Rav'n Maniac

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    2 minutes ago, Ravenseconbeast said:

    ROFL.  If he performed exactly as he did this season, he will be out of the woods in less than a year anywhere else.   You must have forgotten every game other than the last 3 weeks of the season, b/c defense carried this team.  It was statistically top 10 in every category.  


    With the way he perform he would be where Brock Osweiler, Jay Cutler would be.  Which is either a backup job or get canned in the NFL doing what he seems to consistently do well.  Which is makiing babies @ offsesason and throwing INTs at the most stupidest crunch time(that clutch factor boys!)

    At least, he is elite at something. :th_consoling2:

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    14 hours ago, FlocksGottaFeed said:

    Firstly, have him admit to himself that he's not a top-tier QB currently although he's had a few great games (playoffs and SB). This will only challenge him to work harder to get to that goal and/or humble him enough to know that he must sacrifice enough to help the entire offensive unit to become top-tier. This may mean giving-up some of his salary to procure more talent around him (i.e. - Brady).

    Just for curiosities sake, I'd like to hear how much of his salary you would like to see him give up? I mean, considering his salary is 6m in 2017, how much of that would help to procure more talent around him? As well, what kind of talent can we expect to get for 6m or less?

    Joe's cap hit in 2017 is 6m in base salary and 18.55m in prorated signing bonus for a total of 24.55m. So unless you expect him to break out his own checkbook and fork over some portion of the money that has already been paid to him for signing and extending his contract, I can't see how this could help the team. Nobody, as well as no player, including Brady, would give back money already paid to them.

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    I'm sorry but, Marty isn't the answer for this team. Harbs keeps making the same mistakes over and over. He kept Cam too long, should have never brought Caldwell back in 2013, Should have never hired Trestman to begin with much less bring him back in 2016 and now he's making the same mistake bringing Marty back. A good manager would have at least done their due diligence and researched the market for the best candidate first.

    Everyone knows the definition of insanity.

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    You can't sugar coat it as everyone knows what the definition of insanity is. How many times is Harbs going to make the same mistakes. He was mistaken to keep Cam as long as he did. He was mistaken to bring Caldwell back in 2013, a coach that had little offensive background. He was mistaken to bring Trestman in to begin with or back this season and he's making the same mistake again with Marty.

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    9 hours ago, Ravensfan23 said:

    I think that's the biggest issue for me. He's no longer that move TE that can stretch the seam. So where is his value going forward. It's not as a blocker. He wasn't as savvy or quick in tight spaces down in the red zone and was only targeted 9 times in the red zone out of 100+ overall targets so he's not much of an option there. For a guy with 100+ targets only 37 of his catches went for 1st downs and that's among the worse in the NFL, so being a chain mover wasn't a strong suit. As much as I like him and still a huge fan, I just don't see how he provides anything other than a dumpoff option to this offense.

    Because of the connection with Flacco, Pitta is often his first or 2nd read, but in reality he should have been more like the 4th or 5th option on most plays.  

    I totally agree and to be honest, since his overall production isn't equating to more first downs and scores for the amount of targets he receives. I would much rather he not be on the field, forcing Flacco to look elsewhere. Basically, he has become too much of a security blanket for Joe imo.

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    12 minutes ago, jazz1988 said:

    When there is no pass rush  a quarterback most likely will be able to be successful against zone coverage. Late in the game against the Steelers Dean Pees try to force Big Ben to make a mistake by sending a safety blitz  along with the four man rush but The Steelers offensive line did a great job blocking it  and it gave Big Ben enough time to get the ball off to his receivers while The Ravens defense was in zone coverage. Overall  since their was no pressure the zone coverage that the defense was in wasn't able to fool Big Ben  and that's  what  killed the defense in the end.

    I get your drift and I agree with your summarization of that play. But this is a ongoing issue since Pees took over, and it not only affects one play but, usually a complete drive or multiple drives at the end of games as was the case with Pittsburg. I don't doubt that our pass rush has a serious effect on the zone coverage but, I feel the problem goes much deeper than that and I struggle to understand why they can't fix it.

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    3 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

    Well, you know.......You can't have people acting like "homers", speaking positively and appreciating the talents of the QB of the team they root for. They need to find a player on a another team to appreciate and ignore their faults because you know, that's what you are supposed to do.   lol

    I'm with ya Tank. I think they see a thread with Flacco's name in it and it's like, let's rush to go bash it. Obviously, some people live to just complain.

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    Why is this team so bad late in the game while in zone coverage? I don't understand how it can happen. It's not like we are trying to run exotic zone schemes. These are basic zones that every team runs for the most part and every player should have a complete understanding of the concept coming out of college. May be we don't have the talent or the speed to run an effective zone along with the coaches not placing enough emphasis on it and holding players accountable. With years of running an ineffective zone late in games you would figure they would find a way to fix it.

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