Over the weekend, Antonio Brown didn’t hide his desire to become a Baltimore Raven. He posted a picture of himself photoshopped in purple and black.
Antonio Brown to the Ravens?
(Via his Snapchat) pic.twitter.com/HwsF1HrXGj
— Matthew Travis (@Mjtrav627) May 2, 2020
In early April, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson posted a photo of them working out together in Florida with Brown’s cousin Marquise “Hollywood” Brown.
Three weeks later, the reigning MVP tacitly endorsed the idea of Brown coming to Maryland saying, “I’d be happy if they signed him … but it’s not my decision.”
Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta didn’t exactly slam the door shut on the notion.
“Those are in-house things,” DeCosta said. “Those are my feelings, personal feelings, about that situation. I don’t really feel the need to share that with you all right now.
“It doesn’t really serve any purpose for us to talk about (free agents) right now. There’s really no benefit to do that, so I think I’ll just leave that one alone.”
In the wake of A.B.’s photoshop display, Jackson found this video on Twitter of Brown playing with his son.
Something they won’t post about AB him playing with his son pic.twitter.com/pdAYIFmkaE
— Gifted (@G0dGiven) May 1, 2020
And Jackson retweeted it.
Jit made that look too eazy https://t.co/gkTyBwQbmH
— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) May 4, 2020
Jackson hasn’t made a hard push for Brown, publicly. But he seems to keep making subtle overtures. No one in Baltimore’s franchise is entirely dousing the talk.
As we’ve said in this space before, going to Baltimore makes a lot more sense than any other destination for Brown. Especially with a shortened offseason.
We’re still waiting for interest from coach John Harbaugh, though. And you have to wonder how big of a stumbling block that would be.
Also, there’s still no word on the league ruling on Brown’s looming suspension for the sexual misconduct allegations that led to his demise in New England back in September 2019.
Until those two things happen, Jackson can keep pulling Brown closer. But he’ll always be an arm’s length away.
