 Rashad Bateman, he cleared up an Instagram post that had a lot of Ravens fans worrying like crazy. The Instagram post read as this it said No matter how bad things are right now. No matter how stuck you feel No matter how many days you spent crying no matter how many days you spend wishing things were different No matter how hopeless and depressed you feel I promise you won't feel this way forever keep going and Ravens fans were looking at that like oh no is Rashad Bateman unhappy with the team is he unhappy with his role is unhappy with his production and I could understand why Ravens fans will feel that way because when I saw the post to I was thinking Oh, yeah, Rashad Bateman He probably upset about everything that's going on or really not going on with him in the Baltimore Ravens because going into this season I felt like expectations were super high for Rashad Bateman Especially for me because I've continued to say a Rashad Bateman is going to be wide receiver one for the Baltimore Ravens Even with Odell Beckham Junior even with Zay flowers even with Mark Andrew Rashad Bateman is going to be wide receiver one Lamar Jackson he went turned around and said the same exact thing. He said, oh, yeah, Bateman That's that's why I receive a one and cuz I really thought that I Rashad Bateman We've seen the flashes when when he's been on the field. We've seen it. We know he can do it We know he can put it all together, but it's just a matter of him staying healthy But when you look at his numbers thus far and I know it's still early, but they've been pretty underwhelming He has a total of seven catches for 59 yards And he's averaging 8.4 yards Catch and in this last game especially where Odell Beckham Junior was out So I was thinking oh, yeah, yeah Rashad Bateman definitely he definitely gonna be able to contribute a lot more this game But he only had one catch for six yards So I even jokingly said it during the stream like oh, hey, they better get a shot Well, he might request a trade and of course I was joking But there was a little truth behind that as well in my opinion and not truth that he would request a trade But I just felt like Rashad Bateman may be a little bit Unhappy because he has a lot going on right now with him in the Baltimore Ravens in this stage of his career because this is big Decision time for the Baltimore Ravens after this year because this is the year where they have to decide They have to make that tough decision whether they're gonna pick up or decline Rashad Bateman's fifth year option and While that is not the end all be all if a team really likes you if they really feeling you and if they really want you to stay Hey, a lot of times they'll pick up that fifth year option They they really will if you are trending upwards with the team if you are trending like oh, yeah This is a player that's gonna be here for the future. They will pick up that fifth year option But if you're not Then a lot of times they will decline it That's why with Patrick Queen everything's in limbo with him right now the Baltimore Ravens have said they wanted to re-sign them But actions are gonna end up speaking a lot louder their words So we'll see what happens with that in the future, but with Rashad Bateman when he posted that It had a lot of us wondering and worrying and then there's I know there's gonna be the crowd that says oh It's just social media. You guys are looking too much into it. What are you talking? It's 2023 this is the NFL Players have continued to express exactly how they're feeling so much more Through social media whether they put up a verse to some lyrics of a song and then fans catch it and be like Oh, I know what that means. I see what he's saying and then something a lot of time play with the night Oh, no, it was just lyrics to a song. It wasn't nothing. Nah, we know Whether they put up a meme or they put up these quotes like Rashad Bateman put up himself And He did shut it down. No, he did shut it down because Bobby Tricey shout out to Bobby Tricey He had actually posted what Rashad Bateman put on Instagram He posted it on Twitter or on x whatever you want to call it He said Rashad Bateman's IG story this morning. Hope he's all good So Bobby Tricey was wishing them well because again the story did look concerning and Rashad Bateman caught wind of that And he said y'all are tripping. I'm more than good just motivation to everyone to keep on going And hey, that could be true that could be true because again, it came straight from Rashad Bateman So just just giving everybody a little motivation Just no matter what you're going through to keep on going now a lot of times when people are going through something They can find relief and they can find help in helping others That that's something that holds true and it will never not be true Sometimes if you got an issue yourself that you're dealing with if you end up helping somebody else That can end up making you feel better about whatever it is that you got going on So I really do believe Rashad Bateman is frustrated. I know again. He did say hey I'm more than good just motivation to keep everybody going and that's fine. That's great But I really do think that he may be a little bit Frustrated because who wouldn't be Rashad Bateman is an NFL wide receiver Rashad Bateman even for For his career, he's not just an NFL wide receiver, but he is a first-round draft pick Of the Baltimore Ravens first round draft pick at wide receiver. And you know why receiver? What's their job to do is to catch the ball. That's their job It's a catch the ball is to make plays for their team And when there's a lack of you making plays for your team as a wide receiver This is why I hate sometimes when people call wide receiver divas because when they get frustrated if they not getting the ball But then they get frustrated because they're not getting to do their job So I that that whole old he's a diva. He ain't making catches. He get upset. Oh, that's not a team play No, it's not that he ain't a team player and this just about receivers in general not Rashad Bateman But it's just that the receipt they want to make plays. That's what they supposed to do So why get upset with them when they get upset because they can't do that job They can't go they don't they're not contributing, but I could definitely see if Rashad Bateman was upset And then a couple days ago. He also tweeted this he said that negativity ain't gonna work on me this year We're gonna bounce back We're gonna bounce back So and that was of course after that loss that overtime loss to the coach now somebody had They had reposted that and they said man, listen Get yourself together learn to get separation then you won't face any backlash and oh As NFL players tough it's tough because like we always talk about their public their jobs are put on public display 24-7 their jobs their performance their salary There's nothing that's private about their job at all and they know that because they get into the business and whatnot They they play their entire lives to get to these moments So they know what goes on but at the same time that still doesn't make it any easier So you have fans that'll come at you sideways that'll talk to you any kind of ways that'll talk to you Sometimes he may be even worse than coaches. Well, I don't know about if they talk the worst and coaches do well some fans will but anyway So this fan he a man listen get yourself together Learning your separation then you won't face any backlash. So basically telling Rashad Bateman how to do his job This fan isn't an NFL. Rashad Bateman is this fan didn't go to Minnesota job This fan was the first round traffic Rashad Bateman. We go down a list of stuff But he was telling Rashad Bateman how to do his job and Rashad Bateman responded to that See, this is why I feel like Rashad Bateman is probably a little frustrated right now Because when players get to respond into fans, especially fans as critiquing them and whatnot That's when it's no bueno, baby They really because we and just with the Baltimore Ravens alone. We've seen this before We've seen this with multiple players and and it's it's not a good look because that lets the fans know that Let's these these fans know like oh, we could say the right thing and it's gonna get to them They don't respond. They we've seen it with Lamar Jackson. We've seen it with Patrick Queen We've seen it with JK Dobbins. We've seen it with others too. And it's tough because You you can only turn on the cheeks so much You know, you can only get that notification and look at and then put your phone down so much These they're people too. These players. They are people too. They're not emotionless. They got emotions. They got feelings So sometimes I'm feelings take over but anyway when that fan again He said man, listen get yourself together learn to get separation then you won't face any backlash Rashad Bateman responded. He said you're so bored and lonely, but I got you fam but I got you fancy and He didn't even need to respond but again, it's easier for me to say It's easier in our shoes to be a Rashad baby. He shouldn't respond to that. He should have just ignored it but Again, these players they got emotions too And then that fan he responded again. He said I'm actually a fan. Just want to see you do your thing and It's with with that. It's like a Rashad Bateman said mm-hmm So then that was that that was the end of it with Rashad Bateman responding but I Feel like he didn't gain anything for me He didn't gain any positivity from that whatsoever and not that every interaction that you have with somebody's gonna be positive we know that but it shouldn't have even got to that in my Opinion you should have just kept it moving because again, you know, fan a lot of fans will be very very disrespectful It's okay to critique this player that player what not talk about how well you feel they should have done what they could Have done better and whatnot. That's part of being a fan But a lot of fans will take it to a level of disrespect and as a player It's it's tough to look the other way because especially after a loss, you know fans. They will pile it on So social media again, we always talk about it It's a gift and a curse all at the same time But we hope that Rashad Bateman that stuff goes better for him professionally personally to if there's anything going on I'm personally hopefully not He said he's good so we got to take his word for it But I know I just know like we just know when Rashad Bateman especially going into this year I'm sure his expectation for himself or a lot higher too than what what's been happening on the field But his time is gonna come his time is gonna come his games of the day day on the way They on the way for sure. It's just a matter of time We know Rashad Bateman to it seems like he's been on somewhat of a pitch count a little bit a little bit Not not not too much, but a little bit but with Rashad Bateman Yeah, I still expect him to do his thing and when he does that always it's gonna be a beautiful thing because we see We see the flash and we know the flashes are there now It's just about putting it all together in a season and making it happen