-budgeting-
Ravens 'were' (among other past SB teams) Superbowl contenders because their overall roster had a better talent than the other team. For us, What changed? When did we become SB contenders every year to not being in playoffs 3of 4years? Well that started soon as our budgeting going off the rails.
We need to get back to fixing our budgets on players. Get back to *'Right player, right price mentality'*.
Ever since the flacco contract fiasco, we stopped filling our roster with enough talents depths and playmakets on all sides of the ball.
We have talent, but we lack more playmakers and quality depths and that is b/c we our money are on players who are underperforming on their contracts. We need to get greater values on contracts we have. That is what we use to do. Get better value for what we paid for.
FO will do their best to hit on gems @FA on treasure dumps and draft, but at the end of the day you have to scrap out dumpster in your own yard to clean up the town.
Joe Flacco and Doom are focal starters that has to agree to a new deal. They did not deliver on their end of the bargain and it is hurting the team severely. Not only because their own salary is bad, but also because of future contracts. Flacco and Doom has been injured, but there is no charity money bc you are hurt. You get paid to perform for the team. Not to be a fan favorite and look pretty.
'Right player, right price'. Get back to how that worked.
-to much 'chances' on underperforming players-
We have several gunk that we gave another year of chance but clearly did nothing to contribute: Arrington, Kendrick, Elam. Get them out of here.
We also need to give some of our lackluster drafts an ultimatum: Perrimen, Carl, Maxx all have to be the best at their position or at least capable to being #1 before regular season start or get them out. That message has to be clear: we are not a charity organization. Maxx and Perrimen being #1  choice on draft especially hurts. They should be by now main focal points of our offense, but they are often injured and lack conditioning and durability to start in NFL.
--team chemistry--
I think so far Ravens have done pretty well sticking together. Players abd cosches respect each other. Messages are getting across. Players and coaches are taking accountability.
Jets and Jaguars 'TUNED' out their coaches until the blame shifted on the coaches. Then miraculously players finally 'showed' up and started performing better soon as they got fear on their lazy asses with their job on the line. ---this is what loser organization do. Constant circus of new coaches and new trendy attempt to do something different when all it really is..is to simply perform.
We have the same effect on our OCs. We put too much pressure to shift the blame on OC, only to pick a new one pretty much every 2 year. There is no accountability on players and continuity especially on offense. Pick a OC, make sure he stays make sure players tune in and listen to the message. That is harbaugh's job to some extent. But also his job to weed out the poison and be fair and stop being 'bias'. Its clear the shift on blame goes onto the OC much heavier then Flacco and the offense. Works both ways.