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I truly believe that this is all happening for a reason. I can not even count the referee mistakes, unexplainable injuries, missed opportunities, player mistakes, and weird up-in-the-air moments that didn't go our way anymore. It's not statistically possible that all these things happen to one and the same team week in and week out, it's just not realistic. But like Lewis said, God always has a plan! We can not know what that plan is right now, but for whatever reason we have to suck this season. Maybe it'll mean we get a GOAT player with first picks of the 2016 draft. Maybe it means that we can keep someone for long term who is under performing this year but will be unstoppable force for years to come. Maybe it will mean that the cap space, player motivations, top form, health, players themselves and all the other puzzle pieces will fall into place next year and we will go on another run for the ages. Whatever the reason is, I'm confident there is one. Because there is no other explanation for ALL these unbelievably bad and unlucky things happening to us all at once. So hang on, let's grind it out and embrace it - something better is just around the corner. GO RAVENS!

I hate to say this, but Ray is probably right. As I personally see it, elite players are not enough to be the cornerstone for a franchise. There has to be something extra. That X-factor. They have to be a complete full heart leaders, who other players would follow into fire. They have to have that clutch effect, whenever things seem utterly lost, they come out and make a play that denies all logic and the laws of physics. These are the type of players Ray Lewis and Ed Reed were. Or, a cornerstone player can be just a freak of nature, a player who pops up once a generation or so. That's what Ogden was. Now, Sarah claimed that we have cornerstone players in Flacco, Yanda and Smith. Well, I hate to break it to you, but none of those guys meet the above mentioned criteria. None of those guys are the vocal leaders who will stand up in the locker room at half time to give a speech and make everyone else feel invincible. And it's okay, they don't have to be. But a cornerstone player has to be that. They also don't have that X-factor, the type knack to pull off game changing plays. There have been 5 opportunities to do something like that this season alone, and they haven't. I might be a little unfair against Yanda here, because he plays a position that limits his possibilities, but he's the only one that might be considered a cornerstone in the same manner as Ogden was. As for Williams and Mosley, only time will tell and we'll have to hope for the best, but neither of those guys is a known and vocal leader of this team either. So bottom line is, I'm afraid Ray is right. We have bunch of great, tremendous athletes on this team. But none of them has that "something" that makes a player a leader, an X-factor, a weapon of his own, who everyone else listens to, who leads by example and makes that one play, who everyone plays for and who they don't want to disappoint. We don't have that guy on this team. And until we do, we will struggle with mediocrity.

I have a nickname for Perriman. Breshad "The Phantom" Perriman. 'Cause, you know, no one has seen him play, only couple of urban legends of sightings at practices. And his injury is just as unexplainable as some paranormal activities might be.

With the way the players on this team have performed so far, who do we have to send to the Pro Bowl?! Yanda, of course. Probably Williams. Questionably SSS, some other WR-s just might outperform him by the end of the year. Doubtfully Koch, cause I'm afraid he'll get snubbed again. And that's that. Which says a lot about individual performances as well.

Harbs, instead of yelling on Wright for your beloved DC's screw ups (that even the commentators can recognize, but apparently you can't) you should start thinking about who to draft with the 3rd pick of the 2016 draft. Because that's where we're headed with your leadership.

Harbs yelling on a newly acquired player on national TV for a screw up that was caused because of a DC that fails to put safety help on Torrey is exactly whay's wrong with this team and our HC failing to recognize the real problem.

John, my good lil lad, people aren't scoffing on you, people are scoffing on You. All the troubles of this team begin from the top. No, not from Steve or Oz. Not even from You. But from our OC and DC. Some of our games have been lost because of one of them, some because of the other. And the rest because of both of them. But the fact that You fail to recognize this, and the fact that you keep blaming players, and screaming on players on national television, proves that you are the reason those coordinators are still here. And that puts you at fault the most. So unless you change your perspective, we'll be at this slump for a loooong time. I'm calling it now, either our coordinators need to step up or go, or our HC must.

Ok yeah, he allowed catches but that long TD completion to Smith is not on Wright. If Pees is stupid enough to go without safety help on Torrey and Harbaugh is even more stupid to allow Pees to do that with a brand new CB in town, then I'm sorry, but Wright is not to blame. And the scene after that TD when the whole world saw Harbs yelling on Wright is exactly what's wrong with this team - a staff full of self-absorbed coaches unwilling to see the blame amongst themselves and blaming all the troubles on players. If this continues, no player will want to play for a team with this kind of coaches. Something amont the top heads needs to change if we're ever going to get out if this slump. Either both the coordinators or the HC if he doesn't recognize it.

Pathetic. Absolutely and utterly pathetic. Other than a few players (SSS, Yanda, and I draw a blank from there on out), everyone if playing like they even don't care for some part of the game or another. This team has the talent to win the Super Bowl, but only couple of players have the wish to do it. At least that's what it looks like from the TV screen.

Is it news to anyone that "Ravens, 49ers Massively Changed Since Super Bowl XLVII"? Why even write it.

This segment has to stop. It's just as bad as our season so far.

Hahahaa, you the truth man! But it's funny because it's true. Also, even when he is 10 yards off the WRs AND it turns out to be a deep pass on that 3&2 he must remember to stand still and let WR run past him anyway.

I usually don't believe in these kinds of things, but after witnessing what has gone down in Baltimore the past couple of season I'm starting to wonder if we are cursed or something?! This is just not real anymore. Meanwhile Cincinnati has no season ending injuries, couple of questionables and 2 PUP-s.

I cannot believe you were negged to hell for this post! The naivety of our fans in unbelievable. Okay, yeah he probably won't pass 500 yards (probably!), but more likely than not it will be Kaps best game of the season. Close to 400 yards and 3 TD-s + change at rushing is more than realistic. Face the facts guys, our secondary is contesting Giants' secondary for the league worst awards, our pass rush is non-factor, and now we have injuries on top of that. It'll be a field day for Kap. Just today the FedEx award nominations for last week were announced and you can guess three times if McCown is on there or not. Yup, of course he is! After 5 weeks this season, 3 times has the QB who went against us been nominated for the best passer award for that week. The other 2 were nearly 40-year old Manning and a backup QB making his 1st start this season. So, people who think this defense has a realistic shot at shutting down Kap need a shovel hit to the face to knock them back to reality, because it's more likely that he'll pass for 500 yards 4 TDs and rush for 150 yards 2 TDs and be the FedEx Air player of week 6, than it is for the Ravens secondary to shut him down. I love to end things on an optimistic note though, so at least it'll be nice to see Boldin and Smith have games for the highlight reel, us Ravens fans should love both of these guys. I especially enjoy watching Smith get DPI flags, though it probably won't happen much in this game, he'll just run past our secondary like a Ferrari driving past a lamp post. We should start calling our DB group the Forrest, cause they apparently have grown roots.

So Harbs is saying that bad play by the defense is on the players, not on coaches. I quote: "The coaches are doing a good job", and cutting 2 defensive players sends the message loud and clear. Yet I'm not convinced it's the case. Players might have had couple of mistakes, but the fact that DBs are playing 10 yards away from line of scrimmage the whole second half is DC-s call. Watching the game, I can't even see our CB-s on the TV screen. With no zone coverage near line of scrimmage to prevent short passes, offenses just march down the field with short slants and our DC is enjoying the view upstairs changing nothing. So most definitely our DC is to blame here at least as much as Babin is for his penalties. Now Harbs has successfully sent out the message that players are doing bad job, despite the fact that they are just following DC's orders, and players heads are on the chopping block. Great job Harbs! Nice way to destroy the little moral and confidence our players might have had left in them and frustrate them even more. Terrible example of leadership right there on a team that lacks of it as it is. Harbs has yet again shown that he will pin team's troubles on players, who are exceptionally talented and are probably coveted by most teams might I add, rather than face the facts and admit that his peers among the coaches are doing awfully incompetent job. And this is not the first time this has happened. Bottom line - talent is there, coaching is not. Cutting average players and replacing them with other average players is not the solution; changing the system which runs these players is. And I'm sorry, but if Harbaugh fails to admit this, he is part of the problem as well. VERY VERY disappointed in Harbs once again.

I can't believe that crap. Seriously! How can Harbs say that he's confident in what the defense, namely DC is doing?! He himself said with quite a bit of frustration in the preseason that for once he'd like to see his defense stop opponents within last 2 minutes of a half. Out of the last 10 games including playoffs and preseason, defense has given up leads at the end of halves in 8 of those games!!! Has he forgot about his opinion during the preseason?! Why is he being ignorant regards to his DC's incompetence?? And this is not the first time Harbs is going about business very very unprofessionally based solely on his personal relations. I seriously believe he's an onverrated HC. He has been blessed to have been surrounded with some of the best players and FO of all time. Now when he needs to be top tier and make tough business decisions, we see his true standard. He's a good coach, but he's not among the best in the league, definitely not a top 5 coach.

Just throwing out ideas here so bare with me. This team is not a playoff contender this year, let alone SB contender. SSS however deserves to finish on top of it all. Now, I don't know him, and I highly doubt he would agree to it, he just has too much pride, but I think I wouldn't mind seeing him traded to another team, who is a contender. This way he just might get a chance to ride off into the sunset as a SB winner, we would get some picks maybe, we could give valuable reps to young WR-s, and SSS wouldn't destroy his health and body for the remainder of the season for a hopeless cause in a team who should consider themselves blessed if they finish 8-8. It'd be painful to see SSS go, but we don't deserve a player like him. Especially after Harbs indicated that he refuses to accept the problem on this team and won't fire Pees any time soon.

LOL, I expressed this opinion just hours before this article: "I see another Cameron case with Pees. Harbaugh will refuse to face the truth and will keep hiding his head under the sand. Meanwhile, Pees will do the best he can to help opposing offenses ridicule our once legendary defense. Fans and pundits will demand the release for months end, but no changes will come. Once we'll lose to the Jaguars offense and people will start calling for Harbaugh's head for not doing anything, he'll finally heroically make this drastic change of firing his DC, like it was his genius idea. Luckily this time there's no fear anymore that Harbaugh's stubbornness could cost us the season - it already has." But you know what's the worst part about his statement is? It's that he's basically saying that the losses are our defensive players fault. Because if "the coaches are doing a good job", then it must be on the players. And this is not the case. Our secondary might have had couple of mistakes, but the fact that they are playing 10 yards away from line of scrimmage the whole second half is DC-s call. Watching the game, I can't even see our CB-s on the TV screen, which allows offenses to march down the field with short slants. So most definitely our DC IS NOT doing a good job. But saying such things will frustrate the players and make them lose their confidence even more. The fact of the matter is, we have some exceptional talent on this team. Someone on these boards correctly pointed out, that if all of our starting D were to become FA today, most of them would be picked up by other teams and used as starters immediately. Bottom line - talent is there, coaching is not. And such statements by Harbs prove that he lacks critical thinking towards his staff, which hurts this team and does not make him a top 5 HC in this league. VERY VERY disappointed in Harbs once again. *Edit: I'm starting to wonder if Harbs has just benefited from having some of the best players and FO of all time around him during his HC career.

This pretty much sums up our whole season. Invest in a player, get hopeful and psyched about his potential and lose him for the season. I don't believe in such kind of thins, but it makes me seriously wonder, is our team cursed?? What did we ever do to offend anyone and deserve this?

I see another Cameron case with Pees. Harbaugh will refuse to face the truth and will keep hiding his head under the sand. Meanwhile, Pees will do the best he can to help opposing offenses ridicule our once legendary defense. Fans and pundits will demand the release for months end, but no changes will come. Once we'll lose to the Jaguars offense and people will start calling for Harbaugh's head for not doing anything, he'll finally heroically make this drastic change of firing his DC, like it was his genius idea. Luckily this time there's no fear anymore that Harbaugh's stubbornness could cost us the season - it already has.

The Browns were ripped all offseason for having their worst cast of playmakers in the NFL, so how do you explain giving up 505 total yards? Answer is Pees! The Ravens are 1-4 for that reason.

Dang...Ravens will give me a drinking problem what with all the slump seasons ahead of us. Oih!

And I'mma bet what Harbs and coaches are saying "We need to execute" "We have to play better" "We need to improve". NO SHH! Tell me something everyone with half a brain doesn't know. Tell me why Mosley was stuck in coverage the WHOLE game when he obviously couldn't cover his TE. Why did all DB-s play 5-10 yards off their WRs in second half. Why didn't we go for INT-s when we blitzed from the outside, the last blitz was the perfect place to pick off the short pass to slot that they had been thoriwing all game. Yes, players need to improve. But the biggest improvement needs to come from the coaching staff. Namely Harbaugh and Pees.

This team has been a house of cards ever since winning that Super Bowl and now the cards have started falling. The really sad part is that things will not get better next offseason either. We're in salary cap hell due to some mifortunes with players and some poor signings, we have many high profile FA-s, and most likely we'll win just enough games to get ourselves a mid-round draft picks which won't help us restock through the draft immediately either. Crap, I hate the fact that all those "analysts", and writers on this page (talking to you Mink) hyped up my hopes for this season. I really believed we had a good team this year. ROFLOL (meanwhile crying while my heart breaks inside). Probably going to have to accept the fact that we'll be facing couple of 8-8 years, at the best.

LOL, what has that got to do with anything??