Ravens budding star shows he's hungry for even more heading into the 2024 season

Second-year wide receiver Zay Flowers wants more heading into the 2024 season .

After an extremely productive rookie season that ended in defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs, Flowers spent the summer working on his game. He plans to take what he has learned and apply it to the role he will play in the Baltimore Ravens offense that has Derrick Henry in the backfield.

"I've got more experience under my belt," Flowers said, via the Ravens' official website . "I've been through ups and downs. I think I'll be able to control things better after the things I went through last year.

"I felt like I was playing my best football toward the end of last year. As the season went on, I was learning more about how to get open, and how to run my routes to get open faster. I'd say the last seven games of the season, that's when things started to come together. That's what I'm bringing to this season from the start."

Flowers is entering his second season after setting Ravens franchise rookie records. He was able to claim 77 catches and 858 receiving yards.

Those are stats he appears confident he can build on. What ought to help Flowers is his connection to the Ravens' MVP, Lamar Jackson. The two's relationship has been discussed since Flowers landed in Baltimore. In year two, the pair appear to have more of the same.

"Zay Flowers is a different kind of animal. He's hungry going into Year 2," Jackson said. "He's so explosive with how he gets out of his routes. He can have an out-breaking route and a guy have him outside leverage. Usually, you would move on from a receiver knowing that corner is outside leverage, but with him, he still has a chance to win. So sometimes I hang on a little bit because I know he's going to win."

The key for Flowers will be taking on a leadership role. He has already shown that is something he is comfortable doing. If he turns out to be the player he believes he is in year two, Baltimore may have one of the best three-man trios on offense .