Ravens fire offensive coordinator Marc Trestman
 

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For the second time in four years, the Baltimore Ravens have fired their offensive coordinator during the season in an attempt to jump start a middling offense. The Ravens announced the personnel move Monday morning following the team's 16-10 loss to the Washington Redskins.

The latest victim is former Bears coach Marc Trestman, who took over the Ravens job back in 2015 and crafted the league's 25th-best scoring offense without the services of quarterback Joe Flacco. So far in 2016 with the Pro Bowler under center, Baltimore is 3-2 but only scoring about 19 points per game, or half of what the league-leading Atlanta Falcons are posting. Long-time offensive coordinator and current quarterbacks coach Marty Mornhinweg will take over play-calling duties.

In 2012, the Ravens fired Cam Cameron in favor of Jim Caldwell and went on to win the Super Bowl.

"After very careful consideration, I have decided to make a change to our offensive coaching staff and have replaced Marc Trestman with Marty Mornhinweg as offensive coordinator for the rest of the season," head coach John Harbaugh said in a statement. "My obligations are to the team, the organization and the fans to be the very best team we can be. Today we find ourselves one game out of the division and conference lead after experiencing two tough losses at home. We will work to be better in every aspect of our football team. Our expectations are high, and we look forward to fulfilling them.

"I appreciate and respect the efforts and contributions Marc has made to the team since his arrival. Marc is a good person and an excellent football coach."

Added former Ravens running back Justin Forsett, who was doing a guest spot on Good Morning Football when news of the firing happened: "The offense wasn't performing like it could be. I guess the coaches, the powers that be, thought, 'Hey, we got to move forward.' I didn't see this coming for sure."

As we've seen over the last few seasons, an in-season coordinator change can be a shot in the arm for a team not living up to its potential. The Lions swapped out Joe Lombardi for Jim Bob Cooter a year ago and saw a marked improvement in quarterback Matt Stafford (even if the positive vibes did not carry over into 2016).

This year, the Buffalo Bills moved from Greg Roman to rising star Anthony Lynn and have gone from 0-2 to 3-2, with wins over the Rams, Patriots and Cardinals on the record.

Mornhinweg was the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles from 2006-12 and the New York Jets from 2013-14.

At times, his playcalling has been considered innovative. The well-known "Marty Ball" moniker encompasses both his propensity for the West Coast offense and a high-flying passing attack that has produced some of the best big-play offenses in the league over the past two decades. In Mornhinweg's 15 seasons as a play-caller, his teams have finished in the top 10 in points and yards eight different times.

Trestman, 60, was the offensive coordinator for North Carolina State before a stint as the head coach of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes and the Bears between 2013-14.

They need to rebuild, get rid of Flacco and old ass Smith.

They can't get rid of Flacco until 2019 at the earliest which is still probably not going to happen, maybe 2020.

He has had a rough ride in the NFL
Minnesota Gophers will want him as their head coach at the end of the season

This is surprising. Lotta of teams could use him.

Trestman is terrible. How do guys like him bounce around the NFL after repeatedly failing?

He needs to go back to the CFL

Milkman loved this guy

I always thought Joe Flacco was going to be much better than he is and I was wrong. He also looks to be one of the most passionless QBs I have ever seen play in the NFL. Guy is like a zombie most of the time.

The talent surrounding him is $3it.

The WR's and HB's are garbage - the line has somewhat been able to tread water...

Same reason most of the NFL coaches bounce around the league year after year...

Some franchises are afraid of success therefore they will take a known failing commodity just to be on the safe side.

Some franchises will even trade draft picks for known failures....

Maybe Trestman and Cam Cameron can get together and coach an arena team.

At least Harbaugh had the balls to make a move when something wasn't working instead of riding it out the rest of the season.

But that doesn't excuse his shitty, lifeless play all the time.

Cant even remember the last Ravens game I watched, has their defense fallen off a cliff as well?

And yet Mike McCoy still coaches the Chargers