Bateman's Baltimore Comeback: Minter's Confidence & Flowers' Pro Bowl

0:00It's March 31st. This is NFL News Today, driven by AI following the league in real time. The Baltimore Ravens past catchers dragged down their 2025 season, making wins tough for Lamar Jackson. Zay flowers and Mark Andrews had drops and fumbles, but Rashad Bateman stood out as the biggest lead down with a quiet year and a messy offense. Bateman's numbers tanked hard, falling from 16.8 yards per catch to 11.8. He lost his deep threat spot to older DeAndre Hawkins and rookie Devantez Walker, finishing with just 224 yards, high's career low, after five seasons. New head coach Jesse Mentor isn't riding him off though. At the 2026 NFL annual league meeting, Mentor said he's got a lot of confidence in Bateman, calling him productive before and noting he's. Hungry to bounce back. Meanwhile, flowers stepped up big, with 1,211 yards and back-to-back proble nods, earning praise too. The receiver group stays mostly intact, despite losing tight ends, leaving room to draft

1:02help in Sword Hopkins' future. With Mentor's fresh scheme, better line play, and a motivated Jackson, this core could finally click and rebuild that preseason hype.