The Ravens are acting as if they finished 5-13 instead of 13-5.
They've fired offensive line coach John Matsko.
They've fired quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn.
They've made head coach John Harbaugh more accountable by asking him to be more involved in the offense.
Maybe these turn out to be great moves, but the central figure to the problems of a year ago has gone unscathed, and that's offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.
How is he going to fix this mess?
The firings of Matsko and Zorn are mere Band-Aids to what this offense needs, which is either a change in philosophy, or schemes.
New offensive assistants won't make a difference. And neither will drafting the latest whiz kid receiver out of USC. We've seen that act before. In fact, we saw something similar last year when the Ravens added receivers Anquan Boldin, Donte' Stallworth, and T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
Nothing changed.
Even if the Ravens added Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and Paul Warfield clones, things would remain the same. The Ravens have been purely cosmetic so far, but we want to know about substance, and if Cameron has altered his game plan.
Will we see quarterback Joe Flacco in the shotgun more next season, a formation he feels more comfortable in? Will we see more no-huddle, a quicker pace that both Flacco and the receivers prefer?
Can Cameron repair frosty relationships with players and assistant coaches who haven't been able to provide much input during the past three seasons?
These are questions that Cameron needs to address heading into the 2011 season, but he apparently hasn't gotten the green light to do so from Harbaugh yet.
And here's the biggest question: Can Cameron and Flacco get along?
They didn't in the first three years, and the secret is out now. It kind of got swept under the rug last season when former Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson took a job as the Oakland Raiders offensive coordinator.
Jackson was the liaison between Cameron and Flacco. Zorn took over that role this season, but it was still easy to see the problems from the sidelines. When Flacco made a big play, the last person he would congratulate was Cameron.
When Flacco looked for instruction, he either went to Zorn or backup quarterback Marc Bulger.
But Zorn is gone now, and Flacco was adamant over the weekend in expressing disappointment in the decision to fire him.
Flacco said he had talked to owner Steve Bisciotti and Harbaugh in Zorn's defense, and indications were that Zorn would be retained.
It didn't happen. And now the Ravens, who once had a player nicknamed "The Mad Backer," have "The Mad Quarterback."
Good for Flacco. It's about time we saw more fire and emotion. But at the same time, the firing of Zorn was a partial indictment of him.
Flacco's statistics were better across the board compared to a year ago, but in every big game this season except for Kansas City in the playoffs, Flacco played in only a half. He disappeared in other games as well struggling to be consistent in throwing the long ball and passes into tight windows over the middle.
Flacco will get over the absence of Zorn, just like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, who have had their own battles with their respective front offices about personnel.
But can Cam and Joe kiss and make up?
There might be some things the Ravens can blame on Zorn like Flacco's mechanics or his decision making. There are other things that can be traced to Cameron in the past three seasons.
Why aren't their more pass plays over the middle consistently against a cover-2 like Green Bay did to Chicago in the NFC championship game? Why did the Ravens wait until late in the season to start running crossing routes and pick plays?
Several assistant coaches from around the league who worked in St Louis during the days of the "Greatest Show on Turf" told me that the game plan featured five, six or seven passing plays each to star players like Ricky Proehl, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt.
How come the Ravens didn't incorporate the same idea with their talented group of receivers in 2010?
At the end of the 2009 season, we were asking similar questions. Since then, the Ravens have brought in new receivers, and that didn't work. They have gotten rid of the quarterbacks coach and the offensive line coach.
Only the offensive coordinator and the questions remain the same.