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Now I just need the Giants to take care of Pit.

Bet making that catch would've gotten him 'Moore' reps. Badum-ching.

Prediction: clutch grab late lol.

Kamar looking to be the man today. Looking 2015-ish.

Caught Wallace sleeping lol. C'mon Mike.

Gotta give Powers credit for setting up Webb's big play.

Not even mad at Timmy. BS flag lol.

Ah, the beauty of a COMPLETE, non-superstitious offense. Good, solid line so far, pass-catchers clicking.

Tavon picking up where he left off. Good stuff.

More good: Tavon Young's perseverance. Dude took some bad angles through the day but didn't let it go to his head and pulled off a clutch deflection late. Hopefully he can build off that through the rest of the season.

Noooo. Wins must be pretty. Joe needs to be able to predict when a lineman will make a good play then telepathically phase the ball through his hand if he swats it. Joe must also become an omega-level mutant and slow down his environment each time the o-line fails to do its job. He must achieve a 0% errant pass rate like the one that doesn't exist with my favorite overrated QB. He's gotta be magic. It helps me cope. /sarcasm All seriousness. I think we have a chance if the o-line can get back to what it was against the Browns/Cowboys and even today on the first drive. Style points are nice but I'm mostly ok with an offense that does as good as its line. All these insane magical QB expectations are bound to decrease at some point.

Never doubted Harbs during the final possession. Happy to know he'd rather secure victories than impress shallow fans.

Smart ball. I'll take it.

Such disciplined ball the first half. What happened?

Didn't have a problem with the refs today til that BS call on Weddle. Too bad one can't challenge penalties.

That block was a thing of beauty.

Line looked like its old self that drive. I think it'll keep doing better today though.

SSS can't be falling for these mind games this late in his career.

What do you think is the most idealistic way the Ravens can address its WR situation for 2017 and what do you think is the most likely way they'll do it? As much as I'd like to see SSS return in 2017, I'd also like to see him go to further magnify the problem we have with the current group presuming most of them stay. I don't think we can produce a strong receiving group if we continue to mask an inconsistent or incapable majority with one strong vet. It's not unreasonable to want 2-3 pass-catchers (who aren't RBs or TEs) that can frequently make plays. Last time we had more than one receiver who could frequently beat their opponent or win contested catches on short to intermediate routes we went 12-4. Yes, I know we had the magic hands of Todd Heap and Ray Rice as well as a top-5 defense but c'mon. You have to admit the 1-2 punch of Mason/Boldin and occasional clutch grabs by TJ boosted the offense in ways we haven't seen since during the Harbaugh era. And this was with a much younger and less Savvy Flacco behind those passes. Does it seem possible to get back to that within one offseason?

Beat me to that final point lol. I was gonna say contract year is usually the only thing that consistently inspires an improvement in performance or if you're in "last stop" territory with a poor reputation. My question is, is there a way to reasonably incentivize better performance out of players the way contract year pressure tends to do? Do rookie contracts HAVE to be 4 years? I know the idea of them being shorter sounds absurd on the surface but hear me out. Make rookie contracts 2 years. The psychology of that would be reinforcing the idea of 'no guarantees' in the league especially for players who consistently hurt the team with poor play and discipline. I'm sure the league and players association would have to sit down and negotiate but I'm just trying to get a picture of how something like that could at least be reasonably explored.

Never wished injury on anybody but if AJ's hambone keeps him out next week I won't be mad.

I blame T. West for mimicking Zeke in the 1st quarter LOL. *Superstitious thought of the day*

I've criticized Shareece in the past, but c'mon, they put him on Dez. You didn't see that coming? Dude looked like a child trying to cover a guy with such a height/reach advantage lol.

Mostly agree. I feel the same way about everybody on your list except MAYBE Tom Brady. Peyton is easily the most overrated winning QB of the last 20 years. If Joe had Peyton's caliber of pass-catchers throughout his career in a weak division we'd be singing Joe's praises like fangirls too. Philip Rivers has to be the mouthiest loser QB I've seen in recent memory. Passion gets him nothing more than L's most of the time. I will at least credit him for not being as smug as Jay Cutler though lol.

Now now, no use in asking stat groupies to hold more than one player accountable for wins and losses. That's too much like sanity. Easier to blame the QB and contract numbers for game results. The nerve of this request for rational thought. Sheesh.