Where Doyle is Coming From

[oldno82]

Doyle discusses his role as OC with Lamar as his QB.

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/declan-doyle-lamar-jackson-ravens-youngest-coordinator-the-lounge.

[tsylvester]

Good stuff, thanks

 

"That trust is going to be earned through time," Doyle said. "It's not like I can call up Lamar and say, 'Hey, I need you to trust me.' We'll earn that over time, and it's really going to be a two-way street. He's got to earn my trust [and] I have to earn his trust, and that goes for every player that we have.

"It's a huge piece of what we envision here. Trust is built off communication and accountability to that communication. Accountability is us saying something and doing what we say."

 

[papasmurfbell]

Does Lamar come to otas to learn the install of the offense?

[tsylvester]

Tell us oh mighty Kreskin

[papasmurfbell]

He really hasn’t been there the last few yrs.  It’s a new offense.  It should be important to him.

[tsylvester]

A lot of that has been Harbs allowing it, now will Minter put his foot down?

[papasmurfbell]

Not much a coach can do.  It’s self motivation to want to be great and sacrifice to get there.

[oldno82]

We'll know how motivated he is by way before the OTAs when we see if his contract has been adjusted. 

[tsylvester]

Interesting tid bit from Espn

The restructuring, first reported Wednesday by Over the Cap, converts $54.45 million of Mahomes' 2026 salary into a signing bonus and lowers the star quarterback's cap number to $34.65 million.

The Chiefs, who missed the playoffs in 2025 after reaching the Super Bowl in each of the three previous seasons, created $43.65 million in cap space. It marks the fourth consecutive year that Kansas City has restructured Mahomes' contract.

 

[oldno82]

That is indeed quite interesting and if Lamar really wants to achieve a higher level of greatness, like Brady and Mahomes, this is what he's going to have to do. Otherwise he may never get to wear a Super Bowl ring.

By the way, Joe Burrow did it too.

[oldno82]

More on what Doyle expects from his offense.

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/declan-doyle-ravens-offense-vision-lamar-jackson-play-caller

and,

"The work will begin in earnest at voluntary organized team activities this spring. Doyle did not equivocate. Championship standards, he implied, require championship attendance. “We would expect them to be here,” he said.

That expectation extends, of course, to Jackson."

[tsylvester]

The gauntlet has been thrown down

[papasmurfbell]

I am more worried now after the presser than before.  Do these guys think that their former bosses are going to help them from week to week? Minter thinks his biggest go to person is Eric?  This was not done right.