 So our Baltimore Ravens names have been buzzing a lot at the wide receiver position And that's usually an annual thing But this time it's been buzzing in a lot more positive light because of course weeks ago Which a lot of people seem they they forgot about the Raven sign wide receiver Nelson Aguilera I'm gonna start calling him Aggie. So that's gonna be my nickname for him for when he scored touchdown I'm gonna say let's go Aggie y'all don't let me forget that and then of course a little bit later They signed Odell Beckham, Jr. So it's like, okay. All right, let's go and then recently There's been all this news and speculation and rumors and whatnot about them potentially acquiring one DeAndre Hopkins So that that could be really nice and then on top of all of that Rashad Bateman, he like, you know what? Hey, I'm tired of them talking about everybody, but me Let me put out this video. Show them boys that I'm healthy. I'm getting right I'm gonna be ready real soon So Rashad Bateman, he coming back soon too. So it's a beautiful thing about when you think about the potential of these Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Like a position that for so long Has been a weakness for a long time. It's been a weakness It could possibly possibly Be a strength and I would love that But anyway, those are those receivers are who's been talked about already, but the Baltimore Ravens are like, you know what? Let's give these fans something else to talk about Let's bring in somebody else and that was Tariq Black Why receiver formerly of the New York Jets, but why receiver from Michigan? So it might have got put on by a certain hardball. What not but hey, who knows, but it's all good So welcome to Tariq. Welcome to the Baltimore Ravens. Um, what do we know about Tariq Black? Well in the NFL, there's still a lot of unknowns There's still a lot of to be determined when it comes to his status in the NFL Reason I say that because when you look up his numbers, he just has just one catch for 10 yards In in the regular season, that's the only numbers that he's gotten in the NFL thus far But that could change in the future. So we'll see how that goes But he is big guy big for a 6-3 And when I watch I try to look up film the only thing I found was highlights though And y'all know I don't I'm not really a big fan of just highlights because that only shows the good stuff I want to see the good stuff the bad stuff everything in between I like to see stuff doing like a full game When the ball is coming your way when the ball is not coming your way. Are you blocking? Are you still running your routes? Are you giving up on plays? Are you playing through the whistle? What are you doing that? That's that's what I like to see everything Um, but we did see highlights. Oh and but some highlights that I do like watching Is my guy simply because you know simply like That dude is he is the best man. He is literally the best at what he does and I'm always proud of simply he'd be doing this thing So any Ravens fans that want to do want to look up highlights. You can go to simply as 10. He'll he'll put you on man but anyway, um with Tariq black When he catches the ball He catches it with his hands, which is great. And then I know that sounds so like oh I mean, that's what receiver is supposed to do. Right, but he catches Catches the ball with his hands. I'm catching with that body So even though it's something that you think is like, oh, that's so normal or whatever. Not everybody does it But as soon as he catches the ball, he tried to shoot up feel quick Like so he is a quick receiver even for being 6-3. Uh, he knows how to use his body Well, and that's a good thing because that can only Help and it seems as if in michigan seemed like he was a little bit of a deep threat A bit like he and them now, um Again, there's still a lot of unknowns about him though It's a lot of unknowns about him because uh, we talked about how In the pros so far It's been a lot of unknowns as far as uh, his production and what not because he only has one catch for 10 yards But looking at his numbers in college, uh, we'll start in 2017 um At 2017 in michigan, uh, he had 11 catches for 149 yards in one touchdown Then in 2018 in michigan, he had four catches for 35 yards And no touchdowns and then in 2019 the numbers went up a little bit He had 25 catches for 300 323 yards and one touchdown So with him, uh, his catches he he averaged 2017 he averaged 13 and a half yards per reception Or from from those 11 receptions 2018 he just averaged 8.8 yards reception 2019 he averaged 12.9 yards reception and then in 2020 when he played for texas He had 10 catches for 240 yards. So he averaged 200. I mean excuse he averaged 24 yards per reception So when he does catch the ball It's gonna be for a nice little chunk of yards man. It's gonna be nice for a nice chunk. Um But again, there's still it's limited it's limited information on what we have about, uh, Tariq black So I know especially given the the limited information that we have already Um, given the limited, uh, production that the ravens have to look at it's going to be an uphill battle form It's going to be really tough for him to make the ravens roster even if they don't get deandre hopkins Which hopefully they do but even if they don't get a deandre hopkins because there's still the draft There's still the possibility of them drafting a receiver um There's a possible There's still maybe demarcus rovingson. He could be a sort of safe post draft option for the baltimore ravens at wide receiver Um, you still got the guys on the practice squad. You got a shammar bridges I think they I think they brought benjamin victor back to the practice squad again, too Um, so he he's up against a lot a lot And then you got the guys that right now Based off of right now They're locks to make the roster obviously odell beckham jr. Rashad bateman devon duvenay After that, that's it for me as far as locks those three are locks right now with the ravens current situation Where I see with those three are locks at this moment if they add somebody Then a couple of those could change But I just I don't think james pro shea is a lock right now and I don't think tylen wallace is a lock right now I actually think tylen wallace has more of a chance to make the roster than a james pro shea And again, that's not a diss to james pro shea at all. It's not based off of his ability I think it's just based off of the ravens. Just I think they just I think they they they've given up on them. I think they're done with james pro shea And I say that based off of last year Based off of the lack of usage of james pro shea Even when receivers were going down, you still didn't see him Even when receivers were hurt, you still didn't see him And then when he was out there, there was a lot of penalties and whatnot and it just it was rough, man It was a really rough season for me. It seemed like the ravens are just like no, we're done That's what it seemed like to me. I'll see but anyway with with with to rick um This I think this is like a Just a sign in for some depth for some training camp depth for some OTA's depth for some mini camp depth for just for depth right now. So He got to use every opportunity that he gets though to make a bigger as big of an impact as he possibly can Because again, like I said, he's up against a lot. Um, if he could possibly make an impact on somebody Hey, the sky's the limit because you just never know you never know all that takes us opportunity We don't hear hearing so many stories over the years of different undrafted free agents different Undrafted rookies and whatnot late round picks guys that just it seemed like all right, man This this guy ain't got a shot But they end up turning into something so we'll see what happens with him um Throughout training camp and all that throughout OTA throughout all the whole the entire process man um, and I think I think the best bet for him the uh, I think right now the the Probably what what would be uh, the best option for him or obviously the best option for him will be making a roster But I think the best chance that he has at making Uh, the ravens team will be making the practice squad um Even in there and like I said earlier even that's that's gonna be tough because you have guys already on there Who have been on the ravens already who have been on the practice squad already? Who have been obviously in the nfl already so they got a little more experience than you Especially with the familiar familiarity that they have with the ravens So that's a leg up that they have on him. So again, it's gonna be really tough But I am interested to see uh, how he works man. So that should be fun to watch But anyway shout out to Tariq black tb Welcome to the ravens and team keeping clean. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all and we out I hope y'all have a really great day