 We know in today's force media world that a lot of people like to go with the hot take They want to say something outlandish that can start up a lot of conversation and on here We like the conversation, but I don't feel like we have many hot takes and when I said this take earlier today on Twitter It got a lot of attention and a lot of different responses a lot of varying responses Especially from Baltimore Ravens fans and what that take was that I don't feel like it's so hot Is that I want the Baltimore Ravens to keep Rashad Bateman and Pick up his fifth year option. I know Bateman didn't have the sexiest season in the world this year I know he didn't pick up the prettiest numbers at all this year to have the prettiest stats or anything like that But I still see it man. I Still see it and I want Rashad Bateman as a wide receiver I want him Exhausted and what I mean when I say that I want the Baltimore Ravens to truly use him to truly give him Opportunity so we can truly see How good he can possibly be the potential is there and I know we've been talking about potential for years with Rashad Bateman But we haven't gotten to quite see it yet But with Rashad Bateman, I just want him to have a real opportunity a consistent opportunity Where nobody else is in the way opportunity still competition of course at the receiver position and nothing is to be given or handed out But I still want to see Rashad Bateman a big part of what the Baltimore Ravens do because I see it And I know you do too Team keeping clean before you get into the video make sure you subscribe to the channel turn your notifications on and do not Miss a single video cuz I want y'all missing that on nothing. We got plenty of news to talk about with the Baltimore Ravens We got plenty of stories to talk about with the Baltimore Ravens We got plenty of updates to talk about with our Baltimore Ravens and just because it's the offseason We ain't stopping. We ain't going nowhere. Just cuz football stopped NFL football stopped Oh, thank you. We clean y'all know we don't stop and leave a like on the video cuz y'all know it helps out the channel a ton now When I said this there were some people that agree with what I had to say. There was some people that yeah, yeah I agree. I think we should keep Rashad Bateman. I think that's a good idea. I'm with you Even though when people call you on that means you're old, but I will gracefully accept it anyway There were also some opposing responses and let's read some of them Somebody said not Somebody has said they had us in the first half not gonna lie and somebody else said a hurt receiver every other game Want somebody else like no Thank you No, sir, he got to prove himself No, he's not good enough and has no fighting him to be great cut ties now He doesn't seem to make an impact someone else mentioned and I want a million dollars and a Bentley It's gonna be a no from me dog. I personally do not want him not chief I think picking up Coleman from FSU would be the better route You must have time traveled into next season and saw Bateman put up crazy numbers to justify all of that cut Bateman He doesn't deserve that fifth year option No, it ain't worth it. We've been saying this for four years. Why he's a bust And you can go to the tweet to look at everybody's reaction for yourself, but It's definitely a mixed reaction to some people wanting Rashad Bateman to stay and others not so much But I don't think it's a bad idea to keep Rashad Bateman at all Now we know I'm sure you've seen all the charts and I'm sure you've seen all the stats and if you watch film You see a lot of the games where Rashad Bateman, he is open That man will get open. It's one-on-one. Oh Bateman winning every time Well, maybe not every time but a lot of time they got it. He got it but That just seems to be something off between him and Lamar Jackson They just can't seem to get it and where they can't seem to get it The most seems to be when the plays break down The off-scripted stuff for the scripted stuff. Oh Bateman run this route. Oh, yeah, I got it. He got that all day That's easy money for Shaw Bateman But it's when things break down. That's where there seems to be the biggest disconnect When the play breaks down and that's one of the things with Lamar Jackson The people that he has the biggest connections with when the play breaks down. Oh, yeah, they know how to turn it on quick Remember Lamar Jackson Hollywood Brown. Oh, and that seems to be a real popular name especially recently by Hollywood Brown Lamar Jackson, they have the scripted stuff. All right Hollywood. This is the route. Okay. I got you He'll run the route. Maybe Lamar gets some pressure. Maybe the offensive line can't hold up Uh-oh play breaking down Hollywood. You got me. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I got you. Watch this boom connection like that Mark Andrews, I ain't even got to say it But more recently Isaiah likely Zay flowers even Nelson Aguilose those guys have been able to still deliver when the play breaks down But we're sure Shaw Bateman. It just hasn't been there yet for Shaw Bateman and Lamar Jackson if they can really get it in this off-season I really do feel and I know some people gonna be like, oh, no, we've been saying this for years about baby Oh, no, he ain't delivered yet. Why would he now? I Really do feel if they can get that connection down This thing could be on a whole nother level cuz you see somebody else who's always open who they flowers Hey, you know how great that connection is with him and think about this too They flowers gets open like crazy. The route running is nasty And he's like five foot nine five eight five nine. He's a shorter receiver, but he's productive Lamar still be getting on that ball So imagine a taller receiver bigger catch radius got some good speed He ain't as wiggly as Zay flowers, but I mean who is but with a shot Bateman the route running is there It's there And yet he gonna have some drops here in there, but I mean that's any receiver especially on the post more Raven they gonna get some drops here and there for sure. Well, actually not all that back on Junior now Oh, they're back on Junior. He ain't gonna give you no drops. Well, maybe one, but you know drops He ain't give you that many kids. Well, anyway We could talk about him later on but Larisha Bateman It's dead and it's like why not? Why not? He has an opportunity the Baltimore Ravens have an opportunity if they really insert him in the game play like really Man, it could be crazy He could be insane Like no, wait with Odell Beckham Junior. It seemed like when he did play like he was more of a focal point Dan Rashad, baby, and I get it. Hey, you paying him 15 million dollars. You better be focused on that guy So I get that But now with Odell Beckham Junior and the Baltimore Ravens being in limbo What's gonna happen next with him who knows? I mean we'll have to find out extremely soon very very soon But if Rashad Bateman can have his opportunity to be one of the guys Obviously right now it's expected to be Zay flowers first round pick from last year and then after that It's really up in the air It's really up in the air Nelson Aguilar free agent Odell Beckham Junior could be a free agent. They could re-sign them We'll see what happens with that Devon Duvenay free agent Tyler Wallace Are they gonna really give him an opportunity? Probably not if we being real about it It may give us some burn here and there but he not gonna be one of their top receivers I wouldn't expect them to But hey, you never know But Bottom line like a this could be Bateman's another opportunity for another opportunity for a shot baby now One thing that no matter how you feel about Rashad Bateman one thing that has been just absolute facts truth Despite the potential that's obviously there Injuries have been there as well and injuries have literally messed everything up for Rashad Bateman Rashad Bateman somebody in college Ravens got to get some stuff. They still got they got better now But they still got a little stuff to work on here and there because Rashad Bateman in college healthy Bill of health clean as a whistle unless it's like this a whistle that's been on dirty mouths or something like that But you you get what I'm saying Rashad Bateman his bill of health was team keeping clean He gets to the Ravens everything falls apart Everything falls from his rookie year Every year. He's dealt with injury. He's missed significant time every single year every single year Yeah, you got to feel like that has been a huge factor as to why Rashad Bateman hasn't got it yet I think so because even if you go back to this last season, you look at Lamar Jackson Look at how he was willing and dealing with that football Look, they flowers first year with a team boom him a Lamar connection. I say it likely when Mark Andrews went down Him in Lamar Jackson boom connection Mark Andrews. Obviously Hold up. Did I say I say it likely? Yeah, okay. I'd say it likely Like I got my words mixed up, but when Mark Andrews and Lamar obviously already got a connection Oh, they're back in junior. He went him and Lamar Jackson. It took a little extra time, but they had that connection So my point is Lamar Jackson shown that he got that connection with everybody, but with him and Rashad Bateman It wasn't there It wasn't there So since it wasn't there that impacted everything. There were plays where they Was so close But no cigar it was place where it's like, oh, man, what this oh It's right there and we even saw I believe it was during the chiefs game And I appreciated the fact that this was on film and I guess they were mic'd up or whatever it was But they showed it where Lamar Jackson He got pressure He got pressure and Rashad Bateman was open and he thought Rashad Bateman was gonna keep going But Rashad Bateman came back and he was like, oh, that was touchdown The connection is off man It's off But if we go back to this off-season, we know that Rashad Bateman missed a significant amount of time this off-season because he was dealing with an injury Give Rashad Bateman this off-season give him this off-season and I like I obviously got no say in what happens with the Baltimore Ravens choose to do So and this like they they can't even afford to wait to pick up the fifth-year option or not because it's this year They have to make the decision now before May so whether they're gonna do that or not will know soon enough but What I would do I pick up that fifth-year option man. I really would Because if you can get Rashad Bateman a healthy Rashad Bateman I know that's hoping for a lot because he don't got the best track record right now in NFL But you get Rashad Bateman as his fourth-year salary and His fourth year salary ain't gonna be nothing too crazy. He's the first round pick now He only plans a month, but ain't gonna be nothing too crazy especially when it comes to a wide receiver and Then with the fifth-year option now, well still if you pick up the fifth-year option It'll be there in the fifth year and it is salary will go way up But he still won't be paid like a top receiver Just imagine if this year he goes off and then again, I know some people Oh, whoa, we've been thinking that we've been imagining that we tired our imaginations are done. I Get it and I respect it But just imagine if we can get Rashad Bateman with a healthy offseason because I take you back to his rookie Yeah, let's go back to his rookie. Yeah Remember where a shot baby when he first came on the scene Ravens drafted the Rashad Bateman and I was hype That's why I wanted the Ravens to draft so I was extra hyped that night when they drafted He ends up getting hurt. He ends up getting hurt At the in the training camp, I believe got hurt. I think he had like a groin injury something like that He missed like I think the first I want to say six weeks of the season have a long it was So y'all know I said man him and Lamar Jackson that connection it ain't gonna be good He's a rookie. This is first year. He missed a bunch of time and training. Yeah, all that connection is gonna be off. Nope Literally from jump From jump Rashad Bateman first games. Yeah, still all that number 12 his first games It was a period of time where literally every catch that he had it went for a first down and then not every catch was past the sticks He had to get some yak But him and Lamar's connection it was like that It was like that from jump So it is there man I know a lot of y'all don't want to see it some of y'all see it but y'all try to cover your eyes the potential is certainly there I know you know But it's up to the Baltimore Ravens to see if they can really get it out of them again. They've been instances They've been times they've been here and there is where oh, that's the Rashad Bateman that we know That's the Rashad Bateman that we expect. That's the one that we've been waiting on We haven't seen it time and time again, but not time and time enough So if they can get a healthy Rashad Bateman, oh, man, I Ain't giving up on them. I haven't given up on them. I know a lot of Ravens fans have but I'm not one of them