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Baltimore Ravens should be afraid of staying the same

By Chris Schisler

CLEVELAND, OH - DECEMBER 17: Head coach Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns and head coach John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens shake hands after the game at FirstEnergy Stadium on December 17, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ravens won 27-10. (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - DECEMBER 17: Head coach Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns and head coach John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens shake hands after the game at FirstEnergy Stadium on December 17, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ravens won 27-10. (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – DECEMBER 23: Quarterback Joe Flacco #5 and offensive guard James Hurst #74 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrate after a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Indianapolis Colts at M&T Bank Stadium on December 23, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD – DECEMBER 23: Quarterback Joe Flacco #5 and offensive guard James Hurst #74 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrate after a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Indianapolis Colts at M&T Bank Stadium on December 23, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

Bring a new energy to the team:

The most exciting team in football right now is the Los Angeles Rams. They have a young head coach and a young quarterback that have revitalized their franchise. The San Francisco 49ers closed a miserable season with excitement. They have a new general manager in John Lynch, who has gotten their new head coach (Kyle Shanahan) a new quarterback in Jimmy Garoppolo. The Ravens had that kind of energy to the franchise when Harbaugh and Flacco entered the franchise. They got it right in 2008, but in 2018 it’s time for a change.

The Cincinnati Bengals may have just beaten the Ravens but the Bengals are not a franchise to replicate. Marvin Lewis has been in Cincinnati since 2003 and he just got a contract for two more years despite never winning a playoff game. Staying the same is frustrating, just ask Bengals fans. The empty seats in M&T Bank Stadium would be filled if the fanbase believed the team was headed in the right direction.

Fans can’t take it anymore:

However in the back of every Ravens fan’s mind is the idea that the Ravens are going to do the same exact thing again. Should the Ravens Flock be more enthusiastic? Sure. Should the Ravens give them more of a reason to be more inspired fans? Yes, a thousand times yes. The Ravens fanbase is preserving themselves in apathy to protect themselves from continuous disappointments.

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Winning is a good way to bring people to the stadium. The Ravens have missed the playoffs for three straight years. Change is the only way to get frustrated fans back on board. If the Ravens parted with Harbaugh and Newsome and changed course, fans would at least be excited that Bisciotti was trying to fix the problem. When first you don’t succeed you try again. When you keep failing, you figure out how to do it better.

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