The offensive unit for the Baltimore Ravens struggled mightily on Saturday. Due to Lamar Jackson’s injury, the club had to play backup quarterback Tyler Huntley against the weak Cleveland Browns defense.
In spite of the Browns’ season-long troubles, they allowed just three points against the Ravens. However, Ravens faithful publicly blamed poor play on offensive coordinator Greg Roman.
Searching “Greg Roman” on Twitter during the game turned up a lot of criticism of the seasoned coach. Those tweets haven’t stopped since.
Weekly "Fire Greg Roman" tweet pic.twitter.com/1raozhsIdh
— Brandon (@B_Leavy) December 18, 2022
Good Morning! Great day to Fire Greg Roman š @Ravens pic.twitter.com/Xtd0zC7a9Q
— ššššš¦¦Ā® (@NewEraZach) December 19, 2022
In 2019, Roman was promoted to his current position as offensive coordinator after joining the club the previous year.
His prior stops as a head coach were with the Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, and Baltimore Ravens. At the collegiate and high school levels, he coached as well.
It’s possible that this is the first time in his lengthy career that fans have been so upset with him that they’ve risked arrest by trespassing to deliver handwritten cards to the Baltimore team facilities demanding that Roman be let go.
Tyus Bowser, a linebacker with the Ravens, made a TikTok clip of the notes. Despite Bowser’s best efforts, the video has now gone viral online.
Tyus Bowser shows a few āFire Greg Romanā signs on the ground via his IG story (tyus23). The noise is so loud that nobody can escape it #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/3RXQxoZr8u
— Cordell Woodland (@CordellWoodland) December 18, 2022
While speaking to the press on Monday, head coach John Harbaugh mentioned the notes.
I asked John Harbaugh whether theyāve discussed changing playcalling duties but he didnāt want anything to do with that. Instantly shut down the idea that it could happen and said he has faith in all his coaches #RavensFlock
— Cordell Woodland (@CordellWoodland) December 19, 2022
Harbaugh also spoke to Bowser, one of his players, over the latter’s social media post depicting supporters calling for the dismissal of a coach. He assured them that that is not an issue right now.
John Harbaugh said he talked to Tyus Bowser about his IG story discovering pieces of paper with "Fire Greg Roman" on the ground at the facility. Harbaugh said Bowser talked to Greg about it.
"There's really not much there."
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) December 19, 2022
Last but not least, the reporters questioned Harbaugh whether he was worried that the fan had gotten so near to the team’s facilities that he may leave notes. “It’s irrelevant to Harbaugh, so we won’t even bother.”
John Harbaugh was asked if he's interested in how the "Fire Greg Roman" papers got to the doorstep of the team facility:
"I don't care. I'm not security. Security's got to worry about that."
— Sarah Ellison (@sgellison) December 19, 2022
For the time being, it seems like Greg Roman will remain the Baltimore Ravens’ head coach and play caller.
