Ravens coach John Harbaugh says OC Greg Roman ‘fully capable’ of making needed fixes to passing game
Ravens coach John Harbaugh swatted away questions Monday about whether he considered making changes to his offensive coaching staff, particularly coordinator Greg Roman, after his team scored a season-low three points in a loss to the Cleveland Browns on Saturday.
“I’ve got confidence in everybody,” Harbaugh said. “We have great coaches and great players at the highest level, battling every single day to get everything as good as it can be.”
Harbaugh reiterated that the team’s passing game “has not been where we need it to be” after he made a similar comment during his postgame news conference in Cleveland. But he expressed confidence that Roman and his staff will make the needed fixes.
“Absolutely, all of our coaches, including Greg and everybody else, are fully capable of understanding the passing game and what we’ve got to do to get it done and scheming it up,” he said. “We can do things a lot better. We can look at how much we’re calling, how much motion and stuff we’re putting in, all the football-related X’s and O’s. We’re definitely looking at it really hard.”
The Ravens have scored just 29 points over their past three games, with starting quarterback Lamar Jackson (knee) out for all but one quarter in that span. They have rushed for 413 yards over their last two games but have still struggled to finish drives in the end zone, leading fans to intensify their calls for Roman’s removal.
“We’re not getting into all that,” Harbaugh said. “I love the fans talking about everything. We’re together, man. We’re a team. We’re spending all of our time getting ready for the Atlanta Falcons with every ounce of energy we’ve got and a bunch of very, very good people at what they do, who understand everything about our team better than anybody else possibly could. … All that end-of-the-bar talk is for the people sitting at the end of the bar.”
He was asked specifically about a social media post from linebacker Tyus Bowser showing “Fire Greg Roman” signs on the ground outside the team’s training facility. He said he talked to Bowser and “there’s really not much there.”
Of the perpetual social media storm around his team, Harbaugh said: “I don’t care about any of that. I’m not foolish enough to live in that world.”
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