John Harbaugh doesn’t talk about coaching changes amid criticism

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — If the Baltimore Ravens didn’t realize the level of outrage over their struggling offense, they got a taste of it when they drove to the team facility Sunday morning.

Someone left several makeshift handwritten flyers that said “Fire Greg Roman” strewn right outside the entrance, calling for the Ravens’ offensive coordinator to be fired. Baltimore outside linebacker Tyus Bowser posted a video of the notebook paper scraps on Instagram with the caption “Okay then” before deleting it.

In the 13-3 loss at Cleveland on Saturday, the Ravens scored their fewest points in a regular season game in 14 years. Baltimore’s offense has slumped since the bye week, scoring a league low of 13.8 points over the past five games.

On Monday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was asked if he was going to make any changes to his coaching staff.

“We don’t get into any of that,” Harbaugh said. “I mean you can talk about all of this and I respect that. I love fans talking about anything they can talk about. We’re together man. We’re a team. We spend all of our time preparing for the Atlanta Falcons with every ounce of energy and fiber that we have with a group of very, very good people at what they do who understand everything about our team better than anyone. bar.”

Harbaugh said he spoke to Bowser about what he posted on social media and believes Bowser spoke about it with Roman.

“When things like that happen, you communicate with each other and you find out that there really isn’t much there, in terms of what people think and all that,” said Harbaugh. “I could rant on social media, but I don’t know why anyone lives there.”

When asked if he was interested in how the flyers got to the entrance of the facility, Harbaugh replied, “I don’t care how they got there. I don’t care. I’m not security. Security has to care. . It’s paper — paper.”

Earlier this month, someone posted a video on Twitter of fans shouting obscenities at Roman as he walked from the stadium to his car after the game. “Get out of here, Greg,” one fan shouted.

In Roman’s first season as Baltimore’s offensive coordinator, the Ravens were nearly unstoppable. Baltimore averaged an NFL-best 33.2 points per game as quarterback Lamar Jackson led the league with 36 touchdown passes and set a single-season rushing record for quarterbacks with 1,206 yards .

Now, in Roman’s fourth season as a playcaller, Baltimore has been finding it increasingly difficult to get into the end zone. The Ravens are 16th in scoring (21.7 points) and 17th with 30 touchdowns.

“There will be times, and you’re going to go there and you’re going to have a bad day,” Harbaugh said. “We don’t want them. … No one is more ticked off about it or can’t sleep more than coaches and players, but the fact is you have to step off the mat and win the next game.”

It’s unclear if Jackson will return for Baltimore’s next game. Harbaugh declined to say if Jackson would return Saturday against the Falcons after missing the last two games with a sprained knee.

“I think I’m going to climb behind the barricade because it’s probably not the time to release a lot of information about our injuries, just for competition purposes,” Harbaugh said.

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