BALTIMORE - In one moment, Rashod Bateman is lined up on a football field, one leg in front of the other, arms dangling, crowd noise blending into white noise. A nameless, faceless cornerback stands across from him.

A single thought enters the otherwise artistic, if not frenetic mind of the Ravens wide receiver.

"Kill him," Bateman told The Baltimore Sun. "As a receiver, I think that's gotta be your mentality."

In another moment, he is alone and it's quiet, except for the grainy footage of Jerry Rice that he has pulled up on YouTube. He has to look closely given the lack of high definition but is consumed by the creativity and repetition from the NFL's career leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

Rice is the "O.G." of elite route running to Bateman, 25 and ent

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