Heading into the final third of the season, John Harbaugh had a decision to make. He’d watched his offense sputter under Flacco in the season’s first nine weeks, and after Flacco went down with a hip injury, he’d seen the new dynamic that Jackson could bring to that unit. When Flacco returned, Harbaugh had to choose between an underwhelming and predictable option and a volatile rookie with a completely different skill set. The Ravens’ head coach went with Jackson, transforming the team’s offense midseason and in turn choosing a path that not nearly enough NFL teams do. The Ravens conceded that, if their approach wasn’t going to be effective in a traditional way, they might as well get weird with it.
Ravens News 12/25: Unique offense, defensive stomping and more
