CQ1

  14 hours ago, CQ1 said:

As long as we are stuck with Dunkin Joe-nuts- I'd get out of dodge too

Maybe if aiken could actually get open and then actually catch the ball Joe would have been able to keep more drives alive and you would be dunkin to if you were playing with a bad knee and a line that was shaky at best

I guess that we will see (the same DunkinJo-nuts) in time.
Knee, line or not- I have seen more than enough of him. I cannot wait for when he is gone

As long as we are stuck with Dunkin Joe-nuts- I'd get out of dodge too

I'd vie for seeing the coaching staff- especially with the way the O-coordinators are set up. It was comical last year.

We good a running back but Harbaugh want an impact guy, basically someone that can carry only 10 times a game and get 30 times a game numbers. We really need an impact head coach who can use talent in the right way.

Correct!.....I'm not so sure why we got a new coordinator ASSISTANT that is pro-running the ball, when we still have the O-coordinator from last year. Something stinks here as well. One calls the shots- right.
It appears that Harbaugh does not have the Hardbaughs to over ride any calls within the frame of a game. That's sad.

Wow....its a shame that it does not coincide with his Quarterback rating- especially since the superbowl. It is great, however, given his overpaid, sexy contract.
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Could. My name for next year COULD also continue to be Edgar Alan Poo, however, it COULD go back to Edgar Alan Poe. Could.

We'll see how far this goes, given:
-whoever we draft at RB even gets the ball when they should be running the ball
-whoever we draft at WR /TE, even gets the ball when it is either thrown directly, to the defense and, or, it is continually checked off via Dunkin' Joenuts.
- maybe the 10 year rookie QB we have will progress. Yeah, right.
We'll see ;)

Great. Many of you can pay for the tickets / increase. I am no longer. At what point is there ever- its good enough (as in life). Case in point, the Falcons with their new stadium. The dome that they have just left was only 25 years old! Really. Just something (another thing) to consider.

To enhance MY gameday experience, I may have to add a little extra con-carne with my taco dip and fluff up my couch cushions a bit more :)

Great. Many of you can pay for the tickets / increase. I am no longer. At what point is there ever- its good enough (as in life). Case in point, the Falcons with their new stadium. The dome that they have just left was only 25 years old! Really. Just something (another thing) to consider.

Great for Joe and THE Superbowl which were 4 years ago, and a lot of mediocrity at best thrown in, to date.

To simplify: The Ravens need to get THIER butt in gear.

  4 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

With regard to his accuracy with a hurt knee (assuming it wasn't completely healed), what was his completion percentage this year vs years past? Was it so much worse this year or not? In fact out of curiosity I dug up his career stats and guess what? 2016 was his best completion percentage ever! So, why do we keep creating scenarios as to why Flacco underperformed? Could it be his knee? Sure but was it? Don't know but at least it didn't affect his completion percentage. Well this article seems to say he was inaccurate because of it, but the stats debunk that theory. Here are the stats:

SEASON TEAM GP CMP ATT CMP% YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM QBR RAT
2008
BAL
16 257 428 60.0 2,971 6.94 14 70 12 6 45.0 80.3
2009
BAL
16 315 499 63.1 3,613 7.24 21 72 12 6 63.0 88.9
2010
BAL
16 306 489 62.6 3,622 7.41 25 67 10 7 63.1 93.6
2011
BAL
16 312 542 57.6 3,610 6.66 20 74 12 9 66.3 80.9
2012
BAL
16 317 531 59.7 3,817 7.19 22 61 10 6 54.9 87.7
2013
BAL
16 362 614 59.0 3,912 6.37 19 74 22 8 50.9 73.1
2014
BAL
16 344 554 62.1 3,986 7.20 27 80 12 2 71.6 91.0
2015
BAL
10 266 413 64.4 2,791 6.76 14 50 12 2 53.3 83.1
2016
BAL
16 436 672 64.9 4,317 6.42 20 95 15 4 58.6 83.5

This is one of those instances where stats doesn't tell the true story.
His accuracy was inflated because of dumpoff passes - remember the New England game lol.
Also most career passing yards. Last season the pass run ratio was something like 70:30. 70:30!!!! Imagine that.
Garbage yards.

Yeah- and they are going to re-invent the running game next year. Right. ANALOGY: you can have all the best ingredients in the world to cook with- but if your chef cant turn on the stove- someones going to be hungry.

Please. Really. The knee will always be an excuse- now. Before, it was his lack of weapons and incompetence of all those offensive coordinators we went through. What excuse or issue are you going to write about next year. OOOH, wait- I have one. Why did we stick with the coordinator that refused to run the run the ball, while we hire ( a next in line, offensive-assistant) one that likes to run the ball. This is a cover up for when we / Flacco stink next year, in the making).

Bull-hockey.

Whatever........Its going to be the same ol' Dunkin' Joe-nuts, Its hard to change a 10 year rookie. I'm not worrying about it because I'm refusing to pay for any tickets to see the same ol' Joe-nuts

Many offenses make it look fluid easy. Our offense has pretty much been difficult to watch and digest....that goes for most of the Super Bowl year as well.

I'd love to see that blueprint that was hammered out last year......and why the same hindering things kept going on and on throughout the season.
Can you brass please forward us fans the rough draft ? The fans who pay those ticket prices- that ARE going up, should at least get a copy.

This is comical......beyond, comical. We are going to HELP a 10 year rookie "get it"- when he has been paid- that he has got it. Sorry folks- if he doesn't have "IT" by now, he is NOT getting it- asides from his fat overpaid check.
Blow smoke like a Raven

  9 hours ago, verified said:

we went from having one of the best front offices to one of the worst. This rosters been pathetic since ray lewis retired. Ozzie and the front offices inability to find WRs when it seems like these other franchises find them any and everywhere shows that their scouting procedures are out dated. Sucks to be a ravens fan post ray lewis era

It's sickening. I have nothing to do with Baltimore and have lived in Ca my whole life. Yet I honestly believe at this point, I'm just as die hard if not more than a lot of the people here. I sleep with Ravens stuff, wear, I love the Ravens more than anything just about. But everything that drew me to them over the years is fading, and almost gone for that matter. I'm not leaving my birds, but if Steve keeps up with this garbage I wont have a choice before long. not fair to the players or fans. I could go off for about 3 hours on how it's just simply disgusting that this staff is coming back. LIterally made me sick to my stomach when I saw it was so

Bingo! It just goes to show, more than ever- that a QB does NOT make a team. Flacco had received that huge contract through being with many other common denominator team mates that made the team what it was during a specific span. Now that nearly all of those team mates are gone- HE IS EXPOSED for what he is. Joe may be tall, rather durable, and have a strong arm- but so what, that is all that he exhibits. I don't believe that there is a lot 'upstairs' when it comes to Joe reading a defense or calling a play- or even knowing when to get out of the pocket / to extend a play. As the NFL has been evolving toward a pass happy league (due to the over protection of the QB- while there is little regard to other positions) the demand for a more dynamic QB and play calling are emerging- and quickly. Point blank, if we want to continue sticking with the same old, same old philosophies, and or, player/s, well then- we will just continue to underachieve, and thus stink.

Recap Thats funny. All of us / those fans who were so disillusioned with ANOTHER year of underachieving.
Keep fooling the fans- or some of the fans, but you will fool me no longer.
Blow smoke like a Raven.

  16 hours ago, whobilly said:

  18 hours ago, Crusader said:

Ravens were extremely lucky with injuries this year but still did not help them.

When you are loaded with mediocre players you likely will go 8-8.

We're definitely not loaded with mediocre players. I sincerely believe we had the most talented roster in the AFC easily, and maybe the whole league. The problem was we are loaded awful coaches all the way around, except Frazier. And Joe played pretty much the worst football of his career this year

Yes.... were off to a good start with fixing a very underachieving year.
Iron can forge iron- per Harbaugh, however, you are only as strong as your weakest link. These 'links' include players AND coaches. Reality can bite.

Re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Classic !

Glad to hear Harbaugh is lookin to get better NEXT season.....and get better in ALL areas. Thatds great to know, because it surely didn't get a whole lot better as the season progressed. Why ?