quality of the passing game, it could be disgusting in a good way. They just they just got to make a little more improvements, man. And they this thing, it could take off. Next question came from a boy saying, he said, I ain't gravy and hope everything is okay with you in the fan. Oh, I appreciate it. He said, I got three questions for you. Number one, why is everybody sleeping on Justice Hill? I think people sleep on Justice Hill because they sleep on some people, not everybody, but a lot of people sleep on special teams. And they forget about Justice Hill because when you talk about Ravens running backs, everybody is so focused on J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards, which is understandable because they got the bulk load of the carries. And they're expected to continue to do that. But with Justice Hill, a lot of people just forget about him because he was just primarily a special teamer. He's a returner. He's a gunner. He's just a special teamer right now. And he can come in on offense too, but he hasn't been really needed to come in on offense like that. So I think that's why people forget about Justice Hill. We remember Justice Hill on here though, and we appreciate Justice Hill because what he does for the team on special teams, it goes under the radar. So I think that's what it is. And he said, number two, oh, another one, he said, well, Miles Boy can be moved to tight end, no, or traded away or will he step up? I don't think he'll be traded away. It's a possibility though. It is a big possibility, but I don't think it happens. I really don't. I think that he'll continue to do what he does. And he just got to get the opportunities. We were talking in Raven's Twitter Spaces the other day, and I felt like Miles Boykin is a volume type of receiver. If he's not getting the volume, he's not going to really make his mark like that. And I mean, you can say that about a lot of receivers too. A lot of players in general, but Miles Boykin for sure. If his volume got amped up, then I think people would like Miles Boykin a lot more. Number three, he said, do you think Greg Roman should be on the hot seat? I think he kind of already is. I think that that seat is for sure warming up. Like I said in another video, his cheeks are definitely getting sweaty. They definitely getting sweaty because when a team, when your organization, your place of employment brings in two, not one person, but two people to help you out in your department in an area where you have struggled at throughout the entirety of your career, that says a lot. That says a whole lot. So he's not on the hot seat, but that seat is getting hot. Next question came from a boy, Mike Reed. He said, thank you very clean. Mike Reed here. Ken to Ed Reed. A long time no here. Well, for me, that is, but tuned in though. You're my ESPN, no cap. Cap is kept by the way, but anyway, he said anyway in your voice. Oh, look at that and said my thing and he said it too. Anyway, more of a statement than a question. I know everybody's patiently waiting for the season to get here. I've heard all the wide receiver talk, the past rush talk, the past blocking talk, et cetera. But I haven't heard anyone this off season talk about one of the weaknesses from last year. Finish, finish out the game, finish drives, but mainly finish the tackles. So a lot of miss tackles last year, but not wrapping up. First game against the Titans with AJ Brown. It's my case in point. Oh, yeah. That one was, that was nasty. That game. Oh, man. And even a Derrick Henry overtime run, but just yeah. And I think with that, some of you got, well, let me finish this question first. He said, I may be putting a lot on this, but it was just a thought. Hope all this well with you and the family and keep up the good work. Appreciate that, man. Um, yes, uh, that was an issue. But one of the things that I think we got to remember from last year, uh, is that last year it was quite the, they had a lack of an off season. Like, and of course this was the entire NFL period, uh, but they had a lack of an off season. And not that it's necessarily an excuse, but it could have been one of them things where a time was winding down. And even that, that game specifically, that's a very physical team. It's just like with the Baltimore Ravens, that they like the way that the Titans play the way that the Ravens play is very, very similar. It's very similar. Um, I was just in the, uh, the Twitter spaces the other day. Shout out to all them fellas from the Twitter spaces, but I was just in there the other day and I was saying that, um, because the subject that Ryan Tannehill got brought up and some people calling him this and that. And I said, well, wait a minute now, Ryan Tannehill, he is very similar to a Lamar Jackson because they don't pass the ball often. But when they do, they make it count. It counts big because they are very, very efficient. They are very efficient because they are run heavy teams. As we know, they'll take a strike here too through the year, but they, those are run heavy teams. They live by, die by the run. And when they pass, it's very efficient. They make good decisions. They take care of the ball. They're very efficient. Um, so with, with that being said, the Titans, when the Ravens played them, it's, it's like when people play the Ravens, Ravens, run, run, run, run, run, and people get tired of tackling all that running. Don't nobody feel like doing that the whole game. Like, man, you really gonna keep running the ball stuff. And when, when you can't stop somebody's run, that's when it becomes the most frustrating because it becomes a mind game at that point because the physicality is a huge part of it, of course, but then you're mentally draining them as well. So it's like, Oh, here goes there. Henry again, we got to tackle this guy again. And then you throw physical AJ Brown in there. Like, Oh man, here he goes again. Now you throw Julio in there too. But it's the same way with the Ravens. Like, Oh, J K Dobbin running again. Come on now. Now, oh, Gus Edwards, the closer, the finisher. And you talked about finishing games. That's Gus Edwards job too. But Gus Edwards here now. Come on. Oh, man, LeBord captain. Why? What are y'all doing? And it becomes frustrating, physically frustrating and mentally frustrating and exhausting for both too. So I think it was just a very exhausting season for them, especially because it started off just all kinds of bad, not on the football field, but in the off season, because they didn't have it. Next question came from Chris. Next question came from Crystal. She said, Good morning. I hope you and the family and the dog are doing fine. Oh yeah. Shout out to Pookie. She said, I do not get excited when Ravens bring in these type of players. I just think that the Ravens are wasting everybody's time. Ravens don't spend enough money to get excellent receivers. So why bring them in? The ones that I know they will sign are relatively unknown or hurt. When they sign someone, I often say, Who is that? If they want to win a Super Bowl, let's invest in the money into someone that will get us there. By the way, love your new addition to Team Keeping Clean. Bring them out more often. Have a blessed day. Appreciate it. And she was talking about Todd Gurley and some other high profile wide receivers that the Ravens either have added or bring in for visits. Now with Todd Gurley, like I said, I don't think they'll sign them if they do. Hey, okay, cool. They brought in Charles Clay for a visit. They obviously signed Sammy Watkins. And I mean, it's something that we were talking about earlier. Ravens, when it comes to that it seems like they're trying to go young, but at the same time, go for somebody that has a good amount of experience. But yeah, Sammy Watkins, he's been hurt a lot. So hopefully, that changes this year. But again, that's why I think they got a Tylen Wallace two, you know, he's been hurt too. But they this is why I think they went so heavy at wide receiver. So just in case some of this stuff didn't work out as far as trade attempts, like I said, it hasn't worked out so far for like the names that you know, like all those dudes at wide receiver hasn't worked out. It everything just comes apart. So they really they they try to run what they own now. They're trying to run with their own, but still not put too much money into it yet. We'll see how things go this year with that. I'm thinking they can get it done. It would have been nice to really get one of those guys though, especially Julio because I said, if you would have got Julio Jones, he's been hurt too now. But if you would have got a Julio Jones now, you would have had that dude at wide receiver, one of the best receivers in the game right now, and somebody that's been one of the best receivers for a long time. And your your worst receiver would have been that much better with Julio Jones atop the depth chart. It could have been Nancy, but I mean, we'll see if it pays off for the Ravens moving forward. Last question on this episode, the question from selves came from my guy man, well, shout out from Mexico. He said I was here in the other day on ESPN about Lamar Jackson going under center and then of Laski said it is a bad idea. I don't know if it was for controversy or if it is his opinion, but he said Lamar wouldn't benefit on it because of all the success he's had with the pistol formation. But I think he's wrong because having him under center benefits him not only as a passer, but as a runner. Flacco was under center a lot and he gave the ball to running backs very often and that actually helped him with the passing game. Even though we were praying for him not to throw an interception. And Lamar will benefit from this because if you keep teasing the defense on him, just giving the to gust the bus and jk, when you're under center next time you're under center, you can throw it to a wide open Hollywood or walk in because the defense will think it's just another run play. I like to hear your thoughts on it and please tell Hollywood to lay play mattering against you. We still need that tie breaker one day. But um, yeah, him him being under center just adds more depth to the offense. It adds more depth to the office, more versatility to the offense and more depth and versatility to his game. This is NFL. It's NFL and he has had a lot of success in the pistol and the shotgun formation and whatnot. But why not add snaps under center too? And again, last year should have taught the Ravens a valuable lesson that a you need to have plays under center as well. Because what if you are having an experience of the bad snaps, your center struggling, then that that eliminates that doesn't eliminate 99%. But it takes away the possibility of a bad shotgun snap because it's his hands under center. So it decreases the chances of a bad snap a lot. Now stuff still happens under there with it's a mix up of the handoffs or whatnot, but it just lessens that. So if they could do that, it just adds so much to the Ravens offense that it can just take them to another level. And then it could help them all with his three to five step drops and whatnot. It just would up his game that much more, that much more. And with his back turned to the defense for them, like that half a second, that could make a difference because on the on the running game and in play action too. So it just no, if he was saying that I got to watch the second for myself. But if he was saying that it's a bad idea, I disagree.