While I agree that Trestman has been hurting this offense but the Vikings and the Dolphins are both averaging less yards a game then the Ravens and Vikings are only averaging one more point a game then the Ravens. Sure that one point would have helped last week but its not like either one of these teams have great offenses.
Well I have some good news, according to NFL.com those ranks in that article are completely wrong. The Ravens have number 1 ranked defense and the 19th ranked offense. And in all honesty a big game ore two could easily put them in top 15, or higher.
When it comes to the offense Trestman is definitely problem number one, but dropped passes and penalties are arguably 2 and 3 on that list. Then you have the offensive line struggling in both pass blocking and run blocking. Even with that said, I think its a little early to say "another year of disappointment looms for this offense" Like one expert was saying, with limited offseason practices the first four games of the season are like preseason games. Teams are still figuring around what they are good at and when needs to be fixed, There is still time to turn things around. Last season the Ravens were able to fix their pass defense and late into the 2012 season a change in OCs helped the Ravens win the Super Bowl. But they need to fix things now because their schedule is about to get a lot tougher.
The lack of a sense of urgency from the coaches is what worries me. Since when is a coach okay with a close loss in a must win game situation. Must win because last week was a very winnable game and especially because the schedule only gets tougher here on out. I get you gotta keep your head on straight and not sink when you lose, but it really seemed like no one was concerned with the lack of execution throughout mostly the first 3 quarters.
1: Last week was in no way, shape or form a "must win"...just another game on the schedule, always great to win it, but a loss to a good team should be no reason to cry doom... 2: Let's see, Skin's, Jet's and Jint's next three weeks...not exactually the toughest three team's in the NFL, and in my opinion the Raven's are superior to all three, irreguardless of two of them being on the road. So no, not the toughest part of our schedule... 3: Where are you getting your information that there is no concern or sense of urgency from the coaching staff? Seemed to me that Harb's was pretty hot about all the stupid penalties we racked up last sunday. And I am sure that the lack of execution that Hurst and Jensen showed on the left side of our line was not only noticed, but will be addressed. I really didn't get the sense that Sunday's loss was "O.K." with the staff, I got the feeling that Harb's knows that we need to improve as a football team...
I agree!