The main reason that offensive penalties weren't a real issue is because of the referees. Even the Ravens, led by John Harbaugh who is thought to coach discipline, finished seventh in offensive penalties. Because, all else being equal, there are more opportunities to penalize the offense if they run more plays. It is not a stretch to say that teams who run more plays will be penalized more on offense. With 67.9 per game, they fell only behind the Baltimore Ravens in this metric. What an undisciplined unit right?īecause another category where you could find Dallas within the top two last season was offensive plays run per game. The the same offense that led the NFL in penalties with 69 committed for 560 yards.
Penalties played a large factor in the outcome of the season.Dallas’ “discipline” was the main reason they were penalized.If Mike McCarthy and Dan Quinn had the option, they would have eliminated all 141 penalties Dallas committed in 2021.īut, there are two misconceptions about the laundry thrown on the field last season: Allowing the opponent to advance the ball or inhibiting your offense from doing the same is not ideal. One thing should be quickly established, penalties are bad. Or were they? The 2021 penalty problem was a result of how Dallas played, not a lack of discipline Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports With another 14 penalties in the Wild Card round, they were not disciplined enough in the final week. It seemed as though Dallas had to overcome their opponent and their own mistakes simultaneously. With a league-leading 141 penalties committed, they surrendered 1,192 yards on whistles and yellow flags. One of the 28 was an Anthony Brown pass interference that allowed Daniel Carlson to knock through the game-winner.īut this game was symptomatic of the 2021 Dallas Cowboys season. You likely remember that matchup as the week where both teams combined for 28 penalties for 276 yards. But that game was not memorable due to the outcome. I thought the purple facemask is harmonizing with the modernized logo pretty good, also since the Vikings got rid of their purple facemasks two years ago and this wouldn't be a copycat anymore.The 2021 Thanksgiving game against the Las Vegas Raiders is memorable. The facemask isn't black anymore, but purple and the helmet would have a matte finish. Last, but not least, here is the Ravens helmet with the primary mark on it. The team was named after Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem "The Raven" (Poe was born in Boston, but died in Baltimore at the age of 40), so a non-serif, modern font would be out of place. I thought that the Ravens need to stay with a serif typo. The Ravens wordmark is a combination of non-serif and serif typefaces. It shows the Raven with the team's wordmark underneath it. The second alternate logo is rather a typical NFL wordmark logo. For design and coloring reasons, this logo has no gold outline, but would have one when being on the uniform. The original colors of the flag (yellow and red) that the Ravens organization borrowed, are now replaced with Ravens gold and Ravens red to achieve unity. The "B" and the "R" are no more, since the logo now mostly consists of the Maryland state flag.
#BALTIMORE RAVENS WORDMARK PATCH#
One of the alternate logos is the shoulder patch mark, the 'Cote of Arms' shield. The secondary logo is an overhauled version of the "B" initial that the Ravens also wear on their pants. The "B", which is part of the Raven's head, is gone – simply because I have never really liked it. The primary mark is a modernization of the 1999 logo.
#BALTIMORE RAVENS WORDMARK PLUS#
The logo package consists of five marks (primary, secondary, two alternates and a wordmark, plus variations). It's a just a notch lighter than their current shade.
The color scheme (black, purple, gold and red as a supporting color) stays mostly untouched, except for purple. The Baltimore Ravens current logo package is more than 16 years old, so I thought they might use some kind of general overhaul. After updating the Chicago Bears secondary bear logo, I decided to give another NFL team a new look.