Now, we know what the Ravens want. What we don’t yet know is what coach John Harbaugh wants.



The Ravens oddly-time news release last Friday on the eve of the team’s all-important Week 16 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers answered at least one question: the team has no intention of firing Harbaugh after this season, and has every intention of moving forward in 2019 with him as the head coach.



That’s certainly newsworthy. Since the end of last season, the perception has been that the Ravens will need to make the playoffs in 2018 to save Harbaugh’s job. We know now that regardless of what happens Sunday in a win-and-get-in scenario against the Cleveland Browns, that’s not the case.



In making the announcement, the Ravens also said that the team is working on an extension to Harbaugh’s existing contract, which ends following next season. That’s where the questions begin.



Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and...