[News] 10 Intriguing Ravens Stats From 2015 Season

[BR News]

You may be surprised to know where the Ravens ranked in offense, defense and other statistical categories.

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[Mad Scientist Too]

I'm not trying to be negative but we had all these impressive stats and yet we had a 5-11 season. It just goes to show you stats how meaningless stats are. You have to play the games.

Edited January 18, 2016 by Mad Scientist Too

[MadStorkSociety]

Full strength next year - it's gonna be hhhuuuuggggeeee!!!!

[Bat-mite]

I believe every one of those stats. We were usually one or two plays away from a win in most of those games we lost. It was the little things, not the big things, that killed us. A pick six near the end of the game; a missed field goal; bad officiating; a stupid penalty.

This comes down (mostly) to coaching (nothing we can do about bad officiating) and I hope these things get corrected next year. No more stupid offsides and unsportsmanlike penalties, for starters.

[757RavensFan]

Crazy how the #2 stat eclipses 4000 passing yards and for some reason, Flacco can't break that barrier. 

 

#5, we have to get back to running the ball successfully. 

Edited January 18, 2016 by 757RavensFan

[bmorefan444]

14 games decided by 8 points of less... That is nuts. Despite all the injuries, this could've been a playoff team if they could finish games.

[Halshayeji]

Aiken had an impressive season. Him and SSS could own the interior of perriman can stretch the field.

[NCMan]

Turnovers, or the lack thereof. Pretty much wraps up the season.

[Ravens Raver]

Wow, I feel better! Too soon to start thinking Super Bowl 2017?

[sami]

Crazy how the #2 stat eclipses 4000 passing yards and for some reason, Flacco can't break that barrier. 

 

#5, we have to get back to running the ball successfully. 

maybe cuz we had so few running attempts.  Flacco might have had 4500 yrds with the same amount of attempts.  if he'd have  stayed healthy....or maybe not.  Just sayin'

[EliteRavens]

Great article! This team is very talented despite the record.

[JustinClutcher61]

Hopefully Carolina makes the super bowl, since they have a pro bowl DT and FB.

Maybe Juice and Brandon Williams have a shot at making the pro bowl then, they deserve it.

[harfordravenfan]

Turnovers, or the lack thereof. Pretty much wraps up the season.

 

Agreed, both the untimely stupid interceptions and definitely all the dropped interceptions I remember seeing earlier in the season. Our whole secondary needs to work on catching the ball. An optimist can definitely see the potential for a bounce back year if we can just avoid the plethora of injuries

[salamander]

The positive stats chosen for the article are reasons to feel optimistic about the team next year. However, there are other unflattering or troublesome stats as well and those bad statistical categories are where we need to focus if we have hopes of contending again, such as the lack of turnovers. All stats, good and bad, need to be evaluated as a whole for meaningful improvements but in a 5-11 season, it's nice to spend a moment on some things we did well despite this very disappointing season.

[ellicottraven]

Just when I thought that we would be able to sign Tucker to a long term deal, PFF makes him the best kicker in the NFL! I thought this was a year where he didn't perform up to expectations and that would allow us to sign him to a long term deal as one of the top 5 paid kickers in the league. Based on news such as this, Tucker and his agent won't settle for anything less than being the top paid kicker in the league and that smells like big time impasse to me. Common sense dictates he should take the best deal the Ravens offer him (as long as it is fair) and like Koch stay in Baltimore for the long haul. However, an instinct tells me he'll play under the tag this year...

[Barney S]

Intriguing stats? Look at those 6 frivolous achievements like over 4000+ yards passing. What a joke. It was due to circumstances. With no running game there was no choice but to pass. More like 4 intriguing stats and 6 deceiving stats. With the early bad officiating and injuries the team brass took the wrong road and it will hurt for a while. When 4 out of the last 8 games were against scrubs your defensive stats get better by default. Not improvement. We held the mighty Dolphins to 82 yards passing. Bravo....not to mention giving up 275 to the Browns and 301 to Hawks. Quit saying this junk. We stunk.

[Ugly Ball]

Only stats that matter in the end is W's...!

So let's work on more W's next year.

[RavensDieHard21]

Article provides optimism. Realistically, we are a great draft and a healthy roster away from being contenders! If we retain KO, the line is solid. Keep Aiken and add a vet receiver or take a WR in first, second or third round, WR will be set. RB is tough, but they all have their strengths and we need to utilize those. Our front 7 can bottle up the run and push the pocket, we just need a healthy sizzle, a determined Z. Smith and a pass rusher taken early, such as Floyd, Bosa, Dodd, Lawson, or Ogbah, and we will cause havoc, which then helps to ur secondary. An added Corner would help too, HG3, Alexander or Apple to pair with a healthy Jimmy Smith and a nice Webb and hill safety combo. 2016 look out!

[PersianRaven]

Aiken is definitely a breath of fresh air. He made lots of tough catches and kept his head up. He had to catch for 4 diff QBs and still made plays. If we are able to snatch Treadwell, and with SSS and Breshard returning fully recovered, WRs should be good to go. TEs are also set barring injuries. Oh, and we need to create turnovers like a MOTHER LOVER!!!

[Ravensfansince03]

Dont buy that "Maxx Williams stat" thing. Considering the fact that none of our past TE's were drafted to be starters, for example Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson were both back-ups to Todd Heap, which was back when we had a good player personnel scheme. Where as now we are basically losing all of our good players without having a sure go to guy that can fill the shoes, basically flipping a coin to see if this player or that player can fill in for Reed, Pollard, J.Johnson, Ngata, Torrey Smith. My point is, Maxx Williams has that stat record simply because he is the first rookie TE we've had in a long time that is immediately thrown into a starting role. Todd Heap used to be a GOAT. Crockett Gillmore and the rest of these new kids we got cant stay healthy..thats the problem. Got Milk?

[Ravensfansince03]

Your slipping downhill slowly, but there's that one guy that keeps telling you "your doing fine, you look good". That's the feel I get from this article.

[HoldingCall]

Turnovers, or the lack thereof. Pretty much wraps up the season.

Agreed! Lack of turnovers, very important. Lack of red-zone TD scoring, also.

[Ravensfansince03]

What if Ozzie & crew proposed a draft pick trade to the Packers for Eddie Lacy

[NCMan]

What if Ozzie & crew proposed a draft pick trade to the Packers for Eddie Lacy

Not much chance of that, I imagine. Personally, I am not a fan of his. He seems to turn it off and on when he feels like playing hard. Also, as much as I like the RB's we have, I do agree that it'd be nice to have a big bruiser for when we need him, which we don't have. I believe in the old adage that "the run game sets up the pass and the pass sets up the run". If teams don't fear your passing game, it's tough to get your run game going. The play calling (?)comes into play, also. When we become too predictable, it's tough to get going. I also think (sorry Flacco worshippers) that Joe needs to do a much better job of not staring down his receivers, which he does all the time. Oz and crew will do their best this off season. We need help in quite a few areas. It'll be fun reading all the "Crock" Drafts for the next few months. 

[January J]

Crazy how the #2 stat eclipses 4000 passing yards and for some reason, Flacco can't break that barrier.

#5, we have to get back to running the ball successfully.

he was well on his way..and then yeah...

Turnovers, or the lack thereof. Pretty much wraps up the season.

exactly. Thats all it is to it. One more possesion in all of those games decided by a score or less could have made all the difference in the world.

Dont buy that "Maxx Williams stat" thing. Considering the fact that none of our past TE's were drafted to be starters, for example Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson were both back-ups to Todd Heap, which was back when we had a good player personnel scheme. Where as now we are basically losing all of our good players without having a sure go to guy that can fill the shoes, basically flipping a coin to see if this player or that player can fill in for Reed, Pollard, J.Johnson, Ngata, Torrey Smith. My point is, Maxx Williams has that stat record simply because he is the first rookie TE we've had in a long time that is immediately thrown into a starting role. Todd Heap used to be a GOAT. Crockett Gillmore and the rest of these new kids we got cant stay healthy..thats the problem. Got Milk?

while your partially correct- rarely do any rookie tight ends become the immediate starter..most of them start out behind a vet- and most all of them dont explode onto the scene. There is a pretty steap learning curve there- and he still put up respectable numbers.

What if Ozzie & crew proposed a draft pick trade to the Packers for Eddie Lacy

why!? Would much rather have the pick and get an up and comer for 4 years for cheap as opposed to paying entirely too much for an overweight washed up running back. No thanks. Edited January 19, 2016 by January J

[January J]

Hard to believe that Tucker was the best kicker in the league this year. What kind of variables were they using to make that work? Best inside of 40 and with extra points maybe.

[reed20fence]

Here's a stat, since drafting Haloti a decade ago our FO hasn't picked a single pro bowler in the first round until Mosley squeezed in last year. And we all saw that his contributions weren't changing any outcomes this year.

[The Mom Gene]

What if Ozzie & crew proposed a draft pick trade to the Packers for Eddie Lacy

WHY?  He was an undisciplined fatty this year.  Had him on my fantasy this year???  He did squat. 

[The Mom Gene]

Here's a stat, since drafting Haloti a decade ago our FO hasn't picked a single pro bowler in the first round until Mosley squeezed in last year. And we all saw that his contributions weren't changing any outcomes this year.

 

Most teams don't... That's not a legitimate stat.  ProBowl is a popularity contest anyway.  And he sat on the sidelines most of this year hurt.  What did he do in Detroit? 

[The Mom Gene]

Just for giggles....  I watched the 2012 Super Bowl on Game Pass the other day...  How many people are still on our team?  We need to stop thinking that we can keep on keeping on when changes in personnel like this have to come.