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Cameron was the only offensive coordinator Flacco played for until December 2012, when head coach John Harbaugh fired Cameron and assigned Jim Caldwell to the job, even though Caldwell never before held that post in the NFL.
After seven years, 127 starts (including postseason),Cheap Jerseys, 3,657 passes and 82 wins — most by an NFL quarterback since 2008 — it would seem as if there isn't much left for Flacco to improve upon.
One year after that,Aaron Ramsey Arsenal Jersey UK, Caldwell was hired to coach the Detroit Lions. That led to the hiring of Gary Kubiak, and under his guidance Flacco set career marks in passing yardage (3,986) and touchdowns (27) during the 2014 regular season. Soon after the Ravens lost to New England in the second round of the playoffs, Kubiak left to take the job as coach of the Denver Broncos.
The one constant throughout the process is that no matter who's in charge of the offense, Flacco finds a way to win.
Enter Trestman, the former head coach of the Chicago Bears. And now Flacco has to start all over again.
"Learning a new offense, I always say, is really not that big of a deal, especially this year. It's a little new terminology and a couple of new concepts and things like that."
"We're doing this thing together," Trestman said. "It's a process that goes on throughout the week; putting a game plan together, having discussions, talking back and forth and trying to put your list together and line up your plays that he's most comfortable with."
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Another year, another offensive coordinator for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
"I think it's a statement to him how flexible he is," Trestman said. "He just has the ability to work with different guys, and positive things happen."
Sort of.
"You always need to work on a lot of things," Flacco said. "The biggest thing, I mean I'm going into year eight, is I need to keep my body physically healthy and be there for my team each week. Working with Marc is going to be a new thing, so just keeping that communication as good as it's been right now is important."
With plenty of help from Flacco — who didn't throw an interception in the postseason — the Ravens won the Super Bowl two months later.
As the Ravens ended their mandatory minicamp Wednesday, Trestman expressed his appreciation for how Flacco has handled the coordinator shuffle.
Beginning with the first game of his rookie season,Wholesale Jerseys From China, Flacco has not missed a start and has taken the Ravens to the playoffs six times in seven years.
The three-day minicamp served to get Flacco and the team for the grueling training camp to follow in late July.
Trestman sees his role not as a dictator,Cheap Jerseys, but as a collaborator.
"To me, it's probably less than what you make of it," Flacco said. "I am very confident in what we do. The goal is when you're a coordinator,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, especially with the guys we've had, is to be head coaches again. So, you have to, as a quarterback, be ready for anything. That's the mindset I take.
"I think we are all doing a great job," Flacco said. "The young guys, I've been impressed by how well they've done. I'm excited about it. I'm not even thinking about that we have a new coordinator."
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