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Does anyone have an update on Brandon Williams? It seems everything has been radio silent since a few hours ago when it seemed like a deal might be doable between the two.

That may be true, but I'd like to think that Jimmy plays a little better than Wright against Dez. We did get some pressure on the Cowboys in the first half but it just felt different after they converted that 1st and 30.

Even by your logic, we didn't do that. The defense held them to 3 just twice in the entire game and the last time was basically put the game out of reach. Down two scores with less than 2 minutes on the clock with no timeouts? Come on, unless we had a Wallace 75-TD, there was probably no way we could score twice to win. This game was a complete team loss. Defense has to make one critical stop and the offense has to convert on the limited chances that they had.

https://twitter.com/GeoffHobsonCin/status/800458024338878464 MRI's on Monday

We had four possessions in the second half. One ended due to a penalty, one ended in a TD and one was the last possession of the game. The defense didn't leave the offense much time to work with on the clock after we scored the Smith TD and Dallas responded with a drive that killed all but 1:40/1:50 left in the game and down two scores. If we hold them or keep them from kicking a field goal, maybe Flacco gets us down the field. Maybe we score again but that's a what if game. All I'm saying is you can't win if you don't stop the opposing team and you don't have the ball.

We don't deserve to win if we can't stop the opposing team's offense once in the second half and let them dictate the game. That's never going to be a recipe to win. For everyone who thinks Jimmy Smith is trash, wouldn't it have been nice to have him out there instead of putting our rookie 5'9 corner or Wright on him?

This. How can you win the game if you don't have the ball or the defense doesn't stop a rookie qb once?

Where were the calls against Dallas for PI and defensive holding? I saw at least two instances where there should have been calls against the Cowboys but no flag. The refs were pretty bad today.

Joe Flacco didn't lose the game for us today. The team lost the game. The defense couldn't stop Dak and the Cowboys once in the second half and after those first four punts, I think I saw that they didn't stop them again? You can't win the game if the defense doesn't stop the opposing offense once in the second half. The offense was moving the ball, until we had those penalties. Also, the offense barely touched the ball in the second half. Dallas controlled the time of possession overwhelmingly in the second half. Joe Flacco was 4/7 for 75 yards and a TD with 7 or 8 minutes left in the game. The defense never stopped Dak and we got the ball back with less than 2 mins down 2 scores. Joe did miss some easy throws but on a whole, this was a team loss. He didn't lose the game for the Ravens today. The whole team did. Last time I checked, football was still a team sport.

Accurate. I knew losing Jimmy Smith would be a huge loss, just didn't expect that it would that killer.

I agree but I won't go as far as to say that penalties cost us the game. If the defense stops them once or holds them to a field goal instead of touchdown, I think it could have been different. The offense was moving the ball but those three penalties by Zuttah were killer.

Actually, I think that was the roughing the passer call on the Smith TD. He got hit in the eye.

They didn't. They finished all of their drives with points.

I may be in the minority, but I didn't feel like Flacco played that poorly today. And I couldn't have said it better myself.

The defense played quite well in the first half. But I can't believe we weren't able to stop them once on the final six drives. How long did the offense have the ball in the 3rd quarter? Those three penalties by Zuttah were drive killers.