Ravens' Rashod Bateman calls out GM for WR comments

In a since-deleted tweet on Thursday morning, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman called out general manager Eric DeCosta for his comments about the team's disappointing track record for drafting pass-catchers.

Bateman, who was a first-round pick by the Ravens in 2021, tweeted: «How bout you play to your player's strength and & stop pointing the finger at us and #8 ...blame the one you let do this… we take heat 24/7. & keep us healthy… care about US & see what happen..ain't no promises tho… tired of y'all lyin and capn on players for no reason»

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marquise «Hollywood» Brown, who asked to be traded from the Ravens in 2022, replied to Bateman's tweet with, «Let him cook.»

Bateman then deleted the tweet about 40 minutes later before posting: «My apologies» with an emoji of two people hugging.

Neither the Ravens nor Bateman's agent responded immediately to requests for comment.

Bateman sounded off on a tweet that posted DeCosta's quote Wednesday from the NFL combine about how he evaluates wide receivers.

«If I had an answer, that would probably mean I would have some better receivers,» DeCosta said. «We're going to keep swinging. There have been some guys that have been successful players for us that were draft picks. We've never really hit on that All-Pro type of guy, which is disappointing, but it's not for a lack of effort.… It's one of those anomalies that I really can't explain, other than to say that we're not going to stop trying.»

Since the Ravens' first draft in 1996, Baltimore and Washington are the only teams not to draft a Pro Bowl wide receiver. Over the last 12 seasons, Baltimore's wide receivers have combined to produce the fewest receiving yards (25,910) in the NFL and