 around somebody for an extended amount of time you can start to walk like them talk like them and really just be like them in more ways than one and one of the things that you can pick up from them is their thinking habits the way they think about things the way their brain processes things the way that they receive and take in information and the way they even give out information to but having their thought process it can be a gift and a curse and I think for a lot of Ravens fans it has become a curse with one Miles Boykin and the reason I say that is because something that I've seen throughout this off-season is a lot of Ravens fans talk about Miles Boykin and when they do they say oh he just ain't got it oh he ain't it oh no he gonna be a bus oh no he's gonna be this he's gonna be that and we don't know what Miles Boykin is gonna be but a lot of people just base his entire career off of last season now last season when you look at the numbers they aren't anything spectacular he had 13 receptions 198 yards and three touchdowns so it's nothing crazy as a matter of fact some people even get that in one game now that would be a pretty good game for a receiver but it is definitely possible so again looking at the numbers you would think okay that's it but you got to also realize that Miles Boykin last year he didn't really get many passes thrown his way he didn't get many opportunity so we never really got to see a consistent body of work from one Miles Boykin we saw a little little flashes here and there and again 13 catches that's a tiny sample that's not even a sample size so Miles Boykin when he said yesterday on the Ravens Facebook live shout out to Cassie Calvert she was running it and thank you for answering my question by the way to Cassie I appreciate it but when the Ravens were doing that Facebook live and they were doing a Q&A with Miles Boykin he said he expects to break out in his second season he expects his second season to be a lot better than the first as do a lot of us Ravens fans because Miles Boykin we already he got the tools he got the tools he is 6-4 he ran what a 4-4 I believe and catching wasn't a problem for him in college so it isn't like Miles Boykin is some project wide receiver to where it's like oh well he did okay in college and let's just hold that a workshop on the NFL for him now it's not like that and it's not like he was a receiver that had drop issues in college or something like that and then the Ravens are trying to fix up a big problem and do something that they tried to do in years past when they take on these receivers that had dropped issues in college and just hope that somehow the receiver forgets about it once they translate to the NFL no that wasn't his issue but I think Miles Boykin I think his biggest issue going into year two from year one it's two things and they both actually have a lot to do with each other one of those things is being raw he is obviously not a polished receiver I mean it is only gonna be his second year in a league but another thing to go along with him not being polished is the opportunity and he like I said he didn't receive much opportunity last year now something that definitely goes in his favor is his blocking ability and we all know that boy can block his behind off Miles Boykin is a great blocker and that was probably his biggest contribution to this Ravens offense and I expect the Ravens to take full advantage of that and just expand on that too yeah he's a good blocker but let's get him involved that much more and we can really tell from the way that the Ravens drafted we can really tell that from the way that the Ravens winning free agency so far even though I do still expect them to get another wide receiver I know I've been saying that for a while now but I really do feel that way I think they're gonna get a veteran guy not an old guy not an old veteran I don't washed up veteran but somebody that still got some real good years left in them and I think they're gonna bring them on but by the way that the Ravens drafted by the way that the Ravens went about free agency so far the Ravens made every single move and they didn't make every single move that lets you let let you know how they feel about one Miles Boykin and it lets you know that they're like okay Miles we want to see what you can do in your second year we believe me we ride with you because the only receivers that the Ravens signed were special teams guys that were here last year they re-signed Chris Moore they re-signed the Anthony Thomas and even though they re-signed both of those guys there's a high chance that neither one of the two even make the roster because I know the Ravens could have those two more roster spots this year as does every NFL team but roster still gonna be pretty crowded still gonna be pretty tight and you got to feel Hollywood is a lock Boykin pretty much a lock Willie Snead pretty much a lock crochet and Duvenay they'll be there that's that's five receivers right there so do you run with six receivers and a run heavy offense you could because you still got special teams too and the return duties because you don't want to have a receive out there that's gassed so you could run but how often do you run for receiver sets because for example if you do have a receiver or save or you got a receiver that's doing kick or punt return okay he does a kick or punt return and then you want them off the field for a couple plays you still got four receivers left how often in your offense are you gonna be running for receiver sets in this run heavy offense not saying that you can't do it and I saying that you shouldn't do it because I expect the Ravens to expand this offense I definitely do and again Lamar in that spread hey that's even more dangerous because he could throw to any one of his guys and now he has guys that can make the the plays after the catch get that yak the yards after the catch because that's what we've been lacking but now we got that Hollywood coming stronger faster bigger we got Willie Snead coming back for another year but Boykin Boykin I think Boykin going into this year he is the biggest question mark out of the entire receiver group because no he's not a rookie we know what Snead can do Hollywood showed us plenty of flashes last year so it's like with Boykin what's it gonna be but this is not all on him a lot of it is but it's not all on him he was definitely out there a lot last year definitely out on that field a lot last year but the ball just him and Lamar just were not on the same page so a lot of that has to do with Lamar too just as much as it has to do with Boykin Lamar got a fine Boykin got a hit Boykin and stride throw some fade routes to him get get him involved because you you can't have this guy this receiver six four and fast not just six four night he's not just some big giant walking around the field oh I'm six four that's it I can catch no he's six four and fast his voice does kind of sound like that you know his voice is super deep but he can move so Ravens have to get this guy involved you have to and if you even whether you bring in a camp body at receiver a veteran that's been there done that not somebody that will stay with the team but somebody get somebody in there that could teach him how to sort of box people out use that body man use all six four to make those cornerbacks know like uh-uh if I don't catch this ball ain't nobody catching this ball nobody straight up let him know box him out be physical again we know he can block we know he can block and I think with Miles Boykin since he is so tall his speed is sort of um I think it's a underrated because we usually with taller people when you see them running they don't look that fast because they're so tall because their legs they're taking long strides so their speed if you look at a smaller person they look a lot faster because their feet they're going but a taller person when they're running is and they can be running just as fast as that small person but for the small person since you see their feet it makes them look like they're faster so don't sleep on Boykin's speed but one thing that I just want the Ravens fans to do with Boykin as a whole just don't don't sleep on him don't sleep on him and and don't count him out yet I just I've seen that a lot this offseason too a lot of people counting Miles Boykin out like this dude was just so terrible in his rookie season again we didn't even get to see anything his rookie season so we cannot count this dude out we can't if he was a safe instance he was out there his rookie season and this dude was dropping everything he was missing on blocks he looked lost all the time he just if he wasn't doing anything at all and making no contributions okay even though it would just be one season you can't count his whole career like that but that wasn't the case and I'm not saying that last year he was some all-star anything like that but again we only had we had less than a sample size for Miles Boykin's body of work so now going into this second year let's see Miles Boykin another year in this same offense with the same offensive coordinator that's big with the same quarterback that's big and with possibly the same role but even an even more expanded role than he had last year because he's gonna be as of right now when you look at that depth chart Miles Boykin is gonna be one of the Ravens top three receivers he's gonna be one of their top three receivers so Hollywood Snead Boykin then there's Devonay and Proshay and then of course Chris Moore and the Anthony Thomas are still there for now and there ain't no disrespect to either one of those two but just the way that I see the Ravens business right now I don't see Chris Moore or the Anthony Thomas making it because I think Proshay will be the punt returner and I think Duvenay will be the kick returner and let's Proshay do that too but I think Duvenay is going to be involved a little more than Proshay is on offense but hey we'll see when we get there but I just I don't I'm not I wouldn't I wouldn't really count on those other guys making the roster as of right now but we'll see anything can change and you know things can change like that circumstances happen stuff happens and things get shifted in a heartbeat so we're just waiting to see what happens but don't count Miles Boykin out man give him a chance give him a shot because Ravens drafted him in the third round for a reason he was out there a lot on that field for a reason and Ravens only added two new receivers to this team for a reason and I'm not counting any undrafted free agents any undrafted rookie free agents well y'all know what I mean so anyway team keep it clean I appreciate y'all I love y'all again um make sure you check out if you want a face mask you know my aunt she's she's been hooking y'all up hit up MySecretDwelling.com whether you want a Ravens face mask or you just 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