The Baltimore Ravens have already signed Terrell Suggs to an extension this offseason and Ozzie Newsome's other priority is to reach a similar deal with Haloti Ngata.

Ngata will become a free agent in 2015 if he doesn't sign an extension.

"We wanted two things from these contracts," Newsome said. "The first is to create some cap room and the other is to try and make sure these two players remained Ravens forever. We got 'Sizzle' done and we're still hopeful with Haloti."

The Baltimore Ravens had a difficult season on offense in 2013, dealing with the injury to Dennis Pitta and their trade of Anquan Boldin.

"It was tough for the offense, much more than we anticipated," Newsome told the Ravens' team site. "The lack of weapons really hurt at times."

"We'll be better on offense. I really like (offensive coordinator) Gary's (Kubiak) schemes," he added. "It's very precise. It's physical. I think we'll run the ball better, we'll keep the ball more and we'll have big plays. You can tell the players, especially guys like Joe (Flacco), like it -- and they can see that we have a good chance to be a lot better."

Joe Flacco is gaining more comfort in Gary Kubiak's offense.

The Baltimore Ravens hired Kubiak as offensive coordinator in the offseason to replace Jim Caldwell.

"I've been able to get really, really comfortable and kind of just get back there, go through my reads, and have a lot of fun," Flacco said. "I think we look good; it's been a lot of fun. Like I said, I think everybody has put a lot of hard work in, and because of that we've been able to go out there and work on some of the little things and really get better." 

Flacco has been asked to do things this year that he hasn't done on the Ravens practice field previously. There has been cone drills to help improve his footwork. There have been ball security drills where coaches have hit Flacco's hands with blocking pads. Fundamentals have been a major focus. 

"At this stage, he's playing very well," coach John Harbaugh said. "I would love to see him against another defense today. If we were allowed to scrimmage somebody, we'd have a scrimmage out here and we'd know more, but he looks good."