'Just Beginning To Build Offense' - Ravens' John Harbaugh

The Baltimore Ravens boasted one of the best offenses in the league last season, and managed to lead the NFL in rushing without the benefit of a bonafide No. 1

The Baltimore Ravens boasted one of the best offenses in the league last season, and managed to lead the NFL in rushing without the benefit of a bonafide No. 1 back.

But with Todd Monken now in his second season and quarterback Lamar Jackson with a full year of Monken's offense under his belt, coach John Harbaugh says they're "just getting started."

“I think it progressed naturally,” Harbaugh said during a Scouting Combine press conference. “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. . . . 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 and general manager Eric DeCosta will do their best to improve the roster, as there could be a number of losses on both sides of the ball in free agency. 

But the team has also been linked to big-name free agents - especially at running back. And that could make a huge difference next season.

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Jackson was the leading rusher on a team that suffered two separate season-ending injuries at running back last season - to J.K. Dobbins and Keaton Mitchell.

Next season, Jackson might have more help.