“Someone kind of joked in my ear (that) we made and completed more deep balls in practice today than we did the whole offseason last year,” Harbaugh told reporters after practice. He later added, “I feel like that has to be a big part of who we are.”
No NFL team attempted fewer last season than the Ravens, according to Pro Football Focus.
The analytic website tracked the performances of quarterbacks on pass attempts traveling 20 or more yards. Of the 23 quarterbacks measured, Flacco had the fewest attempts by far. He tossed 47 deep balls, slightly less than three per contest.