To tell this story, we have to rehash an old one.
The 2018 Baltimore Ravens were sitting at a 4-5 record, seemingly on a collision course with another 8-8 or 9-7 type of season. Quarterback Joe Flacco had been given yet another “new arsenal” of receiving help, with rookie tight ends Hayden Hurst and Mark Andrews joining up with newcomer receivers John Brown, Michael Crabtree and Willie Snead.
Hurst and Andrews both flashed some in that first half of the season, while Snead and Crabtree were pretty much what they’d been the majority of their careers — reliable route-runners who would be where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there.