12-24-2022, 12:23 PM
(12-24-2022, 12:13 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: The Ravens don’t supply him with quality receivers because he can’t utilize receivers well at all. Lamar throws deep, and over the middle. Anything to the sideline and outside the hashes he has a problem with.
Hollywood Brown in Arizona for the first 6 games he was healthy was a top 5 WR in the NFL before he got injured. He has that type of talent. Lamar puts a hard cap on WR’s potential. Receivers don’t want to pay for Baltimore.
I'm not 100% convinced it is Lamar. Hollywood was showing that kind of production in Baltimore but he didn't receive as many opportunities as he was early on in Arizona. He was receiving nearly 20% more targets in Arizona on a per game basis which was leading to higher raw production, but his overall efficiency was very similar. In the first five weeks this season, Brown was averaging 1.67 yards per route ran. Last season in Baltimore, he was averaging 1.61. Less than a 4% difference.
He was quite good and productive with Lamar, but wasn't receiving the volume he wanted, which is ultimately what came out as the reason for his wanting to leave. He wasn't happy with his role in the offense. Basically, I think it was more Greg Roman than Lamar, and that style of offense is why receivers don't want to go there.
