frozen joe flacco fan

Just sayin. Coaching aggressively does not always translate to winning. Bill Parcells was a great example of a head coach who used to get a lead, build on the lead and shorten the games by running the football. He wasn't aggressive but he was very successful. Coach Harbaugh makes decisions based on panic rather than sound judgment and good logic. That's my point, OK?

BINGO! You are as right as rain. Harbs said today we only had 44 healthy players to play. Well, we have less than 44 now. The thing about excuses is that everybody has one. What happened to The Next Man Up philosophy? The truth is our depth chart is very shallow. Stop making excuses, Coach Harbaugh! We don't have backup players who can capably fill in for the starters. That was made patently obvious today by the patchwork O-line and the secondary, not to mention the loss of T-Sizzle. Somebody in the front office better wake up and smell the roses. To coin a quote from the movie Cool Hand Luke, what we have here is failure to communicate. Everybody is not on the same page.

Amen!

Let me see. Is aggressiveness a synonym for smartness? I'd rather have smart decisions than aggressive decisions.

So, which game were you watching today? We would have won this game if it wasn't for the bone-headed decision to go for it on 4th down at the one. Had we kicked a FG then, the score would have been 14-13 in the 1st half. At the end of the game, we would have still been trailing 27-26 but would have won by a score of 29-27. This is an under-achieving team led by a clueless head coach. Maybe Marty can take over when John is fired. All of your points are well taken but you're missing the main point --- John panics and takes his team out of a position to win games. We should be 6-0 right now. With Harbaugh at the helm, we'll be lucky to wind up at 8-8 now.

For three consecutive weeks, your man Harbs has made the following decisions: 1. Against Oakland at home we went for a 2 pt conversion and missed it. We lost by a final score of 28-27. Had we kicked the extra point, we would have probably extended the game to OT and the way we were dominating the Raiders we would have likely won. 2. Against Washington at home we faked a Left-footed FG (????????????) and Justin Tucker tried to throw a pass when we had a 4th down and 12 to go from the 17 yard line. We came away with zero points. At the time we led by a score of 10-6. We lost the game 16-10. 3. Today at NY we elected to go for it on 4th and goal and didn't make it. At the time, the Giants led 14-10. We came away with zero points. Its just poor situational decision-making. All three of these bonehead decisions had one thing in common. They were all in the first half of the game. He has no reason to trust that the team will come up with the points as you say. Our red zone offense is one of the worst in the league. Always take the points and build on a lead or cut into the opponent's lead. It is a cardinal rule of football to take points (especially on the road) instead of going for it. Harbs says he wants to be aggressive. The truth is he panics. The only reason to play the first half of a game is to get to the second half when most games are won or lost. Harbs has apparently never heard that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered. Don't be greedy but take what the defense will give you. Harbs' main responsibility is to put his team in a position to win. For three consecutive weeks, he has failed to do that all of the other blunders aside. Its time for him to find another job. He doesn't have what it takes to be the Head Coach. In his post-game presser, he refused to accept any responsibility for the loss and just blamed it on the poor play and poor execution. Coach Harbaugh needs to look at "the man in the mirror." By coaching more conservatively in the first half of the last three games, our record coulda, shoulda and woulda been unblemished at 6-0. The final scores should have been 31-28, 27-16 and 29-27, respectively. You can say what you want about the offense and the defense but we should have averaged 29 pts a game in the last 3 weeks and that would be enough to have won all three games. Quite frankly, I'll be surprised if Coach Harbs lasts through the season. He's tenure as our HC will be over soon. At the risk of disparaging some rocket scientists, its that simple. As a result of his ineptness, my Pre-season projection for a 9-7 season is now in jeopardy.

1) Fire the Head Coach 2) Fix the Offensive line 3) Generate an effective pass rush 4) Trade all of our receivers for Odell Beckham 5) Learn the difference between aggressive playcalling and stupid playcalling.

Its not rocket science. With one of the worst red zone offenses in the NFL, you take the FG, John! Justin could have kicked another game-winning FG in the last seconds had it not been for the lame decision on Harbaugh's part earlier. The sideline prayerful poses and the finger on his lips are not the looks of a confident coach. Goodbye, Harbaugh! You had a nice run thanks to great teams who were able to impose their will on our opponents. Your post-game pressers are getting stale. Turn in your badge. Its time we got a new sheriff.

Good: Offensive skill players Bad: Defense and offensive line Ugly: Goodbye Yellow BrickHead Coach! John will be fired and he should be fired. Apparently, he has never heard the expression "pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered. Don't be greedy. Take what the defense will give ya." He singularly cost us another game today due to his huge Harbaugh ego. This time the team could not bail him out despite a heroic effort on the part of several different players. He failed to put his team into a position to win. With one of the worst red zone offenses in the NFL, he chose to go for it on 4th down and 1 instead of kicking the FG. Coming away with no points in that situation is an absolute momentum buster for our team and provides an emotional lift to the other team. Stupid is as stupid does, Coach! Worst of all, the HC accepted zero responsibility for the loss in his post-game presser. You can say what you want but if you are not a part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.

If he isn't, Mr. B is not the fan of football I thought he was. It is a Head Coach's main responsibility to put his team in a position to win, purely and simply. Week in and week out, he does the opposite. Instead of taking a 13-6 lead in the 1st half of the Redskins game, we tried to trick the opponent by lining up our FG kicker as a left-footed kicker and faking a FG. That was a decision borne out of panic. The team came away with zero points and it was a giant momentum swing for the hapless team we played from Washington. A week earlier, he panicked by calling for a 2 point conversion when it wasn't necessary by most experts. It ultimately cost us at least an opportunity to extend the game to OT on a day when we were dominating our opponent in every phase of the game. This poor decision-making is what is most responsible for us not being 5-0. When it comes to decision-making, a manager or coach has to leave his or her ego at the door. The recent photo I saw of Coach Harbaugh standing on the sideline with his index finger on his lip was the most telling of all. He is clueless and does not exude confidence among the fans or his players. I remember seeing the ball coach Steve Spurrier striking a similar pose on the sidelines not long before he resigned as HC of the team from Washington. Wake up and smell the roses, people! I'm not sayin Marc Trestman was a great playcaller. I am sayin he was a scapegoat. Who's next on the chopping block? Its a no brainer. If we wind up with a record of less than 9-7 given the easy schedule we were handed, he's gone.

BINGO! BTW, Joe Flacco is ranked #5 among all NFL QBs this year in picking up blitzes and we all know there have been a few. His % is 62% while the league average is 57.5%. If he had a decent O-line in front of him and a Head Coach who knows the Xs and Os of the game and one who doesn't panic in the 1st half of games, we'd be 5 - 0. That's the stark, cold reality!

GOOD: First Drive. Here I agree with the initial post from the Moderator. The Ravens made the drive look easy. BAD: The play calling, offensive line pass protection, the special teams play and the play of Breshad Perriman were bad to the bone. Catch perfectly thrown passes when they are thrown to you, Breshad, and learn how to drag your feet across the out of bounds line. These are basic elements of the skill set for most NFL receivers. UGLY: Coaching. Whoever called the fake field goal and lined our Pro Bowl Kicker up as a left-footed kicker should be fired on the spot. That was another decision based on panic when we had a 4th down on our opponent's 17 yard line and led 10-6. It demonstrated the stupidity of a coaching staff that is in disarray and led by a clueless head coach. Have you seen the telling photo of the Head Coach standing on the sideline with his finger on his lips pondering what the team should do? Our Pro Bowl kicker was vulnerable to be needlessly hurt on that misguided play. OR how 'bout this one! What genius called a pass play with 1 second remaining in the 1st half? That brilliant play call resulted in a sack of our franchise QB and an injury to our RT. PS: The team nearly bailed out Coach Harbaugh again but this time his amazing string of luck ran out. Thanks to an amazing interception by Moseley we had a chance to turn the game around! An unfortunate rule and his even more unfortunate one-handed reach for the pylon spoiled that chance. I'll stick by my original Pre-season projection for a 9-7 season but its a stretch now, given the injury status and the woeful O-line play.

Its always hard to say goodbye to someone who is such a class act but Justin will land on his feet somewhere. Hopefully, he doesn't land in the AFC North. Its also hard to gage his performance based on three games when our O-line play has been atrocious on both sides. I like Terrance West and Buck Allen but it will be interesting to see how they fare without the competition. Most of Terrance's yardage occurred on the last drive when the Raiders were playing a prevent defense and expecting Joe to throw on every down. We'll see what happens against the Redskins but running the ball just over 35% of the time won't get the job done regardless of whom is carrying the ball. If the Ravens signed Justin as an insurance policy it was an expensive one as they now owe him his entire $3 million salary for the season. With all due respect to Justin and our other backs, what we really needed was another Jamaal Lewis type back like Alabama's Henry or OSU's Elliott. I'm pretty sure Coach Trestman would be calling more running plays if he trusted our backs to make the first tackler miss and gain more yardage. Fix the O-line, Oz! Go get 'em, Justin!!

You Pees detractors are really smart! Oakland's last score came when Webb was on the sideline being checked out in the concussion protocol. Also, their offense was given a short field when a jailbreak rush resulted in a strip sack and fumble. Oakland's high-powered offense scored its 1st TD on a short field after a 60 plus yard punt return. Dean Pees' Purple Rain held the highly touted No. 2 ranked Oakland offense to less than 300 total yards and Carr had ~200 yards passing. So what!!!!!! BTW, isn't our defense ranked No. 1? Yeah let's get rid of Coach Pees and promote Coach Frazier. That makes so much sense.

I agree with earlier posts that its unfair to grade Jensen's play against Oakland just on the basis of his blocking assignments. He had to help Hurst is really bad. That being said, Hurst and/or Jensen would be starters if they were better than the two rookies. Wagner didn't play great either which puts more pressure on Yanda. Its not a pretty situation. If something isn't resolved soon, Joe will be on crutches. What happened to Bobby Williams?

GOOD: Joe Flacco, Steve Smith Sr., Mike Wallace, Terrance West, Devin Hester & Justin Tucker BAD: Coach Harbaugh panicked again. By accepting the penalty late in the game, he gave Derek Carr another chance to throw a TD pass, which he did. This time, John's team simply could not bail him out. In spite of Joe's valiant effort on the last drive, Joe's receivers dropped two perfectly thrown passes. Chris Moore made a rookie mistake by looking downfield before catching the ball and Kamar Aiken dropped a perfect pass, which would have put us into FG position for JT. When the offense scores 27 points at home, the team should win. We would have won but for some woeful O-line play, inadequate pressure on their QB, some poor ST play like the field position it surrendered on the game's 1st TD by Oakland, stupid penalties for taunting, offsides on a 4th down play and other costly drive-ending penalties on the O-line. UGLY: The offensive line is woefully offensive. If Hurst and Jensen were better than the two rookies, they would be starting instead of Stanley & Lewis. Having two rookies starting on the QB's blind side is crazy and desperate. Wagner's poor pass blocking was evident also. The costly strip sack and fumble late in the game resulted in another gift TD late in the game. By rights, we shoulda, woulda and coulda won the game by a score of 27 - 14. I had predicted a breakout game by our offense and a final score of 30 - 17. Again, shoulda, woulda, coulda. While our offensive performance was by no means a "breakout" game, it clearly was a dominant performance in every aspect but the final score. PS - For all you armchair QBs out there, quit placing the blame on the wrong players and coaches. Coach Trestman's offense generated enough points to win and Coach Pees' defense played well enough to win. We dominated the Raiders statistically in every way except the final score. Coach Harbaugh deserves most of the blame for today's loss. Stupid is as stupid does and that was a stupid decision that ultimately cost us a victory. To his credit, he did accept responsibility for the bad decision in his post-game presser.

Last year, we shoulda, coulda, woulda won in Oakland. This year, we will win in BMore with a breakout game on offense. The final score will be 31 - 17.

An elite quarterback and I'd venture to guess a great father. Congrats to Dana & Joe! What a beautiful family!!

Hey, Wizard! Lighten up !! It looks like we may go undefeated!!!

You're are unbelievable, Man! The QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers posted a 400 yard game yesterday in a losing effort. A breakout effort for our struggling offense starts with stellar line play from our O-line. Unless you have been watching different games than the three I've watched, we haven't had stellar pass blocking or run blocking yet. I know you're not a Joe Flacco advocate but get real. He completed 21 straight dink & dunk passes yesterday. But for a drop in the end zone on a perfect throw, it would have been 22 in a row, tying the Niffle record. Joe Montana made a career out of short dink & dunk passes. Of course, he also had a pretty good WR too. If Joe's O-line will find a way to give him the time to throw and for our backs to run, you'll see a breakout game. Here's another hint for you. How 'bout enjoying someone else's success in the same way you would want others to enjoy your success. Jersey Joe is successful. Yeah, get real or go back to playing your fantasy football, Mr. Ravenseconbeast! AND another thing, last I heard is that Cam Cameron had just been fired and in case you hadn't heard, Jim Caldwell's entry lost yesterday. Build a bridge and get over it, Flacco Hater!!!

No, I'm not complaining. I'm just sayin it looks like the zebras are finally giving the Ravens a fair shake on close calls. It was patently well obvious that we were not getting the benefit of the doubt on close calls after the Ray Rice domestic violence incident.That's all. That being said, the refs ought to be able to get a call right when a receiver has his foot on the end line of the end zone. That's just ridiculous in this day of sophisticated electronic surveillance cameras, etc. Personally, I like the way the refs are re-asserting control over the players this year. As far as I'm concerned, a team should never allow itself to be in a position to have a game decided by the officiating. Unfortunately, NFL games are often decided by a bad call by the officials. The taunting call is a case in point. It was an iffy call. But that's life. Fair is a place where you go to see horses, cows, pigs and sheep judged.

Wholeheartedly agree! This guy is playing like a man possessed. He is out to prove the critics wrong. He has been rejuvenated in Baltimore. Can't wait to see him play against his old Steeler buddies. Wallace, Weddle and Watson were great offseason FA signings. Maybe Oz is still a wizard after all. As the season progresses, he will just get better and better with more reps with Joe.

The obvious answers would be Stanley, Perriman and Maxx Williams. However, its an odd year with so many guys returning from injuries. Add to the list Flacco, Pitta, SSS & Suggs. Barring any further injuries, These key starters will all improve as the season goes along. Recovering from the psychological side of an injury sometimes takes longer than the physical recovery. By season's end, this team should be really good.

1. In sports, it is not uncommon for a team to play up or down to the level of competition. Sad but true. 2. Don't meddle with Weddle. 3. Joe's not infallible but he is unflappable. Some believe the Pope is infallible but that's arguable. 4. Could be worse. I believe it will improve once the O-line gets it together. 5. For better or for worse, he is our center. Get used to it. 6. Maybe so but there's plenty of Zebras out there who have had an ax to grind with the Ravens since the Ray Rice domestic violence thing. Hopefully, that's behind us finally.

Dean Pees deserves one of the game balls for the adjustments he made yesterday and for seeing the wisdom to make the transition from the booth to the sidelines. Dean's problem yesterday was the same one he faced last year --- He's darned if he calls a blitz and he's darned if he doesn't. Our front four and our secondary is just not good enough to sack the QB and/or cover downfield when we blitz. Yesterday, it was obvious that our secondary was victimized multiple times in blitzing situations. With the return of Smith, Dumerville and Urban, perhaps the pass rush will improve. Hope springs eternal. Let's end this thread on a high note.