Mystigo_Dragon

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  3. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Steve Smith is a HOFer and he's career is proof enough that he backs up his words/actions with his play.  

     

    Terrance West was taunting the Browns for one reason and one reason only and that's b/c they cut him.  

    T. West should be grateful and humble that he got a 3rd chance to prove himself. 

     

    There's really NO comparison!!

     

    Hmmm, never read that "Future HOFers can taunt" Rule! It's the same taunt you see between Yanda and Kruger,... ex-teammates just "breezin'"!

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  5. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Good week of practice - Sounds very familiar this season. Unfortunately, I can't rely on the Ravens media hype machine or coaches on how this team is anymore. Let's just see what happens.

     

    I hope Schaub turns in a strong performance for his confidence and so that we can be competitive tonight! 

    I also hope the "good week of practice" wasn't said by the same media person(s) reporting all the "highlight reel catches" from our WRs last summer! OY VEY!

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    Our offense along with Trestman plays football from behind, and has no idea how to put a team away with TD's. Our defense really struggled in coverage after the Suggs loss and it took them half a season to settle down, battle through injuries, and generated a decent pass rush. You know McPhee would have been huge to have this year and the into the future. That falls on Ozzie for letting him walk. I like Pees, but our secondary has not played up to the $, and we simply do not know how to play defense in the 2 minute drill. Officiating is clearly out to get us, but we still commit stupid personal fouls to and cause more damage.

     

    I was sad when the FO hired Trestman! Another "NFL Re-tread"! I was hoping upon hope that our FO and HC would show a spark of imagination and give one of Kubiak's "disciples" the nod [and $$$] as O-Coordinator to build around Joe!

    That, to me, was the smart move!

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  7. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Quote: "Joe [Flacco] is a Super Bowl MVP, and I believe he and Marc Trestman will be dynamic together. We have a Pro Bowl running back [in Justin Forsett]." EndQuote

    1. Joe is the Super Bowl MVP, but he was annointed as such. Jacoby Jones played like the Super Bowl MVP he should have been named!

    2 Joe and Trestman collaboration are already showing the cracks that will be apparent next year as Trestman puts more and more of his mediocre offense into the proven Ravens Kubiak System!

    3. We do not have a pro bowl Running Back in Justin Forsett! We have a journeyman RB who happened to fit into Kubiak's scheme perfectly for one season!

    Quote: "Everything you do, you have to be thinking about the short term and the long term. For coaches, the short term focus is always the next game. But, you always have to have awareness of the long term." EndQuote.

    Okay, somebody tell me exactly what do we learn about our future plans from that statement? NOTHING! If he would have said our immediate focus is on strengthening the Secondary by A, B, & C, I can appreciate that.

    But basically, he said,... "the short term goal is, uhhh, short, but you can rest assured that the long term goals will be longer"!

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    Man I think we're going to pull a Will Hill with West. 

     

    I know it's too soon to say anything, but I think we may have our future starting RB right here. 

     

    I wish the future of our Run game was suiting up in Ohio State, by the name of Ezekiel Elliott, but Oz has been mandated/dedicated to paying for players with $1 dollar bills!

    We may well have to settle with whose in the nest! 

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  9. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    What a difference a week makes!

     

    With the Ravens, firmly, out of contention my BP is lower and I'm not the grumpy dragon I usually am around this part of the season!

     

    I'm looking forward to seeing Terrance perform and more of the other younger Ravens as well! Of course, I still believe Harbs has assembled the most stoic, boring assistant coaches and game philosophy in the league since Kubiak left, so I'm not so enthusiastic about how he'll showcase the young birds!

    If his mandate is to try to win out, then we won't see any more than we've seen before!

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  14. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Four tight end set, interesting! Innovation...

     

    Four TEs? I'm like "meh", whatever!  

    Ross cut for another return guy,... I don't quite get but I can live with it,... no choice! This team has not panned out anywhere near any of the glowing reports coming out of Training camp!

    Let em fly,... we are who they're saying we are now, not who they said in August! Ok, Suggs injury brought down the whole House of Cards! What? SSmith's?

     

    Hey, it's still our Baltimore Ravens - there is that!

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    I like Justin Forsett. Let me say that first, however, the Ravens have been at their best when they have had a really dominant RB. Forsett has been around a long time in this league and has had one good year. I Do realize he hasn't ever had the shot that we gave him, but we wouldn't have done that without the Ray Rice fiasco. We've had Jamal Lewis. He was great. We had Priest Holmes. He was great, although he actually had more success elsewhere, to be honest. We had Ray Rice. He was awesome. I'd love to see us have another RB that is, once again, one of the best in the league. This team has a lot of needs. A top notch RB is one of those needs. We got a lot of rebuilding to do, fellow fans.

     

    I just knew, with all the picks we had, that we'd pick up a big, bruising Back like a Jamal Lewis! I am usually wrong when I think we're about to make a smart move with the so-called "skill players"!

    We're reluctant to take a chance on a Todd Gurley for a Bernard Pierce or Taliaferro! I tout these guys because they are here, not for anything we've seen heralding their greatness! Same with the WRs!

    I guess all those guys who scouted those backs for us are gone!

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    Pees has a lot of brass saying anyone is playing tentative. What's our record for stopping anybody from scoring at the end of the half or the game? We NEVER gave up a lead before he got here. I haven't seen any creativity in our defense for years,

     

    Does anyone remember the safeties playing rock paper scissors to see who would blitz? 

     

    I hear you. Hey Jimmy! Line up 10 yards off the ball and be aggressive out there! 

     

    I can't argue with any of that!

    We used to have a rep for the defense getting off the field without allowing much more than a couple 1st Downs and at the worst a FG!  Now, one never knows!  :blush:

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  17. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Pardon me if I don't jump up and down about ANY news concerning Ravens receivers,... two words that have, recently, seemed like oxymorons! :rolleyes: 

    No matter who we get, Joe will throw to Aiken and Boyle and everyone will say to the critics: "Oh, Oh, the WRs can't get open, can't run patterns!"

    I don't know what's worst about the Offensive game: watching the passing game, listening to pre-season media hype about WR Highlight-Reel catches, or reading fan comments about how great Joe's numbers are during losses!  <_<

    At least our run game and Defensive Front-Seven are playing like NFL Pros! 

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    Am I the only fan who doesn't want a rebound? 1st pick in the 1st and 2nd rounds could completely change our team.

     

     

    The moment a fan makes a statement like this, they  :Dancing_Banana_Homer_by_zorkky: come with pitchforks!

    I happen to think that having a top pick from between, say, #6 to #15 offers us a chance to nab a game-changer for the Defense!  This, while we wait for our $$$'s worth out of Perriman and Maxx Williams!

    This season has shown that Webb's and Jimmy's salaries, then playing "small-Ball" with the $$$ on the rest of the Secondary - well, it ain't working!  

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  19. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    OH, Jimmy's "...playing too tentative",... that's what it is? That's what the Secondary's problem is?

    So, Webb's cushion on 3rd Downs and the overall lack of teamwork in coverage 20 yards beyond the LOS are systemic problems indicating that the players do not know how to play together as a unit!   :o

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  20. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    monroe is stealing $$ from bisciotti as are a few more players

     

    The Greek, usually I'm in sync with what you say but I can't say Monroe's just "gettin' paid"! Jah Reid's doing that and Eugene Monroe's consistency is still a notch above Hurst!   :huh: 

    Perhaps Hurst may grow some more by next year but Monroe's the Alpha Dawg on the Left right now!  B)

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  21. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Tonight's game has nothing to do with trends under Harbaugh or since 1996,.... It has everything to do with the defensive secondary not being able to finish games! :angry:

     

    It's one thing when pressure on a QB lapses and gives him 7-10 seconds b/c he's scrambling and extending plays! This isn't usually the case! Balls are coming out in 3-4 seconds to open guys running across the middle or posts!

     

    This has everything to do with the secondary not playing as a team, players dismissing assignments because they feed into a fake, and players not knowing where they should be in the general scheme of the defense called!

    If they do any one of those things in the 4th Quarter, a close game will go into the 'Loss Column!   :th_327321_Spy_23x22:

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    Been a Marlon fan from day one, but i can admit that he is really falling off the face of the earth....Time to get Givens, Ross, and even maybe call Butler up....Aiken is good for a half, but has yet to play 2 halves....JMO.....

     

    Yes,... I've touted Marlon too,... but, how does one "unlearn" how to catch?

    I think he's "day-dreaming", feeling like the "Last Resort" when Smith, Aiken and Gilmore are on the field with him!

    Put somebody in who won't take plays off until he gets himself together, or gets gone!

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  24. Posted · Edited by Mystigo_Dragon · Report post

    Well,... I always hate peoples' need to paint someone as the "Best" or "Worst" or whatever! It's unrealistic!

    I will say that Brandon Williams has stepped into his role as the "anchor" of the Front Four, admirably!

     

    I would also add that given the light being currently shined on C.J. Mosley's "flaw" in his game i.e. coverage, there may be a case made for Brandon being the most effective player at his position on Defense!   :oldwiseman:

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