The Baltimore Ravens offense has been a check down fest. You don’t have to break down hours of tape to know that the Ravens passing game was inefficient last season. Numbers don’t lie in this case, as Flacco averaged 5.7 yards per pass attempt in 2017. So far this offseason, much of the talk has been about the Ravens being more aggressive on defense. The offense needs to go for it a little more to. Expect to see less check down passes from Joe Flacco.
The safety valve has always been something Baltimore has afforded Flacco. It used to be Ray Rice, then it was Justin Forsett, Kyle Juszczyk and Dennis Pitta getting turns catching dink passes from Flacco.