Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers is blaming ex-coach John Harbaugh, now coach of the New York Giants, for overly physical practices that led to injury issues in Baltimore.
Appearing on the ‘4th and South’ podcast with former players Jarvis Landry and Leonard Fournette, Flowers had this to say about Harbaugh’s practices:
“Full pads all the time. However many practices in pads you can get, every single one. We’re doing 1-on-1s Week 17…Low-key, that’s why we had a lot of injuries. Because of how
we practiced.”
The data, at least from 2025, does not back up Flowers’ complaints about injuries. The Ravens were 27th in the NFL last season with 148 man games missed. The Giants were sixth with 240.
Giants’ edge defender Brian Burns told Patricia Traina recently that he expects training camp to be “a little interesting” because of the physicality he anticipates.
“It is a thin line, but I think we’re gonna, we’re gonna teeter-totter over that line a lot, this training camp,” Burns said of being physical and competitive while also being smart.
“I think it’s gonna be really, really, really physical. So it’ll be, it’ll be the sight to see for y’all.”
