HAVE THE RAVENS DONE ENOUGH TO HELP LAMAR JACKSON & THE OFFENSE THRIVE? #ravens

In my opinion, the issue with the bigger question starts with the organizational philosophy. They continue to want to be a run-oriented team, where the passing game is a mere passenger. Several years, they even treated it like the unwanted stepchild that they had to tolerate. You're asking your QB to make all of this improvement as a passer, in an organization that doesn't want to win with the passing game. KC fully backed Andy Reid's desire to win with the passing game. From the moment Mahomes was drafted, they made it their top priority to maximize his potential as a passer. He had Tyreek Hill until he developed to the point that he no longer needed him. While they still continued to be a passing team. Our approach to Lamar's passing was woeful. Firstly, we took him from a more advanced Passing scheme at Louisville and, within a year, tossed him into the worst passing scheme in the league. Keeping him there for five years. Our Head Coach essentially told WRs that if they cared too much about the most basic function of their position, don't bother coming here. Which led to us forcing picks in the draft, because honestly it was the only way for us to keep WRs under contract here. But two of them, we drafted into the Greg Roman offense. That doesn't say, we drafted these guys to have a high quality passing game. That doesn't say, Lamar's growth as a passer is top priority. As a result, Lamar continues to have to play nearly perfect, as we continue banking on bargain options at WR, most of whom have inconsistent hands, in a low volume passing offense where mistakes hurt us more than most teams who throw the ball more and give themselves more opportunities to make up for those mistakes. Lamar, literally, had to be his own biggest advocate for the passing game. And Zay Flowers our first real hit at WR in the 1st or second round unless you want to count Torrey, and the Zay pick was heavily influenced by Lamar. Bringing in Henry is not the issue. It's a great move. The issue is that it's taken 7 years for our Quarterback to be in a position where he may not be our leading rusher, because that's just how little we've cared about the passing game, compared to the running game.

It's not about weapons. It's about finding THE weapon, an unstoppable difference maker that the defense has to game plan around, like Travis Kelce (The only TE that qualifies), Jamar Chase, Debo Samuel, AJ Brown, or a young Derrick Henry. Or at least about building an offensive line that allows you to dictate to the defense. The Chiefs, Niners, Bengals, and Eagles for example have elite difference makers on offense that can make you right even when you're wrong as a quarterback. Those perennial contenders aggressively pursue those weapons, often via trade. The Ravens are unwilling to be aggressive to make themselves overwhelming and give them a larger margin of error. The Chiefs won a super bowl where Patrick Mahomes threw two interceptions and had a 78 QBR. When we play the Bengals Joe Burrow can play three bad quarters, but we're fighting tooth and nail to keep a lid on those weapons that always give them a chance to come back if we make any errors. I understand fans' frustration with The Ravens unwillingness to ever invest in pursuing those type of weapons if it will limit future flexibility.

The engine that drives the ‘unstoppable offense’ is the O line. And we’re relying on a lot of finger crossing & wishful thinking where they’re concerned.

I wish they would have been more aggressive in the second round and traded up for one of the more complete receivers. Cause if Bateman and Walker dont pan out we're going to be right back looking for a WR in the first round next year. And thats when Stanley's contract is up and we're really going to need a 1st round tackle

The ravens have done enough to make a big impact for real we really will compete as long as harbs doesn't get in the way

King Henry is gonna help us a lot this season by wearing down the defense and get our WRs 1on1s more often , I just hope our o-line can hold up against these edge guys cause I'm not feeling good right now about our o-line

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Should’ve used the later rd draft capital to move up for another 2nd or third rd pick to get another quality offensive player! OL or WR.

I think the league is definitely sleeping on what Henry adds to this offense, but the Ravens brass' reluctance to stockpile as much offensive talent as possible is somewhat maddening. I would have definitely preferred trading up for a more coveted receiver/OL, although I'm excited about what Walker can add to this offense. This offense will definitely be formidable again next season, but I worry that we continually downplay the importance of lessening our margin for error on that side of the ball.

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The Ravens always been a Defensive team first... Their main goal was to find a way to slow down Mahomes. PERIOD.🤔

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I think this draft was very positive and beneficial from the standpoint of we addressed our major off-season concerns which were offensive line and defensive secondary. It helps that we were able to add to our WR core with a pick that I believe to be a steal for when we got him. Only time will tell how our defense as a whole preforms under new management but I believe that they will still be effective going into the upcoming season. Hopefully our offense will address the consistency issue.

Couple of notes I think the ravens skill positions is gonna be about the same if not better considering the Henry/gus upgrade and the obj/walker difference, plus hopefully improvements out of players like Bateman, flowers, and likely. I think the question is to be had is definitely how this new young o line is gonna gel and play out (expecting a rocky start maybe) Second I’m curious if there is a little pride tied to Oweh and Bateman when it comes to why or how much EDC wants to put on them to show that they weren’t bad picks.

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The oline is neglected. In a division with Garrett, Watt, etc. the Ravens need better

On the deep shots topic, I would expect the adjustment to be taking something off and allowing for more jump ball action than dropping it in the bucket in stride every time attempts, especially with Likely, Bateman and the rookie.

The ravens doing enough for Lamar would be to get a proven big name WR still in their prime no matter the cost but this is the same ravens who took over half a decade to start getting Lamar something other than the rusty knives he's been given when his rivals have had machine guns their entire careers

My biggest issue with this draft was the 5th (6th*) round pick of a QB. Another WR or OL would have been better imo. The picking where there are top players still available makes sense to me. So don't hate getting top talent when it is there instead of reaching. but by 5th round u looking to get talent to develop and WR is a bigger need to me than backup QB.

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