Ravens head coach John Harbaugh reflects on Year 1 of Todd Monken offense

The Baltimore Ravens hired offensive coordinator Todd Monken last offseason to take over for Greg Roman. The hope was that Monken could come in and diversify Baltimore’s passing game while continuing to run the ball effectively, which slowly but surely happened.

At the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, head coach John Harbaugh exuded confidence in what he saw from the team’s offense in Year 1 under Monken. He said he and the organization have a plan for what’s next, and he’s been talking with multiple people to plan what’s in store for 2024,

“I think it progressed naturally. We’re just beginning. We’re just starting. We’re one year into this thing. There are so many things that I feel like, looking back on it now, they actually were baby steps. They were hard steps for us to take, because it was a seat change in terms of offensive philosophy, but they were baby steps looking back on them. We have so, so far to go. Lamar [Jackson] is excited; [offensive coordinator] Todd [Monken] is excited; All the coaches [are excited]. We have a plan. We came out the very first day after the AFC Championship game talking about where we were going to go offensively. We had a staff meeting about it. I met with Todd. I met with all the coaches individually. I met with Lamar a couple of days after that. I met with different players, and we have a direction right now on where we want to go. We want to be tight. We want to be locked in. We want to understand how this offense applies to Lamar and our players, and we want to do right by our players, and we want to do right by Lamar and build the best operation that we can for him so his talents can really shine. I think we’re just starting with that.”

Harbaugh also talked about adding pieces around quarterback Lamar Jackson, which the team has done but not to the extent many have liked. Zay Flowers and Odell Beckham Jr. were added last year, but there are still ways to continue building the offense around their star signal caller.