When the Ravens’ decision-makers met with the media in early January to dissect the team’s disappointing 2015 season, they didn’t throw up their hands and admit to being awful.
“The close losses, the tough losses, they piled up,” Owner Steve Bisciotti said.
Oh, they didn’t just shrug it off and attribute the season to a few bad bounces; they admitted their 5-11 record was warranted. But the longer they spoke, the more they identified injuries and turnovers, not roster architecture, as primary factors in their calculus of defeat. Asked what about the team needed to be fixed during the offseason, Bisciotti said, “I really don’t think a lot has to be done.