Ugly Ball

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    I'm just glad they didnt draft a WR so I don't have to read some of you complaining about how JuJu was a reach in the second and we should have chosen a pass rusher. Suggs is tough as nails but he is nearing the end. We possibly have the heir to Sugg's throne now. No guarantees but if that happens with a second round pick I will be jumping for joy. Great draft by Ozzie. This year and last will go down as the offseasons that turned this team around. Bank on it. Or complain if that's your thing. 

    I saw a post draft power ranking thar had the Ravens as the 22nd best team !
    I can't wait to see our defense come out and crush 90% of the 21 teams they put ahead of us !
    With a more dominant defense our offense will have more breathing room this year.
    It's about time Baltimore got back to it's roots and stopped setting the bar at "trying to win the close ones"..! It's time to dominate ! Winning by knocking the will out of teams ! Like in the old days. Ugly Ball . . !

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    I agree. It's not an especially "favourable" schedule - it's simply a fair one - and I think this is how it should be. It has its flaws and bright spots - but you don't make an NFL schedule which won't have any... it's just impossible. So, having a fair schedule is the perfect scenario.

    That being said, check out Pittsburgh's cushy early schedule.
    If they don't win 11 games this year I will be surprised.
    Just about any team they play that looks like a tough game, they get to play at home. They get us after we've traveled to London and back.

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    They have now changed two NFL rules as a result of Justin Tucker and the Patriots !

    1. Made the goal posts 5' feet higher as a result of Tucks game winner over the Patriots. After which Bill Belichick grabbed an official by the arm.

    2. Take away the ability of opposing team from leaping over the long snapper on the field goal attempt.

    Both of these rules were brought about as a result of Ravens Patriots games with Tucker kicking field goals.

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    I love Joe Flacco. He's been a great QB for Baltimore, for the most part.
    I just want to see him take the next step in his career and work on tightening up the little things that have been holding him from the truly elite status.
    I think with the right kind of play calling and better O-line work Joe could lead us to the promise land again ! Although Joe has to step up his total game to the next level to make this happen.

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      On 1/7/2017 at 11:07 AM, Ravensfansince03 said:
      On 1/7/2017 at 10:58 AM, Rav'n Maniac said:

    Anyone but the Patriots!!!

    How could you possibly hate on a legend like Brady smh. Years ago i used to not like the patriots a lot. Mainly because they were just TOO GOOD. But now, since Ray Lewis' retired, I have grown appreciation for Brady. Whether we like it or not, Brady is a legend, and we should be thankful to watch a legend like him play possibly his final season.

    Lol, really? Ok, I'll answer your question. It's simple as I have no, none, zilch respect for his smug, sniveling, whining, crying, cheating, lying personality, who thinks he's God's gift to the game while the media dangles from his jock.

    Could you tell us how you really feel about Tom Terrific ?

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    The one most positive impact that could be made on a team comes from the coaching staff ! Coaches affect everything. So when the Head Coach says we are good at coaching, we just need better players... He is throwing his players under the bus and playing the blame game. At the very least the O line coach should be gone. I guess Harbs is willing to bet that next season will be a complete turn around or he will be canned.

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    I also think SSS would have given the Ravens another year, had they just fallen short and there was something being done to fix the problems.
    But with the coaches staying pat and being willing to put our crap season solely on the players heads, why would he want to come back to that mediocre mess. I can't say many players coming up for new contracts are going to want to stay in Baltimore either !

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      On 1/4/2017 at 6:11 PM, EdTheMythicalOne said:

    1) Bingo. Maybe it is time the head coach goes as well. There is a problem in Baltimore and apparently the people running the ship don't know exactly how to fix it. The same problems exist every season. But to answer your question what does it say?

    It says that Trestman doesn't run an offense as close to Kubiak as you thought. Marty wasn't brought in to be an OC anyway, so you're not really firing him, you're just not extending his 'interim" tag. Pees has been around for years and while his defenses ranked no worse than 12th save for the injury plagued season of 2015, they have a recurring problem. So to me it shows me that a Head Coach is more interested in trying to win than saving his back side, which...if he does win, he does the latter by default. You keep your job by winning.

    There is some talent on this team and the issue is using it correctly. This team worked best when it had two speed blazers in Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones running deep and made defenses worry about both of those guys burning them deep and a power run scheme while a healthy Pitta worked underneath with Boldin because the top was taken off the defense by Jones and Smith. Now we run this stupid WC defense where teams just run a zone and all of our wideouts are all bunched up together 10 yards or less down the field. Instead of pounding the rock with our one-cut backs we try to send them on these weird sweeps and forever to develop counter plays. Cut the cutie pie stuff and just slam the ball. That actually was how this running game got its success. Running between Yanda and Stanley on the left and between Ducasse and Wagner on the right. West and Dixon would then break a tackle or two. Go figure.

    Well I mean that's all great in theory, but its not like our offensive line was really that effective at run blocking for most of the season. If they were, then we wouldn't rank in the 20s in YPC, but we do. That's sort of the false narrative on these boards... that the solution is just to run the ball more. In actuality, its a combination of running the ball more and running the ball more effectively.

    Teams like Cleveland or Green Bay can complain about not running the ball enough, because they were quite good at it when they did. We were not. We were below average at it.

    At the end of the day, this offense works best when its offensive line is playing well. That's where the focus needs to be. 

    That's on the other coach that's sub-par Casteal.
    The only year our line has blocked well since Jaun has been in charge is when Kubiak actually took over as OC.

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  18. Posted · Edited by Ugly Ball · Report post

    Everything on the table except switching out any of the real reason we didn't make the playoffs, the Coaches at the top level.
    1.We were stacked on offense this year, yet couldn't run the ball at all !

    (Juan Casteal)


    2. Defense ranked at the top of the league and lost how many last minute games this year? Just like last year !

    (Dean Pees)


    3.We left too many points on the field through poor time management and bad coaching decisions. Not taking field goals, when we hsve the best kicker in the league. Twice losing games as a result !


    (John Harbaugh )


    On top of that, throwing specific players under the bus (Jernigan & Mosley) after the games, instead of taking any personal responsibility for the losses!

    What ever happened to
    The Team, The Team, The Team, Coach ?

    Now to save his buddies and his own job, it's time to start trimming the fat?

    I guess losing the fan base is on table too...

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      5 hours ago, birdseye said:

    Apologies for being long winded.

    Now frustration is starting to kick in. I'm almost always an optimist regarding the ravens as I have a lot of faith in our front office, but the status quo wasn't CLOSE to being good enough this year, so lets keep the same?

    Sadly, Joe is completely oblivious to his own shortcomings (and the offenses as a whole for that matter)... Its honestly insulting that he thinks the Raven's Flock is THAT stupid to accept such an answer; that situations dictated abandoning the run game all year leading to the skewed stats. News Flash, ravens fans know football and were tired of hearing the same crap out of your mouth when the games that we are watching with our own eyes don't support your comments? All Joe wants is to have the stats so that the sports world will finally call him an elite quarterback. his answer to the play call that almost cost us the Philly game is as close to admittance as you'll ever see when using coach/player speak.

    My eternal optimist side is saying that perhaps Morningwheg was handicapped by Trestman's flawed offense and had no choice but to tailor his game-plan accordingly, but his history as an OC suggests otherwise. If we do not have a hammering run game next year, complimented by play action and explosive plays, Harbs gets the door. Much less optimism after listening to his press conference this morning.

    "but the status quo wasn't CLOSE to being good enough this year, so lets keep the same..."

    Not really, We were INCHES away from being 10-6 and #3 seed in the AFC - INCHES (look back at the Pittsburgh and Washington games). We didn't get there, but we were pretty darn close.

    We were also close to losing a couple more games by a play or two. We need to look at getting back to dominate football !
    Not bend but don't break, let's try not to lose by one play, football..!

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    Look Marty Morningweg was brought in to be a QB coach, something I think he excels at. As OC he did alright, given a mid-season rush to take over and do things his way (correct things).

    I agree he should stay, but as the QB coach and not OC. Now there is a gap at QB coach, which is sorely needed. Flacco's mechanics seemed to regress this past season (overall).

    An improvement in offense, over the lack luster offense Trestman implemented, is not saying a whole lot. Heck, I could have improved upon that.

    How can sitting below .500 mark in offensive production be a good thing? This team has all kinds of playmakers, yet you rarely were reminded of that fact save for maybe one or two games this season.

    Since John Harbaugh already made up his mind, who is he going to get for a QB coach, that is going to help Flacco correct his mechanics again? Don't tell me he doesn't need a lot of coaching and correcting. His fakes tend to fake himself out more than the defense and his anticipation disappears for stretches. He needs a drill sergeant type QB coach who is going to put a sense of urgency into every thing Joe does on the field.

    If a good QB coach isn't to be found, then at the very least put some pressure on him to succeed, since the best play from Joe comes when he is under pressure to perform (playing for his future and contract). Look what happened when Ray Lewis tore him a strip. Whoa he got mad and actually played up to his potential. Ray's words may have seemed harsh, but they were true, and look what resulted. Joe doesn't get himself up so much as being challenged outright does. Talk to Ray and put him on contract to call, email or whatever Joe the day before a game and challenge him.

    P.S. - Marty, you have one of the best FB's in the NFL, of which only a small handful of teams have a FB at all. Use the FB more. This is a team that used to pride itself on running the football down opponents throats even when they knew it was coming. Also, tell Juan Castillo his run blocking schemes are gone. They only served to regress the run game every year since being implemented. Go back to the zone stretch run blocking, it is simpler and allows for players to play faster with less to concern themselves with.

    I'm pretty sure what Joe needs more than a Drill Sargent QB coach is a prescription for Ritalin !
    This, I believe is the only thing that's going to give him Lazer focus. He looks like he's half asleep some games and always seams to play down to teams we should destroy. It was obvious to me as someone with ADD that during our Superbowl run, Joe really needs massive amounts of pressure on him to stimulate him enough to get him focused. That's why he has done well in the hurry up offense. I think using PA and rolling him out also is something we should do more of.

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    I guess it really doesn't matter. The OC isn't constantly throwing off his back foot. Flacco is so inaccurate that he couldn't hit an elephant with a handful of rice. Let's face it the only thing all 5 coordinators have in common is Flacco is their QB. Maybe the problem is Flacco.

    Watched Joe's highlights from 2012 and about 40% of his throws were off his back foot! Pretty much the same as he was doing this year. My question is if MM was his QB coach and couldn't get Joe to have any better mechanics why would they premote him to OC ?

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      8 hours ago, Minionhunter said:
      9 hours ago, bioLarzen said:

    OK, so Kubiak has apparently made it clear that he's retiring from coaching in the NFL in general, not just from being a HC.

    So, I guess we can put the idea/hope of luring him back, to sleep right here.

    Not so sure about that. I would go with the same plan but run everything through Rick. Give Gary a light weight consultation job for a year - overall game planning the offensive direction and long term progression plan for both Joe and the offensive side of the ball. Make sure if he comes in that he stays sitting with Ozzie for the first year and only works part time with mandated minimum 4 days per week off. Give the reigns to Rick and make sure he brings in the same staff Gary had here especially the line coach and TE coach. And for the love of god lock Rick and he Joe in a room before the season starts and get them on the same page about chunk plays instead of waiting until half way through the year when Joe gets so fed up that he has his argument with the OC that chunk plays are needed. Yes, he even did this with Gary and the difference was that Gary actually listened and that is when the offense really started taking off.

    Also please make sure we game plan really speedy two minute drills and for receivers to get beyond or at least to the sticks in 3rd downs. Please.

    Not so sure about that?? Do you have a direct line to someone in Kubs inner circle? This is crazy, a 2 year plan and a schedule for the guy. Why in the world would Gary agree to do that. This is a pipe dream. Its not like Gary has this secret formula that Rick doesn't know about. Getting all of the same positions coaches is pointless and probably not possible. Everything doesn't have to be exactly how it was when Gary was here. Even if we were able to get all of the guys that were here in 2012 it doesn't mean that we would be just as successful as we were then. Whoever the offensive coordinator is should be able to hire the guys that he wants to hire. Whether its Rick or someone else. And I am pretty sure about the fact that Kubiak is hanging up the whistle. While were at it we mine as well hire Marvin Lewis to be our DC and bring in all of his assistant coaches that were apart of the 2000 team.

    All good ideas!
    Maybe we could get Ed Reed for our secondary coach
    and Ray Lewis as our linebackers coach too !

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