Frustrating John Harbaugh-era habit is resurfacing at Ravens training camp

The Baltimore Ravens moved on from what had become an agonizing era this offseason. The coaching trio of John Harbaugh, Todd Monken, and Zach Orr was as dysfunctional as could be in 2025, prompting a transition to a new era under Jesse Minter, Declan Doyle, and Anthony Weaver.

The new-look coaching staff has quickly set the tone, and they’ve had no problem getting their message through to the players. In fact, they’re already building a special connection with their players. However, even though one of those critical messages has been clear communication pre-snap, it sounds like the team has struggled to maintain consistency in that area.

Pre-snap has been an issue over the last few years, so it makes sense that Minter and company are trying to clean that up. Unfortunately, that problem reared its ugly head back into focus during Sunday’s camp practice.

Baltimore Ravens must figure out a way to escape pre-snap headaches in 2026

According to The Baltimore Banner, the Ravens offense was flagged for a false start a whopping eight times. That is way too many.

Quite honestly, pre-snap penalties might be up there with the most annoying mistakes a team can make. They’re silly mistakes.

Picture this: the Ravens are driving, it’s 3rd-and-6, and the offense is poised to slice through the defense for another first down to keep the drive moving. Then, an offensive lineman gets tagged for a false start. Drive killer.

That happened all too often under Harbaugh and Monken. It felt like you couldn’t watch a single game without the team committing one of their trademark illegal formation penalties. For as explosive as Monken’s offense was, it was just as painful to watch at times.

2024 was the worst of that trend, as Baltimore ranked in the top half of the league in illegal formation and false start penalties. 2025 saw them clean that up a little bit, but still for every three penalties they committed, one was a pre-snap flag. That shouldn’t happen when you have a long-term duo between Lamar Jackson and Tyler Linderbaum communicating up front.

Fortunately, there’s a clear shift in how the Ravens are responding to any pre-snap errors. They’re taking real accountability.

Whenever a player commits one of those fouls, Doyle has had no problem pulling that guy off the field for the next play, or even the rest of the series. And truly, it doesn’t matter who you are. Take Mark Andrews, for example.

Hopefully that accountability translates. This offense is way too talented to shoot itself in the foot in the way they have in the past. If they’re operating like a well-oiled machine, the unit led by Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and Zay Flowers should be as dangerous as ever.  

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