Brown as in John Brown? This is exactly what I’m talking about with the lowered expectations we Ravens fans have for wide receivers. John Brown is a 1-tool WR3 in this league. Hollywood runs a more various route tree today than John Brown has at any point in his career.
I’m all for gamesmanship but at some point you line up and play. And your most talented players do the same.
It is undeniable that before teams had to actually scheme him he was dominant. Unfortunately the other weapons weren't so when teams either put their best corner on him instead of Crabhands, or outright doubled him because Crabhands belonged on the bench not the field and wasn't scary, the Ravens had no one else in the game who could counter. Of course once Lamar was QB they had anti synergy.
I know fans have a tendency to trash former players to make their leaving seem like no big loss, but Brown was a slam-dunk signing who played well for Ravens