OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Greg Roman has determined to step down because the Baltimore Ravens‘ offensive coordinator on Thursday amid fan outrage and participant frustration.
Roman had one yr remaining on his deal, which was believed to be a group possibility.
The Ravens’ scoring had decreased in every of Roman’s 4 seasons as Baltimore’s playcaller, from an NFL-best 33.2 factors per sport in 2019 to twenty.6 factors per sport in 2022 (nineteenth within the league). Roman’s downfall was the lack to place collectively a passing sport to enhance a record-setting run sport and his questionable playcalling within the pink zone.
After the Ravens’ 24-17 playoff loss on the Bengals on Sunday, operating again J.K. Dobbins complained about not getting any touches within the pink zone within the second half, particularly on the drive the place backup quarterback Tyler Huntley’s fumble on a sneak was returned 98 yards for a landing. Baltimore completed thirtieth in pink zone this season and was 1-of-4 contained in the 20-yard line on Sunday.
Roman confronted mounting scrutiny towards the tip of the season, when Baltimore struggled with out injured quarterback Lamar Jackson. The Ravens failed to attain greater than 17 factors at any level in Jackson’s six-game absence (together with postseason).
It was solely final month when somebody left makeshift, handwritten flyers that learn “Hearth Greg Roman” scattered simply exterior the doorway of the Ravens facility. A number of weeks earlier than this, somebody posted a video on Twitter by which followers have been shouting obscenities at Roman whereas he walked from the stadium to his automotive after the sport. “Get the f— out of right here, Greg,” one fan shouted.
Baltimore completed this season ranked sixteenth general (338.8) — their worst in six seasons — and twenty eighth in passing offense (178.8) in an injury-filled season. There wasn’t one time this season that Roman had his No. 1 operating again (Dobbins), No. 1 large receiver (Rashod Bateman) and All-Professional left sort out (Ronnie Stanley) accessible in the identical sport.
Below Roman’s revolutionary run sport methods, the Ravens turned the one group in NFL historical past to provide over 3,000 yards speeding in a season. Baltimore did it in back-to-back seasons, which have been additionally Jackson’s solely two full seasons (2019 and 2020). Roman put collectively the NFL’s finest all-time speeding assault in 2019, when the Ravens ran for 3,296 yards, essentially the most in a 16-game season in league historical past.
However Jackson and the passing sport by no means progressed. Over the past two seasons, Jackson threw 33 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. The Ravens totaled the third-fewest passing yards (194.1) up to now three seasons.
Coming into his sixteenth NFL season, Ravens coach John Harbaugh will search for his seventh offensive coordinator. His earlier ones have been Cam Cameron, Jim Caldwell, Gary Kubiak, Marc Trestman, Marty Mornhinweg and Roman.