The Baltimore Ravens suffered a litany of injuries in 2021, which was a key reason why they finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2017. They lost key contributor after key contributor, and many different players had to step up throughout the year
One question that Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh was asked at the 2022 NFL owners meetings was in regards to coming up with any conclusions as to what the team will do differently this year after all the injuries they sustained before the 2021 season started. The head coach went into great detail, talking about how the organization has looked at everything and will approach multiple aspects of training camp differently.
“I don’t know if we’ve reached any conclusions about why the injuries happened, nobody has those conclusions. We’ve listened, we’ve seen all the studies, we’ve talked to all the NFL people. All the studies they’re doing and there really are no answers that you could say definitively this you know it’s a cause and effect but we’ve looked at everything we’ve done like we said we’ve turned over every stone and we’ve changed a lot of what we’re doing so we’re going to approach the OTAs differently. We’re going to approach training camp big picture schedule differently in terms of the way we ramp, in terms of the way we time practices…”
"We've changed a lot of what we're doing. We're going to approach OTAs differently. We're going to approach Training Camp big picture schedule differently." pic.twitter.com/PTEy35EwkB
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) March 28, 2022
Every team sustains injuries, but the pace and number that the Ravens dealt with were astronomical. Baltimore now seems to have a plan in place to be a healthier team in 2022, and if it works it could pay off in a big way.