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Backups were bad. First team offense was crisp, dominated the run game while Forsett was in, Flacco looked good. First team defense was dominating, Skins couldn't move the ball until most of the starters were on the bench near the end of the half. Even then, they scored on a fluke and had a ton of balls literally bounce in their favor. Have no fear. If this were regular season, we would have probably beaten them by close to 30 points

Honestly, the 80/20 argument is irrelevant. Neither one of them are 80 percent of Flacco, so who is the better Quarterback right now? Schaub. Renner looks like a nice guy to hide on the PS. He has earned it.

We'll see. They get to the brink then rattle off 5 in a row and climb back into the race time and time again. As much as I hate to admit it though, nobody has a snowballs chance in hell at beating Toronto right now.

I've gotta disagree with you. The first pick was actually not a bad pass, Aiken and the DB were making contact, it got tipped up and right to their safety. That happens. The second was a ball that just sailed. It's not as if a linebacker read his eyes and jumped a route or if he made the wrong read. I'd say those 2 picks probably wouldn't have happened in the regular season. Joe can get a little lazy with his mechanics and try to throw into double coverage when the games don't count.

It really feels like the wheels are about to fall off.

Thank you. I'd like to add that our front 4 was pretty much having their way with the Eagles Oline before the Suggs hit..no blitzes, Dumervil was beating their RT pretty good..got held a few times or else could have had a sack or two. After that, they were just running quick snaps before the defense could get set. I also agree that the run game looked good considering who we started vs their 1's. We were just running the outside zone play to Yanda's side. He was mauling guys. The Picks by Flacco are no cause for concern. Again, one was a deep ball that Aiken could have caught but there was some contact, couldn't get his arm free and it got tipped. The second was a good route and decision to go to Brown on the deep curl,but it sailed. That's throwing off the back foot, which Joe will do from time to time. That said, you still don't like to see the penalties and lack of discipline. We all know the Vets weren't thrilled to be marooned in Philly for a week, and they played like they just wanted to get back to their routine. Worth noting- Before the game, Harbaugh and Kelly had quasi agreed to do this again in 2 years. How much would you wager that doesn't happen? Also, Eagles fans still crying that Bradford got thumped a few times is hilarious.

Eagles fans are so funny. Still crying over us hitting their QB.

Has anyone else noticed that Schaub has a really weird throwing motion? Also, looks like he's definitely lost the fastball.

The late great Herb Brooks, coach of the 1980 USA Miracle on Ice team said it best.. "A bruise on the leg is a long way from the heart"

I've played contact sports at a high level not professional, but I was a step away when I was a youngster. Trust me, those guys have it made in the shade. There are plenty of professions out there that make Football..a kids game, pale in comparison.

Lol I wish I could get paid millions to work out and play football. If only it were that easy.

Breshad...time to suit up and get that butt on the field, buddy. We have Denver in a few weeks. I know you got a boo boo knee, but let's go dude. I go to work hurt every day.

Lol people @ the panic over a PS game! You are right. There was no game planning at all. I'm sure the Eagles probably did to an exten though. The Defense was just running base stuff. No disguised coverages ect... On offense, they were just running the ball mostly. Yeah joe threw 2 picks, but who cares? Aikens arm was hooked on the first and he just got too much air on the second. I think he saw a LB breaking over that way and put it high, just a little too much juice on it. It happens. Actually, The D line was pushing the eagles around pretty bad until Suggs kept getting flagged. Dumervil could have had 2 sacks on the first drive, but got held big time. Williams broke through and laid a big hit. Suggs beat Peters and got to Bradford too. After that, the effort wasn't there. On offense, the running game looked good. Forsett had a few nice gains. Remember this is without KO, and Wagner on the O line. Score means nothing in Pre Season week 2. The Ravens literally just go out and play. Also worth noting. Harbaugh said that their communications were not working. They couldn't get calls relayed from the booth to the players..which is why you saw the defense out of sorts on the no huddle stuff, they weren't getting any calls at all.

The first was a good pass, Aiken it should have been a PI. You could see the Eagles DB hook his left arm clearly on replay. The second was just over thrown. It happens. It's not as if he misread the defense and threw right to anyone.

I'm giving the team a pass on judgement for this game. A) They've been stuck up there in Philly all week. Away from their facilities ect.. The Ravens were running vanilla stuff. Philly was running no huddle offense in week 2 of pre season...they were trying real hard for a pre season game.

Good to see Hank come through with one last night. This team is proving to be resilient if nothing else. They've fallen to the brink of being out of the race a few times then they get right back into it. I'm maintaining that even if they moss the wildcard, they competed despite having a bunch of 4A players taking up 1/3 of the lineup for most of the season. Hopefully we can re sign Parra and Davis. I'm OK with letting Weiters walk IF we can keep those two and Chen.

Steve Smith is basically calling Chip Kelly's practices easy lol.

105.7 was all Ravens all the time until the Orioles became relavent in 2012.Now during the summer, it's 80/20 Orioles but that changes as the season gets closer.

I have to side with you on this one. Catching the football is his JOB. This includes situations where a defender is trying to knock the ball out. He had his hands on it, it was a PERFECT pass..and he allowed it to be knocked out. Also the gravity of the situation comes into play. Let's play some revisionist history here.. That throw to Evans would have gone down as one of the greatest throws in playoff history. The Ravens would have smashed the Giants in the SB. Couple that with what Joe did the next year, now sharing the 11th 0int record with Montana, the Mile high Miracle pass, SB MVP.... Joe Flacco would most definitely be a hall of fame quarterback. Jeez, what if he had won TWO SB MVP's consecutively? Worst play in Ravens history? Yes..by far. Edit..now that I'm thinking here. .Joe is a few plays in his career from 4 Super Bowl appearances. Wow.

Why is everyone so up in arms over a backup CB? IF Smith and Webb stay upright, he's 4th behind Arrington. He performed about as well as you could expect him to in the circumstances. Yeah he had a bad game...against TOM BRADY. .Melvin isn't the first young CB that Brady has done that to in his career. You can chalk that up to him just being overmatched. The good news is that he's got some quality experience now, considering the history of Webb and Smith, he'll probably get at least a start or two this year. Actually getting a whole off season and TC of reps with the starting D hopefully will help him improve as well. At the end of the day. .we've had worse 4th Corners...waaay worse.

Just read an article on BR. Here's a blast from the past. Adam Loewen. Apparently, he was playing winter ball,realized that his elbow didn't hurt while putching, and went back to being a pitcher. He's been in the Phillies system, pitching well in the minors, and just got called up. For a short time he was going to be the O's ace-in the making. Until he decided to go to Toronto to be an OF.

I love how hurt the Patriot fans are right now. It's beyond satisfying.

One word. Good.

People get on Joe for not throwing 4000 yds..he's throwin ALMOST 4000 36,37,38,39 and change a few times..always over 20 td's ect.. I think that over the long haul, he's going to surpass the total numbers of some very famous names.

Winning that series in Detroit kept the O's from getting deep in the hole. We have to win this series against the Yankees, it's HUGE.