nextgen_RavensFan

Same here. Sound football (less penalties). What i am so impressed with though this year is the way the tackling has improved on our defense. The first guy usually gets the job done.

I wish we would score 35 pts and the Browns 10 but knowing the play calling that has been used this season as soon as we get a decent lead Pees backs off and the lead narrows a bit. Is the only thing i miss about old Brian B. He pushed that score no matter how big the lead. I think a blow out would boost the offenses confidence and give the Defense a well needed game to just tee off and get rid of some frustration. lol

I just about stopped thinking long term for the Ravens and enjoy them game by game. I think i have become a spoiled fan and expect play-offs every year. I think the team we see on the field this year will be like night and day compared to next seasons. I am in no way saying we cannot make the play-offs and in fact hope we do but i just want to take it game by game and watch the rising stars mature and grow while the staying competitive. I am tired of pointing fingers and griping about the team. I am lucky we have such an organization here again and just want to enjoy it. After all does anyone remember what we had before and the talent that used to roll in and out when we had the colts ? Kind of puts it in perspective huh.

With the thought of the Browns trying to go deep on us scares me. I hope we can hurry the QB often enough for him to feel like he has no time for the big play to develop. I know we have the talent to get pressure and have seen it on occasions. But if we get our running game going which we will then we should control the time clock and limit them in any case.

He does have a lot of the same risk reward thinking as Ed Reed. When he goes for the INT it usually could be either a great play or 7 points for the other team. I love that aggressive style. To bad he is so small or would love to see him be the same intimidating figure as Reed as well. Reed knew how to lay a hit. Cannot wait to see what a year under this kids belt brings.

If we would have had the ball bounce our way we would be leading the league in int's. Yesterday Weddle was so surprised that the ball was given as a gift that he could not hold onto it. I almost cried laughing as i know that feeling. I am so proud of our defense.

Guys, that was my Superbowl this year and what a gift. Our Defense is dominant, special teams played a very good game and the offense did not bleed enough to hurt itself. What a game. Love to see the Steelers leave the field with the Loss. A couple scary moments like when Flacco slid lol. I think it may take an entire season to get the old Joe back. He just is not as sharp as he usually is and is like he cannot feel pocket pressure from the backside at all. He will be back in form soon though. Was that onside kick (Jig) awesome or what..

This post answered a lot of my questions and is why i loved this board. I have long wondered why our team's talent has been paper thin over the last few years.

I would love to ask why year after year we are just blistered with injuries ? Is it a reflection of the training and fitness personell ? We have what seems like the most fragile team environment in the NFL. We are always one injury from a fated season.

Excellent post and agreed on all counts. If we cannot play to our strengths then at least try to counter them (O'line), quick drops, play action and would love to see Flacco move outside the pocket. With his arm he could make every throw Rodgers does while on the move. Keep and extra guy in the backfield if we need to keep Flacco in the pocket. Run Run Run.. LOL I think a lot of our penalties are emotional ones either due to aggression or frustration so keeping the chains moving by controlling the ball through the run. I do think we would pick up more pressure from our defense if they were not on the field 3/4 of the game and remain winded. I know a lot of folks will not agree with the next statement but for now forget the "go deep" mentality. Short to middle passes would serve us much better i feel.

By the numbers posted i can gather a bit as well. It says a lot about Flacco. Even if he is tough and hides his aches and pains to start He needs to do what is best for the team. Also you can not have a "tender" qb and a awful O'line. Someone needs to step up and make a call on improving the line ASAP.

LMAO,,, Time to just accept that we are a bad team and Harb's is just accepting it as he knows he has Steve B fooled that we only need to get "healthy". Even if we get healthy we cannot play against middle to top tier teams. Flacco is awful this year and if our roster is always just one hurt player away from a collapse then something needs to be done to bring in better coach's to teach the back ups and or get better talent here. It has been obvious for years that this team has an awful eye for offensive talent. I wish Steve would grow a pair and make Harb's feel some heat in order to do something constructive instead of staying status quo. Look where it has gotten us the last 2 seasons. Other teams survive injuries. We are the new Browns in our division.

You are comparing Flacco to Rodgers ? Um, Lets see, Rodgers makes most of his plays outside of the pocket, extends plays and has pretty reliable aim. Flacco on the other hand is getting a lot like Boller in that i mean he has been hit so many times he almost frets to get rid of the ball and his accuracy is taking a hit because of that. Wait, that is no excuse, Rodgers led the league in taking hits for a few years straight. Please do not compare Flacco to Rodgers, not even on the same level.

How is this a non issue. This was supposed to be the easy part of the schedule. When you have a team that cannot score points you NEVER take points off of the board and he has cost us 2 games this year doing just that. Yeah, he deserves the hot seat and a tight tight leash or he walks; If he does not stop with those foolish calls and we are out of the play offs i would drop him and bring in next years new coach early..

LMAO, now that is a good one. Got me rolling. What i do not understand is why does Harb's keep taking points off of the board ? That is 2 losses thanks to him. We are a hurting team and points are always a premium with us so what does Harb's do (makes it even harder on his team). I thought the coach was supposed to put us in situations to win. Clearly not with Harb's.

Agreed and think if anyone could fit the fullback spot to add more protection back their for Joe. Even if the new OC is a genius it will do no good if Flacco is on his back or scrambling.

I wonder how long it will take for the "Fans" who screamed for The OC to be fired to turn on the next one ? Should be interesting. After all the issue could not have been the Oline or the Dropped passes huh ?

I do not think it was a "bad" game. I do think we were playing way above our talent in the first three games and the last 2 games show the true Ravens. We are good enough to make any game competitive but we are going to have a lot of tight losses again this year. I will play along though: Good, Defense yet again show how tough they are. Bad: Special Teams in all aspects. Sad: That without Stanley Joe gets chased all over the field. Would have been a completely different game if Joe had the time.

The guy would be cancer to any locker room at the very least. This has to be a joke topic right ?

djdave, lets see how well any other QB would have done with no time in the pocket (because he never had a pocket} If you want someone to blame give that to the offensive line and Harbs or does that make to much sense ? Never take points off of the board, never underestimate a team and adjust when things are not working. Flacco does fine and does exceptional when he has the time to wait for plays to develop.

I thought Harb's learned a couple years ago to not take points off of the board ? But in any case, this loss cannot be put on Joe. He was hit more times then our Running Backs. I do not care who you are. You get hit every time you drop back you are going to be edgy and off of your game. As far as Wentz being a better QB, you are out of your mind my friend..

Kind of at a loss here friends. I love the picks we have made but am at a loss as to why we did not grab a corner or receiver. We are sure Jimmy S will not be off the field again or look lost on every double move he gets. Not to mention Breshard, who knows what he is going to do. Don't get me wrong, i love nothing more then our TE's going across the middle to move the chains but sooner or later we need to be able to go deep and to get off the field on 3rd downs on defense.

Oz and company have never been offensive minded and could not pick out offensive talent to save their lives. They have never even came close when choosing receivers. That is a given fact but we all gave come to rely on the strong defense but Oz has struck out there as well the last few years. We are on the same level as the Browns when it comes to picking talent or lower. They have chosen and developed a few nice offensive weapons where we have not. I think it is time for a change and it starts with letting Oz go.

Friends, i love the Ravens as much as anyone on the forum here but after what i saw Saturday we may be 3rd place in our division for a few years to come. Looking at what we have now we cannot outscore either team and their defenses are just aggressive and mean. We cannot compete in a game against them unless we play the perfect game and they play very badly. It looks like the Bengals are set to make a run for a few years straight unless they self implode like Saturday and the Steelers offense is just WOW and their defense is no slouch either. Thank goodness for the Wild card slot huh. LOL Seriously though i am very worried after Saturday. How did we fall so far behind so fast ?

Now that is a leader. He knows what needs to be done to get close to being competitive and knows it will cost us and right now money is a HUGE issue. If he wants more targets and more time to hit those targets he needs to allow us to attract the upper tier linemen and receivers. Or go the other way and stop teams from scoring and throw a butt load into the defense. In either case he is willing to restructure and help. So he and Webb in my book showed their commitment to the team and i am so very thankful to them. Go Ravens !!