DBsRAVENS

That's not going to happen. From a previous article: "Harbaugh said he’s excited to move forward with all three coordinators, including Defensive Coordinator Dean Pees and Special Teams Coordinator Jerry Rosburg." We are all excited as well ... I'm not excited. I'm very disappointed to learn that it appears Harbaugh will be retained. I'm even more disappointed that he's keeping our OC and DC too. I was so hoping that Mr. Bisciotti would move on from Harbaugh or, at the very least, if he just refused to fire him, put him on notice that the only way he could stay would be to replace Both coordinators and, also, show tangible improvement with the team next year. I was hoping for, at least, that. Harbaugh has succeeded in taking a lot of the fun out of watching the Ravens these past few years. I love my team, so I'm sticking with it through thick or thin. But, my goodness, does Harbaugh ever make it painful to watch. Whats more fun than a 28-27 game? you want Raven blow outs- I get it that at some point for some NFL teams, totally gutting an organization needs to be done. I do not see that for the Ravens for 2017. You make a point but then contradict it by an ultimatum which makes no sense. If you want to give a coach a timeline to "shape up or ship out" you don't tell him who he can use to do it. That is the point of why you tell him -its his job. Furthermore, its not Harbs fault that the OC's have left, if anyone as far as the final decision It is Bisciotti's he is the owner. He makes the deals and decides who stays and who doesn't as far as the front office and major releases such as Kubiak. The Ravens are an organization that promotes growth for their staff. It can work both ways. Some teams like the Patriots..not so much. Its just the nature of the Ravens way. As far as Harbs leaving, I think it will be a mutual thing. I expect that the Ravens will have a winning record next year or Harbs will not be feeling too good about his performance himself. But to rip out what staff has taken hold over this year, I think would be a mistake. Obviously so do Harbs and Bisciotti, and they are who count. As they see on the grid iron, "we will see". Go Ravens! PS I like the idea of moving some assistant coaches around. Also after visiting a few of the practices this year I might make comments; -a little less of the broken particle/regiment practices -and increase practice the following; suggestions; more Full team- work the line schemes- Defensive drop zone coverage- multi schemes from the same formation both sides of the ball- audible- play action - audible - play action, did I mention - audible - play action also cut out some more of the goofing off- this team was too nonchalant at camp to be 8-8!- Thank you! After watching the Ravens training camp practices, I came away thinking there is nothing hard about these practices. This past summer, I questioned why the offense didn't even attempt passes of 20 yards or more during practice. It was all dink and dunk check down passes. And that carried over from the summer training camp to the regular season games.

Honestly, these guys would not use them. SSS last game and he throws to Pitta? Bingo! Somebody give that man a prize. Pitta coming back was the worst thing ever.

I have to get anew TV. I did not see a wide open receiver in 16 games. You need glasses sir, a lot of open receivers but Flacco became the king of the check down. Most of the time he was one read then check down, by the end of the season Smith Sr. And Wallace were being just lazy on routes knowing Flacco wouldn't even look at them. That doesn't happen unless you leave people wide open a lot. The West Coast offense is predicated on timing routes and anticipatory throws - throwing a receiver open or releasing the ball before he makes his break. Joe has shown very little ability to do either. He relies on his arm strength to drill the ball in to a clearly wide open guy (which doesn't last long), and try to err on the safe side by hitting the guy low or outright overthrowing him. Kubiak's offense was a good fit because the commitment to the running game enabled a consistent play action passing that resulted in more clearly wide open receivers as defenders had to always keep an eye on the backfield. Best summation yet!. How did we end up with West Coast offensive coordinators when the Ravens are a run first, Play Action, play good defense team. Oh, that's right the Head Coaches BFF.

I like Wallace but he's just not that, "playmaker" cat to me. Going forward w/o SSS, would you guys consider Wallace to be your "go to guy?" No. But you don't have to be a "go to guy" to be a playmaker. Wallace is a playmaker. Without SSS, our go to would be Pitta. Our go to guy is already, run 3 yards and turn around, catch and fall down Pitta!

You may need to elevate your thinking as to what true "playmakers" are cause ONLY Steve Smith, Sr. fits that description. With the whole consistency thing being front and center, it's time to fix the offensive line with 2nd and 3rd round picks. Fixing the offensive line is the only savior for the 2017 season.

I just said the same thing to my uncle. The mentality of this team is not the same. There is a lack of determination, and a lack of wanting to put fear in opposing offenses. Ozzie needs to get Rex Ryan back in here. I don't know if that will solve the problem but it damn sure will help if we bring in a coach that knows exactly how this defense is supposed to carry themselves. I said earlier in the year, this team was soft because of Harbaugh and his BFF staff and I got so many "How can this team be soft with the number 1 ranked defense?" Well if you couldn't see it before, it's all so crystal clears after last night's loss with 78 seconds left in the game. You can keep the SOFT number ONE defense rankings, real Raven fans want a defense that is nasty, feared and brings the pain when closing out games.

Thank you. Sometimes it's just a great defensive play.

"Play Like A Raven" has come to mean "fold when it counts." That's John Harbaugh and his soft BFF coaching staff's contribution to the Ravens.

What was really missed in that pathetic play call was the fact that it came after a timeout. Previous play: Pass catch by Wallace, long YAC. Offense moves slowly for next play gets to LOS with 5 seconds on play clock. Sideline signals for timeout as Flacco is unaware of play clock expiring and surprised by ref's whistle as play clock is about to expire. After timeout on first down from the 11 yard line in the Red Zone you call a Pass Play (again coming out of a Time Out and nobody on the offensive staff thinks this is a bad play). SMH

What Flacco Missed! http://russellstreetreport.com/2016/12/15/tale-of-the-tape/the-joe-flacco-check-down/

Why didn't Ravens report Steve Smith Sr. had an outburst during the first hour of Ravens practice Thursday after Joe Flacco overthrew the wide receiver on consecutive deep passes along the sideline. LOL & SMH! Also why do the Ravens offfense always figure out what they should have done after games instead of during games?

Somebody, give this man a prize and a job on the Ravens's offensive staff! Seriously! How can you have a staff of offensive coaches and nobody can make a suggestion or adjustment?

The Ravens could help themselves offensively by spreading the offensive formation, instead of the tight bunch formation shown. Place WRs outside the numbers or on the numbers so they have room to operate if a slant route is needed. That formation played right into the defenses hand. SMH! I can't believe all the folks in the Ravens' organization are walking around on eggshells when it comes to this team not having an offensive identity. I thought Raven's football was run the ball, play action, and play tough defense. How do they expect an offensive line to be effective when all they do is take blows from on coming pass rushers? Offensive lineman need a chance to fire off the ball and deliver some blows, give the running game a chance.

I know right, me too. I'm so sick of Juice going out in the flat to catch balls for 3 yards 9 out 10 times the play is run. Or the check down to Pitta for 4 yards down field. Such a waste of speed!

How much softer can Harbaugh make a once tough and feared franchise? "Wouldn't it be neat if we could get a point from splitting the uprights during the kickoff." SMH