Baltimore Ravens: 3 ways to help offensive production
1. Take Advantage Of Each Player’s Strength:
The Ravens offense has some good pieces in their offense. Dennis Pitta is a good security blanket for Joe Flacco over the middle of the field. Mike Wallace and Breshad Perriman have incredible speed. When healthy, Michael Campanaro is a dangerous play-maker in the open field. The Ravens have to get the most out of the talent they actually have.
One of the problems the Ravens have is not setting up the deep ball. They simply have Perriman and Wallace run deep without much of a thought process. The Ravens need to get the running game going so the play-action passing game becomes viable. They also need to have their receivers use some double moves. Is it asking too much to see some slant and go’s?
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The number one priority of any opponent is to take away the deep ball. This way, their defense can sit on the short routes and pressure Joe Flacco. How many times did the deep ball actually work last season? The Ravens should be doing more with the blazing speed of Perriman and Wallace.
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Crossing routes and slants will get cornerbacks chasing them laterally (an impossible task). It’s not like Mornhinweg refrains from dink and dunk football. If I was Mornhinweg, I would call three to five mesh concepts a game. Wallace and Perriman just need to create a little separation running across the field and it could be off to the races.
Flacco doesn’t throw the deep ball well. He throws the jump ball well. Flacco doesn’t work as a stationary quarterback. He has laughable pocket presence and he does better when he can roll out of the pocket and make things happen. If you want him to drop back and quickly release the football on a non-stop basis, get ready for frustrating check downs and interceptions that inspire remote throwing all over Maryland. Flacco has a gift when it comes to pulling off play-action passes. When Flacco gets moving and creative, in a fast paced offense, things go a lot better. When the offense goes at a sluggish pace and he has a three step drops, and a bunch of four yard passes, things are a lot rougher.