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Marty Mornhinweg Is Failing Audition For Offensive Coordinator

By Chris Schisler

Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback coach Marty Mornhinweg (left) talks with Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Howie Roseman (right) during warm ups before a game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback coach Marty Mornhinweg (left) talks with Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Howie Roseman (right) during warm ups before a game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback coach Marty Mornhinweg (left) talks with Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Howie Roseman (right) during warm ups before a game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback coach Marty Mornhinweg (left) talks with Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Howie Roseman (right) during warm ups before a game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Marty Mornhinweg Is not a viable option for the Ravens offensive coordinator search after the season.

When the Ravens fired Marc Trestman we hoped to see more from the offense. Since Marty Mornhinweg has taken over the offensive coordinator role, Baltimore still has problems on offense. The offensive stats are not pretty but the eye test can tell you that.

The purple and black have seen some surges from the offense. Against Cleveland, the Ravens crushed the Browns. While the offense got it together in the second half, the score at halftime was 7-6 Browns. Flacco threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns. If it weren’t for two interceptions it would have been a perfect stat line; he only missed on 11 passes. Terrance West, Kenneth Dixon and even Chris Moore chipped in to get Baltimore over 100 rushing yards. The Ravens crushed the Browns 28-7 and saw touchdowns from Steve Smith Sr., Breshad Perriman and Darren Waller.

It almost seemed like the offense was finally on track. However it took a stagnant half against a putrid Browns team for the offense to actually accomplish anything.

Before the Browns game the Ravens had a big win against the Steelers. However the offense only put up one of their scores. This game was won by the defense and a blocked punt for a touchdown, then the offense scored on the two point conversion. Justin Tucker kicked two field goals as well. The Steelers struggled all game but out gained the Ravens in yards.

The moral of the story us that every time the offense flashes it is just a spark. Bruce Springsteen sang that you can’t start a fire without a spark. That may be true but you can’t keep a fire burning with an occasional spark. This offense has problems. Mornhinweg has been given time to fix these problems. Some aspects to the offense have been better but the end result is about the same as it was under Trestman.

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