Ravens Offensive Playbook Must Continue to Evolve

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Published: May 14, 2009

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... "Not For Long," though, and as we've seen time and time again, teams that fail to evolve and adapt from one season to the next do not remain on top for long.

In his first year in Baltimore, Offensive Coordinator Cam Cameron showed just why he is considered one of the best offensive minds in the game.  Despite lacking the kinds of weapons he had during his days with the San Diego Chargers, he made the Ravens, a team with a long history of offensive ineptitude, an exciting, big-play team.

So how will his game plans be different in 2009?  Let's take a look at some possibilities.

The first likely change will be the "opening up" of the playbook for quarterback Joe Flacco.  The success enjoyed by Flacco in his rookie campaign was due in large part to Cameron protecting his young signal-caller.  Ravens receivers ran primarily short-to-medium routes, and Flacco was not asked to make many complicated reads or throws into traffic over the middle of th...

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