The current state of the team has been building up for years. Everyone knows this. Flacco overall hasn't played well since the SB victory. Generally no difference makers or play makers have been brought in. Very few players have been developed. The vast majority of games follow the same script. Things that are supposedly easily corrected never get corrected. The team is seemingly always playing with a malaise instead of urgency and energy. Realizing this and knowing it's been going on for years leads to only one conclusion. A total rebuild that can take years is required. It must start with the FO and then down through the coaching staff and finally the players. Figure out now if the young players on the team can develop. If not gradually move on from them as well as the veterans. Let the new FO and coaches build the team from there.
Nothing is working for this team. No doubt the FO, coaches, and players have tried their best over the years but is hasn't been good enough to turn this downward spiral around.
I love the Ravens just as most on these boards do, but it is evident the organization as currently constructed is not capable of turning this around. They've been great in the past but not now. I hope I'm wrong about all this, but it's finally hit me that the current organization has had its swan song and the future with this organization belongs to others.
