When the Ravens traded wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown to the Cardinals for the 23rd and 100th picks in the 2022 NFL draft, it sent shockwaves around the NFL.
Brown, however, was already prepared for the moment to happen. Moments after the blockbuster trade, Brown appeared on the I Am Athlete podcast outlining how he quietly “asked the Ravens for a trade” following the 2021 season. Brown credited his personal “happiness” above playing in Baltimore while also stating that quarterback Lamar Jackson was not the issue.
“I didn’t go out and make anything public,” said Brown, who is under contract until 2023 after Arizona reportedly exercised his fifth-year option on Friday. “I just kept working. I talked to Lamar [Jackson] about it after my second year. … After my third year leading up to the end of the season, he [Jackson] was not playing. I let him know again like, ‘Yeah bro, I can’t do it.
