Willie Snead sounding off on Twitter

[fadetoj]

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I would love to know where he thinks is the right place for him cause if my memory serves me correctly we were the only team interested in his services. Very weird comment from Dez.

[Corey]

This whole thing is snow balling fast. So, I am assuming Dez won't be back. That's ok. Probably wasn't his choice anyway.

[sflegend89]

Mental gymnastics? I learned this in elementary school. 49% passing, 51% rushing, from JZC’s stats. That is literally balanced. What do rankings have to do with a run:pass ratio? Again, what you are looking for is to run a system that is proportionately unbalanced like the rest of the league who rarely runs anymore, even though they all scored less points than us the past two years. Every single one of those “better offensive systems” scored less points over the past two years.

Scoring the most points is spitting in the face of analytics? Then sign me up. As far as I know, that’s the goal on offense.
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I'm not using the term "balanced" in a literal context of 50/50 run-pass. I'm using it into the context of NFL offensive statistics, entering it into a field of data so we can draw conclusions about what the most successful teams have in common and drawing correlations. In which we're the most effective rushing team (attempts, yds/game, total yds) and the least effective passing team (attempts, yds/game, total yds). That should be setting off alarm bells that something is wrong. Hollywood Brown made the same point, it's not ever going to ever be a championship formula and the analytics back that up.

All 4 Conference Championship teams Top 10 passing, 3/4 Top 5 Passing, SB Teams #1 and #2. Passing DVOA > Running DVOA.

I'm inclined to go in the direction for what is working for the best teams in the league and what the analytics say is more important. I don't expect us to get anywhere close to top 10 in passing, but even the low 20's would be a massive improvement as long as it's being done with efficiency (ie: Fix the OL and get better WR's). Harbaugh hasn't been out of the divisional round since 2012, I highly highly doubt that he's onto some master contrarian plan that will defy the current analytics.

You either trust the analytics/trends or you trust Harbaugh & Roman to be the smartest guys in the room. I'm taking the analytics/trends and not thinking twice about it.

[jonboy79]

I'm not using the term "balanced" in a literal context of 50/50 run-pass. I'm using it into the context of NFL offensive statistics, entering it into a field of data so we can draw conclusions about what the most successful teams have in common and drawing correlations. In which we're the most effective rushing team (attempts, yds/game, total yds) and the least effective passing team (attempts, yds/game, total yds). That should be setting off alarm bells that something is wrong. Hollywood Brown made the same point, it's not ever going to ever be a championship formula and the analytics back that up.

All 4 Conference Championship teams Top 10 passing, 3/4 Top 5 Passing, SB Teams #1 and #2. Passing DVOA > Running DVOA.

I'm inclined to go in the direction for what is working for the best teams in the league and what the analytics say is more important. I don't expect us to get anywhere close to top 10 in passing, but even the low 20's would be a massive improvement as long as it's being done with efficiency (ie: Fix the OL and get better WR's). Harbaugh hasn't been out of the divisional round since 2012, I highly highly doubt that he's onto some master contrarian plan that will defy the current analytics.

You either trust the analytics/trends or you trust Harbaugh & Roman to be the smartest guys in the room. I'm taking the analytics/trends and not thinking twice about it.

So if we get to 20 in passing and it drops us to 10th in rushing and 6th in scoring is that a win for you?

If our QB didn’t have his worst game of every season I. The playoffs we might be winning games there.

Also, in case you forgot, Harbaugh led the charge for analytics in this league.
I think you just want to be like others and see flashy passing stats. It’s ok, you should simply admit that is the most important thing to you.

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[bandc]

Watson is a better passer than Lamar Jackson. Trying to compare the two quarterbacks is probably not a good way to go especially from a pure passer standpoint. Greg Roman passing schemes may not be creative but even Colin Kapernick was better at attacking defenses outside the numbers . Lamar Jackson simply does not make those types of throws consistently enough for a opposing defenses to respect his arm or stay honest. Jackson is probably the most talented quarterback Roman has ever coached or been around other than Andrew Luck but Jackson still needs to work on his game as a passer.

This is a flat out lie. Lamar is a better passer than any qb has been in Roman's system.....completely untrue

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[bandc]

I would love to know where he thinks is the right place for him cause if my memory serves me correctly we were the only team interested in his services. Very weird comment from Dez.

It's not weird, he just knew he wouldn't be able to showcase what he was doing to cats in practice. If what we saw in those clips he put out was consistently happening in practice, this comment makes sense.

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[sflegend89]

I would love to know where he thinks is the right place for him cause if my memory serves me correctly we were the only team interested in his services. Very weird comment from Dez.

Dez just sounds like he's dog piling with Snead to cover his own ass since he knows the Ravens had no intention of bringing him back anyways. Either way, having 3 WR's of ours from 2020 slander the offense is not a good look going into FA when we desperately need help at WR.

Hopefully this is a wake up call that things need to change. I don't recall any RB's slandering the Chiefs/Bucs about how much they pass the ball and it's because they still run a fair amount despite being the #1 and #2 passing teams in the league. It's a lot easier to get RB's touches in a passing offense than it is to get WR's touches in a pure running offense.. even if you're thinking "Who cares if the WR's are happy with their touches"... we definitely will soon with FA approaching and Hollywood possibly out the door in a year or two. This scheme is snowballing against the Ravens fast.

We're becoming known as a team that doesn't care about WR's and it's a bad look considering how important throwing the ball is in the current NFL

[TDL1000]

I would like to see the Ravens sign Corey Davis and Tyrell William's. Put them out wide and Hollywood in the slot and patch up the OL. No number ones but I bet the passing game would improve significantly.

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[JimZipCode]

1. We finished dead last in passing attempts and passing yds. How are you going to argue that is balance? We were the most unbalanced offense in the league when you put it into actual context of run vs pass

When you put it into the actual context of run vs pass, we were the MOST "balanced" team in the NFL last year. Closest delta between run and pass of any team.

Team	Passes	Sacked	Runs	(Scrams)	AllPlays	Pass%	Run%	delta
Baltimore Ravens	406	32	555	50	993	49.1%	50.9%	1.7
New England Patriots	440	37	502	23	979	51.1%	48.9%	2.1
Tennessee Titans	485	25	521	20	1031	51.4%	48.6%	2.8
Cleveland Browns	501	26	495	25	1022	54.0%	46.0%	8.0
New Orleans Saints	522	29	494	20	1045	54.6%	45.4%	9.3
Indianapolis Colts	552	21	459	2	1032	55.7%	44.3%	11.4
Minnesota Vikings	516	39	468	17	1023	55.9%	44.1%	11.8
Green Bay Packers	526	21	443	24	990	57.7%	42.3%	15.4
Las Vegas Raiders	551	28	457	28	1036	58.6%	41.4%	17.2
Los Angeles Rams	590	25	473	24	1088	58.7%	41.3%	17.5
San Francisco 49ers	570	39	437	7	1046	58.9%	41.1%	17.8
Denver Broncos	556	32	442	26	1030	59.6%	40.4%	19.2
New York Jets	499	43	406	31	948	60.4%	39.6%	20.9
Arizona Cardinals	575	29	479	51	1083	60.5%	39.5%	21.0
Los Angeles Chargers	627	34	466	27	1127	61.0%	39.0%	22.1
Miami Dolphins	559	34	428	33	1021	61.3%	38.7%	22.6
New York Giants	517	50	399	26	966	61.4%	38.6%	22.8
Cincinnati Bengals	581	48	411	23	1040	62.7%	37.3%	25.4
Carolina Panthers	550	36	407	37	993	62.7%	37.3%	25.5
Buffalo Bills	596	27	411	29	1034	63.1%	36.9%	26.1
Atlanta Falcons	628	41	409	16	1078	63.5%	36.5%	27.1
Washington Team Football	601	50	400	17	1051	63.6%	36.4%	27.1
Dallas Cowboys	639	44	430	26	1113	63.7%	36.3%	27.4
Chicago Bears	614	36	393	20	1043	64.2%	35.8%	28.5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	626	22	369	6	1017	64.3%	35.7%	28.6
Pittsburgh Steelers	656	14	373	4	1043	64.6%	35.4%	29.2
Detroit Lions	582	42	367	19	991	64.9%	35.1%	29.8
Seattle Seahawks	563	48	411	53	1022	65.0%	35.0%	29.9
Kansas City Chiefs	630	24	403	40	1057	65.7%	34.3%	31.3
Philadelphia Eagles	598	65	403	49	1066	66.8%	33.2%	33.6
Jacksonville Jaguars	616	44	337	29	997	69.1%	30.9%	38.2
Houston Texans	546	50	344	62	940	70.0%	30.0%	40.0

The Giants & Dolphins were at the median for pass%. They were both 61% pass / 39% run.
Not "balanced" at all.

[Shrubbs]

It depends on how you define balance.

Defining a balanced offense as 50% passing and 50% running as balanced, and your offense becoming more unbalanced the further you get from that metric makes sense.

Defining a balanced offense in the context of the rest of the league, where you want that ratio of passing to running to be average when compared to the other teams, and your offense becoming unbalanced the further you go towards either extreme also makes sense.

Stop pretending you don’t understand what the other person is talking about and arguing about semantics. When SF is talking about balance he obviously means the latter metric.

[JimZipCode]

You do not have a desire for balance, you have a desire to be similarly unbalanced in proportion to the mass imbalance seen throughout the league.

I also continue to find it odd how much more obsessed you are with passing attempts and yards compared to points and wins. You really would prefer to see this team air it out and lose than pound the rock and win, correct?

Ex would. He's told us so over and over, thru the years.

[sflegend89]

So if we get to 20 in passing and it drops us to 10th in rushing and 6th in scoring is that a win for you?

If our QB didn’t have his worst game of every season I. The playoffs we might be winning games there.

Also, in case you forgot, Harbaugh led the charge for analytics in this league.
I think you just want to be like others and see flashy passing stats. It’s ok, you should simply admit that is the most important thing to you.

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Harbs did lead the charge for analytics in the NFL but is currently going against the grain of what the analytics say are the most important barometers of success. For a guy that is very into analytics he's certainly not molding his offensive scheme towards them in any tangible way. Which was my point. We even hired Daniel Stern out of Yale to be a specialized analytics advisor, we've been on the forefront of this. So where is the disconnect happening other than just pure stubbornness to change?

All 4 Conference Championship teams Top 10 passing, 3/4 Top 5 Passing, SB Teams #1 and #2. Passing DVOA > Running DVOA.

How do you look at that and say:

A) There's no correlation

B) There is a correlation, but we're smart enough to win a Super Bowl while going against the grain

Do what works. Why do we follow analytics for 4th down attempts but defy them in offensive scheme which is a far more macro area. It makes no sense.