During a red zone period in practice on July 27, the Ravens offense faced third-and-goal at the 2, and the Ravens were looking to punch the ball in the end zone as they try to develop a more potent red-zone attack than last season. Before the snap, though, the Ravens were whistled for a false start, pushing them back to the 7-yard line.
That kind of presnap penalty would infuriate coach John Harbaugh during a regular-season game, and even though this was just the fourth practice of training camp, he can't be happy with it. In fact, the Ravens had not one, not two, but three false start penalties during that red-zone period of about 20 plays, and later had three more false-start penalties in a different 11-on-11 drill.
"It's hard to turn that lemon into lemonade," offensive coordinator Greg Roman said. "We got to do a much better job. We've been very good with that."
