AB To The Ravens?

From Left to Right: Marquise Brown, Lamar Jackson, and Antonio Brown

SOURCE: (@Primetime_jet, Twitter)

In the 2019 NFL Regular Season, the Baltimore Ravens finished with a 14-2 record. They had a first-round bye in the 2019-20 NFL playoffs and lost to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Divisional round by a score of 28-12.

Ravens fans were disappointed that their team could not move on to the AFC Championship round, but things could start to become better for them as Lamar Jackson, Marquise Brown, and the rest of the Ravens players have another year of NFL experience under their belt.

I am not that surprised that the Ravens lost to the Titans in that 2020 AFC Divisional game. For some gut reason, I just felt that the Ravens did so well in the regular season, that they would fall apart when the playoffs come around and that's exactly what happened. They have no reason not to make the playoffs in the 2020-21 NFL season as they basically have all their star players returning for next year. In my opinion, the only two players that they lost during Free Agency is wide receiver Seth Roberts and tight end Hayden Hurst. Roberts signed with the Carolina Panthers while Hurst signed with the Atlanta Falcons. The Ravens have to be fine with those two players leaving since they have other wide receivers and tight ends that can fill in with the departure of those two players.

The two key additions that the Ravens have added during this offseason is defensive end players, Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe. Campbell is a veteran player that is a 5x Pro-Bowler and has played every single game for the past five seasons with his former teams, the Arizona Cardinals and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Wolfe is a veteran that spent his first eight seasons with the Broncos before signing with the Ravens in March. He was part of the Broncos Super Bowl 50 championship team that had one of the best defenses in the NFL in the 2015-16 season.

What I expect from the Ravens in the 2020-21 NFL season is to have a worst regular season record than they did the year before in 2019. I also expect the Ravens to win the AFC North again and make it to at least the AFC championship game. What I also expect from Lamar Jackson is to not have spectacular stats in 2020 compared to the year before in 2019. These expectations that I have for the Ravens in 2020 are just gut feelings as I have no actual evidence to back it up.

With everyone in Quarantine because of COVID-19, almost everybody will try to find something to talk about and people have started to wonder if wide receiver Antonio Brown would be a good fit for the Ravens. Ravens wide receiver, Marquise Brown, Antonio's cousin, posted a picture of himself on Twitter today with Lamar and Antonio as you can see below.

Because of Marquise tweeting this photo, the conversation has started about whether the Ravens should go after Antonio Brown. Honestly, I don't know if Ravens head coach John Harbaugh would like the idea of AB on the team, but you best believe the whole city of Baltimore would love it. The amount of AB Ravens jerseys that would be sold would go through the roof. Ravens fans don't seem to mind players that are not to speak up and are not afraid to say what they have to say. That's why Ravens fans adored Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Ed Reed. All three of those players played super hard and did not care whatsoever about what you think of them as a player or as a person.

Put yourself in Marquise's shoes. Wouldn't you love to have your cousin play on the same football team as you? Put yourself in Lamar's shoes. Wouldn't you love to throw the football to one of the best NFL wide receivers from the span of 2013-18? If Marquise could get his cousin, AB, focused on winning a championship and not let anything distract him, oh my goodness that Ravens team would be disgustingly good!

A lot of pieces have to be put together for the Ravens to think about if Antonio Brown would be a good fit for their team. How much money would he want? Would he be a locker room distraction? He played only one game in the 2019 NFL season, is he still in physical shape? Those are the types of questions the Ravens front office would have to think about if they wanted to purse in AB. If he wants to play for the Ravens and will listen to what the coaches and staff have to say... then the Ravens offense and entire team will be successful and be in good shape to win a Super Bowl again.

Brentaro Yamane: bythebossandgoat@gmail.com and Twitter @BYHilton13