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    2 minutes ago, Perfekt said:

    We are a luckier version of the filth and trash that we were last year.

    Ouch. That's pretty harsh after only 4 games.

    I feel like the defense is infinitely better this year, and I find it hard to believe that this offense won't get better as the season progresses. Lots of new cogs and key players coming back from injury. And Trestman hasn't even had a full year with Flacco yet.

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    6 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

    Depends. Based on what I've seen so far, I'd say Oakland is clearly better than Cincinnati. Nothing scary about the Bengals defense, and the Raiders offense is significantly better from what I've seen.

     

    Yeah. Not sure what some people are talking about. A lot of people in the NFL community had the Raiders as legit playoff contenders even before the season started. 

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    in 2011 and 2012 aside from his SB run ( basically 4 games) he was below average

     

     

    so no..joe could have weapons and he still wouldn't be great aside from maybe a spurt of several games from time to time. He's always going to have a lot of stinkers

     

    Maybe. But since Flacco never had great weapons (at least not the kind that Dalton, Matt Ryan, and Stafford got to throw to), that's pure conjecture. Even Jay Cutler got to play with Brandon Marshall in his prime. Ravens need to get him a legitimate #1. Closest they've come is Boldin and he was known as a Robin to Fitz's Batman even before he got here.

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    Watching the lions win against the Packers makes me think we are on the way to the #1 pick, but really the lions beat the packers is more suprsing than us losing to the Jags.  I saw saw that coming all week

     

    Speaking of the Pack, it's interesting to see that even the best QB in the game can't get it done without a decent run game, good wide receivers, and decent playcalling. Or at least 2 of the 3. On the other hand, you can stick a terrible Matt Cassel on a Patriots team, and he'll thrive.

     

    Please get Flacco some weapons and a decent OC.

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    The Ravens played probably their best game of the year vs Arizona, especially on D. The games against the Steelers and Bengals don't count because they're division games and are usually close regardless of talent gap. And the Chargers team we barely beat at home was bad even before they were wiped clean due to injury.

     

    It's cool that some fans are eternal optimists but there's no way anyone can reasonably think this team is going 10-6 or even 9-7, or heck even 8-8, at this point. We have zero pass rush, a completely clueless secondary, and WRs who'd be lucky to be on other teams' practice squads. Literally our kicker is our best offensive weapon, followed by an inconsistent QB who's playing behind a banged-up OL. And probably our two most vocal leaders on offense and defense are out for the season.

     

    Don't get me wrong. If I had a choice for the Ravens to go 10-6 or 9-7 and make the playoffs vs going 2-14, I'd take the playoffs every time. But the far more likely scenario with what we have is that we'd go 6-10, which just stinks all around. I'd rather go 2-14 than 6-10, not only for the draft but for next year's scheduling, too. Being practical doesn't make anyone less of a fan.

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    I 100% blame Brynden Trawick for JJ's regression. I'm kind of joking but kind of not. It's really messed up though that he's still somehow on this team, and JJ was given the boot. Sign me up as one of those people who'd welcome JJ back for no other reason than nostalgia. Even if he somehow costs us a game here or there, what does it really matter at this point?

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