If you could change one thing right now, what would it be?

[Chris K]

If you could alter any one thing about the Ravens organization as a whole to help the Ravens win right now, what would it be?

 

Rules are that if it's a player/roster change, player must be available and move must make some sort of sense. (Meaning you can't say "trade for Calvin Johnson" as he is not available.)

 

Again, this is meaning you are in full control of the organization and have the ability to make one move to help win right now. 

 

I'll start off by saying I would:

 

Fire Castillo and return to last years offensive blocking scheme/play calls 

[NFLfan123]

Ravens should experiment playing Rice at WR.

SAM was talking about this to me in the off season.

It makes a lot more sense now considering Rice's "production" in the run game.

At the very least, it gives him an opportunity to use his talents and make plays in space.

[sflegend89]

Scheme. Both our offensive and defensive schemes are completely broken. We are getting out coached every week and teams superior schemes are a big part of it. The scheme issues are a big reason we can't run the ball and why we can't generate turnovers on defense. We have a blocking scheme that doesn't generate running lanes and a coverage scheme that allows QB's to pick our secondary apart because there is no pass rush due to us playing super soft coverage all the time. The few times we dialed up the blitz we had success getting to Campbell and at least forced him to make a quick throw (which is how you generate int's). When the QB has all day to scan for open wr's the chances he's going to throw into traffic are extremely low and even if you make a coverage stop you still aren't going to force any turnovers.

 

Pees is a push over and the fact that we didn't completely scrap Cam Cameron's playbook in the offseason has come back to bite us more times then I can count this season. The problems have to do with coaching/scheme almost more so then then players not executing, I think a lot of players are doing their best to execute, the scheme they are executing just sucks.

[SecretAgentMan]

Ravens should experiment playing Rice at WR.
SAM was talking about this to me in the off season.
It makes a lot more sense now considering Rice's "production" in the run game.
At the very least, it gives him an opportunity to use his talents and make plays in space.

I take this back.

He's older and looks like he lost his burst.

This would be a horrible idea.

Pierce doing the CJ Spiller year 2 thing might work though

[runamuk]

Fire Castillo and return to last years offensive blocking scheme/play calls .Find an aggressive defensive coordinator as one of our coaches retired the other one wears a Texans uniform .

[redravenfan]

Turn the o-line back over to Caldwell and Moeller .

[Jokerraven]

i would turn the offense into a high powered offense aerial and ground attack .

[gabefergy]

Heal Dennis Pitta's hip.

[flaccopoe]

Throw money at an O-line coordinator to come to BAL...

[allblackraven]

Re-activate Ray and make him say THIS will be his last ride?

 

Seriously - what OP said.

[flaccopoe]

Re-activate Ray and make him say THIS will be his last ride?

 

Seriously - what OP said.

 

Wait, who's OP?

[T3hRaven]

Scheme. Both our offensive and defensive schemes are completely broken. We are getting out coached every week and teams superior schemes are a big part of it. The scheme issues are a big reason we can't run the ball and why we can't generate turnovers on defense. We have a blocking scheme that doesn't generate running lanes and a coverage scheme that allows QB's to pick our secondary apart because there is no pass rush due to us playing super soft coverage all the time. The few times we dialed up the blitz we had success getting to Campbell and at least forced him to make a quick throw (which is how you generate int's). When the QB has all day to scan for open wr's the chances he's going to throw into traffic are extremely low and even if you make a coverage stop you still aren't going to force any turnovers.

 

Pees is a push over and the fact that we didn't completely scrap Cam Cameron's playbook in the offseason has come back to bite us more times then I can count this season. The problems have to do with coaching/scheme almost more so then then players not executing, I think a lot of players are doing their best to execute, the scheme they are executing just sucks.

 

I think scheme is a major issue.  On a direct comparison, I don't think the Jets defense has more talent than we do, but Rex is such a good coach schematically that he makes his players better than they are.  They are just as weak at safety and in the secondary as we are, but they know how to scheme around that.  This is an area that Harbaugh is weak in, and we've seen his loyalty be a hindrance to getting the right people in place before.  I still think it was Bisciotti's call to fire Cam last season, not Harbs.  Regardless, you brought up a good point.

 

But it's not the only issue.  We lack talent in the secondary, specifically we don't have a true FS, and I don't like our corners much with Webb playing like crap.  We drafted Jimmy Smith to be a press man corner, but it seems we never allow him to do that.  Graham is always a step late.  And that's ignoring the dearth of talent along the OL.  Oher is the same sieve he's always been, getting beat by speed guys around the outside.  There is so much film of the exact same thing that I saw happen today of him just failing over and over again.  That's ignoring Gino's ineptitude, Shipley's suckage, and Yanda's injury.  Not looking forward to their grades tomorrow.

 

This team is a failure from top to bottom.  When you suck this bad it's not just one area that's wrong.  I've tried to remain calm coming off a Super Bowl season, but when you have to watch that every week, and really it's been just as bad every week this season, it's just rough.

[allblackraven]

Wait, who's OP?

Original Poster

[Guest RBates]

The whole coaching staff minus Austin and the linebackers coach.  I'm really starting to believe that Harbaugh is bringing guys in to be the scapegoats  for when things fall apart.  Release Castillo today, this is just ridiculous.  Don't hire anymore friends.  

[Gordo52]

Magic wand + Haloti Ngata.

[Larryterri]

Fire Juan

[K-Dog]

Black uni's for every game!!!!!!




Yes I am kidding.

[BloodRaven]

Make 6 clones of Haloti Ngata, 3 for the defensive line, 3 for the interior oline.

[Tank 92]

Have everyone on the roster do their job and do it well.

[grantkyle2003]

Just 1 thing? darn theres too much to fix at this point. 

[FerrariFan87]

Juan Castillo needs to be fired and Gino Gradkowski needs to be riding the bench. Enough is enough. We have nothing to lose at this point.

[Poes Crows]

Fire Ozzie Newsome and DeCosta immediately and have the new G.M. select an interim head coach from within the organization, with full authority to hire his own new head coach during the off season.

 

Desperate times.

 

I've found that I am not enjoying NFL football as much this year. The Raven's mismanagement has something to do with that, but there is far more.  I'm losing interest and I think its because of the so called "player safety" policies that are really nothing more than "lawsuit insulation" policies.

 

The Patriots never miss a beat do they? They've got to have some young minds in that organization we can harvest.

[grantkyle2003]

Fire Ozzie Newsome and DeCosta immediately and have the new G.M. select an interim head coach from within the organization, with full authority to hire his own new head coach during the off season.

 

Desperate times.

 

I've found that I am not enjoying NFL football as much this year. The Raven's mismanagement has something to do with that, but there is far more.  I'm losing interest and I think its because of the so called "player safety" policies that are really nothing more than "lawsuit insulation" policies.

 

The Patriots never miss a beat do they? They've got to have some young minds in that organization we can harvest.

Uh there team is as bad as ours but have been far more lucky with there first 8 games and you wanna harvest from a team that has lick on defense? 

[Moderator 3]

Bring back 2-a-days

[TDubbs]

Caldwell is a terrible offensive coordinator. How many times was he going to try the Shotgun run up the middle w/ Rice? That got very predictable, and stuffed every time. Caldwell is still using a shell of Cameron's playbook, and calling bad plays himself. Plus, I really hate the fact he calls from the booth. I feel you need the OC mingling w/ players on the sideline, not removed from the team. 

[Poes Crows]

Uh there team is as bad as ours but have been far more lucky with there first 8 games and you wanna harvest from a team that has lick on defense? 

 

Our search for a new G.M. should be exhaustive, but YES, the Patriot Offices should be scrutinized closely.

 

They have never had a swoon from their Superbowl years.  The one year they missed the playoffs they were 10-6.

 

At this juncture I believe they have an excellent chance of going to the Championship game again.

 

Unlike us, when they struggled in games this year, they've won. That is the mark of a good team.

 

Their coach is broad minded. He understands his players have opinions.

 

Defense is being undermined. It's important, but old school Front Office minds are not right for the modern era. 

 

Yes I'd swap our front office for the front office of the Patriots in an instant, but our owner needs to begin a broad search for our new team.

[grantkyle2003]

Our search for a new G.M. should be exhaustive, but YES, the Patriot Offices should be scrutinized closely.

 

They have never had a swoon from their Superbowl years.  The one year they missed the playoffs they were 10-6.

 

At this juncture I believe they have an excellent chance of going to the Championship game again.

 

Unlike us, when they struggled in games this year, they've won. That is the mark of a good team.

 

Their coach is broad minded. He understands his players have opinions.

 

Defense is being undermined. It's important, but old school Front Office minds are not right for the modern era. 

 

Yes I'd swap our front office for the front office of the Patriots in an instant, but our owner needs to begin a broad search for our new team.

thank god your not in charge, the patriots have had no competition in there division for years now, every once and a while the dolphins or jets sniff the division title but there teams are weak compared to our division.  put the patriots in this division and watch them not be so perfect every year. 

[AlaskanRavensFan]

Scheme. Both our offensive and defensive schemes are completely broken. We are getting out coached every week and teams superior schemes are a big part of it. The scheme issues are a big reason we can't run the ball and why we can't generate turnovers on defense. We have a blocking scheme that doesn't generate running lanes and a coverage scheme that allows QB's to pick our secondary apart because there is no pass rush due to us playing super soft coverage all the time. The few times we dialed up the blitz we had success getting to Campbell and at least forced him to make a quick throw (which is how you generate int's). When the QB has all day to scan for open wr's the chances he's going to throw into traffic are extremely low and even if you make a coverage stop you still aren't going to force any turnovers.

 

Pees is a push over and the fact that we didn't completely scrap Cam Cameron's playbook in the offseason has come back to bite us more times then I can count this season. The problems have to do with coaching/scheme almost more so then then players not executing, I think a lot of players are doing their best to execute, the scheme they are executing just sucks.

I couldn't agree more. The core of players that is very talented on our team is not being used correctly. Our defense is not good enough to just line up and play without any disguise and without blitzing on regular down and distances. If we have to put Webb and Jimmy out on islands than so be it. That's what they're getting paid to do. Let's get back to the days when baltimore's defense was feared and our scheme was creative and unpredictable. 

 

Our offense and our team in general has lost its identity. Harbaugh wants the Ravens to be a physical in your face team. Our scheme on both sides though does not match that and the players aren't buying in. The run game should be a power scheme that allows our offensive lineman to pull and unload on people. That's who the Ravens are! Ray Rice simply doesn't have the vision to find the correct creases in a zone scheme. He's a guy that does better when there's a designed hole to run through. I also get the feeling that the O-line is just not confident in the scheme they're being taught. It's making even Yanda (a Pro Bowler and our best lineman look bad). The passing game will open up from their with play action passes and deep shots. I thought that's what we got speedy receivers for anyways. I love Flacco, but his strength is not short passes with accuracy. Rather they are having a cannon for an arm and being able to zip passes to receivers downfield with said cannon. 

 

I can remember not too long ago when the Ravens could win without even throwing the ball. Our offensive line then, was not substantially better than they are now and that was with a man blocking scheme and power type running offense. This is the AFC North, it should practically be a requirement. 

 

What the Ravens really have, as I mentioned earlier is an identity problem. They need to decide who they are going to be. If they want to try to be a finesse, zone blocking team with a vanilla defense that disguises absolutely nothing that we can all expect more of the same. If they decide that they want to get back to hitting people in the mouth and stepping on their throats when they sense fear, then maybe the Ravens can actually win some games this year and get some momentum for next year. 

 

In summary my one change would be SCHEME on both sides of the ball. (if that means getting rid of Pees and telling Caldwell that he needs to implement a power running game, then so be it) probably should ditch Castillo too since he seems to have lost any chance to prove he knows what he's doing the players. 

[Hardbaugh]

Fire Castillo yesterday.

 

It looks like no one has confidence in this offensive line. take a look at the body language. The Ravens DNA for their lineman is aggressiveness. Take a look at Oher, Yanda, and Osemele, in the past Brown, Grubbs, the zone blocking scheme completely neuters them.

 

I'm very worried about Caldwell going elsewhere or losing his job and Castillo taking over the offense.  Instead of rearranging deck chairs on the Titantic that would be akin to going below decks and punching holes in the hull.

[Poes Crows]

thank god your not in charge, the patriots have had no competition in there division for years now, every once and a while the dolphins or jets sniff the division title but there teams are weak compared to our division.  put the patriots in this division and watch them not be so perfect every year. 

 

Well, the Patriots did get handled in a close one by Cincinnati.  They laid a lick on Pittsburgh yesterday. (They generally do.)

 

Give me the Patriot Way or give me death!