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OTL: In Baltimore, Time is a Flat Circle

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:41
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On the one hand, it feels way too early to feel this negatively about Baltimore’s season. On the other hand, this feels like a continuation of conversations we’ve had year in and year out that result in doing the exact same things over again.

Sunday’s loss was historic in so many capacities, and yet, if you’re a fan of this team, entirely unremarkable.

Do you want to know how bad the team’s issues are? Losses like this are so predictable that despite having covered the team all offseason writing pieces about their upside and positive outlook for the year, I chose to go watch a movie with my wife on Sunday night instead of sitting through the game in real time. The idea was to be pleasantly surprised when I turned my phone back on after the show, or at the very least, rip the Band-Aid off all at once if they were losing. I saw the score update of 40-25 and still chose not to celebrate, because I was acutely aware of something that this coaching staff has failed to grasp for years: the game is not over until 0:00 is on the clock.

When the clock finally expired and the Ravens were on the losing end, I legitimately wasn’t even surprised. It’s just another day at the office for a fanbase that has been subjected to wholesale failures despite fielding some of the league’s most elite talent. It’s beyond time for a change.

Some readers are going to look at this and feel like this is a hurt, reactionary take. To that I would counter that I authored a piece almost two years ago documenting these same kinds of collapses…

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…and, if you read that piece, you begin to see time as a flat circle in Baltimore.

We’re reaching critical mass. When I say that, I mean that the conversation around the necessity for changes is losing containment and reaching the national media level.

This is happening much the same way it did before Greg Roman’s dismissal, which came about two years later than when everyone in Baltimore had been asking for it, and only because having him on staff was actively tarnishing the brand. When he left, the difference was evident immediately, and yet there’s still hesitation to make a similar move elsewhere. Not only is a need for change glaringly obvious, the national-level criticism and primetime failures become a stain on everyone involved. The Dan Quinn-era Falcons garnered a reputation as chokers after their Super Bowl collapse and a stretch that saw them lose three straight games in which they’d led by double digits, and, somehow, the Ravens have found ways to surpass them by leaps and bounds.

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I’d argue that the only thing that’s saved members of this coaching staff from the axe was having so many of those losses occur in the regular season on the 1:00 pm slate where they could be saved from large-scale ridicule… until now, with the repeated playoff failures and a monumental season-opening collapse in a nationally televised game. Peer pressure shouldn’t be the catalyst for change, but maybe it can finally be enough for Steve Bisciotti to revert to his astute business background and make the tough choice about personnel for the good of the business. Eventually, this is going to start impacting the team’s bottom line. If they want fans to continue watching, they ought to focus on giving them something worth watching.

The post OTL: In Baltimore, Time is a Flat Circle appeared first on Russell Street Report.


Source: https://russellstreetreport.com/2025/09/09/out-to-lunch/otl-in-baltimore-time-is-a-flat-circle/


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