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People saw when Joe Flacco tried to get off a pass before Troy Polomalu stripped him costing us a Super Bowl and that very very very bad pass against the pats costing us another Super Bowl is why people don't have faith in him or us! Should have 4 Super Bowls to this date and we wouldn't be so looked down upon! Smh

How about the perfect pass that Evans dropped in the end zone against Patriots? Give Joe some credit. He always plays well in post season. Regular season is another matter.

If we had lost that SB, there would have been riots in the streets thanks to that shambolic power outage. Some pundits claimed it didn't have a massive impact as momentum was starting to turn, but the game was night and day pre and post power cut.

  1 hour ago, BigUgly said:

  1 hour ago, Crusader said:

  4 hours ago, Black&purple#55 said:

  4 hours ago, BiggMack91 said:

we can't win unless flacco plays better an we need to run the ball more but that being said if the ravens drafted a RB in the first round that might force these "coaches" to run the ball. but I personally think it would be a mistake to draft a RB in the first round But as far as mike wallace goes ask him to take a pay cut or get rid of him he's good but not worth 8 mill. Then the TE situation I say cut both Pitta and watson saves money an we have some good young talent at TE to replace them. The biggest need is at CB and there is plenty of talented DBs in this draft so I would love to see us load up an get 3-5 DB 2-3 CB 1-2 Safeties but unfortunately we might draft just 2 like last year. As far as pass rush goes I think we have some good talent with Judon and smith but if we don't have a secondary to cover for more than 3 seconds how are you supposed to get any kind of pass rush going so that being said solidify the secondary then worry about the pass rush

Agree, Patriots don't have a great pass rush but their secondary makes them look like they got pass rush

That's because all of their guys have been playing together for years. Only two players have been on different team (Eagles) for a short time and they have a secondary General: Devin McCourty. (7 years). Which brings up again two questions. 1). Do Ravens suck that bad a player selection? 2). Or are the coaches doing a bad job?

We've not drafted CBs with high pick in the last decade, save for Jimmy Smith, and despite multiple efforts to find a value pick in later rounds, only Webb and Young come to mind as successes. We have been slightly better with veteran FAs - guys like Graham, Williams, and Stewart have done well enough here to price themselves out of our willingness to pay to retain them.

Perhaps the reason we haven't taken the secondary more seriously is that we had stability with Ed for so long, and we've usually managed to generate a pass rush. Weddle is finally a stabilizing force at the back end, but our pass rush has really fallen off.

our secondary covering for 3-4 seconds at the most is not enough for a pass rush until we have a good secondary there will be not pass rush mark my words

We have to plan as if Jimmy Smith is permanently injured and when he's available, that's a bonus.

So the Colts aren't satisfied with stealing our team back in the 80's, Pagano and several of our players? Stop trying to be the mid-west Ravens already and find your own personnel!

  4 hours ago, jravens1313 said:

Wagner isn't worth 10M if we didn't want to pay KO that. All those Zuttah haters and he got the pro bowl nod, lol. The o-line and system are the biggest question marks entering the offseason. Marty better not waste another year of our fans free time.

Those bottom dweller teams with cap can surprise anyone. A LG--KO--was paid $60 million. 

I'd love to know how all these teams have so much cap room to steal our best players and overpay them every year. It's like we're the farm team for so many other franchises.

Kubiak showed us how to execute the zone blocking scheme to perfection. Then he leaves and it's as if all that knowledge left with him. Harbaugh needed to be the one to insist we build on that great season, but we've had two forgettable ones since.

Besides commercials, the amount of flags being thrown is driving me nuts. Every big play now I wait to react, given there's a 50/50 chance it'll be called back. Way too many rules. And replay reviews should be done centrally and take 30 seconds. Rugby has that figured out and they let you hear the discussion between ref and review booth which gives great insight into why calls are made.

If it weren't for the invention of the DVR to speed thru the commercials, I wouldn't even watch any more. It is impossible to get into the football zone. Soccer isn't as exciting, but at least I can relax into watching the game.

Agreed. That and RedZone Channel make it tolerable. Who has 3 1/2 hours of time to watch a 60 minute game (with 22 minutes of real action)?

I just hate it when a player who struggles with us goes on to look great elsewhere. I'm not sure what the reasons are, but it is never a good look for the coaching staff. 

Ravens are the farm team for the rest of the NFL. We find rough diamonds in middle of draft, polish 'em up for three or four years and then allow other teams to poach them.

This may be Ozzie's best draft since 2008. Not sure why Harbs is calling for a playmaking RB when Dixon has shown so much potential. It does't matter who the back is if the offensive scheme is flawed, if the OC won't call running plays, if the "running game coordinator/senior executive offensive line coach" can't get the line to perform, and if the O-Line is soft in the middle.

It would help to get a burner like Tyreek Hill to complement the two starters. Hopefully one that doesn't punch his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach though.

  19 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

I'm hoping the coaching staff has seen enough of kaufusi and Correa during practices or just physical training/rehab to know they are adding muscle and getting the defensive playbook down.Somehow everybody seems to have forgotten Carl Davis as a potential D lineman. I wonder how he's going to do next year?

Concerned that as a #2 pick KC could only make Special Teams appearances. Hope we don't have another Arthur Brown on our hands.

If Myles Jack turns into the star people think he can be, that R2 pick will sting even more. Early days though so hopefully he comes through for us.

Can we hire the Steelers front office as consultants to help us draft a WR? Looks like they found another one with that Ayers kid.

We'll have some tough choices at TE next season. Who do you cut from this group; Pitta, Gilmore, Williams, Watson, Boyle, Waller? Maybe we can get some value in a trade.

  1 hour ago, Virginia 55 said:

Flacco has been mediocre and bad all season minus a game or two. I dont care that the defense blew this lead, the offense has been horrible all year.

Flacco needs help, The O-Line has been a band aid all year,...and now you see why we should RUN the ball! Geez..they better pay the kid Dixon, hes a warrior. if we can find a better balance of run/pass. Get a solid OG/OT we are gonna be ok..The D should upgrade secondary Too...needed

I miss the days when we could just pound it down a defenses' throat. Need to get O-Line upgraded in the off-season. Pass rush is also a big need. And while I'm at it, the secondary needs some Jimmy Smith insurance.

Tough loss for sure but barring a miracle 2012 like playoff run this team was doubtful to make much noise in January. We have a bunch of veterans that probably wont be back next year and a bunch of promising young guys with a season under their belt. Joe didnt look like he felt comfortable until a week or so ago. Stanley is set to be a beast next year. We need to replace a few weak links in the secondary. Maybe we can land Norm at OC. He would be good for Joe. All in all we played better than last season and look set to make some real noise next year. Cant win them all and if we can once again be a perinial playoff team with only 2 down seasons that would be something most teams can only dream of. Go Ravens!

Pass rush, secondary and O-line need some help for sure. And persuading SSS to come back for one more year wouldn't hurt. Sadly he was our best receiver again.

Penalties will not help you win, but they will make sure you lose, this off season maybe we can instill that in certain players mind and teach them how to play the ball and not the man, because it's just stupid not to turn around when the ball is coming, a lot of time you could intercept the ball or at the least knock it down!!! I see this happening on every team in the NFL, I wonder do they teach not to play the ball but the man???

That was a tough lesson for the rookie, but we found a good one for the future. And in the 4th round no less, where we seem to do our best drafting.

4 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

What's the deal with this Correa kid? He seems to be taking on the path of Arthur Brown. The Kaufusi kid is yet an unknown but the rest of the draft has been very productive with the exception of Keenan Reynolds.

I've been wondering the same. He's been a ghost all season. If he's a bust and Myles Jack turns into a star, I'll be super pissed.

The guy is essentially a rookie so we should cut him some slack as long as he's improving. I like how he's focused on the 'drop' rather than the TD.

One of my all time favorite memories of the 2000 season is Goose absolutely pancaking Rich Gannon in the AFC Championship game.