Stop me if you have heard this one before, but a wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens appears disgruntled with his role in the team’s offense.
Following the Ravens’ 26-23 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders which dropped the team to 0-2, wide receiver Zay Flowers reposted a tweet criticizing the team’s usage of him in the second half of both games to start the season.
Ravens WR Zay Flowers retweeted a post stating that the team didn’t involve him in the second have after a big first half performance. pic.twitter.com/eEiOMO0XST
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Flowers finished the game as the team’s leading receiver with seven catches for 91 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets. After a productive first half with six catches for 83 yards, Flowers caught just one pass for eight yards in the second half, albeit for a touchdown.
This situation is reminiscent of a time when Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, another Ravens’ first-round wide receiver, hinted at his displeasure with offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s run-heavy offense on social media in 2020.
“What’s the point of having souljas if you never use them,” Brown tweeted following a loss during the 2020 season. Brown later deleted the tweet, but his frustration remained, leading to a trade request which general manager Eric DeCosta obliged following his third season in Baltimore, sending him to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
The Ravens need to hope that Flowers does not follow the same path as Brown and can instead remain a favorite target for quarterback Lamar Jackson for years to come in Baltimore.
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was asked the day following the game if he was aware of Flowers’ frustration on social media.
“Not that I’m aware of,” Harbaugh said. “Zay [Flowers] has been great. [I’ve had] great conversations with Zay. I’m not aware of any of the social media stuff.”
