Baltimore native Michael Phelps plans to assist his hometown NFL team by giving swimming lessons to the Baltimore Ravens, who requested help on social media.

The Ravens want to make their bird baths a little safer. The greatest swimmer of all time is here to help. Michael Phelps agreed to help Baltimore's players learn how to swim after an Instagram appeal from star cornerback Marlon Humphrey and some teammates:

Michael Phelps is both the owner of 23 Olympic swimming gold medals and a Baltimore native and big Ravens fan, so he's the man some Ravens players appealed to when they wanted to learn to swim.