#282: Breaking Down the Sammy Watkins Addition

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Ravens agreed to terms with the veteran receiver, and Garrett Downing and Clifton Brown examine what that means for the offense.

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0:00.0	The Ravens want to surround Lamar Jackson with the track team.
0:03.0	That's what Sammy Watkins is.
0:05.0	He was a number four overall pick, by the way.
0:06.0	Seven years later, how much stock do you put him to where a guy was drafted?
0:09.0	Well, I think if the Ravens have gotten him back in 2014, there have been a lot of people who were excited about that.
0:14.0	Yeah, I just think for the wide receiver group, they needed a veteran presence.
0:26.2	After losing a Willie Sneed, they needed somebody in that room with these young guys that are still trying to develop.
0:31.1	And I think Watkins can serve in that role, particularly being so familiar with the Greg Roman offense.
0:35.5	Has the passing game improved?
0:36.8	Yeah, I think it has.
0:39.4	Watkins is an upgrade over Willie Steed,
0:41.4	had 33 catches for 432 yards.
0:44.6	You've already improved the passing game by adding him and then adding Zightler to that offensive line.
0:47.1	You're making upgrades.
0:48.5	You're making improvements.
0:49.5	And I like that.
0:50.1	Yeah. Welcome into the lounge. It was a busy weekend for the Ravens in the front office.
1:05.9	Also a busy weekend for my guy Clifton Brown, who had to cover all of the news happening over the weekend.
1:13.2	I wasn't working, Cliff. You were. You stepped to the plate. Ryan wasn't working. I wasn't working.
1:18.1	You were holding down the fort for everyone. So we got to give you a pat on the back for that one.
1:22.7	And we're excited to have you on the podcast again this week. So obviously I'm talking about the Raven signing, Sammy Watkins, which happened over the weekend.
1:30.7	News broke of that kind of late Friday afternoon, early evening.
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