RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After 18 seasons, 12 playoff appearances, six division titles, and one Super Bowl championship, the Baltimore Ravens decided it was finally time to move on from head coach John Harbaugh.
He wasn’t unemployed long, however, as Harbaugh landed on his feet as the new head coach of the New York Giants shortly after his release.
As it turns out, not everyone was thriving under the Harbaugh regime in Baltimore, as players have taken subtle shots at their former head coach all offseason. Wide receiver Rashod Bateman is the latest to do so, offering a brutal critique of Harbaugh while praising the Ravens’ new coaching staff, led by head coach Jesse Minter.
“From head coach to [offensive coordinator] to receivers coach, everybody really harps on the details and the small things,” Bateman told reporters on Thursday . “That’s just not what we were in our past.”
But Bateman wasn’t the only one throwing subtle shade at Harbaugh this week either. All-Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley also made it a point to acknowledge Minter and his staff being so detail-oriented.
“(Minter) just values the finer details,” Stanley said .
Having two former players point out that his successor pays more attention to details than he did surely won't sit well with Harbaugh, who prides himself on his preparation.
Though Harbaugh has been scapegoated in the media this offseason following his exit from Baltimore, it’s evident not every current or former Ravens player had disdain for him.
In fact, several Ravens players including tight end Isaiah Likely, Pro Bowl fullback Patrick Ricard, All-Pro punter Jordan Stout, cornerback Ar’Darius Washington, and offensive lineman Daniel Faalale, who was since traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars, all followed Harbaugh to the Giants.
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