After six seasons in Baltimore — the final 4 because the workforce’s offensive coordinator — Greg Roman has stepped down from his place, he introduced on Thursday. In a press release from his company, Roman stated that he’s stepping away to pursue different alternatives.
“After visiting with Coach [John] Harbaugh and after huddling with my household, I’ve determined that now’s the correct time to maneuver on from the Ravens in order that I can discover new challenges and alternatives,” Roman stated, partially.
Harbaugh launched a press release as properly. “Greg has led the event and success of a record-setting offense in Baltimore for a number of seasons. He is an amazing soccer coach, in addition to household man and individual. Greg devised and led our offense to no fewer than 26 historic and franchise achievements. He established an id for our offense. We are grateful for Greg’s nice work and talents, and we want him and his fantastic household the utmost happiness going ahead.”
In a press convention following the announcement, Harbaugh additionally said that, “Lamar Jackson is our quarterback” and there’s a “200%” probability he’s with the workforce subsequent season, including that Jackson may have enter on the seek for the workforce’s subsequent offensive coordinator.
Mike Garafolo of NFL Media added Saturday that Jackson will likely be as concerned as he needs to be and that the workforce will worth his suggestions and saved up to the mark on all developments as Baltimore searches for a brand new OC.
In 4 seasons underneath Roman, the Ravens offense ranked second, nineteenth, sixth, and sixteenth in yards, and first, seventh, seventeenth, and nineteenth in factors. He was the architect of the scheme that resulted in Jackson’s MVP season in 2019, throughout which he accomplished 66.1% of his passes at a mean of seven.8 yards per try, whereas main the NFL with 36 landing passes towards simply six interceptions, and likewise speeding 176 occasions for an quarterback-record 1,206 yards and 7 scores.
Roman has lengthy been extremely thought to be a run-game designer, and that has remained true all through his time with the Ravens, simply because it was when he coordinated the offenses led by Colin Kaepernick in San Francisco and Tyrod Taylor in Buffalo. However, the Baltimore offense appeared to plateau in that preliminary season, because the league caught onto the Ravens’ simplistic passing ideas. Over his closing two seasons specifically, Baltimore struggled to get its passing sport on observe with out the advantage of receivers who may threaten defenses deep down the sector, forcing Jackson to repeatedly work to Mark Andrews over the center or else make a play all on his personal.
The Ravens made important modifications to their offense final offseason after Wink Martindale’s scheme had seemingly grown stale, and now they look like gearing up for related modifications on the offensive aspect of the ball, with Jackson because the centerpiece.
