Ravens Season-Review Press Conference

[berad]

"Bigger" when refering to linemen is always going to be a weight/strength comment.

[I AM LEGEND]

Yes but he isn't a power back. He isn't pushing anyone backwards for short yardage. In fact, Rice is best in space. Which is why we used him alot as a receiving back.

Im just completely done with the whole running game in general...this includes the players who RAN /the RUNNING schemes/the RUNNING blockers/the RUNNING plays...w.e. u name it.

[ravensdfan]

well now he isn't even a probowl back so I guess this is moot

 

Not willing to write him off just yet - except with Castillo now the OL coach, *sigh* this is depressing.

 

I mean - I really don't get it. Castillo was a major fail this season and we promote him?

 

He doesn't even have a good resume if one looks at the stats in Philly for all the years he was there.

 

This has to be a bad dream.

[redrum52]

Castillo will be back as OL coach. Continuity is key. 

 

Harbs did allude that Castillo has areas to improve in.

Harbs says everyone has areas to improve, whether they did well or not.  Though it's true, I think he was probably a little lenient on Castillo(didn't get to see the meeting).

[jazz1988]

Edelman as our slot receiver would be huge and help push our offense to new levels.

 

I doubt that  especially if we still running the same system .

[redravenfan]

Not willing to write him off just yet - except with Castillo now the OL coach, *sigh* this is depressing.

 

I mean - I really don't get it. Castillo was a major fail this season and we promote him?

 

He doesn't even have a good resume if one looks at the stats in Philly for all the years he was there.

 

This has to be a bad dream.

a friend sent me a link and his sacks totals explain allot joe was over 40 last year.other posters figured he would be because they stuck to his scheme changes . I was hoping he would get a coaching job elsewhere . what happens if Caldwell moves on what are the odds he moves into his spot.

[Ravenseconbeast]

Not willing to write him off just yet - except with Castillo now the OL coach, *sigh* this is depressing.

I mean - I really don't get it. Castillo was a major fail this season and we promote him?

He doesn't even have a good resume if one looks at the stats in Philly for all the years he was there.

This has to be a bad dream.

The only sense I get bringing Castillo back is that Harbaugh just cannot see himself ditching his bff after just one season. His not taking this in the best interest of the organization.

Like I always say, you can't mix business w/ pleasure!

I remember how vividly Andy defended Castillo while both were in eagles. Now where is Andy at?

[redravenfan]

Castilo= no pass protection, no run game . joe on his back and it can get worse I think we were 27th. in offense there are 32 teams in the nfl :)

[runamuk]

we already have options for the oline on the roster. Jensen and wagner, both big and athletic.the Texans have a good running game most teams do we just have to get the players trained . we only spent one year on it change isn't easyand takes time. not all teams can have the success the patriots and have playoff every year etc etc. once it becomes functioning then we are right as rain.

[Grapple Raven]

Not willing to write him off just yet - except with Castillo now the OL coach, *sigh* this is depressing.

 

I mean - I really don't get it. Castillo was a major fail this season and we promote him?

 

He doesn't even have a good resume if one looks at the stats in Philly for all the years he was there.

 

This has to be a bad dream.

 

That's the problem ravensdfan, Castillo wasn't promoted to anything...he will have the same job this upcoming season as he had this past season...O-line Coach!  I said this earlier this season as reported by Luke Jones from WNST.   

That is what Harbs said in this AM's presser.  Harbs took the blame for Castillo getting all the flack by giving him the "run game coordinator" position which Harbs claimed was a misnomer.  Either way it is just shifting "titles" only,  Castillo will be doing the same job as last season...good or bad!   Personally, I feel like I am reliving groundhog day, lol.  What bothers me more is that Harbs wasn't completely honest with the fans about Castillo's role.   I wonder what else we weren't or are not being told.  Whatever the case may be, this is a team in major flux right now, imho.   I feel like I am in hell with a broken bat! lol   Time will tell, but I do agree with you that it is rather depressing, especially since Harbs admitted in the presser that run scheme and pass protection were what Castillo was in charge of this past season.   Its mind boggling!!!

[Ed_Reed20]

if the scheme failed with the linemen we have ,,,,we will add another rookie center and all is fixed I don't bu that.  it was posted ozzie wants bigger interior lineman .....osemele is short and  umm round, and yanda is short  too .oher is gone  and Monroe is not a sure thing to  resign unless we tag him which is very expensive. so that's 5 if you don't make the playoffs what is the point ...there is none

 

ozzie drafts the players  deliberately drafting players to fill the ir esp wideouts. is not going to help.

 

Wow. Talk about taking what he said too literally. KO isn't short. Yanda is 6'4 but however you want to classify him, he's the team's offensive lineman. They're not going to get rid of him. Not, Monroe returning isn't a sure thing but considering how long it's taken the team to solidify LT since JO retired, I doubt they let him go without exhausting all options. What is your point? 8-8 isn't a losing season. Yes, the team failed to make the play-offs but they didn't have a losing season and aren't "committed to losing" like you seem to want to believe. 

 

Pretty sure Ozzie doesn't draft WRs just to fill IR. That makes no sense at all. Both he and Harbaugh verbalized they're going to upgrade the position. I don't think anyone jumping for joy based on the presser or claiming all the issues from this year will be solved but there is room for optimism. The FO built a team that did what no other franchise did between '08 and '12. One down season isn't going to change their approach or render them incapable of building a winning team. 

[ravensdfan]

That's the problem ravensdfan, Castillo wasn't promoted to anything...he will have the same job this upcoming season as he had this past season...O-line Coach!   That is what Harbs said in this AM's presser.  Harbs took the blame for Castillo getting all the flack by giving him the "run gam coordinator" position which Harbs claimed was a misnomer.  Either way it is just shifting "titles" only,  Castillo will be doing the same job as last season...good or bad!   Personally, I feel like I am reliving groundhog day, lol.  What bothers me more is that Harbs wasn't completely honest with the fans about Castillo's role.   I wonder what else we weren't or are not being told.  Whatever the case may be, this is a team in major flux right now, imho.   I feel like I am in hell with a broken bat! lol

 

Oh lovely! So all our suspicions that he WAS the one to blame for our O line failure were confirmed. And we've signed up for another year of it?

 

It's very difficult to get excited about the draft & FA when it probably won't matter! Joe can't throw passes from his back.

[Speed Kills]

Why on earth would you want Pitta gone?

He just really isn't all that good. The problem is we have no good offensive options. Its like when you are in the club and start hitting on a girl thinking she is an 8. Problem is she is really a 5, she just surrounds herself with a bunch of 3's to make herself look better. When we can draft a better option for cheaper then let him walk. We are cash strapped and can use the money for someone better like Arthur Jones. I have said it before I will say it again, Pitta ain't worth 5 mil a year no way no how.

[Jokerraven]

sadly I am going by what others have posted . there is no link to the press conference . but from what I have heard  Castillo is staying that dooms everything on the offense period . we could have peyton manning and brady as a back up and we still wont be successful

well honestly I for one if we had brady would be a fan of another team

[redravenfan]

Wow. Talk about taking what he said too literally. KO isn't short. Yanda is 6'4 but however you want to classify him, he's the team's offensive lineman. They're not going to get rid of him. Not, Monroe returning isn't a sure thing but considering how long it's taken the team to solidify LT since JO retired, I doubt they let him go without exhausting all options. What is your point? 8-8 isn't a losing season. Yes, the team failed to make the play-offs but they didn't have a losing season and aren't "committed to losing" like you seem to want to believe. 

 

Pretty sure Ozzie doesn't draft WRs just to fill IR. That makes no sense at all. Both he and Harbaugh verbalized they're going to upgrade the position. I don't think anyone jumping for joy based on the presser or claiming all the issues from this year will be solved but there is room for optimism. The FO built a team that did what no other franchise did between '08 and '12. One down season isn't going to change their approach or render them incapable of building a winning team. 

the guy that destroyed the offense last year is still in charge of the offense and has the blessing of the coaches general manager and the owner. I just finished watching the pressor. they are not making scheme changes they are upgrading the center spot . they changed the scheme knowing it could  destroy the season, and now they are recommitting to  the same scheme and person who destroyed the offense got joe hurt. and made below average players out of probowl backs. the only thing we disagree on is semantics. to you and others 8-8 is a winning season . to me playoffs is . the patriots are successful because they stick with what works they do not stick with what is a failure and there coach admits when he is wrong ours doesn't . the upside is how long can is possibly take  for a scheme to work. we had one bad season. maybe we just have one more or two....does anyone really know .

 

every wr we  draft winds up on ir til they develop . brown and smith exceptions over 20 not counting this upcoming draft

[AsianRice]

Castillo is at fault for our 29th ranked rush offense, so Harbs decides to promote him to offensive line coach cuz last year Castillo didn't get full control of the position. 

 

It is exactly similar to Cam's situation in which after disappointing season offensively, Harbs kicked Zorn and promoted Cam to QB coach cuz Cam didn't get full control of Joe.  A year after that, Joe and the whole offense failed; desperately, John had to fire Cam cuz that year was Ray's last year.

 

Sound like we are going in a circle.....

[Ravenseconbeast]

I really thought we'd be making an effort to find the best O line coach out there. We have the WHOLE off season to find one!

Instead, we secured Castillo's job.

[redravenfan]

He just really isn't all that good. The problem is we have no good offensive options. Its like when you are in the club and start hitting on a girl thinking she is an 8. Problem is she is really a 5, she just surrounds herself with a bunch of 3's to make herself look better. When we can draft a better option for cheaper then let him walk. We are cash strapped and can use the money for someone better like Arthur Jones. I have said it before I will say it again, Pitta ain't worth 5 mil a year no way no how.

 

 

who is joe going to throw to  ?

[AsianRice]

Oh lovely! So all our suspicions that he WAS the one to blame for our O line failure were confirmed. And we've signed up for another year of it?

 

It's very difficult to get excited about the draft & FA when it probably won't matter! Joe can't throw passes from his back.

Harbs still thinks Joe can be like the only Rodgers who can make something out of nothing with a paper O-line....*roll eyes*

[redravenfan]

Castillo is at fault for our 29th ranked rush offense, so Harbs decides to promote him to offensive line coach cuz last year Castillo didn't get full control of the position. 

 

It is exactly similar to Cam's situation in which after disappointing season offensively, Harbs kicked Zorn and promoted Cam to QB coach cuz Cam didn't get full control of Joe.  A year after that, Joe and the whole offense failed; desperately, John had to fire Cam cuz that year was Ray's last year.

 

Sound like we are going in a circle.....

or a downward spiral

[Grapple Raven]

For anyone who didn't get the press conference this AM, if you can listen to it, here is the FULL AUDIO press conference link provided by WNST:

 

http://bit.ly/JHMlK0

[AsianRice]

I really thought we'd be making an effort to find the best O line coach out there. We have the WHOLE off season to find one!

Instead, we secured Castillo's job.

very disappointing off season.....

[jazz1988]

a friend sent me a link and his sacks totals explain allot joe was over 40 last year.other posters figured he would be because they stuck to his scheme changes . I was hoping he would get a coaching job elsewhere . what happens if Caldwell moves on what are the odds he moves into his spot.

 

This not the first time Flacco was sacked 40 times he was  sacked that much in 2010 . I don't like the fact that Castillo will be around  but  in the end the reason why Flacco was sacked that much is beyond Castillo control. The offensive system the ravens are running is not quarterback friendly especially if the run game isn't working. The ravens offense for some reason favors long develop routes/deep routes more than anything  and  that can be cool when you have a quarterback that can throw it deep but  it also provides some huge risks .

 

 The huge risks  mainly steams from the fact that the ravens rarely call plays that require the quarterback to get rid of the ball faster and  in the end leads to Flacco being sacked or probably has to run for his life to make a play. The fact that the ravens rarely call plays to help get their receiver open also put their quarterback in danger because he has to wait longer then he has for his receivers to get open .

 

 

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[redravenfan]

This not the first time Flacco was sacked 40 times he was  sacked that much in 2010 . I don't like the fact that Castillo will be around  but  in the end the reason why Flacco was sacked that much is beyond Castillo control. The offensive system the ravens are running is not quarterback friendly especially if the run game isn't working. The ravens offense for some reason favors long develop routes/deep routes more than anything  and  that can be cool when you have a quarterback that can throw it deep but  it also provides some huge risks .

 

 The huge risks  mainly steams from the fact that the ravens rarely call plays that require the quarterback to get rid of the ball faster and  in the end leads to Flacco being sacked or probably has to run for his life to make a play. The fact that the ravens rarely call plays to help get their receiver open also put their quarterback in danger because he has to wait longer then he has for his receivers to get open .

 

 

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well the upside is we were 29th in offense  we can only go down three more spots . so maybe once we hit rock bottom  in ta couple years  maybe things will change

[AsianRice]

For anyone who didn't get the press conference this AM, if you can listen to it, here is the FULL AUDIO press conference link provided by WNST:

 

http://bit.ly/JHMlK0

Thank you, Bisciotti is the best speaker and I love to listen his inputs about our future.  He is the only reason I listen in the press conference.  Down-to-earth muti-billionaire.

[Grapple Raven]

Thank you, Bisciotti is the best speaker and I love to listen his inputs about our future.  He is the only reason I listen in the press conference.  Down-to-earth muti-billionaire.

 

You are welcome!

[redravenfan]

"failure is a part of success " steve said this . maybe the patriots haven't heard about that we don't have to act like the browns because we are in there division . oh that's right they had a better offense then we did

[jazz1988]

He just really isn't all that good. The problem is we have no good offensive options. Its like when you are in the club and start hitting on a girl thinking she is an 8. Problem is she is really a 5, she just surrounds herself with a bunch of 3's to make herself look better. When we can draft a better option for cheaper then let him walk. We are cash strapped and can use the money for someone better like Arthur Jones. I have said it before I will say it again, Pitta ain't worth 5 mil a year no way no how.

 

So Pitta isn't worth 5 million when we clearly don't have any other tight end that's better than him and probably wont have a chance to draft one just as good or better but Arthur Jones is worth 5 million  when we clearly have other guys like Mcphee, Moore, Tyson, Canty, and Willaims whom could fill the same role as him or be even better?

[Tatelli]

The only sense I get bringing Castillo back is that Harbaugh just cannot see himself ditching his bff after just one season. His not taking this in the best interest of the organization.

Like I always say, you can't mix business w/ pleasure!

I remember how vividly Andy defended Castillo while both were in eagles. Now where is Andy at?

The kicker is why did Castillo not follow Andy?

[Ravens1991]

I read a report that Castillo chose us over KC. IDK how true that is though