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Steeler's offense lays an egg, Rams' offense closing on 40, Oakland's D gives up only 10, Seattle offense explodes... It's crazy how things can change from one week to another. Except for our team.

The problem teams have playing rookie QBs is they think they're going to confuse him by mixing coverages, but his own offense is simplified and the OC draws up ways to exploit it.

Why can't we enjoy a player for any amount of time? As soon as they play well it's "Guess he's gone".

You might think you're playing bad teams, but it's the beginning of the season and you're playing teams with hope and nothing to lose. The Bills and Browns are not stacked but they're certainly not hapless. Not until we get through with them, anyway.

Pretty awful start for everyone. The run game, dropped passes, missed tackles, the INT... after that it was pretty good. Cleveland has good receivers and we tested Haden too much. Pierce and Judon played really well for rookies in their 2nd game.

Awful news. He was one of the best and will be missed.

The first casualty in the wake of the new Ravens defense. Here's hoping the Browns disband their franchise after Sunday.

AJ might be the best WR in the game. Antonio Brown and OBJ have Super Bowl-winning QBs throwing them the ball. AJ routinely makes circus catches and has the size the other WRs don't. He's single-handedly responsible for Dalton's big contract.

2 minutes ago, Ravens4Real said:

He is such a punk. I have never liked him.

He might be but it was the even bigger punk Mitchell grabbing and shoving him after the play was over that caused the reaction.

I don't understand why DBs don't position themselves in front of the WR. It's a lot easier to block the ball with your body than catch it with your hands. Went right through Breeland's mitts.

Nice chokehold on Kerrigan. It would've been declined but how did they miss that one?

I really think the Redskins have the advantage here. Their defense is underrated and they have very good receivers.

1 minute ago, Ravensfan23 said:

Really? I thought he played well considering, but I definitely think there were accuracy issues. There were far too many RAC opportunities left on the field because Flacco wasn't stepping into his throws. That's one of the biggest reasons i'm excited about the offense because I expect Flacco to get more and more comfortable with the knee and not leave those throws on the field. The Ravens WRs should have racked up so many more yards and it would have opened up the offense even more imo. 

I saw some low throws to protect the receiver and just secure the 1st down. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm assuming he was playing it safe and not misfiring. Especially on broken plays where the WR is coming back to the ball.

14 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

So, if everyone is curious, you can actually see every single Joe Flacco pass from the game today on NFL.com in under four minutes. It's really nifty.

There's a huge difference in how Flacco looked when he completed a pass (or had one dropped) and when he did not complete a pass. 

When Flacco would complete a pass, the ball was out at a fiery pace and he looked decisive. It was snap, set, throw. Really quick and decisive. It only got six, seven yard gains for several, but that's how you move the plays.

On the plays where Flacco didn't complete a pass (not due to an almost strip), Flacco would hold onto the ball, pull the ball back down, and be forced to work back through his progressions. That may be due to the play design or the excellent coverage of the Bills corners, but you could definitely see a difference between the two Flacco's.

Also, even when he was completing passes, Flacco wasn't always stepping into throws. He was flat footed for many. He needs to get his mechanics back on par.

I watched it (thanks for the tip) and I'm not sure if it's really every throw because the Perriman catch wasn't in there, but I thought he looked just fine. Even with the flat-footedness, I didn't see any accuracy issues. Only one or two passes didn't hit the receiver's hands. I was expecting worse because I didn't see the 2nd half, but it looks like we just had some unproductive screens and unfortunate completions just short of a 1st (And conservative throws, of course).

It wasn't quite the blowout I thought it would be, although the yardage totals were pretty uneven. If it wasn't for Zuttah snapping the ball at the wrong time, I think we would've put the pressure on the Bills to throw more and possibly turn the ball over. I didn't see the second half, but apparently Joe looked a little uncomfortable? He looked really good in the first half though. Zuttah has been pretty lackluster for a while and Alex Lewis needs to grow up quick to keep Joe upright. 

I was surprised to see Pierce rotating in so early. It looked like almost every defensive player dressed had meaningful snaps. The D looked great but I don't think Tyrod is that good, so we'll see.

1 minute ago, Inqui said:

Offers everything Torrey did, including YAC like that when he gets a step on his guy on the inside.

If that was Torrey, he would have ran straight down the field forcing Joe to throw it over the DB instead of drifting inside to make it an easy pitch and catch.

Now let's see the passing game open up.

Here starts the best offense in Ravens history. Can't wait!

7 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

Did you just compare OJ and Ray?  Whoa!

I love that he brings up "As for Ray", like he has to address the elephant in the room. A guy who hasn't been on the team for going on 4 seasons.

2 minutes ago, A Fish Called Yanda said:

Hoping we can watch the Broncos get smashed into the ground tonight.  I remember during the SB there seemed to be a pretty even split on the boards between Denver and Carolina fans - wonder if people will still be rooting for Denver tonight.

Why do you want the Broncos to lose so badly? I don't care either way, although I think they'll win.

I'd love to join in the excitement like we just signed 7 TDs to the roster but I don't think Hester will do much and he might not last half a season. Hopefully he does more but I just see him as a guy who won't fumble.

1 hour ago, Militant X 1 said:

While I'm definitely pro-Ravens, I'm not one for these..."blow out" statements for them!  How a team looks on paper is never good enough for me.  I need to see that stuff in a real game!  Although it was just preseason, this present Ravens squad has done absolutely nothing remotely that looks like they can blow a team out.  So, until they actually do that...to a few teams in the regular season...let's just hold off on all of this "blow out" talk Hawk.  Lol!

Well I'm sticking by my prediction, however little it might mean. I think the Ravens are significantly better than last year even before the rash of injuries. And I think Suggs comments to the press earlier this month show that he agrees. 

I don't think Sitton is worth it. We don't have a hole at LG. Alex Lewis has been fantastic and we have two backups in Jensen and Urschel who are tremendous backups.

I think the Ravens are going to blow this one out. I can't remember a Ravens team being this strong in every phase of the game at once. Williams and Jernigan are monsters, Zadarius looks beastly and Jimmy looks like Jimmy again. That's on top of the additions of Weddle and Suggs. 

On the OL, Stanley/Lewis is an upgrade over last year's left side and Wagner is healthy. The run game looks great and the weapons in the passing game makes last year's look like practice squad players. 

This team is stacked.

Not very surprising, you have to contribute on special teams to make the roster as a bubble player. Some people on here don't understand that.