Ravens One Of NFL's Best With Challenges

Mar 23, 2014 at 04:03 AM

Garrett Downing

Garrett Downing Sr. Director of Social Media

The annual NFL Owner's Meeting begins this week in Orlando, and officials from the league's 32 clubs will discuss a number of proposed rules changes.

One of the items on the docket is the possibility of allowing head coaches to challenge any official's decision, except scoring plays. If the proposal passes and more plays are then subject to review, then the Ravens could stand to benefit because they have been one of the NFL's most successful teams at challenging calls during Head Coach John Harbaugh's tenure.

Harbaugh has challenged a league-high 57 plays during his six seasons in Baltimore, and had an NFL-best 28 of those plays reversed. Last season, he also had the most challenges in the NFL (12), and seven of those plays were overturned in the Ravens' favor. The Ravens won 58 percent of their challenges last year, which ranked 14th in the NFL.

Here's an overview of how the Ravens have performed with their challenges over the last six seasons:

2008-2013 COACHES' CHALLENGES
RANK	TEAM	Challenges	Reversed	Upheld	% Reversed
1	BLT	57	28	29	49%
2	ARZ	51	26	25	51%
3	GB	50	24	26	48%
4	NYG	43	23	20	53%
4	NYJ	47	23	24	49%
4	NO	50	23	27	46%
7	PHI	44	22	22	50%
7	KC	46	22	24	48%
9	DAL	36	21	15	58%
9	MIN	41	21	20	51%
11	CIN	32	20	12	63%
12	IND	32	19	13	59%
12	OAK	37	19	18	51%
12	DET	37	19	18	51%
15	PIT	30	18	12	60%
15	ATL	42	18	24	43%
15	SEA	46	18	28	39%
15	DEN	46	18	28	39%
15	SF	50	18	32	36%
20	MIA	29	17	12	59%
21	CHI	41	16	25	39%
22	NE	34	15	19	44%
22	WAS	37	15	22	41%
22	TB	42	15	27	36%
25	BUF	34	14	20	41%
26	CAR	40	13	27	33%
27	HST	31	12	19	39%
27	TEN	37	12	25	32%
29	CLV	30	10	20	33%
30	SL	25	9	16	36%
30	SD	31	9	22	29%
32 * * League Avg.	JAX	32 39.4	8 17.7	24 21.7	25% 45%

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