What does the Diontae Johnson trade bring to the Baltimore Ravens | Football 301

Nate Tice and Matt Harmon react to Tuesday's trade between the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens that sent the WR back to the AFC North after just half a season in Charlotte. The Baltimore Ravens are clearly trying to add to a WR corps that fell just one game short of the Super Bowl last season. So what does Johnson bring to an offense that already features Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman, Derrick Henry and Mark Andrews?

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Yeah, I mean it just didn't make sense for Dante to end the year in Carolina because they're not going anywhere.

However, they will be right back in the same spot if they have another new young quarterback next year.

Who is this guy throwing to?

Although they have some interesting young players, Jalen Coker, this guy, this guy can play.

He can.

I know.

I, I watched him this morning.

Yeah, I watched him in the pre-predraft process and, you know, he was kind of the day three guy.

Interesting for me.

But yes, no, he's real.

It could be our next favorite power slot.

Nate Ty.

Let's, let's pay attention to this.

I agree with the good one, oh buddy.

I'm ready to tempt you with Jalen Coker's big slot propaganda.

But, uh, so they'll find out in Carolina.

It just didn't make sense.

They, they probably wouldn't release him, whatever he did, they probably didn't want to resign there anyway, Baltimore, they need more receiving options because as much as I appreciate Rashad Bateman, I have to laugh at the way he points out this drop on the sun, as you know, the sun has existed here for quite some time in human, human time span.

The sun has been around longer than professional football.

But, um, yeah, I thought he still is, he still is.

I think he's having a nice season.

Zay Flowers isn't that, he's a good separator, but he's kind of a goofy route runner at times.

Sometimes on that downfield out there.

They don't say it was the task quadruple.

It might have been more than that five-way move that he put Flowers out there on the runs like it was Senior Bowl practice in a one-on-one drill.

And of course it's like Lamar brought him down on a, on a pass.

Wow, he didn't know where the hell he was going to be.

He runs routes, he runs routes in italics, and everyone else just prints in all caps.

He runs, he runs around in cursive and Deonte isn't a perfect player either.

Obviously, um, you want to talk about drop issues like he's going to, he's going to have his drop issues from time to time too, but he's a reliable route runner that can hold his own against outside press coverage.

So definitely something they didn't have in that room right now.

So, um yeah, I mean, look, Baltimore is as crowded as it should be.

They are a very good football team, even though they lost that game to Cleveland.

This is the kind of step they should take.

Yes, absolutely.

That's what a team can do that makes perfect sense, just like Deandre Hopkins did to the Chiefs.

So it just makes sense to me.

Uh, players that uh need the looks that they get, they get so much single high because everyone in the running game is afraid of Derek Henry.

All right, let's get some hitters, let's just get some guys that can win one-on-one.

And then once you have all those people, you already have your dirty worker in Agar, so you can get the other guys to do the flashy, fun stuff.

Jay Johnson can do that and if he doesn't need to be the guy, he can just be a secondary option.

Yes.

Yes, it's like they have a whole bunch of secondary options, but it works for me because they can all beat the man.

You're not going to get, you know, too much of the, “Oh, we need that zone bat.”

You have a good feeling there.

But yeah, that’s where the tight ends come into play.

This is probably where Isaiah comes into play in Mark Andrews.

So yeah, they're just adding to their arms stack in Baltimore.

Good team.

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