We need a new offensive coordinator

[Ravensfan23]

You guys want to know who really is the best possible offensive coordinator, at the moment, for the Ravens? Well, the answer is: Joe Flacco
 
Now, granted, this may sound like a ridiculous response; but, time-in-and-time-out, again, this year (and last season, too), the offense has been at its apex when Flacco has taken control of the offense. While the sample size is small (as to when the Ravens have used the no-huddle, this season) and this may be the result of being behind (as the defense might be "relaxed" with having the lead, late in the game), I have yet to see any reason why Baltimore shouldn't let Flacco run the offense.
 
In fact, even the offense line has appeared to be more in-sync once the no-huddle has been used; probably because the opposing team can't establish a rhythm. And, to back-up this case, even more, the passing game has been way more efficient than the run, so far. With the flexibility and talent at the wide receiver position, the Ravens have to realize the best offense is Flacco's offense and his arm. I'm pretty sure Flacco has been frustrated with the predictable play selection, too.
 
I'm not saying to abandoned the run, at all; rather, right now, this team needs to utilize the strength of the offense and pick-up the pace to throw the defense off. Then, once the passing game has been established, the Ravens (or Flacco, if the no-huddle is being used) can give MEANINGFUL carries to either Rice or Pierce; ones that actually pick-up more than a yard. No defense is intimidated by the Ravens calling the same, exact dive play, every first down, with a collapsing o-line and a small running-back like Ray Rice or Bernard Pierce.
 
When the Ravens have allowed Joe to take command with the play-calling and open-up the passing attack, he looks like the guy that was paid that $120 million contract in the off-season.

Thiss team continues to play like Jlew is the RB and Boller is the QB. Flacco is a stud and they are relagating him to nothing more then a game manager. I don't understand how the very coaches that said in order to win the AFCCG we'll have to put the ball in Flacco hands, now act as if it is a much to get Rice going early or the offense won't have success.

Right now Joe Flacco is to the Baltimore Ravens what owning a 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish in Baltimore City would be. The features and performace is great, but because of all the stop signs, lights, speed bumps and poor streets, you never get to apperciate the true worth of it. Flacco is capable of going 0-63mph in 4.1 seconds, but because the Ravens are placing him in poor situations they'll never truly get to enjoy what $120mil brought them.

But once we allow Flacco to operate on a open road, oh boy just sit back and enjoy the ride.

[flynismo]

Thiss team continues to play like Jlew is the RB and Boller is the QB. Flacco is a stud and they are relagating him to nothing more then a game manager. I don't understand how the very coaches that said in order to win the AFCCG we'll have to put the ball in Flacco hands, now act as if it is a much to get Rice going early or the offense won't have success.

Right now Joe Flacco is to the Baltimore Ravens what owning a 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish in Baltimore City would be. The features and performace is great, but because of all the stop signs, lights, speed bumps and poor streets, you never get to apperciate the true worth of it. Flacco is capable of going 0-63mph in 4.1 seconds, but because the Ravens are placing him in poor situations they'll never truly get to enjoy what $120mil brought them.

But once we allow Flacco to operate on a open road, oh boy just sit back and enjoy the ride.

 

Eww....Astons are for old people

[Guest RBates]

Caldwell is well spoken but seems to be clueless.  Why don't the reporters ask him, " Why are we running on every first down?"

 

 

We need to play better.  We have the guys to do it.  BLAh Blah Blah.  The coaches speeches here, are really getting annoying.

[Ravensfan23]

Eww....Astons are for old people

Then that's perfect because Joe is a throwback himself. Lol

[T3hRaven]

Eww....Astons are for old people

 

At least Ozzie kept our Aston from being stolen.  I'm guessing that's more than one in Baltimore County can say.

[K-Dog]

Caldwell is well spoken but seems to be clueless. Why don't the reporters ask him, " Why are we running on every first down?"

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Because we don't.

[jimjim5]

Eww....Astons are for old people

Speaking for yourself, huh?

[Guest RBates]

Because we don't.

Don't what? Run on first down. i would have agreed until last game.  :sherlock:

[flynismo]

Speaking for yourself, huh?

 

Nope, it is a scientific fact!

[jimjim5]

Nope, it is a scientific fact!

not to get too far off topic, but I would take an Aston Martin Vanquish over just about everything out there. I can see your opinion with other Aston Martins though.

[flynismo]

not to get too far off topic, but I would take an Aston Martin Vanquish over just about everything out there. I can see your opinion with other Aston Martins though.

 

They're great cars, just not my cup of tea. And in fairness, they're for middle aged, not old people, lol....Jaguars are for old people!

[callahan09]

Because we don't.

We mostly do.  In 4 out of 6 games, we ran the ball on 1st down 70.8% of the time.  In the other 2 games, we went the opposite extreme and only ran the ball 25.0% of the time on first down.  We are insanely unbalanced in mixing our play calls on first down.  Most of the games, we do indeed run the ball almost exclusively on first down.  Then there's the Bills and Broncos games, where we almost exclusively passed on first downs, which you put in the mix and really skew the overall season numbers down to something that SEEMS balanced, but is anything but.

[TwinRivers]

to be fair, Kubiak has OCed some of the great ZB lines in the last 5 years.  Those houston teams did some really good stuff up front.

Five years?

Kubiak’s offenses have always been based on balance. The Broncos’ running game was focused around a strong system instead of an individual. A Broncos runner eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark in 10 of Kubiak’s 11 seasons. Denver saw five different runners rush for more than 1,000 yards, more than any team in the NFL, in that span.
 Kubiak will always be a head coach IMO.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

We mostly do.  In 4 out of 6 games, we ran the ball on 1st down 70.8% of the time.  In the other 2 games, we went the opposite extreme and only ran the ball 25.0% of the time on first down.  We are insanely unbalanced in mixing our play calls on first down.  Most of the games, we do indeed run the ball almost exclusively on first down.  Then there's the Bills and Broncos games, where we almost exclusively passed on first downs, which you put in the mix and really skew the overall season numbers down to something that SEEMS balanced, but is anything but.

 

And I think the people that are saying we do mix it up on first down looked at the article from yesterday on this site that says so.

 

Overall it may be close to balanced (and I may be wrong about this) but its still predictable bc it seems to me it goes in bunches. We run on almost every 1st down for a while, and when that doesn't work after a quarter or 2 we go the exact opposite direction and try to pass on every 1st down for a while.

 

The end result shows balance, but its still very predictable.

 

Balance is effective only in the sense that when done properly the defense doesn't have tendencies to game plan on. On any play at any time from any formation its just as likely youll pass as you will run.

 

Our version of balance is: run it 20 times, then pass 20 times.

[jimjim5]

what is predictable is the formation that we line up in. It may not tip the play, but it allows to opposing team the ability to narrow the play call down to several possibilties that need to be defensed vs. a mixed play book of running or passing plays manifested through different formations.

And I think the people that are saying we do mix it up on first down looked at the article from yesterday on this site that says so.

Overall it may be close to balanced (and I may be wrong about this) but its still predictable bc it seems to me it goes in bunches. We run on almost every 1st down for a while, and when that doesn't work after a quarter or 2 we go the exact opposite direction and try to pass on every 1st down for a while.

The end result shows balance, but its still very predictable.

Balance is effective only in the sense that when done properly the defense doesn't have tendencies to game plan on. On any play at any time from any formation its just as likely youll pass as you will run.

Our version of balance is: run it 20 times, then pass 20 times.

[K-Dog]

Don't what? Run on first down. i would have agreed until last game. :sherlock:

You said every.

[Guest RBates]

You said every.

Does this help Callahan09 posted this in another thread.  I rest my case. No one runs on every first down but this is as close as a team can get to being predictable.

By week, this is the percentage of run plays called on first downs:

 

W1 = 29.7%

W2 = 70.0%

W3 = 72.7%

W4 = 18.5%

W5 = 79.4%

W6 = 59.3%

[PurpleCityLights]

You should ALL KNOW by now that John has pushes Andy in the "Dog House" & Caldwell is back to just being the QB coach while him and his homie Castillo call Offensive plays. Why cant people just understand what kind of person Harbs is?? This is what he does, He makes thing worst not better offensively, until the higher-ups got to have that " Come to Jesus talk" with him.

[The Raven]

You should ALL KNOW by now that John has pushes Andy in the "Dog House" & Caldwell is back to just being the QB coach while him and his homie Castillo call Offensive plays. Why cant people just understand what kind of person Harbs is?? This is what he does, He makes thing worst not better offensively, until the higher-ups got to have that " Come to Jesus talk" with him.

 

Lol, I think you could use one of those talks.

[berad]

You should ALL KNOW by now that John has pushes Andy in the "Dog House" & Caldwell is back to just being the QB coach while him and his homie Castillo call Offensive plays. Why cant people just understand what kind of person Harbs is?? This is what he does, He makes thing worst not better offensively, until the higher-ups got to have that " Come to Jesus talk" with him.

And the players just play along?

[jimjim5]

And I think the people that are saying we do mix it up on first down looked at the article from yesterday on this site that says so.

 

Overall it may be close to balanced (and I may be wrong about this) but its still predictable bc it seems to me it goes in bunches. We run on almost every 1st down for a while, and when that doesn't work after a quarter or 2 we go the exact opposite direction and try to pass on every 1st down for a while.

 

The end result shows balance, but its still very predictable.

 

Balance is effective only in the sense that when done properly the defense doesn't have tendencies to game plan on. On any play at any time from any formation its just as likely youll pass as you will run.

 

Our version of balance is: run it 20 times, then pass 20 times.

 

This is spot on. Lets see if the same thing happens today.

 

My guess is that they will start the game passing like crazy. I think we will see a lot of formations and shifts to get the run going.

[PurpleCityLights]

And the players just play along?

Yup!

[flynismo]

The play calling today was excellent. One of Caldwell's best performances

[Bravens292]

The play calling today was excellent. One of Caldwell's best performances

 

I agree, especially in the last drive, the bootleg to Rice for the 1st and the TD to Clark were great.

[T3hRaven]

The play calling today was excellent. One of Caldwell's best performances

 

Offense had a decent day overall.  I think there was only one sack, and they were moving the ball fairly well.  They had some trouble getting in the end zone, but they barely had any possessions as well.  Flacco's avoidance of pressure today was Roethlisberger-esque.

[probo78]

If you can't establish a run game by the second quarter, there are some serious problems with the offensive line coach and the OC that really need to be looked at/

[The Raven]

Offense played well today, especially considering who they went up against. Caldwell, well, he called well. 

[T3hRaven]

It was great seeing the no huddle come back, and actually work.  Something tells me there have been too many voices in the game plan.