5 Worst Decisions The Baltimore Ravens Ever Made

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Oct 26, 2014; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Baltimore Ravens helmet on the sidelines against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Bengals defeated the Ravens 27-24. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Replacing Trent Dilfer With Elvis Grbac

It is embarrassing that the Ravens are the only team to win the Super Bowl and cut their starting quarterback. Trent Dilfer may have been nothing more than a glorified game manager but he provided stability at the quarterback position. The Ravens had one of the greatest defenses of all time in 2000. It won the Ravens the Super Bowl, despite having a lackluster offense. In 2001 much of that historically awesome defense was in tact. All they needed was the quarterback not to get in the way, and they could have won it all again.

The Ravens replaced Dilfer with Elvis Grbac. Grbac was absolutely horrible. Perhaps if he performed at a high level, the Ravens would have looked wise. The problem is that Grbac was an interception machine. Grbac threw 18 interceptions and was sacked 28 times. By the way he only had 15 touchdowns. Trent Dilfer was not great. He was not even good at times. But Grbac was horrible with the Ravens. The 2001 season was his ninth and final season in the NFL.

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The Ravens may have not repeated with Dilfer. The Jamal Lewis injury helped to further cripple the offense. Two things are clear. They would have had a chance to repeat if they kept Dilfer; and just let the defense win the games. Secondly it would have been much less embarrassing. Cutting Dilfer felt like the wrong thing to do.

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