Asmodeus71

Not sure why anyone would down this comment. It just points out what too many seem to miss; the Ravens are good team play in a bad spot from somethings they can control but many they can't. I understand their hope with some of the often injured, Webb when he was physically able was a great all around DB. He wasn't incredible at coverage but he was good enough at any aspect of the position that he was able to be used in unpredictable ways that lead to big defensive plays. Sadly from that last knee injury on it has almost all been bad. Monroe, sadly I think we just thought we had more than we truly had and now he is always getting hurt. Sad thing for me is my family relocated to Washington state because my wife is in the military; to watch the Ravens on TV I paid over $200 for DirectTV's online streaming service just to get my heart broke every week.

The Webb call at least from my eyes he did hook and turn the guy but the hook and turn were after the ball was deflected and was behind them. The chance of a catch was over before the receiver was turned.

Those three calls made it so we weren't only playing against a team that has a complete offense when playing well with our defense having as weak of a secondary as we have, but against the refs, more injuries taking out the strong side of the o-line and a team with a really good pass rush. As bad as this season is going it would have taken gods to win this game. The Ravens almost put it in overtime to earn a chance to be gods for one night. No shame in this game. Some things could have been done better but unlike many on here I am still going to take pride in the good my team shows.

The more this season goes on the more I lose respect for these chat boards. Simple fact these team isn't as good as team in the past. Other simple fact we have a lot of injuries. Are they related? Probably, still excuse though. You have people saying these articles are trash because they would never talk bad about a team before they play. Seriously? These may be trash but to say players don't talk bad about the team they are playing in them is not true. It happens all the time. Now you have many saying they just avoid saying the truth that the Ravens are an easy win for them and the Ravens suck. Once again, seriously? The Ravens have lost all but one game but none of them by more than 5 points. That means every team we have faced had to play to the end of the game because one good play by the Ravens or one bad play by them would have been the difference in the game. Losing sucks, this season so far has sucked but honestly being on the other side isn't that far from reach.

Probably to compare his ability to function in the system to the new guy they just signed. Which ever was better was going to get to play this week. The new guy must have learned the system well enough to risk it, so cut James and when he clears put him back on the practice squad.

I hate to say this but if we win the next Steelers game, the season was still a good season no matter how bad it really was. A Steelers sweep, not as good as a Super Bowl win but better than losing in any round of the playoffs...

You look all that up but don't actually look at the cause? "Age ranges differ by sex because girls experience puberty earlier than do boys. Osgood-Schlatter disease typically occurs in boys ages 13 to 14 and girls ages 11 to 12. The condition usually resolves on its own, once the child's bones stop growing." http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/osgood-schlatter-disease/basics/definition/con-20021911

They should just cut Monroe, he has for the most part been a waste.

Sorry the grading thing just totally lost any credibility in my book. First, Webb was definitely a problem. On two big plays he totally broke the wrong way in coverage leaving a receiver open. I'm pretty sure one of them went for a TD. It was more than twice I am pretty sure. My other problem is Gillmore had a great game and only graded a .1. None of the defense deserved a positive grade, they were making mistakes all over the place. Webb was getting beat all over the place and on multiple occasions both safeties were out of place or took the wrong line.

It disturbs me how so many on here are just a flip of a coin fan, last week the defense was great and no one was talking bad about Pees. This week the players were flat, sorry Webb kept breaking the wrong way on coverage, Jimmy Smith got made a fool more than once, there were few if any defensive players who didn't make a mistake on their own. It had nothing to do with coaching or where they lined up, they just reacted wrong to the play. Yeah the corners need to line up tighter and maybe get better skilled at tight man to man coverage. Coaches aren't innocent but when a defense plays this flat it is in their heads. Maybe it wasn't the lack of Suggs as a player but the lack of Suggs just motivating. I don't want to blame it on Suggs not being there but something happened from one week to the other and these guys just weren't in the game.

Did you watch the same game? Just curious because "that wounded bird that he threw up to end our chances" was right in the tight ends hands. He had both his hands on the ball but the defender knocked the ball out. I won't argue the ball should have been higher with a TE that tall but to say the TE had no chance when the ball was clearly in his hands and knocked out, is just foolish hate talk... Steve Smith should have caught the pas before that play. The big reason the passing game struggle is because the o-line stunk the whole game, there were few if any plays they actually gave good protection.

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Both of you can be answered in one answer. This is only after one game against a future Hall of Fame QB. You allowed one of the best QBs to ever play the game 24 completions out of 40 attempts, 60% completion rate but only a total of 175 yards. There two top receivers averaged under 9 yards per completion. Also they had no offensive TDs. The Ravens play a lot of zone so DBs also get tackles in the run game with DB run blitzes putting them in box to get tackles usually handled by LBs. A little more perspective P. Manning career is a 65% completion ration, averages 271.9 yards a game, 530 TD to 235 INTs in 257 games. So he averages over 2 TDs a game and almost 2 to 1 on TDs to INTs, yet in this game threw no TDs and one INT. None of this is because of a change in offense either because honestly little of Kubiak's run first happened as Manning career average is 35.4 pass attempts per game and in this game he had 40. This just holds in with what Pees has done since he was DC against teams with heavy pass, possible big play game styles in playing a bend but not break defense. It worked, unfortunately their defense also worked against our offense. The dropped ball by Smith, the ball being slapped out at the end turning into an INT, the bad throw from Flacco on the first INT, losing your LT at the beginning of the game against one of the best blitzing teams in the game all add up to this game not being as bad of a "L" as it feels. The "W" would have been nice but we shutdown a potential great offense and sadly got shutdown by a great defense in a game that went down to the last few plays of the game. A DB leading in tackles is nothing to worry about in a game that all of these things plus they did 25 rushes to 44 pass plays counting sacks. The Ravens were 23 rushes to 34 pass plays in comparison. I know this one answer was a long one but was just trying to show defensively there was little to complain about in this game on either team. When a P. Manning ran team only scores FGs you are doing something right. Oh, also "the reason why is because he's targeted more than anyone on the field", this is often true of a CB who is coming back from an injury that ended the previous year.

Are you seriously complaining about trading a rookie free agent for a draft pick when he was at the very least third on the depth chart and NOT proven because he hasn't actually played in a single regular season NFL game? This move has nothing but class written all over it yet you seem to want to spew hatred all over it. A young man who didn't get drafted, was given a chance by one of the best teams in the NFL. He played good enough to make the team but they did not have the spot for him. insIead of just letting him go, getting nothing for him they traded him to a team that may actually give him playing time that isn't even in the same conference. If you can't see how brilliant and classy that is, seek help...

The one thing that stuck with me out of this weeks game was Brown's long catch. I think the finger tip catch may remind the coaching staff how good his hands are, many others have left question to that with drops that would have been big plays possibly scores that ended up just going through their hands to be rolling, bouncing balls on the ground. As I have said before deep threats aren't always just the speeds guys but big guys with better than average speed and strong capable hands. Speed is nice to draw of safeties but even if Perriman comes back to provide that speed threat someone like Brown could become the other outside WR in a three man set with Smith Sr handle the inside.

More worried about the o-line and Taliaferro injuries. The Ravens have some tall receivers with good speed, that makes them just as much of a deep threat as a speed guy because a lot of teams only have one tall DB if that and jump balls are hard to win if the guy you are defending is 2-5 inches taller than you. If the o-line was good and Taliaferro was healthy we could of beat the other team down with old fashion grind down run plays mixing different styles of running, short passes bring the defense close and then Flacco putting the high deep pass up for the big boys to battle for, speed is nice but we can survive without it. We need the healthy o-line more than the speed guy.

May be just me but I think we should just move on. This guy to me seems like history. He is injured all of the time. I think if he can stay healthy we would be better off with Kapron Lewis-Moore. Once again someone who needs to stay healthy but I always saw more upside in him. Then again that is just my opinion and we all have one.

Ngata, wasn't missed when he was suspended. Now think about that statement. When he was gone, teams knew he was gone so they had to put game plans to attack this weakness. Thing is the weakness wasn't there and the defense played as well and maybe even better without Ngata. This isn't me putting Ngata down, it just proves the combination of Ngata getting older and the quality of the players we had playing behind him equals no drop off in losing him. Are these guys as good as Ngata in his prime? I won't go that far, at least not yet, but they are as good as Ngata is now or maybe better.

Just hope Jimmy returns in the same form he was last year. Last year I think he was a top five CB. Be nice if Webb could get back to the player he was a few years ago before his injuries. Webb is a multi-tasking DB, who can work with safeties and switch up from cover the blitz or run defense. When he is healthy that is his strength, that is what makes him valuable. Those two healthy and what we have can handle the slot. Tray Walker could be good on the outside on receivers who don't play well against the press. also, putting Webb in the slot. This would give Webb more freedom to make changes with LBs and Safeties to do what he does best. Somebody else would be nice find but staying healthy is what matters the most.

Can't judge anything on coverage with no or limited contact so CBs are hard to judge right now as a big part of coverage is disrupting the plays timing with contact off the line. Perriman looks like he is what is being advertised. The more time he spends with Smith Sr though, the more he will learn hopefully making him more than just a deep threat. Big guys with muscle, not fearing contact can make big plays anywhere on the field. He learns to run routes and bait defenses he will be even more of the threat. I hope we hold up well at the beginning of the season because as long as we stay healthy November and December could be sweet. If that comes true January could be more than a dream and February will be possible.

Just saw this post because I was looking at someone quoting me. When this story was posted Koch was #5 for least attempts of punts for the seasons. That means only 4 other punters in the league had kicked less punts. Seems like that would be impossible if he was on a team that had a lot of three and outs. By the way according to http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/three-and-out-percentage/2014/%C2'> only Miami and New Orleans have fewer three and outs this year than the Ravens.

A lot of people were bashing the hell out of him last year on here and now this year you see nothing but love. I still remember the cries last year that we needed someone new. As for this year, the others with 19 and the few with more inside the 20 also have more punt attempts than Koch. In truth if you look at the numbers he has the best or second best numbers in the league. In my opinion he has the best numbers when based on number of kicks, number inside 20 and longest when you combine all three. He had 35 punt attempts 19 inside the 20 and a 69 yard long. There are other 69 yarders and a few 70, 71, 72 and one 77 long but those are all from kickers with 40 to 50 attempts this season. All of those kickers have 18 (one guy at 18 the rest got from 11-16) or less inside the 20. He is listed in the teens (14 right now according to ESPN) as far as his spot on the list for average distance but that is a misleading number because you don't want to kick a 70 yard punt if you are kicking from 50 or 60 yards out. Even though he is so far down the list on that one, he is still #5 for the net yards which make that even more impressive, means he is putting the ball in a good spot to be defended. For all the things he has the highest numbers for when it comes to punters he is number 5 for least attempts of punts for the seasons. So I think he grades pretty high on performance this year.

There are so many holes in your comment but I will just hit on one. "Receiver "rotation" doesn't exist" Seriously? Mellette, Brown, Smith Sr, Smith, Jones. Then add in Sheppard, Thompson, Williams and Aiken. These last four may be just here and there but honestly they still require a man to cover them when they are on the field. Mix in your TEs with Pitta and Owens, also the hybrid of Kyle Juszczyk. All that isn't mentioning our other RBs who can catch. Yes, someone young and with good size and power for over the middle would be a good fit but we are nowhere near nonexistant in our receiver rotaion. Matter of fact it has been said by many we may have the best receiver corp the Ravens have ever had. Also the addition of TE Gillmore adds to this also. He seems like a guy that could get bigger in a pro team fittness program. Hopefully they get him in with the trainers quick and work on his lower body development and a lot of things will then fall into place with him. Luckily he has two very skilled TEs in front of him to learn from and an OC that loves TEs.

I kind of like this pick. Everyone is crying FS, but I think a decent DB period would fill. I really think we should give the mix of player we have and maybe expand Webb. Webb was drafted as a Safety, he just happens to have good all around skills for a DB. Also don't forget Omar Brown. I think we get a DB, RB, OL guard or tackle depending on who is on the board, A QB and a WR. The order will be determined by who is on the board but there is still good value at all of these positions. Just to much crying on here and not enough people stepping back and looking to see things aren't bad at all.

Players in their prime? Jarret Johnson? JJ has heart but honestly he only played in 11 games last year 15 year before; every year with the Ravens he played in 16 except 2003. Cory Redding, his numbers all dropped last compared to when he was in Baltimore. Not worth losing sleep over. Dannell Ellerbe, good player but not worth what he got paid in Miami in the Ravens system. He didn't really play all that well in Miami, LB is one of the positions they are complaining about the most. They pretty much are saying on their fan boards the only reason Ellerbe is coming back is because of how much cutting him would cost on the salary cap. We have lost a lot of big players over the years but that is what playing under the cap is. Most of the time we always find a quality replacement that is within budget. That nothing to do with Ray Lewis. Also most of the time these players either totally drop off the face of the Earth or only have one or two good seasons off the Baltimore roster.