Jamison,
As much heat as fans are giving the Ravens' corners, a bigger issue in the secondary may be Dawan Landry, who is struggling with tackling and especially coverage. Do you agree? Is there a lingering injury concern? How much blame goes to Gregg Mattison for asking Landry perform a new role he is not well suited for?

What's the status (scoop) on Demetrius Williams?

Good question Shas. Mine is... How long do Raven fans have to wait for someone to be held accountable? I mean, you have Rod Woodson on the NFL Network saying that some players have poor fundamentals -> coaching. You also have a player like Foxworth getting paid a ton of money and he's not even average, same for Carr (I realize he's not making a ton, but as bad as he is, he should be flipping burgers) -> sorry Ozzie, you win some and you lose some. Chalk those two up in the L column. You also have a number of so called experts questioning whether a life long college coach is capable at this level -> Coaching. I know we're better than this...very frustrating.

To top it off, you have a head coach who says major line up (and I would assume coaching changes) aren't the solution. WTF! How can that be?

this one is a no brainer...

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/4550/afc-north-underachiever-domonique-foxworth

I think Rod Woodson best summed up the problem, We have players performing poorly by playing out of position and we have coaches not correcting these errors. I also believe that the D coordinator isn't up to the task of NFL play calling. The Schemes that need calling are the ones that play to our strength so that the secondary doesn't have time to be burnt. Unfortunately I believe we need to blitz more and blitz from the side they don't think we would be blitzing from. Oh, and we need kickoffs to travel further and tackle the guy that has the ball much sooner. Make the opponent team travel between 70 and 80 yards for a score, not the 55 to 60 they are getting now.

As for the comment "To top it off, you have a head coach who says major line up (and I would assume coaching changes) aren't the solution. WTF! How can that be?" I believe this is John having the back of every single one of his players and coaches. If he doesn't have their back then the players won't have the Head Coach's back. Corrections to the problems that are a direct result of the players should show up on the field as better performance. Problems resulting from poor coaching will be seen by either reassignment of some duties or the coach leaving through one of the doors with bags in hand with the intention of not coming back. Coach Harbough doesn't seem the type to air dirty laundry until the laundry has left the castle, and even then he probably won't say much. No sense in burning bridges because the guy walking out our door will most likely walk through the doors of another organization, and who knows he might be talking to someone that might be thinking about signing with the Ravens as a free agent on day.

Although I like and admire his play on the field, maybe soom of the defenses blame can rest on Ray Lewis' shoulders.Maybe if he didn't test the market and hold the RAVENS hostage,
; and take what he is worth, they could have signed the likes Bart Scott and/or Justin Leonard or one of the above and a quality cornerback. It seems to me the teams that make a run year after year for the Lombardi Trophy do it as a team. Maybe the GREED of one out weighed the NEED of the many.

agreed craig-lewis is a me,me guy.
new england gets every player to participate in keeping each other inplace
while adding new pieces.

Dear anonymous, I wasn't suggesting that Harbaugh call his players out or throw them under the bus. I was stating that a head coach needs at least entertain the idea that the players and or coaches may not be meeting expectations and therefore require a change. “Corrections to the problems that are a direct result of the players should show up on the field as better performance.” This is not necessarily true if the wrong players are playing, or if the coaches are not getting the most out of their players.
A better answer from Harbaugh, and one that would be consistent with what he has said before when asked about free agents, is that all avenues will be explored in the spirit of making our team better. There is a difference between “having the back of every single one of his players and coaches" and holding them accountable. His comments could be perceived as soft, inferring that their jobs are secure regardless of performance. There have been enough missed tackles and blown assignments occurring consistently over time, for change, if warranted, to be mentioned as a possibility. Who knows what is said behind closed doors, my hope would be whatever is necessary to improve performance and to put the team on notice that every game, every series, every snap, is an audition to keep your job.