The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Cleveland Browns 13-3 on Saturday afternoon, and as a result are no longer leading the AFC North Division anymore after a Cincinnati Bengals win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The only positives of the game were the running game and the defense, as the passing game was nowhere to be found among a myriad of other issues.
Head coach John Harbaugh spoke to the media after the contest and was asked about what needed to be changed. Harbaugh was very direct with his answer about what was going on, saying that the team needs to do things better.
"We've got to do things better." pic.twitter.com/xXXQOTciFA
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 18, 2022
“We just have to start scoring touchdowns. In terms of what really needs to change – to your question – but, we have to do things better. You can’t turn the ball over; you have to run routes the right way to get between defenders and free the ball; you can’t fumble the ball; you have to put the ball away when you’re getting up field. That’s winning football; our guys know that. It starts with that. We have to just have a better passing game, basically. It’s not a good enough passing game right now across the board to do the things that we’re hoping to do. So, that will be priority one. Every area can get better at something in certain things, but from an offensive standpoint, that’s something that we have to go to work on, and we will.”
The Ravens look like they need a change in multiple aspects of the game. Even before starting quarterback Lamar Jackson left the game against the Denver Broncos with an injury, the offense was struggling with consistency.
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