The Ravens and coach John Harbaugh have reached agreement on a contract extension, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. Harbaugh’s previous deal went through the 2018 season and the new deal gives him an additional year at the helm, taking him through the 2019 season. 
Harbaugh has enjoyed tremendous success as the Ravens’ head coach ever since taking on the role in 2008. Baltimore has made the playoffs in six of its nine Harbaugh-led seasons, including the Super Bowl title following the 2012 campaign. Despite a 13-19 mark in 2015 and 2016, Harbaugh still boasts an 85-59 record.
Harbaugh’s tenth year as the Ravens’ head coach figures to be one of the most challenging yet. Already, a number of players have suffered major injuries including tight end Dennis Pitta, running back Kenneth Dixon, tight end Crockett Gillmore, cornerback Maurice Canady, offensive lineman Alex Lewis, linebacker Albert McClellan, offensive lineman Nico Siragusa, cornerback Tavon Young, and wide receiver Tim White. The team hopes that Canady can return from IR, but the other injuries were season-enders. There’s also Joe Flacco‘s lingering back troubles to worry about.
Haa ! Bisciotti fired Billick 1 yr into a 4 yr extension @ 5 mil a season…..paid em 15 mil to go away. Brian won a SB too, was exactly @ .500 after that SB win n only made play-offs once, gone……Harbs is 1 gm under .500 n has only made play-offs once since his SB win…..he is glorified special teams coach, always was, worst clock management I’ve ever seen at.pro level. Afraid he’s gonna slide on a get outta jail free card for this season cause of the rash of injuries. He’s not his brother.
The difference is that Brian stuck with Kyle Boller, the worst QB in history, for six years. He basically wasted Ray Lewis’ prime, so don’t talk about what you don’t know.
John has been an excellent coach so far, he earned the extension. And if you think his brother is a better coach, it’s a good thing you don’t work in any front offices.
Bisciotti is class act ! Today’s extension is severance pay, take 1 for organization in soon to be rough season, 8-8 was ambitious before decimation by injuries, New Direction, Stale Message…..question is does Oz get pushed out too, he made this mess !
Joe Flacco is highest paid player in NFL this season…,24mil+ of your cap hit for nice maybe top 15 best QB in lge on good day…..bad business. N I like Joe, Bmore fans treat em like he is Boller. Paid more than Brady, Rogers, Brees, Big Ben, etc…..
If he didn’t get paid by the Ravens, then Baltimore would have spent 10 year looking for a new QB.
Newsome can’t be held responsible for the injuries, especially when those injuries have wiped out depth as well as starters. I’m a Steelers fan and like anything that hurts the Ravens (which firing Newsome would do), but he doesn’t deserve to go down for this upcoming season.
Been paying DeCosta Head GM money since ’12 to keep him in-house as heir apparent…..all good things must come to an end. Talk was always Oz would retire n then become AD @Bama, that was before Sabean became God down there…..not sure that deals still out there. I like Oz, have met em, shook that giant right paw that caught all those passes, was a great GM too, WAS, lotsa whiffs in early rounds of draft becoming all to frequent, will be 2X HOFr as plyr n GM, time togo…..
Do you respond to messages and engage in discussions, or just ramble out incoherent messages in poor English?
What….is it Ahole Tuesday …?